The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1857-11-21

by the way, yesterday morning | was at the Nletho
dist church here. very pleasant room it Is and am
told that very worthy society occupy IT, But have
weghty charge to bring against the good people
Of musical apostasy had expected a good treat OF
hearty singing There were Charles Ncslcys ny nns'
and there were the good old Methodist tunes that an
c,ent picy loved and mndern conccit laughs at l"-
ag,ue my chagrin, when, alter r,adg the hymn, up
r,,.e choir from the shelf the other en' ut the
church, and began to sing monot'l tune "1 the
modern music-b"ok style. The patient congregation
stood up cekly be sung to, men stand under ram
when there is shelter Scarcely II lip moved No
seemed TO hear the bymh, or to care TOR the music
.i,w Ionxed to hear the good old Methodist thunder!
One good Lurt of old da>hs.ed music w"ul, have blown
this modern singing Of the windows ike waddng
from a gun Men may call thisan improvement, and
gentecl Gentility has nearly killed churches, aud
it will kill Methodist churches it they give way to IT,
false and pernicious ambition. We Know very well
what, .tod old f.si.nned Methodist music was 1t had
faults enough doubtless, against taste But it had All
inward purpose and IT H. go.is nesness wh'cr en-
bed it to carry all it's faults AMI 4" triumph IN spite OF
t,ci, Il Wis wer~Ap-N Yesterday music vas inier
able singing, but yer, poor worship We arc sorry that
lust s our churches beginning to initiate the t"fhv,
example of Methodist churches AMI to III reduce 'nci-
dies that the people love, aud to encourage universal
singing in the congregation. our Methodist brethren
should pick up our cas,-of Journalism, in church music
1t will be worse with them than with II will n'ar
yreat,r length of decline We could hardly bciicv.
our ewes and ears Yesterday. We could not pcr>,,ad
ourselves that we stood before Methodist church. W.
should have supposed it to be good solid lreshyter'
r Congregational church in which the choir and p"pi
performed everything, ah1Shc people did nothing
Our brethren in this chn'rh must not t.ke ""r re
marks unkindly They presented in all kindness
and Affection The ch,ir sung be- ter Than my choir
in city churches But no sung with them. 1h'
people were mite. They used their anil not tl"'
mouths But alas We missed the ohl,'ervor - til
.,md old fashioned Methods. fire. We have seen III
Time when one of Charles Wc>l,y's hymns, taking th
rop.re .a,in hy Inc hand. wnul have lel thcm up
the gates Of heaven But yesterday it"ny led them ~
rs far as the choir about feet above the pews. Tbs
will never do Metholi>ts vii! make grand w"rA'ppin.
christians it they not Ashamed OF their own way>
but very p"r it they are. Brethren you are !
the wrong way. 1t will never do tor you to silence tn
people Your fire will 20 out if y"u rake it under tl,'
.>hes Of false fncent. let outsider but vel
wsher. say these plain words to you without odenrr
The Methodist church has laid the Christian, world un
der great debt by its service in the cause Of Christ
and have right it, and interest in IT, rs com
mon Christians great suffer us to see signs OF de
g,mcracy in it without sorrow and arn.' We hope ts
do great things by it yet for our land. l5u'
lit will b., by giving up heart soul zeal and pnpu,
lar enthusiasm in worship, fr the sake Of sham pr"
prcty aud tasteful frm.li>in. that the Meth dist chur
will become yet further efficient We hope to see suc
revival If religion among them shall come ]'kc =
resct up,n theis churches and sweep nut the channel
song AMI crry the dead wool ami trash wh;c
already damned up The current Of song aud '"a'i
The cnnyrrg .t,on s.as.,ant. Oh that their might be
r.in Of righteousness upo" them which shall swell tIe''
hearts overt wing All cleanse their sanst.ary tr""
III frm.l>,n and especially the Journalism f lcda"'"
music F!