Monday at the Red Lion was a great night of original music by some of my favorite songwriters. Jake Holmes does a rap called "Prep School Boys” that had me on the floor laughing.
As good as the music is, I love seeing all of my friends from the Village and old NYU friends who come to support the Songwriters Guild evenings. Kenny who runs the Bitter End always stops in. I sang there more than a few times, the gigs were a week long, and it payed $125 a week. My rent in those days was $119 a month. You could actually support yourself as an up and coming songwriter. Kirsten had some new songs as did Galia. The whole night was full of surprises.
My friend, Saad Haroon, a comic from Pakistan, is touring in the United States and dropped by and did a "bit,” or “turn,” as we say in the business. His act is about life in Pakistan, and It's funny and unique. When I was coming up, there were no comedy clubs. The comics opened in jazz clubs—Lenny Bruce, Lord Buckley and others. So it feels right to me.
We’re at the Red Lion the last Monday of every month. Come hang out next time.
THE SUITABLENESS AND SUFFICIENCY OF THE PSALTER FOR CHRISTIAN WORSHIPBy President J. A. Thompson, D. D., Tarkio, Mo. WHO questions the sutsableneis and sufficiency of the Psalter for Christian worship? The question is found in the sphere of the Church's practice. A large part of the Christian Church has abandoned the use of the Psalter in the praise service; another large part makes small use of it. Dr. Archibald Alexander Hodge was accustomed to tell his classes that the United Presbyterian Church had been raised up in the providence of God to keep the Psalter before the Church. In the fulfilment of its destiny the United Presbyterian Church finds it necessary to champion the sutsableneis and sufficiency of the Psalter for Christian worship.What is the formal worship of God? It is outward expression of an inward attitude toward God. It may assume several forms. It is seen in prayer, in praise, in preaching, in the sacraments, in giving, and in fasting. These forms may be divided into two general classes. In all cases the form of worship is prescribed in God's Word. No one would think of attempting the formal worship of God in any way not prescribed in His Word. In prayer, in fasting, and in giving the matter is not prescribed other than in general terms. We may give to God anything that has value to us. We may fast for any one of a great variety of reasons. We may pray for any one of a multitude of things. I will therefore that men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting (i Tim. ii. 8). Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you (i Thess. v. 17, 18). In the sacraments and in praise the matter is prescribed to men. No orthodox Christian would think of substituting anything for the bread and wine which the Master used in ordaining His Supper. Whatever disputes Christians may have over the mode of Baptism, they do not dispute over the use of water as its symbol. In preaching we have the combination of the prescribed and the voluntary. It is in part instruction concerning God derived from His Word and in part testimony concerning our own experience of God. Praise belongs to that type of worship based entirely upon what God has revealed of Himself and of man. Whoso offereth praise glorifieth Me (Ps. 1. 23). God must reveal Himself as a foundation for praise. O Lord, open Thou my lips; and my mouth shall show forth Thy praise (Ps. li. 15).There has been no change in the basic idea of praise. The eternal God remains the same. He is the Father of lights, with Whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. Evangelical Christians agree in the belief that the Canon of revelation is closed. God has accomplished His purpose with men in revelation. There is no need for further revelation. The completion of the Canon has been definitely and finally declared. In completing the Canon God did not deem it necessary to add to the book of praise after the period of the Exile. Every feature of worship had been provided for in the Psalter. Christianity did not claim to be a new religion. It was the fruition of the religion of the Old Testament. The Jehovah of Israel's prophets and the Father of our Lord are one and the same. Christianity has no new principle of praise worship to offer. It changed the form of the sacraments to meet new facts in the history of religion. It has given new vitality to prayer and clearer interpretation to praise. It has nothing to add to the character of God, nothing to tell of His relation to men which had not already been uttered by the Holy Ghost through the men whom He had inspired of old.
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