Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-03-24

The poet has truly said that
l. THE man that hath no music in himself,
Nor is not moved with concord of swee
sounds
V Is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoIs;
The motions of his spirit are dull as night
And his affections dark as Erebus.
| Let no such man be trusted"
'Tis true Music is the soul of the
earth. If there is one thing that, to
my mind, will give one foretaste of
heaven, it is the privilege of listening
to the sweet and symphonious strains
of music that flow in soft melody from
the lips of we'll selected and we'll
organized choir Of singers. But, Mr..
Editor, before being condemned as
monomaniac on the subject of muse,
| had better explain myself I am
not mad, but am guilty of the crime
of eaves-dropping, and consider an
open confession as the best mode of
palliating the crime and extenuating
the punishment But, fortunately,
while engaged in the act, I heard moth
ing unpleasant no harsh and discord-
ant sounds of slanderous speeches
reached my ears. Nay, the music
which was produced by the Lutheran
choir. at Mr.. George Guards on Sat-
urday night was truly soul-inspiring
There's music in the air - there S
music in poetry; there's music in the
babbling brook there's music in the
gentle stream as it trickles down the
mountains so clear and beautiful
even until it reaches the mighty ocean
there's music everywhere and there's
music in the choir of the Lutheran
: church of Stephens City, and none
ever seemed sweeter and more harmo
! NOUS than the melodious music which
was produced by the members of thai
: choir on that occasion. Each indvid.
ual member seemed to vie with the
others for the palm, and it would be
exceedingly difficult to bestow it, sc
nearly equal was the contest. Prof
: James Samsell, the organist, is wei
known in our community, and per
formed his part in his usually graceful
and easy style. Prot. Charles Guard
is the leader of the choir, and showed
very clearly that he understood his
business and that he had them under
! good training. The sopranists, Misses
Lucy Carver, Anne Samsell, Fannie
Butcher and Misses Minnie and Alberta
s Guard, all acquitted themselves so vel
: that to mention the peculiar beauty
n of the voice of one would be but t.
detract from that OF the others. Mis-
Minnie Guard is undoubtedly one O
. the best sopranists in our community
q though she bids fair to have clos'
a emulator in Miss Butcher. The alt,
: was sung by Miss Eulah Young, ant
the statement of the fact that she wa
the songstress is sufficient guarantee
that that part of the programme wa
we'll rendered. Though young in ag'
as well as in name, she has already
acquired reputation as an alto singer
. that could not be enhanced by any
}, remarks that I might make. Bassc
was rendered by Messrs. VIM. Kronl
and Byron A. Guard, who may be
considered experts. Taking tt EN- as
Individual singers or as choir, they
cannot be surpassed. The Lutheran
church is to be congratulated upon
D the possession of such musical talent
!. One of our most pleasant privileges is
that of listening to them AS in olden
times, under the soothing and melodi-
GUS strains Of the harp of Orpheus
the savage beasts of the forest forgot
their wildness, and the mountains
moved to listen to his song, so is their
music sweet and pure and ennoblina
enough to charm the fercest savage
and when listening to it the thought
= Immediately comes into my mind
Oh how sweet it will be
; In that beautiful land,
So free from all sorrow and pain,
With songs on our lips, and
With harps in our hands,
To meet one another again.
n PECJJTIARES