Throughout the ages and in all parts of the world, the power of music has been valued for its effects in quieting the spirit and elevating the mind. There are few means more effective for lifting the soul above the things of earth and into the atmosphere of heaven than appropriate music. It has power to quicken thought, banish gloom, promote courage, subdue ruffled spirits, and create an atmosphere of peace, joy, and hope.
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God’s people do not realize as they should the value of music to help relieve them from weariness, to drive away the influences of evil angels, or to lift the soul above care, doubt, anger, bitterness, and fear. More singing of sacred songs in the home, the workshop, or the school would draw God’s children closer to one another and nearer to God.
However, it would be a mistake to conclude that prophets customarily resorted to music as a prelude to their prophesying. The fact that a company of prophets in the days of Saul had with them various musical instruments (1 Sam. 10:5) need indicate no more than that music was valued in the days of the prophets and that it was employed by them, as it should be by all children of God, to inspire and elevate the soul and to lift the thoughts to higher and nobler themes. Jesus recognized the value of song (DA 73).