reminds us that while worship is foremost an offering of praise and glory to the Lord, so that doxology remains the primary aim of worship, it is also true that God-centered worship will always present a missionary and evangelistic appeal. Those who meet God in the church service are drawn to know him, and those who know the Lord in worship experience a great desire for everyone else to know him, too. William Plumer thus writes: “This is a missionary hymn for all ages of the church.”2 It is always
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