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Lost and Found Chapter—Luke 15. Love Chapter—1 Cor. 13. Invitation Chapter—Matt. 11. Armor Chapter—Ephesians 6. Great Commandment—Luke 10:27. Great Commission—Mark 16:15. Lord’s Prayer—Matt. 6. Protection Psalm—Psalm 91. Traveler’s Psalm-JPsalm 121. Comfort Chapter—John 14. Faith ChapterS-Hebrews 11. Resurrection Chapter—1 Cor. 15. Foundation Verses—Matt. 7 :24-27. Ten Commandments—Exodus 20. ’ BeatitudèfS-Matt. 5. Golden Rule -Matt. 7:1.
T h e T welve D isciples Tune : “Bringing in the Sheaves”. There were twelve disciples Jesus called to help Him, Simon Peter, Andrew, James, his brother John, Philip, Thomas, Matthew, James the son of Alpheus, Lebbeus, Simon, Judas and Bartholomew. Chorus: He has called us too, He has called us too.
We are His disciples, I am one, and you. He has called us too, He has called us too, We are His disciples, We His work must do. I mportant C hapters and V erses ' Shepherd’s Psalm—Psalm 23. Praise Psalm-—Psalm 100.
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Music as a Spiritual Tonic B y K e it h L . B rooks Bible Institute o f Los Angeles . gffi|p 2 ^ H E universe is filled with various kinds of music. “ T p p 3 The wind sings and uses the trees for harps. The singing of the birds as soon as they awaken, is the charm of the morning. . Even the ocean iBaAr waves have their song. Man has always sung I-Cli and invented instruments of music. Music has always been associated with worship; We are told in Zeph. 3 :17 that God sings. Our Lord and His apostles sang when here upon earth (Mk. 14:26). The early church sang (Acts 16:25; 1 Cor. 14:15-16), The singing of Psalms was recommended by James to keep; the heart happy (Jas. 5:13). Good music ennobles; bad music degrades. For this reason our New Testament instructs what kind of music lifts one up to God and how one is to engage in it to derive the greatest blessing to his soul. “Psalms, hymns and spiritual songs, sung with divine grace in the heart to •the Lord” (Col. 3:16), is a course of spiritual treatment recommended by Paul, who took some of his own medicine when he was in a dungeon at midnight. Spiritual songs seem essential to satisfying the deep est instincts of the soul. Our hymns are concentrations of the deepest spiritual experiences and ripest thoughts, crystallized into melodies that lift the soul. God Himself was the first great Composer and Musi cian and by divine inspiration commanded the formation of great choirs among the earliest worshipers (1 Chron. 15:17; 23:5, 6; 25:1-6). The world is destined to dis cover more and more of the mysterious power of music, and prophecy leaves us no doubt but that the redeemed will revel in it throughout the ceaseless ages (Rev. 5 :8-9). Remarkable cases of healing are .being reported through the use of music. It has been especially effective in cases of apparent insanity. Is this an idea altogether new to the Bible? Many believe that some cases of dis ordered minds are due to the possession of a foreign spirit, and we read (1 Sam. 16:23) that when an evil spirit was upon Saul, “David took up an harp and played■ So Saul was refreshed and was well and the evil spirit departed from him." H ealing E ffects of M usic The soothing, comforting and healing effect of music upon some individuals is well known. When the mind is depressed, the nerves in a state of exhaustion and there fore the power sent to the muscles diminished, the writer has often found immediate relief in the playing of a phon ograph record, selecting some stirring instrumental selec tion. When greatly discouraged, the hearing of an uplift ing song,, or playing upon the piano and singing some grand old hymn has proved the balm needed. Every musical note has seemed like a living thought stream. There can be no question but that musical waves act and react upon our nervous system. Music has been defined as “the language of the emo tions” and since the deepest of these emotions is love, spiritual music seems to have peculiar power not only to impress one with God’s love, but to flood the soul with love. It was Wagner who said; “I can grasp the spirit of music in no other manner than in love.” Many of the greatest composers have been great lovers, and the power of the right kind of music to deepen and sanctify love is undoubted. Heavenly music is a divinely ordained tonic and it is strange that more attention has not been given to its uses. Mrs. Moser caught something of this scientific truth when, after reading 2 Chron. 20:22, she repro duced the thought in her little chorus: “When your enemies surround you, Sing in joyful lays. God will fight and win your victory When you sing and praise.” Scientists are finding that music can become a force in offices and work shops. Melodies scientifically chosen have been found to possess powers of renewing vitality. The influence of military music in war time has long been known and this has now led to the discovery’that musical rhythm affects the speed of the heartbeats and so has exhilarating effects upon the entire system. Certain kinds of music rest one; certain kinds tire; certain kinds depress and make one melancholy. Modern jazz has its appeal to the sensual and produces in many people a nervous tension which cannot long be endured. If music comes to be commercialized in shops and offices merely for the purpose of speeding up production, as is now being done in some places, we may safely predict a great increase of the num-
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