The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1868-03-04

out sufficient authority 0riyen ssys, " Tn,
keys which are .iu these doors are not al
ways the proper k,y,.' ST. Jyroms re
marks "Dne cannot enter these door,
without the use Of these very keys" =,
st Augustine considers these titles In
tpir-d. Some that are found in the Septu.
sgint are not i'm the Hebrew. The jews
chant The titles as well ne the psalms. ,...,
In the old Hebrew service the psalms
we're ehanted alternately. as we find in
Ezra, when The, Levites and the sons o
Asaph answered each other with praise and
thanksgivings to the Lord. $3.50. ...
The moderu practice of reading them was
unknown To the jews. r ..--f ..g.- --... J
Joserhus. in his seventh book. says thn,
David composed these songs to God in sew
ersl sorts Of meter; They were to he sung
with the vi"l Of ten strings, and with the
pssltery plsyed'up by the fingers; Some
Of them were eiisgiac, some lyric, and some
arostic. 7. gs,r rs., s-.rr..,-,.., .rf-..... rf..
The word psaltery is derived. from rnu.
sic"l instrument styled naJai. in hebrew
Il was strung aud made of wood, in the
shape Of a harp, r,ofa Greek delta. ...
J. In the servics OF The tahernncls,t King
David spp.iotsd four Thousand, Lsyi,es,
mnrshall.d uud sr several leaders. to chan,
the psalms, and to conductive instrume ntal
music Asaph, Herman, and Jsduthun
were the 6ireetors -d3 sr .ssH sav ~.
Thsse, compositions were alt ,erDat ely, sung
by oPpo.ite ,eloirs Thus one choir chant.
cd, Ga y.-s st-4 fs,r. aioEr s, - 2. ot .,slas,
Sing praises unto jehovah, for he 10 good.
AMI the Other res onded, '..'.. .'.
Because his mercy endur.lh forever.
The one hundred and fifty first P.alm,
which IL found in the SeptuaKini, is not ia
the Hebrew, or in our English version; II
is in the Syriac and Arabic, and is quotstl
Ivy 81. Ignatius, St ,Athana.ius, aud It
Chrysostom. ,.....-... .-.... -
We efteu find in the, psaIms, the wor,l
translated seiah in Greek 1t ia, diapsalaa
and in Latin gmper, ], .sisnife. rest Or
pause, or a change Of AIS .rppg, > Asuila
and SymInacbus are Of the elepinion ibrt III
word has no meaning. hut ia, probably, a
note. Of music. aLen Ezra ,hipEs it api
swsrs TO b" Amen" D., ,.I
The hymn sung by tn. Saviour before ih.
crucifxion was suppressed 10 lie lbe :. Great
iiail-i Of the J-w-. or the Passover hymn,
from Psalm cxiii TO cxvii.
The twenty second and forty. second were
called the Hipd Of ths mornings AZ
the hart esrnrSly de.irrs the springs oi
water. e" my s"ul earnestly longs for thee,
o G"d Deliver my soul from the
(hunter's) sword, aud my darling from the
power Of the dog"
In no part Of Holy scrip p,ure do we Ills:
cover sublimer conceptions Of ia. Deity
than in this collection of sacred. songs.-
Piety is here Clothed in its most attractive e
dress; and be he'soul ever so despuniing
some word Of cVn,tort. some sentence Of
hope Is sure 10 present itself We gaze, as
| II were, into an oriental elysium, whet Z
flowers bloom In all their native bsautv
where the winds o. ( heaven -br-aihe softly
where sc henr the sweet speech Of bird :
aud where Lhe atmosphere is radiant will
The light Of hopr. No mufiled moon pre-
senis her covered face. aud no fo,bid.
ding clouds sweep oyrr the eerulcsu =
arch, neithsr do the setting Stars iuy u
to slumher.' but all IS brauli'ui. all i. grand
all is holy. -..... .... .... .,.-.7-s
From age 10 age the church of Col h,.
'recited The prayers and praises Of these di.
vine song., and offered them ms incense be-
fore the throne Of, nlrrey.I saa .l-.E's7
They appear TO kavs leen the manual Of
The blessed Redeemsr in the days uf hi,
flesh they wers sung by him under the
trees Of olivst, and sadly pronounced pr
the cross. 61#.,.
They have adnrn"h the prayers Of tn,
saints With msj~siio 6gur. q. md eiubellished
thcm with al the gfseesof- poetry I, the,
have been ait,metl 10 sweet music, and con.
secrated TO the public services Of the sarc
tuary. r.. .f" haE- sr,-a, ~ i.r~a.g r
4 Iftho soul be EiIl'c.ea hy grief or dis4ase
they furnish the f'iiJ stefan aud ,ie balm,
they calm the turbnlelce Of passion, i,u,l
the voice of nnRcr. and give rest To- th.
wearied and discohso,ate Spirit They
establi.h the principles Of pisty, reduce
ffghteousness to@Prsctiee, and perform Oh,
4 grateful Offices OF of,icyotion: by them W.
tsuprIicsie for rrerent and future blessing.
i,y them We celeb, ate the memorial of pa.
fsyors." dudits rsybnm Do,aini:
!" o the hap;,it,sss of that man f~b