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Led to song?
One thing I love in silent worship is that speech is only when led and not by rote.
One thing I miss in silent worship is that songs of praise and joy are never voiced.
In (and immediately after) several meetings I've attended, I felt led to sing, but didn't. I'm only an attender, I'm incredibly self-conscious about singing in public, nobody else ever does it (that I've heard), and it would have seemed awfully pretentious. And yet...
Has anyone else felt led to sing in meeting? Has anyone heard someone follow such a leading? Does God not call any of His people to worship Him in song?
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Permalink Reply by Victoria Pearson on
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I have ministered in song and heard amazing powerful sung ministry. when it comes, it is a revelation. also the meeting i attend has hymn sing before formal meeting. very nice.
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Permalink Reply by Forrest Curo on
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Sometimes happened at Pendle Hill, with good results.
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Permalink Reply by Christopher Hatton on
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Friends,
There has been many a time someone was moved to sign during Worship at Ramallah meeting in the Occupied West Bank. Although I am a genuinely poor singer, and often have problems singing some of the text, in the last year I have found myself actually enjoying the odd hymn or 4. I also occasionally attend a Mennonite church, where the sing is generally poor and a bit of a dirge (but a great community and I am off challenged and uplifted by the Pastoral team there).
However, there is another Mennonite Church in southern Germany I attend about 1x a year, and they have a great mix of hymns, ministry and silent expectant waiting (often because several other Quakers attend).
Some of us here in Europe do possess the Quaker Song Book, and at German Yearly Meeting there is often an early morning Worship with signing.
Howard, that also reassures a poor singer like me :-)
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Permalink Reply by William F Rushby on
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Singing in the Spirit in Early Quakerism
Kenneth L. Carroll
Quaker History, Volume 73, Number 1, Spring 1984, pp. 1-13 (Article)
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https://muse.jhu.edu/article/394004/pdf
[ This content has been declared free to read by the publisher during the COVID-19 pandemic. ]
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See also Joshua L Baily, "Friends and Music," Bulletin of Friends Historical Association, Vol.23, #1, Spring, 1934, 22-30. The *Bulletin* was the predecessor of Quaker History and its articles are available for free download during the Pandemic at the Friends Historical Association site (reference above). Baily discusses intoned preaching at some length, including musical transcriptions of excerpts from some sermons.
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List of Quaker History and Bulletin articles at https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/394
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