The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-11-11

bproba6 6Iyi ,fonnd himself tnconsoio ousl9
Joining in the; e;uniyersal praise to God.
II cam hardly help fancy1ng that when
Adam andsEve found themselves in the
5arden OF Eden, surrounded by the
mun1hcept bounties of divine favor.
then unconsciouslyj Joined in hymn OF
praise to Him who placed them there
I NesheAf nothing of music or singing
however, until the sixth generation
nom Adam when we hear of one who
was used 70 handling the harp. What
was the construction OF that harp we
know not, but we do know that il was
used IN praising God ~ 'fiiiis1f 3sa
If We Gomez the crossing Of the Red
SEQ we ind Miriam leading the shosts
OF Israel tnlthe glorious song OF ltPFaisa'
be unto thetL Lordj = who has friumphed
gloripuslY. J" il have mo- idea that was
the frsts song of praise. Where =hadl thei
tlmbrel been, and how could she have
ked The great congregation If they had
En0b0 0eenu6ed to stnRfng3 The fpoetry
OF the Bible is found throughout that
sacred work. Take, for instance, the
song ofSMoses. In the temple service,
esponued to all the stringed insfru-
nlents which were used dn the praise OF
God. o He must be an Indifferent reader
of the Psalmswho does not find inter-
6persed through them commands to
praise God. sslis' ~ n 'flIs5-7i5 :
AS4AE4skg GnLdE6u N3afQen. Oh
Olives, 1t Is said his disciples sung a
hymn Paul and Silas were filste6ed
In the stocks, and we hear them singing
together, at night, songs of praise to
God. The apostles direct singing in
worship We are Instructed to sing
unto God in psalms and hymns and
spiritual songs. What thoughts have
we ofheayen mot connected with music?
We hear of the golden harps, and the
sound of music as. the sound of MANY
waters praistng God. Thus, which ever
way we look, We find music. p
Now If II be the fact that It is our
duty to sing to the praise of God, then
all the people should join in singing, I
never knew what it was to sing Justify
until was in Germany The minister
nevel announces lahymn; the HYMNS
are hung upon the walls, and number
ed, and all the people sing from them.
Men, womeni and children sing with
volume of music, which fills the church,
and charms the hearers. Z The singing
OF the early Methodist congregations
captyated many hearers. There was a
time whenth eearnestnesso of this singing
tendency was diminished, and instead
q congregational singing, choirs were
We're supposed to do all the singing.
SItwas customaryif for all the congreRa-
ton to look up to the choir to perform
their part in the same wayias they did
%. the minister to perform his. There
pshouldHbe trained voices 10 lead the
fSmgtng1 but1t yVas never intended that
the singing should be done by them
exclusively. 1sthE ezr5 fy1l=T = ID
The children are now being taught to
sing, and 1T seems to give us a basis to
rely upons for congregational singing
hereafter One object here is to create
such a selling of ministers and people
that shall meet during the week to
practice good congregatio singing.
4trwould do my heart good If, before i
die, could see this matter fully carried
out Some people tell me that training
people to sing Is not old ashioned Metho1
dist singing. -,
The speaker here went into an axpla-
nation of what old Methodist singing
under Yesley, consisted of. The hymn
would be given out by verses, and the
minister would require the con ktegation
70 sing each verse over and over again,
until they could do so without making
mistake. He (Bishop SIMPSON, had
in his library a book Of sacred music,
for the use of the voice, iharpsicord and
organJ prepared by Mr.. Wesley within
two years from the time of the formation
of the first Metho dist society. u
There are great many faults found
with choirs.r Some don't want any ybody
to sing but themselves. Ghofrs are
/ liable to have difficulties among them-
selves, and he had been told that It had
been. found very diff cult to keep a choir
Ptogether three months. i, There Is a good
deal Of truth in It, and as this meeting
IS ~ sort of fconyersati tionol one, he would
say that there is q good deal of truth in
the assertion Singers, from theirVery
nature are a nervous class of people.
They are very liable to be irritated.
Theyneed a great deal of philanthropy
and grace to smooth of all the Cliscords
of life. God had made themwithI deli
cate, n yous organs, and he advised
them not to fly of at the handle at every
ifing thing which might irritate them.
icongEegatio ion continued to exercise
pieces oKmpsic until the hour ofadjonrn-
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