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Prior to the Pope Pius X's 1911 reforms, the following cycle of seven Old Testament Canticles was used at Lauds: Sunday – The Song of the Three Holy Children (Daniel 3:57–88, 56) Monday – The Song of Isaiah the Prophet (Isaiah 12:1–6) Tuesday – The Song of Hezekiah (Isaiah 38:10–20) Wednesday – The Song of Hannah (1 Samuel 2:1–10)
3. The works and deeds of the Lord Jesus are most fully revealed in the New Testament. 4. The Psalms command new songs (Psalms 33:3, Psalms 40:3, Psalms 96:1, Psalms 98:1, Psalms 144:9, Psalms 149:1). Therefore, the argument goes, new songs concerning the works and deeds of Jesus from the NT are commanded and required for proper worship.
The Heart's Offering with Songs New and Old for The Lord's Memorial (1915) [551] Revival Gems: a Small Book with a Big Mission (1921) Living Hymns: the small hymnal: a book of worship and praise for the developing life (1923) [552] The New Baptist Hymnal (1926) [553] Junior Hymns and Songs: for use in Church School (1927) [554]
David Playing the Harp by Jan de Bray, 1670.. Knowledge of the biblical period is mostly from literary references in the Bible and post-biblical sources. Religion and music historian Herbert Lockyer, Jr. writes that "music, both vocal and instrumental, was well cultivated among the Hebrews, the New Testament Christians, and the Christian church through the centuries."
Song of Songs (Cantique des Cantiques) by Gustave Moreau, 1893. The Song of Songs (Biblical Hebrew: שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים , romanized: Šīr hašŠīrīm), also called the Canticle of Canticles or the Song of Solomon, is a biblical poem, one of the five megillot ("scrolls") in the Ketuvim ('writings'), the last section of the Tanakh.
("A hymn is the praise of God with song; a song is the exultation of the mind dwelling on eternal things, bursting forth in the voice.") [13] The earliest Christian hymns are mentioned round about the year 64 by Saint Paul in his letters. The Greek hymn, Hail Gladdening Light was mentioned by Saint Basil around 370.
Simeon's Song of Praise by Aert de Gelder, c. 1700–1710. The Nunc dimittis [1] (English: / n ʊ ŋ k d ɪ ˈ m ɪ t ɪ s /), also known as the Song of Simeon or the Canticle of Simeon, is a canticle taken from the second chapter of the Gospel of Luke, verses 29 through 32.
Hymns and Spiritual Songs (London: J. Humfreys, 1707) Horae Lyricae: Poems, Chiefly of the Lyric Kind (2nd ed. 1709) Divine Songs Attempted in Easy Language for the Use of Children (1715) Guide to Prayer (1715; 4th ed. corr 1725) Psalms of David: Imitated in the Language of the New Testament, and Apply'd to the Christian State and Worship (1719)