Listen to freely downloadable Instrumental Hymns in mp3 format. We offer free instrumental renditions of Classic Hymns and Spiritual Songs. We pray they are a blessings to you! Perfect for listening to when reading the Word of God or during your devotional time with the Lord! "Augustine describes the singing at Alexandria under Athanasius as more like speaking than singing. Musical instruments were not used. The pipe, tabret, and harp were associated so intimately with the sensuous heathen cults, as well as with the wild revelries and shameless performances of the degenerate theatre and circus, that it is easy to understand the prejudice against their use in the Christian worship."