Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-11-16

PS'oS WIN 'He 'uuHueT CeaIcnlnb
tones, and another quivering with cat-like
distraction among the low notes. But we
do mean such as We have sometimes heard
our pa' .nts give examples and of which we
have exclaimed, ooh they are the best,
after all, and also some of the universal
favorltes Of the present time, and will never
wear ont. Those sweet and simple songs
that lingcr around the heart like child
hoods dreams of heaven those plaintiye
airs that are sung alike over the grave
and under the naples shade those noble,
soul-stlrring strains, that are song on deck
and plain. As examples, "Old Hundred" +"
"Peterboro," "Sweet Home" "Sweet Af-
ton" cold House at Home,'' "Far Away"
"Try Again." "Hail Columbia" "The
Marseilles," the breadth of whose fame is
only attributable to their music. 1t is
music such as this, we would have taught
That its tendency would be good, is to be
inferred from its being used in Heaven )
for there We are told there is one continued
anthem of praise going up to the Eternal.
Earth's creation was greeted by a lullaby
sung over it by 'the morning stars" The
first announcement of "peace and good
will towards men upon earth' was made
by multitude of the heavenly host prais-
| ing God The inspired Psalmist has COM
manded US to ''sing unto the Lord and
praise him with new song" And is
there nothing elevating, purifying, and
exalting IN initiating the worship and the
employment of the heavenly hosts? in
obeying the commands oftne inspired one ?
| Who can sing or hear sung the good old
tune "Poterboro," without thinking of the
intimately associated words, and volunta-
rily exhorting his soul to pay its tribute
to its God? Who can sing or hear sung
'Iiome, Sweet Home" without thinking
of the hallowed associations of his own
home, and from that, turning heavcnward,
and longing to be there, or asking HIM
self, Am prepared for that eternal home ?
The evidence of these effects upon the
soul, are to be felt in each bosom. We
have only to think of it, and we are salts
fed The influence of music upon the
hyena' ferceness and the serpent's venom,
is still another proof Of its subdulng and
thus purifying effects. Nature is playing
constant tune in some way, and those
that listen most to her, influence US most,
and that for good. Nothing will so soon
break through the cold sellishness Of the
worldly mans heart, and bring out his bet
ter feelings, as the songs of childhood. In
the counting room, the desert, or the dun
geoD, let them be but heard, and they will
awaken the little good spirit that was long
dormant in his breast. This is done by
music-the music of the tunes heard in
childhood and the more deeply impressed
then, the greater the effect now. Then
let US have it more deeply impressed by
having it in the school, and connect with
the hallowed associations of the schoolrOom
concord of sweet sounds and those sweet
sounds will leave an impress never to be
effaced, and their effects will be good con-
tinually.
.Second, 1t makes them better citizens,
and truer patriots because, it makes them
love the school-house, the hill, the pond,
the wood, and every loved spot which
their infancy knew, and in which their in
fant voices rang in music's sweetest strains.
1t makes more bright the associations, and
more deep The love which are entwined
around mans friends and native land.
1t gives him something above the mere alb
stractiou Of life. 1t makes him more
strongly love the voices and faces of his
family, and as he sings "thy rocks and
rills, love them WE'LL" do you not think
that he is made better man and trucr
patriot, and would you fear that he would
not lay down his life for that family, those
rocks and rills? Yes, you could and
would trust him who with smiling face
and joyous, ringing laugh sings the good
old tunes of yore, and the national
airs of the times that tried mems
souls" Then let US cultivate music in
the breasts of youth SO that its sancti-
flying influence may be more widely and
deeply felt; SO that we can feel here as
they do in Germany, that it is one of the
most preservativc elements Of the govern
meut and of the happiness of the million
And in our hearts of hearts, We must as
sent 20 the sentiment of the immortal
Shakespeare that
..iIe that hath music in his soul,
Nor is not moved with concord ofsseet sounds,
l. tit for treasons, stratagrms or s9os,
The notions OF ms spirit duh as night,
Aud his affections dark as Erebus.
Let no such men be trusted"
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