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Saturday, August 24, 2024

No melody without music, and other music quotes

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“The best, most beautiful, and most perfect way that we have of expressing a sweet concord of mind to each other is by music.” -- Jonathan Edwards

“We cannot have a melody without music, nor can we have divine record of God speaking without words.” -- John MacArthur

“Since the largest book in the Bible is a songbook, we see the importance of sacred music before God.” -- David Cloud

“The hymn was the prayer of the penitent, and the hallelujah of the redeemed.” -- George C. Loud, Evangelized America 

“Music is God’s gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.” -- Walter Savage

“Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.” -- Martin Luther

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