Utilizing hymn power

"Hymns are dumb. Why do we have to sing them?"

I am a hymn lover from way back, so this comment from a student in my college-age class caught me off guard. It never occurred to me there could be anyone who didn't like hymns! (Never a dull moment in the life of a Christian Science Sunday School teacher.)

We had just stood to sing for the opening hymn, so I had time to reach out to God for an answer tailored to this young man's particular need. It came in these words: "Well, Cliff, for most of us, singing a hymn is like taxiing down the runway on an airfield—it prepares us to become airborne. It helps lift thought above the material scene that keeps us grounded."

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