The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-05-16


NOT and Joined in by thousands OF volceS' :
was: a
Before Jehovahs awful throne /
Tho na1ions bow with sacred JOY
The subject announced was: Tiarp 'hu
1avelin." the text being l Samuel 1oth
chanter. 10Th and 11th verses: Ana Da'lo
MAYED with his hand as at other .lhes' {
and there was a jayelin in Sauls hand.
And Saul cast the javelln; Tor ne saiu'
will smte David even to the wall WIZ IL.
And David avoided out of his presence
twice e al ,o,s,
What specthcle ioi ~
Saul giant and DAVID a
dwarf An unfortunate war ballad mad
heen composed and sung culogiz.ng David
above Saul That song threw saul INTO Il
naroxvsm of rage, which brought on one
of his old spells of insanity, to which ne
had been subject. If one is disposed 10
some physical ailment and he get real mao,
it is very apt to bring on one or ms ora
attacks Saul is a raving maniac ana he
goes to initiating the false prophets OF
sibys, who kicked and gesticulated wildly
events. Whatever the physicians of the
royal staff may have prescribed tor the
disordered king, l know not, but David
prescribed music Having keyed up his
harp, his fingers began TO pull the rhythm
from the vibrated strings. Thrum! '9rum:
Thrum! No use The king would rot
listen to the exquisite candences. lie let's
| 1y a javelin, expecting to pin tine Minstrel
to the wall, but David lodged the weapon
and kept on, for he was confident tat r ne
by music. Again the Javelin IS Hung ana
| David lodges it and departs. Whit con
trast. Roseate David with harp al,d
enraged Saul with q javelin. Who would
| not rather play the one than ling tne
other? But. that was not the only, time
| in the worlds history that harp and ,av-
elm met. Where their birthplace was
| cannot declare. 1t is said that the Tyre
was first suggested by the tight drawing
of the snews of a tortoise across its shel,
and that the flute was first suggested by
the blowing. of the wind across a bed OF
reeds. and that the ratio of musical inter
walls was first suggested to fythagoraes ~, 10y
| the different hammers on the anvil OF the
smithy but the harp seems. to me to nave
dropped out of the sky and the Javelin1r , TO
have been thrown up from the pit. ! ne ie
oldest stringed instrument OF the "2nio th 40
the harp. Jubal sounded his harp IN me ne
book of Genesis. David played many OF
his psalms on the harp while, he sang
, them The captves in Babylon hung theil
; harps on the Willows. Josephus celep hare
| the invention of the ten-strlnged harp !,
Timotheus, .Ge Milesian, was imprisoned
for adding fhe twelfth string to the harp,
because too much luxury of sound mgnt
eneryate the people EsyPrabh harps have
O been celebrated. What an inspired tr1ans.s
q Everlasting honors to Sebastian Erard
S who. by pedals invented, called the 700 100
Il &C we'll as the hand to the harp. Wher
30 the harpsicord maker for whom he WORKED
y discharged him for his genius, the empl9ye
h not wanting to be eclipsed by his subor
d dinate, Errat suffered from the sam
!. p my text into the fit during which he fun!
a iavelin at the harpist: The harp
almost human. you find when you p,l
y. your finger on its pulse: Other lnstrulneHl
10 have louder voice, ana may Du I styee
: t Ists at the frsseEf H9 rss ai ding
10y enc , harp has a richness of its own,
and will continue its mission through ali
d nme and then take part in celestial sym
phonies, for st. John said he heard in
heaven the harps of God.
T. out the Jayein of my text is just as old.
WOODEN handle and steel point. keen and
seaIp. But 1T belongs to the great family
OF death-dealers. and is. brother to sword
ana spear and bayonet, and first cousin to
aii the implements that wound and sIay,
II mas cut ITS way through the ages, il
was old when Saul in the scene of nv text
t trled to harpoon David. 1t has gashed
tne earth with grave trenches Its keen
tip is Redeemed with the blood of American
wars, English wars German wars. Russian
wars, french wars, Crusader wars, and
wars OF All nations and of all ages The
! structure of the javelin shows what il was
made for. The plowshare is sharp, hut
aimed to cut the earth in preparation for
harvests. The lightning rod is sharn hnt
aimed to dlsarm the ightnings and secure
| safety. The AK Is sharp, but aimed TO fnII
| forests and clear the way for human babj-
tauon. The knife is sharp, but aimed 70
cut the bread for sustenance. But the |
1avelln IS sharp only to open human ar |
teTles and eXtlnguish human eyesight and |
take human life and fill the earth With The
cries OF orphanage and wdowhood and
childlessness. Oh I am so glad that " INV
teAt brings them so close together that
L.,l-.v
and the Javelin. The one to s0othe the
other 10 hurt; the one to save the other
to destroy; Tie one divine. the other dio
70! uolic, the one to play, the other to hurl
III Sauls wrathful clutch. MAY God |
speed the harp, may God grind into duTlness
the sharp edge of the javein,
80 SoT " Wnat does all this make you think
o.! IT suggests to me music as a medicine
Ior phySlcal and mental disorders. David
TOOK hold OF the musical instrument which
ne best knew how to play and evoked from
II SOUNDS winch We're for King Saurs dr.
version and medicament But Won sav
Inc treatment i'll this case was n faiIure
why was 1t a failureI Saul refused to |
luxe shhe me IN medicine whole apothecary
toward healing your illness if you refuse to |
take the medicine. 1t was not the fnnlt
OF David S prescription, but the fault of
oa aI onStinacy. David. one of the wisest
ana best of all ages, stands before us in
the text administering music for nervous
disorder and cerebral disturbance. And
DAVID was right. Music is the myhtiest
force IN all therapeutics Its results nav /
not be seen as suddenly as other forms of
cure, but it is just as wonderful. You
VIII never know how much suffering and
sorrow music has assuagcd and healed.
a soldier in the United States army ,aid
that on the days the rcgimental band PLAYED J
near the hospitals all the sick and woun,9.d
revived ana men who were so lame
they could not walk before, got up {
ana went out and sat in the sunshine. ami q
lhoSe so dlSplrlted that they never expected I
10 get nome began to pack their baggage c
ana ask about timetables Oh steambont o
ana ran train. Theodosius, the emperor.
rathful at the behavior of the people Of n
Who on some sudden provocation. o
ore down the statues of the emperor and II
empress, resolved to sorely punish them. hut o
he bishop, knowing that the emperor Ind =,
group of boys sing to him while eating ar u
he table, taught the boys Il elaintivc song d
n II , Whcn the people lamented sheir bad be- W W
he music cried out The city of Antioch -
5 forgiven The rage of Achilles was as ~ IT
Jagged by harp. Asclepiadcs swayed re- W. W.
ciiious multtndes by Il harp. After tbo "