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We no longer drink a bit of wine for our stomach's sake – nor for any other reason, for that matter. This act of going the second mile with the adherence to voluntary abstinence can be attributed to divine wisdom. Thus, comments on the difference between new and old wine must be based on what has been read, not on first-hand knowledge. Possibly the most succinct description is found in Saint John, chapter 2: “Every man at the beginning doth set forth good [old] wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse [new]: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.” We tend to limit the miracle performed in Cana of Galilee to the transformation of water into wine. But, there is more. What resulted, by all scientific specifications, should have been grape juice, and not high quality aged wine. To make a short story even shorter, aged wine is much more desired and costly than new wine, which brings us to what this writing is about. Have you ever tried to imagine what our church services would be like without singing? Without a single song? (Did Quakers sing?) If you can’t imagine what it would be like, no worries, it is unimaginable.