6 Lessons, and other music & worship links

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• 6 Lessons from Luther on Congregational Singing -- “At every opportunity Luther and his colleagues were concerned to get the whole congregation—not just part of it—involved in the singing, teaching them of the need to sing the scriptural Word...”
• Hark, Ten Thousand Harps and Voices - Thomas Kelly -- “Kelly was ordained in 1792 but was silenced by the established church because his preaching of justification by faith was considered too spiritual. He became one of Ireland’s finest preachers and spiritual poets of the 19th century.”
• Isaac Watts’s ‘Psalms of David’, 19 years in the writing -- “Watts spent some 19 years on The Psalms of David. He had written the imitations of some Psalms by 1700. Versions of four appeared in the first edition of his Horae Lyricae (1706; withdrawn from subsequent editions) and an extra ten in the first edition of Hymns and Spiritual Songs (1707); Watts amended all of these for the Psalms of David.”
• Oodles of Oompahs -- “To learn more about how this unique musical style keeps the beat, I headed to the Texas Polka Music Museum in downtown Schulenburg.”
• Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs; what are they? -- “All the clear references in the NT refer to the book of psalms, or to individual psalms from that book. No reference clearly refers to something other than this.”
• Sing the Psalms–A Free App for your Apple or Android Phone -- “However, if you are not able to get a physical copy, I am delighted to let you know that a quality app has been designed which includes the text and tunes of the 1650 Scottish Psalter.”
• Singing the Psalms -- “The Psalms are so magnificent that it is difficult to know where to begin in describing their glory. Psalms is a peerless book. There is nothing like the Psalms in all of human literature.”
• Sweeney Hosts ‘Sunny Side Up’ on Willie’s Roadhouse Radio -- “Longview native Sunny Sweeney hosts a new morning show on SIRIUS XM radio, manning the airwaves from 5 to 11 a.m.”
• The Hymn Amazing Grace: New Testament Language Based Upon Old Testament Scripture -- “It is a little known fact that this well-known Christian hymn is actually based upon Old Testament scripture verses, specifically 1 Chronicles chapter 17, verses 16 and 17.”
• The Story of the Anthem Sweet Home Alabama -- The melody for the song was written in about 15 minutes and the lyrics in less than two hours.
• Ye Servants of God - Charles Wesley -- “Charles printed the hymn as the opening song in the section titled ‘Hymns to be Sung in a Tumult.’ It was written to encourage and strengthen his followers in their time of persecution.”