Ben Glanzer

The song leader who endeavors to carry on without the aid of a choir, when the material for one is available, is working under a great handicap. He is missing a golden opportunity to tie many members of the local church to the evan­gelistic…

Five or ten minutes spent in leisurely "warming up" by humming gently and singing softly, with a few deep-breathing exercises, at the be­ginning of a rehearsal, will pay large dividends by putting frayed nerves at ease, reviving ex­hausted…

The best definition of singing that I know is in W. J. Henderson's book The Art of Singing: "Singing is the interpretation of text by means of musical tones produced by the human voice." This is short and definite. It goes to the…

Every song service should have a definite climax. But this needs careful planning. If there is no plan to the song service, and it is just a matter of taking up the time, merely to have the audience sing something before the service starts,…

In the vast community of the universe only one little family went astray. By its own willful choice it took the down­ward path that ended in destitution, hun­ger, sickness, and death. Then Christ the Majesty of heaven stepped into the breach,…

I came away from that visit almost envying the patient who was facing certain death," said the Bible instructor of a visit she and the pastor had made to the hospital.

"He painted the beauty and glory of heaven so vividly,"…

Have you noticed that at some of our camp meetings our people do not sing as wholeheartedly as they once did? This is an unfortunate fact that we need to face, for when a church begins to leave its singing to choirs and soloists it loses…

Music-Part 1

There is a greater place for music in evangelism now than ever before in the history of the world. But let us qualify the word "greater."

There was a day when the old-time singing evangelist felt cheated if…

PART II

Once the message of a song is clearly fixed in your mind through memorizing the words and analyzing the subject and the arrangement of the thoughts, you will be surprised to find yourself doing…

PART 1

Our first and most important goal in singing a song in public, whether it be a solo, duet, trio, quartet, or choir number, is to get the message across in such a way that the listeners will be…

Wonderful and assuring are these words: "Like the stars in the vast " circuit of their appointed path, Cod's purposes know no haste and no delay." When the hour strikes, "when the fulness of the time" comes, God acts!

The promise…

Down through the tedious ages of time man's heart has been cheered at the thought of the boundless love of God, and in his soul there has often been touched a responsive chord to that wonderful love. So compelling is this love that it…