{"id":1267,"count":0,"description":"\u201cSinging the praises of God, as a religious duty\u2014this may be done in a private manner, by a person singly and alone (Js 5:13), and between two or more; so Paul and Silas sang aloud praises to God in the prison (Acts 16:25), and in the family, between a man and his wife, with his children and servants. Singing the praises of God has always been a branch of natural or revealed religion, in all ages and periods of time, and ever will be. That the churches of Christ under the gospel dispensation were to sing, is evident from express precepts and directions given to gospel churches concerning it (Eph. 5:19; Col. 3:16). Inasmuch as the \u201cword of God\u201d and Christ in general furnishes out matter for singing his praises, I deny not, but that such hymns and spiritual songs, composed by good men, uninspired, may be made use of; provided care is taken that they be agreeable to the sacred writings, and to the analogy of faith, and are expressed as much as may be in scripture language.\u201d\u2014John Gill, \u201cA Body Of Practical Divinity\u201d\r\n\r\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/category\/hymns-and-spiritual-songs\/the-triune-jehovah\/\">THE TRIUNE JEHOVAH<\/a><\/h5>\r\n\r\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/category\/hymns-and-spiritual-songs\/salvation-and-sovereign-grace\/\">SALVATION AND SOVEREIGN GRACE<\/a><\/h5>\r\n\r\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/category\/hymns-and-spiritual-songs\/gracious-covenant-and-election\/\">GRACIOUS COVENANT AND ELECTION<\/a><\/h5>\r\n\r\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/category\/hymns-and-spiritual-songs\/redemption-and-regeneration\/\">REDEMPTION AND REGENERATION<\/a><\/h5>\r\n\r\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/category\/hymns-and-spiritual-songs\/incarnation-and-return\/\">INCARNATION AND RETURN<\/a><\/h5>\r\n\r\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/category\/hymns-and-spiritual-songs\/strangers-and-pilgrims\/\">STRANGERS AND PILGRIMS<\/a><\/h5>\r\n\r\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/category\/hymns-and-spiritual-songs\/trials-and-tribulations\/\">TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS<\/a><\/h5>\r\n\r\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/category\/hymns-and-spiritual-songs\/fruit-of-the-spirit\/\">FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT<\/a><\/h5>\r\n\r\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/category\/hymns-and-spiritual-songs\/death-and-heaven\/\">DEATH AND HEAVEN<\/a><\/h5>\r\n\r\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/category\/hymns-and-spiritual-songs\/the-church\/\">THE CHURCH<\/a><\/h5>","link":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/category\/hymns-and-spiritual-songs\/","name":"Hymns and Spiritual Songs","slug":"hymns-and-spiritual-songs","taxonomy":"category","parent":0,"meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/1267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=1267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}