Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-02-17
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Mrs. Childs speaks thus of her sensa-
tons at listening to the music of master:
"How he did it, I know as little as know
how the sun shines or how the spring
brings forth its blossoms. only know
that music came from his soul into mine,
and carried it up to worship with angels"
Il "Itovercame me like mir
acle. felt that my soul was for the first
time baptized in music; that my spiritual
relations were somehow changed by it, and
that should henceforth be otherwise than
I had been. was so oppressed with "the
exceeding weight of glory" that | drew
my breath with difficulty. AS I came out
of the building, the street sounds hurtme
with their harshness. The sight of rag
ged boys and unfortunate coachmen Jared
more than ever on my feelings. wanted
that the angels that had ministered to my
spirit should attend theirs also. 1t seemed
to me that such music should bring all the
world into the harmonious beauty of di-
vine order. l passed by my earthly home,
and knew it not My spirit seemed to be
floating through infinite space. The next
day l felt like person who had been in
trance, seen heaven opened, and then re-
turned to earth again"
Says another writer Of great musician:
"His soul is but harp, which an infinite
breath modulates; his senses are but
strings, which weave the passing air into
rythm and cadence" Wonderful indeed
is the power of music; and all are more
or less the subjects of its mysterious
charms. And this leads me to remark that
music is univerSal. -
Different nations have different habits,
customs, modes of expression, and differ
ent words and languages to convey their
thoughts and feelings. But music is felt
alike by them ALL A stirring strain will
touch the well-strung souls of every ma
ton alike. All will dance note of Joy; all
will weep to one of sadness. A lofty strain
will bear all to heaven, jarring discord
sink them back to earth. The same mas
tiers have made the same music in Nor
way, Germany, Italy, France, England,
America, and all have bowed before it like
reeds before blast. A beautiful proof is
this of the kindred nature of all souls, Of
til existence of mysterious link of spir-
itual union which binds them all together.
And the beauty of this proof is heightened
when we remember that music is the voice
Of ,ove, and is closely allied to the Infinite.
Love speaks in tones of music. Love
breatbes musical airs. Love delights to
pour itself out in song The lover of God
chants his praises in strains of lofty mu-
sic. Witness the sweet singer of Israel,
the prophets, the songs Of angels, the as
pirations breathed in music Of every de-
vout soul. The lover of freedom speaks
his love in song. The lover Of beauty
sings its praises, The lover of humanity
softly breathes his love notes in strains of
softest music. Then how beautiful is its
universally! The love of which it is the
voice is equally universal. All souls have
Lore within them. Love, or Good, is the
inmost essence of all things, 1t is the all
peINdulub Soul vi tile unlNcI5e. IJo VUtee
is music. It is breathed in the harmony
of the spheres, in the anthem Of universal
nature. The winds, the seas, the light
nings, the forests, the mountains, the
beasts, the birds, the. insects, the little
brooks, and, most of all, the noblest work
of God on earth, give utterance of its
voice, the voice of love, the music Of cre-
alton. have fancied sometimes that /
could perceive the great Being of Love sit
ting in the mid-heavens, clothed in light,
with the rainbow arch above his throne,
listening with infinite pleasure to the an
them Of creation in its infinite swells and
falls, catching the silver notes of the least
little organist, and delighting his ear with
the full chorus Of boundless harmony
which his own diffusive love had raised
throughout the infnitude of his works
1t has been beautifully said that emusic
lis the voice of God, and poetry his Ian
lguage." Gods love is infinite, and so in
its highest achievements, music expresses
to US much Of tie infinite. It seems to
bear mn affinity to God. Says Mrs. Child,
Of the impression made on her mind by ..