Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-02-14


der Improbable that there was none in
either,
CHARLES L. ALLEN, NJ. D.,
Formerly Prof. of Chemistry in Castle
ton Medical College.
Mr.. CHENRY's LEcTURE.-Last night
proved TO be very rainy and unpleasant,
and as q matter of course the lee
ture before the "Union Musical Associ-
alton" was thiuIy attended. At s
O'Clock we counted about 70 persons,
and we doubt If the audience reached 3
hundred during the evening. We ven
ture to say, however, that those who
were present felt richly repaid. The
subject of the lecture was Music, and its
early History in New England. In the
absence Of the President of the Associa-
ton Mr.. Burnett, Col. Joyce introduced
the speaker by saying that he had
known Mr.. Cheney for many years, has
beard him q great many times, and
always with great delight and profit.
The speaker commenced by saying
that as Poetry was older than Prose, so
was Music older than Poetry. Animals
had no language, but they have music
which can be understood and felt.
There are two kinds Of languages, and
two kinds of music-the warm and the
cOld-that of the heart, and that which is
the result Of art. Words alone can not
convey sentiment and feeling.
Every kind Of time has it's own time
every one knows that Old Hundred
ought not to be sung in the same time
as Duxbridge, unless you wish to make
a dancing tune Of it-and that indeed
would be like harnessing a horse into an
OX.cart.
The speaker related an amusing fable
how that on certain time the sun,
moon and stars engaged in a merry. max
ing. He said that some OF our popular
songs can easily be traced to the sounds
of birds and animals. For instance he
showed as only Mr.. Cheney could show,
how the notes of Old Dan Tucker can
be traced in the caCkiing Of good old
fashioned her--One that is able to fy
from the barn foor to the high beams in
q single leap
We should De glad TO give full re-
port OF the first or what nigh be called
the periodical part Of this able lecture,
but the lateness Of the hour forbids, and
besides we wish at least to allude to the
second or historical part.
Those who labored at Plymoth in 1920
besides their bibles, brought their
Psalpters and few noble old tunes,
such as Dundee, Near, Martyrs and
Elgin, which they sung every Sabbath.
In 1910 they had adopted psalm book
and used the name Of Long, Common
and Short Metres. They sung only two
parts treble or tenor and deep majes,
tic mass, and occupied half an hour in
the performance. The whole worship
of the Sabbath day occupied about eight
hours and in the winter season, without
particle of literal FIRE mus have been
decidedly cool, This kind of singing
continued for nearly $50 years, after
which Watts, Psalms and Hymns began
to be introduced. The speaker explain.
ed how long meter and commOn meter
hymns We're sung in the same tanes-
two syllables were printed in black let.
tiers ard sung or omitted as tie preacher
directed, It was customary for long
time for the leader or promptor to sing
one or two lines at time and then he
! joined by the congregation. The sneaker
related several amusing anecdotes in
this connection. For instance good
deacon whose sight began to fail him
| remarked on certain occasion
Wy eyes are dim. cannot
cannot see at all''-
which was sung with earnestpess
n; ~ did not mean for you to sing
The devil ia in you au''
which was otherwise responded to Wit.
fervor.
The revolutionary war introduced a
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