The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-07-31

SUCH ihiDS - only TO be ACCOMPLISHED [
by selecting a few persons who are to be
separated from all the rest, and to whom
alone the advantages Of education arc to
bs impaired; leaving others entirely des.
titute Of all Euowledg, Of the rules by
which good singing can BE- praciiced ;and
il they would sing at al, or are permitted
SO far to trespaSs upon the peculiar pre-.
rogative Of the choir. as 10 try 10 jOin in.
they must sing by imitation, or mere
guess work.
refer your readers respe iiully to.
your scripture quolstion; We: Esra ed
chap Goth verse, ist Cbron. 9h chap.
SD verse, Let Cbron. 18th chap 10 and
9Th verse. ad Chrop. s chap, BIB verse.
They will see how far The quotations 60
to qualify churcn choirs. But granting
that all singing was done under the old
dispensation by select number o. per
SONS. set apart for that purpose; tha, was
rudimshial state oil tue church, holding
! and practising many rites andIceremonies
which disappeared at the dawning of :hs
dispcnsalion Of grace. Take The instance
, Of David; man after Gods own heart;
a whose hands were imbued with the blood
Of Uriah. to gain possession Of his beau
teous lUife" And Solomon, Who under
the special direction Of heaven. built tie
;. temple, ,hgurative oiGod's spiritual church
t Oh earth, living adulterously with his host
= Of coucubines. Will you set these men
forward as examples, whose lives should
4 be emulaled in the christian church,
e And yet these men were approved Of God
Z under the old dispeus ,tiou; and accord
a. ing TO the standards Of morality and o
. religion, which could be understood By
# the undeveloped mind Of that people. the.
le were held guillless. .wa.4 a..
al So far therefore as your arguments ar
drawn from the old Jewish usnges. il
=. y. those rudimT nlaI ages, they are inaptJ.
h. applicable to The inquiry how shall sing
r ing 5s performed asa part of ehristiaI
is porsLip?" ". a.a.
g g, You say, "Ms choir haring learned
~ sing correctly tdks The lead. and the con
w gregation learn TO ling properly, by imita
Id tioh." won, take time 10 crit,cise thi
. strange way Of learning people to SIM
only to say, that if it is the best way the
-. we ought to learn few of our childrt
ss, % TO read. cypher and repeat geograph
be and let all others learn by listening
ir. their recitalions;or for enabling christian
on generally to offer more acceptable praye
"e let few be set apart, whose duty it sbi
N. ss 10 study exact and perfect forms
,as prayer. and let all others catch the sly
from them, if they can. But do ella
ell lenge you to cite single instance
'ns good congregational singing, where t
n chonr is separate from the assembly.
i'll You say that the objections come, r
not from the choir, "but from some one in
u'' congregation" and that "some members
,o;. "" The congregation think their musical tale
Ter are not so highly appreciated. as they hi
they should be-" In the latter quotati
'ut you damage your cause: you more It
imply, that the choir. by assuming
the right. arbitrarily. to monopolze the Bill
,;n ,;ns ing, have given "sOme members Of
the congregation" just cause for complaint
ech How do YOU know what the "plgsic0L
EN- ends" OF "soms MEMBERS Of tile oOngre
''I' ton are. if you are determined, by y
-U,. S',. choir system. that they shall never
developed, or even heard? And no
was ask you if you do do not know. tha!
he one church in one Thousand would yo
ne ohoil NY stairs, il it was left TO all
rair. members. 80.
row sympatbize with poor brother Az
,thi. for want of a musical education CONNIE
ed his long metre hymn in e:he use
common metre tup-, and brother b,
~ couldn't help him out of the difficult,
con, have seen many similar instances OF
free inexcusable neglect Of congregations
f,sl cultivate correct singing. l have
sympathy with that kind of musis.
vdlv l don't think you were happy in intro
miro cling this method Of defonse for ch
hove and you must excuse me for an aprr
f,ss atei offset. el ...
# or In one Of the second class cities of
nes,. there are two Methodist churches.
e Sc, one of them, they practice exclusive c
show singing. 10 the other. the entire
q 'ths gsegation sings under the direction
esent comp petent leader. It was my privi
a vou TO spend Sabbath there, some ~
!. back, attended the choir cbure
,bro' the morning, in company with frien
ion of 1t was Quarterly meeting. Brother
and I the Presiding Elder, whose meetiI
nc was, remarked. that he oould not wis
,d the Iintsfere with their peculiar me!hc
va nj. singing; but remarked. that for tha