The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-02-06
The Power of Music.

E>>ays almost without number have been writ
ten on the lower If music, but none of them
have 50 tpuchiugly and - powerfully shown It's
wonderful effectiveness a. tie following narrative.
which We ind IN the New York Journal Of Muse.
one c,cuiu. some time since, Is Mr. Theodore
+. Perkins was sitting IN the room OF the Howard
Mission. New York. conyer>ir- with the Rev.
Mr.. Van Meter, they were interrupted hy a Wild
looking man. who exclaimed
e J. Awful Gardener here?
NO replied Mr.. Van Meter.
Then" exclaimed the man IN accents Of dis
Iair. d" am lost. II Awful Gardener was here
h could save me. ma know how because he's
been the same road but now I'm lost >" and
drawin. a bowie knife from under bis vest, he
was about t. plunge it into his bosom. when Mr..
Van Meter sprang forward aud caught his arm.
Seeing that IL would be useless TO attempt t.
wre>t tie knife from his grasp. Mr.. Van Meter
sought 10 distract the man attention from his
suicidal purpose but the unfortunate creature
came unmanagcable.
Mr.. Perkins. not knowing what else 10 DO. sat
down 20 the mclodcon and began To play and sing,
e. come yc di~cJnsolatc.' The effect WAS magical.
The man was sufficiently calm for Mr.. Van Meter
t. march him up and down the room, while Mr..
Perkins continued To sing. From = come We dis
consulate" lie struck into E. Jesus. To Thy dear
arms | flee. The effect was still marked. After
singing that beautiful hymn, Mr.. Perkins COM
mcnccd =. Flee - a bird TO your mountain As
AAk AAaAA "a AAAAH ANAAEA AANN"A NA1
room. the maniac paused, sat down, covered his
face with his hands. and sobbej like n chiid-or
rather like a broken-helrted remorseiul man. BY
this time, Mrs. Van. Meter, who was present
when the man first burst into the room. came in
with Il bowl Of strong coffee which she had thought
fully made. and rs soon as the weeping stranger
became sufficiently composed. she gave II To him.
That quoted his nerves and renewed his strength,
and in a little while he became completely restored
10 the possession OF his faculties.
/" VINO l. this man? p was the question which
rose spontaneously to the lips Of his deliveTers.
But all efforts 10 ascertain who he was proved
f%ruitles-. He persiStently refused to give his
name. or 10 furnish any clue to his residence or
identity. Mr.. Perkins accompanied him 10 the
~. Nichols hotel, where lie took a room under an
assumed name. But in his conversation he had
Glanced to mention n clergyman living in New
port, r.. l., whom Mr.. Van Meter knew. The
latter Immediately wrote to the clergyman,
stating the ease, and asking him 10 come to the
city. The clergyman cam by the first boat. and
taken at once to the hotel, where they fortu-
nately found the poor man. The clergyman knew
him well. He was II rich resident Of the city of
man, and father of several children. On coming
his patrimonv, he had taken TO dissipation,
and the result is indicated in the foregoing sketch.
his day Of salvation had come. The clergy
man took him back to Hartford. He threw off
the thraldOm to rum which had degraded him. lie
took his former position in society and he is
low living in Hartford, a respected Christian man,
md a%flOrding in his own person and history the
most remarkable instance Of the triumph ofmusic
deiirium that has ever come to our knowledge.