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Music and poetry have long been associated with worship, and the founding fathers intuited early on that the addition of worshipful singing was a necessary part of church service. They despaired of writing original pieces, worrying that the phrasing and sentiment might be tainted when left to the creative minds of mere mortals; therefore, they decided that all they needed was to convert the psalms of David into verse to maintain the elevated sacred stature of the poetry. So that is what they did, and doing thus, they created the first hymnal.
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