Confessions of a Clergyman
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If we consent to pass over " The Song of Songs, " leaving the whole of it unused because it would be folly to use it (and in these latter days, "THE BEAUTY OF HOLINESS" 169 wrong), why is it a sin to leave portions of the Psalms unused?
Problem: To take an ancient Jewish hymn- book, and fit it to spiritual needs of a Christian and very modern congregation.
Because it is Jewish, the Psalter contains here and there an example of Oriental imagery that mars " the beauty of holiness " as we moderns ...un- derstand it — anatomical imagery, I mean; pas- sages in which the Psalmist's bones, and reins, and what not, are to praise the Lord. Logically, of course, it is no more grotesque to praise the Lord with one's other viscera than to praise the Lord with one's heart. But how different the effect on sentiment! How exceedingly queer and foreign and beautiless and unworshipful those passages! I wanted to leave them out, less from the esthetic motive than from the religious.
And because it is ancient, written centuries be- fore Christ, the Psalter reflects now and then a spirit distinctly un-Christian.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
If we consent to pass over " The Song of Songs, " leaving the whole of it unused because it would be folly to use it (and in these latter days, "THE BEAUTY OF HOLINESS" 169 wrong), why is it a sin to leave portions of the Psalms unused?
Problem: To take an ancient Jewish hymn- book, and fit it to spiritual needs of a Christian and very modern congregation.
Because it is Jewish, the Psalter contains here and there an example of Oriental imagery that mars " the beauty of holiness " as we moderns ...un- derstand it — anatomical imagery, I mean; pas- sages in which the Psalmist's bones, and reins, and what not, are to praise the Lord. Logically, of course, it is no more grotesque to praise the Lord with one's other viscera than to praise the Lord with one's heart. But how different the effect on sentiment! How exceedingly queer and foreign and beautiless and unworshipful those passages! I wanted to leave them out, less from the esthetic motive than from the religious.
And because it is ancient, written centuries be- fore Christ, the Psalter reflects now and then a spirit distinctly un-Christian.
What to read after Confessions of a Clergyman?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Rollin Lynde Hartt to read onlineMoreLess
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