Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-05-12
SABBATH READING.
BY REQUEST.
Congregational Singing.

would be m"cn nearer the truth, to call 1T sin
S"iS 10 Vho Pra'sG'ana glory or young ladies'
anu young Gentlemen. what a bnrlrSquc
soSh = performance l'uSt appear TO angels, II
'"Ucou t"Yy co''lcSGel'u 70 "'eneSS II, Nor
can IL DC 'oS$ 50 IN Tie ESTIMATION or human
p',nSS "''1 'aN' 4 Gonl"'9n sense view OF the
S%''eot 10" M'ue'y ulherenV 70 sthoso OF
t"u itein'; u'S "rao .n0 n ,'G@S w eo''s'eSa-
''o"'' slp@ang cApIGsSSa ny br' watts
,G wbo,o osscmbSy mUit.~ rrn,shj,' i - tNn HvS
AZ once thcy sins. Mt once thcy nrov-
They hear of heaven mad learn tho way
If that sacred bard could be awakened from
his peaceful sIumberS, and enter almost any
OF our churches now, he would have to altcr
his verse to something like the following:
On how ridiculous It's TO see
WhI,,a; Wn m'nonee sting @,,Ig sIMIntiy
ThNy s;'mmIv 'g"," ,iIa a., ".i ,,'Iir , NG,cGS 're
Wedo not LnwSycr ,,n, n ~ WV ,n. .mo''. al.
icct LIGHTLY or satiricnliv bnt rnt,or snr;nni,,
rs it is Que which demands thc dnyn,,t n,,,,s;5
cratiou of nh soher o;nJnJ lu,risti.,, w.
think that all who attend thn sor,.;ons oe caI.
house sbould to tho host nf tha;. lii,
in each nort of rol;gio,. ,yarsb;n '9' Jo,,'
should thev offer nrnvn,y to ,,d scor,tI, MI,
those of the minister hut shon!J ,nIiliy ,";n "i,"
,,!e praise in sinoino Tb;s j. dro 20 10 GA
Gf all their merciEs 60 como sa;th tSa
sweet sinocr in JsropI ulet NO s;n,, ,,n.n ~
Lord nriy sono. lctuss n,.l,n - io,,r,l r,;ao
unto thc rocl, of our s,ly,tinn ~ ~, aS,>
before his nrcsnncc wifi tbonLsn;,,;nr, "a
show ourselves Glad in hin, ,v;,I, 60,
Sinp unto the lord y now aommo ~nl Ii.
nroise in tho rororc,s.t;,n ~ s,;,,a7, D."
formed very nrnn,incnt n,rt in ,I,, rol;oia,,s
Worship of the Old Trstpmnnt sairts Nnr
were the early Cbrst;ons lass nh.cr,ont or tl,;'.
delightful Christian exercise Thc anostlo
exhorts them to praise God in nslnma and
HYMNS. and snirihinl ,on0s s;no;no omd mn,
king melody Ia tbcir bcorts umto t5o Lord ~
And on the memorable nimht IN wI,;cb the Ro.
deemcr was BETRAYED thc last act of worsl;n
in which he engaged With Ills d;sc;nlns aftnr,
supper. lust before roino to thc dnrdcn If
GetlIsemanc, was that of sinoinm ~ hv,un -
On could the silent Christian Of the nrcseri
day but have listened to that last nlaint,ve
touching, vet inspired song thew would he
more willing to ioin in singing the praises Of
the Most High, even when their hearts are
tingcd with sadness and their fcelincs onprcss.
ed with painful forcbodines. Orcould thcv
but have listened to Paul aud Silas in the dun
geonat midnight, singing praises to God thoy
would be disp) )s9l, waon in trouble, to initiate
these inspired prison songstors Moreover.
il it were possible for them to hear the music
of that mighty redeemed CONGREGATION before
the grcOtwhite throne, as it floats on the breeze
they would bcinspred to praise the Lord with
their voices in the congregation of the saints
below If this part of religious worship be
neglected, we think the services offered to
God in the sanctuary become exceedingly de
f'etiyc, and peculiarly lacking in interest
Undoubtedly there are several things which
nave hitherto .cOnSDircl TO rotnrd tho nr1cticc
of Conversational sinoino but rho mo!t nron,.
inent of these hindrances IS the existence oi
a choir and the difficult music generally en-.
ploycd by them. The fine old tunes 50 ftl]
of music, and so admirably ADAPTED to the
worship of God, which were employed by
Christians in former t;nos src noorIv oy,,nn'
pnd from the conarerrotion now ond IN tbn;,
placc fantastic o,3erafic com;o 1 ,;nirsn;r;no, ;
undeyotional tunes orc substituted WLn ie
there among us that heard the q Ola Folts, >,
concert that did nor wisb for rov;r.I ~ on,
churches Of those fine ola tnnos o,ramJ '", ao
devotional and in which all tSn non t'S"''at;on S
could ioin The Ioa1or ~ nLnir sn't,ran. $500
that in order TO make thn sinainr
new tunes must he constonug ;ntroJnnod
Nothing could he moro ahsmyd th,n ""oh =
practice for how cnn tbs noo,,ro ;nin w s;n
ging tune thew never heard bcfore J% " Tbn I'"
celebrated Robt Hull once said 9 4 now
tune is almost as bad as new Gospel" There here