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We are quick to forget where we came from, to forget our
roots. We love the novel and the modern. It is a sad tendancy
because it shrinks our world. We no longer see that as the
people of God we are part of something so much bigger than
ourselves and than our times.
We don't want to live in the past, but be informed by the
past. After the preaching of the word of God, we believe that
the singing of hymns may be one of the best ways to follow in
the footsteps of the faithful - those who have loved the One
True God through the years. The presentation of the gospel
of Christ in these songs is rich, poetic, and timeless.
Though we are more committed to the message of the
hymns than the arrangements (they are in some ways novel
and modern), it is our hope that the way they are played
makes them more accessible and singable to the Church.
-- Steve Malone
"When this poor lisping, stammering tongue
lies silent in the grave
then in a nobler, sweeter song,
I'll sing Thy power to save."
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