What Is Good Music?

Why did God Create Music? Where does Music Lead Us? Who is being Honored? Music is an established part of every worship service. Though the styles are sometimes quite different, music can be heard in almost every church. The style varies with the country and age group. The spectrum goes from Gregorian (monotone chants) to songs, sung in a slow, melancholy manner to foot-stomping spirituals and to so-called Christian rock. In Germany, evangelical publishers produce CDs with music similar in style to that which can be heard on popular radio stations. The only real difference is the “Christian” words which are not always wrong in their message, but as a rule are fairly superficial. How do we know which music to choose? Should there be a difference between the music we choose in church and that which we choose at home or at other times? What place does classical music have for us?
Should we be a part of worldly concerts, either in the audience or as one of the musicians? Is music good or bad in and of itself, or does it depend upon my attitude, the character of the composer, or the interpretation? What kind of music can we use in missionary work? In this and the next edition of the Youth Ministry we want to consider what good music is and how to detect perversions. 19 Speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. 4 Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding. 7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
It is part of God’s ways to have instrumental music accompany singing. Testimonies for the Church, vol. I have been shown the order, the perfect order, of heaven, and have been enraptured as I listened to the perfect music there. After coming out of vision, the singing here has sounded very harsh and discordant. I have seen companies of angels, who stood in a hollow square, everyone having a harp of gold. At the end of the harp was an instrument to turn to set the harp or change the tunes. Their fingers did not sweep over the strings carelessly, but they touched different strings to produce different sounds. There is one angel who always leads, who first touches the harp and strikes the note, then all join in the rich, perfect music of heaven. It cannot be described. It is melody, heavenly, divine, while from every countenance beams the image of Jesus, shining with glory unspeakable.
There will also be music in the new earth. We read that the redeemed will express their thanks and joy in song. In the same manner the angels brought the harps, and Jesus presented them also to the saints. The commanding angels first struck the note, and then every voice was raised in grateful, happy praise, and every hand skillfully swept over the strings of the harp, sending forth melodious music in rich and perfect strains. The first notes of music sung on this earth came from the birds on the fifth day of creation. The Story of Redemption, p. Adam and Eve were charmed with the beauties of their Eden home. They were delighted with the little songsters around them, wearing their bright yet graceful plumage, and warbling forth their happy, cheerful music. To this day the singing of the birds has a healing influence. If you want to get well quickly, come into harmony with nature.
The Ministry of Healing, p. The more the patient can be kept out of doors, the less care will he require. The more cheerful his surroundings, the more helpful will he be. Shut up in the house, be it ever so elegantly furnished, he will grow fretful and gloomy. Surround him with the beautiful things of nature; place him where he can see the flowers growing and hear the birds singing, and his heart will break into song in harmony with the songs of the birds. Relief will come to body and mind. Testimonies for the Church, vol. …listening to the happy songs of the birds, has a peculiarly exhilarating effect on the nervous system. Good singing is like the music of the birds-subdued and melodious. The birds can also help us in our decision about what good music is. Great improvement can be made in singing. Some think that the louder they sing the more music they make; but noise is not music.
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