Beginning of the End - Ellen G. White

David's dancing in reverent joy before God has been used to
justify modern dancing, but in our day dancing is associated with
indiscretion and partying. Morals are sacrificed to pleasure. God is
not an object of thought in these places, and prayer would be out of
place. Christians are not to go after amusements that weaken love
for sacred things. The music and dancing in joyful praise of God
when the ark was moved did not have the faintest resemblance to the
corrupting influence of modern dancing. One exalted God's holy
name; the other is a device of Satan to cause people to forget and
dishonor God.
The triumphal procession approached the capital, then a burst
of song demanded that the watchers upon the walls throw open the
gates of the Holy City:
Lift up your heads, O you gates! And be lifted up, you
everlasting doors! And the King of glory shall come in.
A band of singers and players answered:
Who is this King of glory?
From another company came the response:
The Lord strong and mighty, The Lord mighty in battle.
Then hundreds of voices, uniting, swelled the triumphal chorus:
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