Just for Thoughts
The singing of a hymn should be a great experience for Christians. a hymn can be a prayer, a testiony, a praise, or an invitation to others. Many of us apparently need to take the words we sing more seriously.
We sing "Sweet Hour of Prayer" and pray only a few minutes each day
We sing "Onward Christian Soldiers" and the wait to be drafted.
We sing "Oh, for a Thousand Tongues to Sing" and don't use the o.nes we have to speak for Christ.
We sing "Blest Be the Tie" and let the slightest offense sever it.
We sing "Serve the Lord with Gladness" and gripe about all we have to do
We sing "I Love to Tell the Story" and seldom mention Jesus to anybody.
We sing "Cast Thy Burden on the Lord" and then worry ourselves into a nervous breakdown.
We sing "The Whole Wide World for Jesus" and never invite our next-door neighbor to church