I could be wrong here but I think that Alaphiah was making a statement here and not saying that we are not or do not sing praises to anyone but the Lord.
And what a wonderful praise ‘The Battle Hymn’ is!
(being posted a bit late but...)
Hi Outlaw Woman,
I think we may be on the same page. It was TMSuchman who posted that the Battle Hymn of the Republic was the same as singing praises to Obama, which is not true.
My point is the only governments that have ever encouraged the type of songs that we are seeing our school children being taught to sing to Obama were Communist and Fascist Governments.