, 1875-02-16
THE TURNER-HALL DISUUsE1ON.

The sermon ellich was preached by tho nv.
ROBERT CoLLyEn u few Sundays ago, IN which
he took OCCASION to give tue Chicago Germ.
Turner Hall and its Sunday music a landson,
commondation, has served to arouse a vory il.
teresting and somewhat general discussion ct
tie merits and demeritA OF the music question
which promises good results. In his origiaA
aermon. 1t will ba remembered that Mr. CoL1us
gavo Turner Hall an unqualified iudorsemsu.
It Is little surprising that nona OF tho s.ta}
evanGeilca! cergymen locked horns with hin ca
this point. Tho 1aov. Dr.. RYDER, o Univsrsalisk
however, and \ radical prohibitioniat, Bssprd
into tue gap, aud, after vohcmontIy condemnisg
the Sunday sacrod-conccrt entertainments 1.
that place 80 an agency Of Satan (,f Satan hMs
place In the Doctors theology, nsied the Ihf
CoLLyEH aome very leading questions, amoas
them one to tho effect that, it he thought Tunu
Hall such proper place, why did he not gotbtyt
Limself2
DR.. RYDER WAS followed by Mr.. ". Sd
MA1uEws, the orgsnst, Of this city who sess
up the question frotn genetnl musical po1ns Il
view, and proceeded to argue thnt tho absence 9.
tho intellectual quality In music rendered III
eonsuuus qualities all the more subtle and dsu.
gcrous, sfncn Emusic exertg this Influence, Esl
all. upon thoso 40 delicatoly organized Us Ia Il
thrown by it into delightful reyery whose .sl
meaning ti,oy hayc no disposition to inqurs
aud il inquiring, could find tito answer only %
the kind Of activity 1t chiefly suggested" Hls'
ing stated this general fact, he applied 1t 10 tia
Tutne.-1Iall music, scahing to show that Il vM
dangerous because Of tho absonce Of til
intellectual aud the superauity OF tie ID
auous in the programmes. IN last SIN
days TRIBUNE, however, Mr. DAtA:zl
rather neatly ssrips Mr. MA1aIss
argument Of ita application by showing that a'
Turuer.1lall programmes hayo beon maEA
characterized by intellectual music, aud that lit
the Plumbers. Tho general fact en,,ncsseel
Mr. MATTHEWS Ia also lightly but very h;E'
touched upon by Nr. EALArKA. iIs ft'si
" Dancing muRie IL expressive OF pleasure, d
chesrfulneBs, or svon Of Fazoxyamal Joy, u ~
please; and, atuco theso things et''
in our na.utc, their oppression may bo Tt'
mi!tod to exist In music also." On sun|s'
last nonEnr CoLLyEn returned to tho auoisa
and delivered very eloquent discourse u;e'
al! Kinds Of Musio." After showing tue chr
acter OF music, ita iuhuooce, powos, Airns, tn'
aspirations, lie concludes thht "juat so f1
this bright. puro spirit Ia dragged down on q
her proper sphero aud made to do lrudgcty' ~
must 80 far deplore the tact, but It is rronasA
we al,all deploro It Ia tie moasure In Which +"
arc blind to tho truth, that In spite Of Ill Gu
trying to make her serve our meaner ends ta'
is still doing aud will do her own pestS.
work. end helping more than ono eah h|nae3
II ia this view which he applies to the lufas'
Hall music, End says.
While hAvA mada no eeerst OF my conviction II.
the great of fellaw ctizsna, ~ they ss fu
situated. will drink somslh!ug and smoks, pe'a'ts
either for good or Tad reison, which, ~ notss,
generally good 10 the smoker would gre too a.
chknoe to thut which II tie moat harmless. and 05
ueaus do Away with lying sbout 1t; sill, dep'oF'",
fact that shsre should bs any svil mixed "lh luz ~
Of noble unusic, thers or anywhere. But Will ns'"
aud far above H. IN my conviction, II thu good :,
say that to 60 to Turner uai fur the music Ane "
music saons. - you would 90, ts gooa ahu
thing iu itset, whilo 10 st there In quiet fepana
from shess taser things, ~ IN Antrlcan gense"'''
ts aet an example others Will ba led to follow.
Mr. Co1L1ER has made IA Ingenious de''a"
for Turner Hail. and fortides It with sasA
nouncenent that he iA "golng these. wb'ea w., w.
ensble him hereafter to speak from as'ss
personal observation, which neither ~ =. y.
Dr.. nrpER hava5ot had. Without comm!us.. ~.
ourselves t1 either side, We may mention w.,
facts which Mr. CoILYEa will find upon sa.. i
visit !. That the aullencea are Us proper ~,
quiet and we'll llheAsved ~ any audiences % ~, ~
city, whataser the character Of the oe1" M.
No disturbance has eyor occurred ln sbs ~ -
our recollection. 2. The audisuoe is m1ae
almost entirsly Of tha respectable s!. s!.'Ia
Of cur German cittEena. 8. The a's'ssS a'ss.
Of beer, wine. And smoking ia not nea1lT .ssn
aa that Of tie music. Turner Hall couIa ~, ~
sustained with poor pro2sammcs or Poo. Pn,t
for,nAucas. This has been tested 1ePes'.a
aud whenever tho character Of tho PeT'o 'sa.t
has dstseiorated Turner Hall bus lost w.. s.,,a
aud it's managers have been compsIleo ~ s"e ..ue
she standard of theif music We AVAIL sAe
| ct Nf. Col41RR's vt&It Nth soue tpse's'" ",ot
hs andA that he can snjoy 1t and that ~ ns..A
ths wosss therefor, Turner Hall nss - sS