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pleasing to Him than wrong. And the nearer the people of God can
approach to correct, harmonious singing, the more is He glorified, the
church benefited, and unbelievers favorably affected.
I have been shown the order, the perfect order, of heaven, and
have been enraptured as I listened to the perfect music there. After
coming out of vision, the singing here has sounded very harsh and
discordant. I have seen companies of angels, who stood in a hollow
square, everyone having a harp of gold. At the end of the harp was an
instrument to turn to set the harp or change the tunes. Their fingers
did not sweep over the strings carelessly, but they touched different
strings to produce different sounds. There is one angel who always
leads, who first touches the harp and strikes the note, then all join in
the rich, perfect music of heaven. It cannot be described. It is melody,
heavenly, divine, while from every countenance beams the image of
Jesus, shining with glory unspeakable.
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