The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-07-01

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1t was also place of considerable and lmprOv
ing trade.
! MODERN PsALMoDY.-Singing. an act Of
worship. comes down to us sanctioned by the
highest authOrity-that of the Savior himself
for We read in the nc count Of tbe last suppey
that when they bad sung an bymn they went
OUT With The lapse of time, however, while
! the form remains. the spirit and intention have
been changed. Any one who will take the
trouble to examine the history of church music
will become convinced that we have widely de.
parted from the simplicity and dcvoutncss Of
! the early Christians, in this respect and that
what to them was Il serious, solemn act of wOr-
ship, is now too often mere display, in which
/ the sound usurrS the place of scu>e. and all de-
votonal feeling is absorbed in mental criticism
upon the style of the performance. In the
abundance OF singing books which are continu-
ally issued from the press. and in which the
whole range of musical literature is laid under
tribute for themes to harmonizc into so called
psalm tunes we think there is anything but
a hopeful prospect to those who are not pecu-
nlarly interested in their success. The insatia-
bic thirst Tor novelty which is the natural re-
suit we fear, will i'll the end prove to be hurt
full rather than beneficial Simple music must
become d.stastcful. and already we find the
good CID familiar tunes, cndcaretl TO us by eve
ry pleasant association, replaced by arrange
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sonatas, which, however beautiful and worthy
OF admiration in their place. have really no
home IN the sanctuary. There should he fitness
in all tlings. and while the abundance. Of church
music proper affords ample material for The ex-
! lgencics Of every demand, the compiler Of mo-
/ dern pSalmodies. compelled as it were by the
demand for more p!quant tunes, which is to be
attributed to their own course in the matter
rather than to any other cause, fill un their
pages with selections from every source, many
of which. by the ilippant style of their compo-
SitI"n, completely nulliiy the sentiment of the
text annexed.
There is something Ont rely foreign TO the
spirit OF religion in the present mode of con.
ducting The singing in our churches. Our
hyinaoloSy Is all adapted to y personal partici-
patton in its performance b, the whole congre-
CATION. and the custom Of I"1c ating it to a few
is not in accordance With its Intention or mean
ing. Some time since, in Il brief kctch of the
changes which have taken place in this pai OF
the divine service. we took occasion to men
ton The opposition which tie first ATTEMPT to
sing by note met wish. and while we would
avoid extremes ofsimplicity which from their
nncouthnesS might tend to bring d:scrcdit and
ridlcnlc upon most delightful act of wursh D.
we cannot but express Il hope that the good
s';se OF the community viii resist the tenn, T.
tons set bc.ore them by those whose in eres irg
the affair is measured manly by the amount +
pecnnlary benefit acciuing to them The infu
chcc ol All should be cXcrted on the side Ct pro.
pric'y ID This matter. IN the language OF
Bishop Wainwright. happy will il lie for the
church when mere pure and tIev otopal stvle
o song shall be restored. and the light and
powerless tines DOW SO often heard shall give
way TO those which are better ada pied to awak.
en- religious feeling, and which are moro in ar
coFuancc with the dignity of public worship"
-BoSfCn TRANSCRIPT.
NEw-laMrslRE SENATOR. Two ballots for
United States Senator were had in the House
of Representatives, on the 10th inst, with the
following result
First ballot - whole number of votes. 3Os ::
neces airy for choice. l55. John S. Wells.
lem. had IA Joel Eastman. wing. 81 Mason
W. iappan. Tree SOL, 81 Gco.W. Morrison, ls
! two democrats abscnt--no choice
Second ballot-Wclls had l4S Eastman. 50 !:
Iappan, 43; Morrison. "a: Daniel Clark, 2 !:
Charles lM oodbury, Ichabod Goodwin, L.
no choice.
An attempt was then made to proceed 10 the
election OF Senator for the long term, but the
Speaker ruled it out Of order. An indefinite
postpOnemcnt was then moved, but met with
general objection. and finally the matter was
postponed till the 2lst inst.
| The AntNebraska resolutions were then dis
cissed. y motion to lay them on the table wos
lost by the same majority that Wells lacked of
an election, and they were then postponed till
the 18th.
GS- The Steamers War Eagle and Admiral
arrived here on Saturday morning last with
large amount of freight and many passengers
We are indebted to each of them for late papers
TT The London Observer: abiding to the
Irish exodus, says that if the present annual
emigration continues until 1891, there will not
be single Irishman remaining on his native
soil
TT Attorney General Gushing has decided
against the claim for interest on Florida den
relation cases prior to 1919, amounting to nine
hundred thousand dollars. The Hon Henry A.
Wise was agent