but how do you show a picture of somebody not using a hymnal??
It makes me happy to see people singing in church without needing a hymnal.
My brother-in-law during the processional at his wedding.
The acolytes while they're extinguishing candles.
The elders who are carrying the pall to the coffin during the opening hymn of a funeral.
The 4-year-old who can't read yet.
The 20-something young lady from Indiana who transferred to our church, and several people asked me when they saw her singing on the way back from the communion rail, "Where did she learn all those hymns?"
I suspect the saints and angels in heaven do not use hymnbooks. The books are necessary on earth. But it's sweet when the words are so deep within us that we can freely sing from the heart.
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