Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-07-07
For the Spirit Of The Age.
MUSIC.

There's music IN the signing Of q reed,
There's music in the gushing of a rill:
There's music in all things, if men had ears;
The earth is but the echo Of the spheres"
So sang Byron. And who that is a lover
of nature and natures God, does not adopt
the sentiment ?
Whenever animal life exists, there it holds
an influence. It's effects upon the mind are
powerful. To the aged it recalls reminiscent
ces of youthful days; to the youth it inspires
and creates ambition linked with Hope. To
the care-worn and forsaken, it gladdens the
heart to the happy and free, it gives new
and increased pleasures.
1t creates new and happy thoughts, fills
the soul with rapture, or dispels the clouds OF
dependency that hover Ger the subjects of
melancholy. 1t affects the brute. The most
f~erocious beast may be subdued by it's capti-
waiting power. 1t has a charm, a power I'M
cOnquerable.
Music has sources innumerabie. The mel
odies of nature to some, are superior; to many
unknown. The melodies Of art, draw forth
frOmless inerfeeling preference and applause.
The child of nature hears music in the muir.
muring of the little stream, or the noise Of
the foaming cataract; hears a plaintive mel
ody in the signing pines, or a mournful dirgt
in the angry tempest is enraptured at TIT
notes of the forest songster, as they echo anC
rqecho through the halls of natures owl
temple. Music as a stimulant, is superior
The braves sons of Mars, plunge into the thick
est Of the fight, at the sound of music, wit
~maddened energy. The War Horse, excitedb
the mingled noise of the band and the roar
artillery, with a proud air commences hi
mighty tramp, bearing his rider deiantl
through the ranks of the enemy, evidentl
under the anne feeling that prompts man
l action against his fellow man. Music excite
I a patriotic pride. The air of "Bruce's A
, dress" draws forth from the Caledonian ne
S vows of ''hame protection The Frenc
. man cannot listen to the hymn Of "MarsC
q lafse" without an outburst of patriotic enth
:, siasm. The heaven-born, soul stirring air
tdKrs tue mint back 70 revolutionary scene
C and tells of the brave, noble and SUGGEST
efforts of the patriots of '76, and of the inf
# ence it exerted on their energies
d "When on the red fields striving
For life and liberty"
May we not join in with the spirit of sOr
J and say,
= Let independence be our boast,
h Ever mindful what it cost,
Ever grateful for the prize,
10 Let its altar reach the skies ?"
Il There is music in the human voice. WI
" strains fall sweeter on the ear, or with mt
a effect, than the kind admonition or voice
- appreciation of a father, neither, brother
~ sister? Or what strains cheer the heart
the weary and care-worn stranger, when
from the land of his nativity and anon
of strangers; what could cheer him more tt
or the kind sy%mpathies and friendly RECEIPT
of at the Threshold of one, to him a strange
A kin word has the charm of a most peri
y melody. The condemned Felon, whose
IL ture was so depraved as to cause him to CT
As NIT the most shocking barbarities by a "
Ter few kind words is completely changed. :
"a music Of those words finds an echo in
Ter heart cells of that doomed man. Hone
we length points the way, and by faith he Fl
forgiveness in the arms of a Crucifed
deemer.
% The proper cultivation of music indici
'nu refined taste. It's proficiency is a rare acc
a plishment. Its power and melody is incr
OF cd by the union of two or more sources.
we mingled notes Of the vocal and instrumer
ii: produces an effect atonce beautiful and OF.
ind The gay festivities of a fashionable comm
,rs ty with music, would be a monotony.
~ to pleasure, as the dew is to the rose i'm
VIC ting at once a sweetness and vitality,
ere Nature could not dispense with.
30, IRA ROl
TIL Lebanon, Ill.