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Letter to Editor
December 5, 1842
Alexandria Gazette
Alexandria, Alexandria County, District Of Columbia
What is this article about?
Letter praising church choirs' music for enhancing solemn worship, awakening devotion, and promoting religious refinement. Dated Dec. 2, 1842; signed Crito.
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Full Text
[Communicated.]
I have always admired the very excellent manner in which the members of the several Church choirs in this place have performed their music, and the pleasing and appropriate airs, they are ever ready to produce on all occasions. In all places where this peculiar branch of church worship is properly attended to, we find the most solemn and imposing ceremonies connected with our sweet and holy communion observed and respected. It is an instrument by which our hearts are awakened to participate in the solemn worship of God, and fitted to join in the holy exercises—to realize those heavenly strains which angels are ever singing to the praise of the Great I AM—and which also tends to increase our refinement, and promote our religious exaltation,
Dec. 2, 1842.
CRITO.
I have always admired the very excellent manner in which the members of the several Church choirs in this place have performed their music, and the pleasing and appropriate airs, they are ever ready to produce on all occasions. In all places where this peculiar branch of church worship is properly attended to, we find the most solemn and imposing ceremonies connected with our sweet and holy communion observed and respected. It is an instrument by which our hearts are awakened to participate in the solemn worship of God, and fitted to join in the holy exercises—to realize those heavenly strains which angels are ever singing to the praise of the Great I AM—and which also tends to increase our refinement, and promote our religious exaltation,
Dec. 2, 1842.
CRITO.
What sub-type of article is it?
Religious
Reflective
Emotional
What themes does it cover?
Religion
What keywords are associated?
Church Choirs
Religious Music
Sacred Worship
Holy Communion
Religious Exaltation
What entities or persons were involved?
Crito.
Letter to Editor Details
Author
Crito.
Main Argument
the writer admires the excellent music performed by church choirs, which enhances solemn worship, awakens hearts to participate in holy exercises, realizes heavenly strains sung by angels, and promotes refinement and religious exaltation.
Notable Details
References Angels Singing To The Praise Of The Great I Am