The Time of Incense

During temple worship the time of incense was a special event when all the people would gather together for prayer. And during this time all musical and vocal praised ceased. People literally stood in odd silence for 30 minutes so that their prayers could be offered to God without any interruption. Leon Morris: The saints appear insignificant to men at large but in the sight of God they matter even great cosmic cataclysms are held back on their account.