Religious Value of Song
Luke 1:67-79
And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,…


Bishop Jewel, writing to Peter Martyr, March, 1560, says: "Religion is now somewhat more established than it was. The people are everywhere exceedingly inclined to the better part. Ecclesiastical and popular music has much conduced to this result. For as soon as they had once commenced to sing publicly in only one little church in London, immediately not only the other neighbouring churches, but even the towns far distant, began to vie with each other in the same practice. At times you may see at Paul's Cross, after sermon, six thousand persons, old and young, of both sexes, singing together and praising God. This sadly annoys the priests and the devil, for they see that by these means the sacred discourses sink more deeply into men's minds, and that their kingdom is shaken and shattered at almost every note."



Parallel Verses
KJV: And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,

WEB: His father, Zacharias, was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,




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