Last Day Events - Ellen G. White

Music forms a part of God’s worship in the
courts above, and we should endeavor in our songs
of praise to approach as nearly as possible to the
harmony of the heavenly choirs.... Singing, as a
part of religious service, is as much an act of
worship as is prayer.—Patriarchs and Prophets,
594 (1890).
The use of musical instruments is not at all
objectionable. These were used in religious
services in ancient times. The worshipers praised
God upon the harp and cymbal, and music should
have its place in our services.—Evangelism, 500,
501 (1898).
Television and the Theater
Among the most dangerous resorts for pleasure
is the theater. Instead of being a school of morality
and virtue, as is so often claimed, it is the very
hotbed of immorality. Vicious habits and sinful
propensities are strengthened and confirmed by
these entertainments. Low songs, lewd gestures,
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