Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book II For "if thou shalt love the Lord try God," and then "thy neighbour," let its first manifestation be towards God in thanksgiving and psalmody, and the second toward our neighbour in decorous fellowship. For says the apostle, "Let the Word of the Lord dwell in you richly."[103] For the psalm is a melodious and sober blessing. The apostle calls the psalm "a spiritual song."[107] Tertullian To His Wife Book II Together they pray, together prostrate themselves, together perform their fasts; mutually teaching, mutually exhorting,[63] Alms (are given) without (danger of ensuing) torment; sacrifices (attended) without scruple; daily diligence (discharged) without impediment: (there is) no stealthy signing, no trembling greeting, no mute benediction. Between the two echo psalms and hymns;[64] Pseudo-Cyprian On the Public Shows 10. Let the faithful Christian, I say, devote himself to the sacred Scriptures,[18]