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singing with Him. God wants us to use every facility which Heaven
has provided for resisting the enemy.—
Manuscript 65, 1901
.
Bringing Heaven’s Gladness—The early morning often found
Him in some secluded place, meditating, searching the Scriptures, or
in prayer. With the voice of singing He welcomed the morning light.
With songs of thanksgiving He cheered His hours of labor, and brought
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heaven’s gladness to the toil-worn and disheartened.—
The Ministry
of Healing, 52
(1905).
The Song of Praise—Often He expressed the gladness of His
heart by singing psalms and heavenly songs. Often the dwellers in
Nazareth heard His voice raised in praise and thanksgiving to God.
He held communion with heaven in song; and as His companions
complained of weariness from labor, they were cheered by the sweet
melody from His lips. His praise seemed to banish the evil angels,
and, like incense, fill the place with fragrance. The minds of His
hearers were carried away from their earthly exile, to the heavenly
home.—
The Desire of Ages, 73, 74
.
A Weapon Against Discouragement—If there was much more
praising the Lord, and far less doleful recitation of discouragements,
many more victories would be achieved.—
Letter 53, 1896
.
Let praise and thanksgiving be expressed in song. When tempted,
instead of giving utterance to our feelings, let us by faith lift up a song
of thanksgiving to God.
Song is a weapon that we can always use against discouragement.
As we thus open the heart to the sunlight of the Saviour’s presence,
we shall have health and His blessing.—
The Ministry of Healing,
254
(1905).
To Conserve Christian Experience—Evening and morning join
with your children in God’s worship, reading His Word and singing
His praise. Teach them to repeat God’s law. Concerning the command-
ments, the Israelites were instructed: “Thou shalt teach them diligently
unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine
house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down,
and when thou risest up.” Accordingly, Moses directed the Israelites
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to set the words of the law to music. While the older children played
on instruments, the younger ones marched, singing in concert the song
of God’s commandments. In later years they retained in their minds
the words of the law which they learned during childhood.