Sing a New Song

One hundred fifty years ago Adventist pioneers had an innovative vision for the church regarding music and worship. They were proactive in creating and compiling new hymns. They were publishing a new songbook almost every other year. During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries most of these Lutheran chorales—also called Protestant hymns—were vibrant expressions of spiritual revival. Many of these powerful hymns are timeless and still relevant to our own generation. Some others, however, became obsolete. Never in Scripture do we find an invitation to “keep singing the old songs.” Just the opposite: “Sing a new song to the Lord! Let the whole earth sing to the Lord!” writes the psalmist (Ps. 96:1)