Then Sings My Soul Quotes

“We don't want to live in the dark moods of imponderable mystery, but neither do we want to miss them altogether. they allow us to emerge from the tender sadness of the manger to sing with the angels in the skies above...”
― Robert J. Morgan, Then Sings My Soul Book 3: The Story of Our Songs: Drawing Strength from the Great Hymns of Our Faith

“Hundreds of young barefoot, long-haired, newly converted believers flocked to the church, and they brought their guitars with them.”
― Robert J. Morgan, The Story of Our Songs: Drawing Strength from the Great Hymns of Our Faith

“Evangelist Vance Havner once quipped, “When I was a boy, preachers used to talk about ‘holding a revival.’ What we really need is somebody who will turn a revival loose.”
― Robert J. Morgan, Then Sings My Soul Special Edition: 150 of the World's Greatest Hymn Stories

“Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world. It controls our thoughts, minds, hearts, and spirits . . . . A person who . . . does not regard music as a marvelous creation of God . . . does not deserve to be called a human being; he should be permitted to hear nothing but the braying of asses and the grunting of hogs.”
― Robert J. Morgan, Then Sings My Soul Special Edition: 150 of the World's Greatest Hymn Stories

“To love Christ more," Elizabeth once said, "is the deepest need, the constant cry of my soul.... Out in the woods and on my bed and out driving, when I am happy and busy, and when I am sad and idle, the whisper keeps going up for more love, more love, more love!”
― Robert J. Morgan, Then Sings My Soul Book 2: 150 of the World's Greatest Hymn Stories

“George Matheson was only a teenager when he learned that his poor eyesight was deteriorating further. Not to be denied, he continued straightaway with his plans to enroll in Glasgow University, and his determination led to his graduating at age nineteen. But as he pursued graduate studies for Christian ministry he became totally blind. His sisters joined ranks beside him, learning Greek and Hebrew to assist him in his studies, and he pressed faithfully on. But his spirit collapsed when his fiance´e, unwilling to be married to a blind man, broke their engagement and returned his ring. George never married, and the pain of that rejection never totally left him. Years later, his sister came to him, announcing her engagement. He rejoiced with her, but his mind went back to his own heartache.He consoled himself in thinking of God’s love which is never limited, never conditional, never withdrawn, and never uncertain. Out of this experience it is said he wrote the hymn, O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go, on June 6, 1882.”
― Robert J. Morgan, Then Sings My Soul Special Edition: 150 of the World's Greatest Hymn Stories

“The issue of singing hymns versus Psalms split churches, including the one in”
― Robert J. Morgan, Then Sings My Soul Special Edition: 150 of the World's Greatest Hymn Stories

“A grateful mind is a great mind,’’ and the Bible agrees. There are 138 passages of Scripture on the subject of thanksgiving, and some of them are powerfully worded. Colossians 3:17 says: ‘‘And whatever you do in word or deed, do”
― Robert J. Morgan, Then Sings My Soul Special Edition: 150 of the World's Greatest Hymn Stories