a song, or ode, composed in honour of God. The Jewish hymns were
accompanied with trumpets, drums, and cymbals, to assist the voices of
the Levites and people. The word is used as synonymous with canticle,
song, or psalm, which the Hebrews scarcely distinguish, having no
particular term for a hymn, as distinct from a psalm or canticle. St.
Paul requires Christians to edify one another with “psalms, and hymns,
and spiritual songs.” St. Matthew says, that Christ, having supped, sung
a hymn, and went out. He recited the hymns or psalms which the Jews were
used to sing after the passover; which they called the _Halal_; that is,
the Hallelujah Psalms.
accompanied with trumpets, drums, and cymbals, to assist the voices of
the Levites and people. The word is used as synonymous with canticle,
song, or psalm, which the Hebrews scarcely distinguish, having no
particular term for a hymn, as distinct from a psalm or canticle. St.
Paul requires Christians to edify one another with “psalms, and hymns,
and spiritual songs.” St. Matthew says, that Christ, having supped, sung
a hymn, and went out. He recited the hymns or psalms which the Jews were
used to sing after the passover; which they called the _Halal_; that is,
the Hallelujah Psalms.