The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-05-18
d STRAINS OF MELODY
A1xAoE TELLS WHAT THEY
Accomplished In the Work Of
.,a,m,ne Men A Lesson Drawn
rrom A Text seldom Chosen.

uAnd Dorid pln,yed rih his hand ds
,,,,ss ,,,d there vas a jareiin IN Sdurs
AMI Saul cas-, nc jdrelin. Jor. hs said,
-,aiie D1rid ercn 10 hs trdu 9Th u. And
1roided o,l Of his presence hoice. "
nrl xviii, i0-ll.
N a spectacle for oil ages Saul, n
and David, dwarf An unfortunate
allad had been composed and sung
zinc David nboye Saul. That song
saul into a paroxysm OF rage. which
|l,t on one OF his old spells OF insanity TO
no had been subject. II one Is disposed
ne physical nilment and he get real
M is very apt 10 bring on one OF his old
saul u a rivlng maniac. and he
p initiating tho false prophets or slbyls,
Kicked and gcsticulated wildly when
ratended 90 be foretelline events.
Stcvcr the physicians Of tho royal stan
have prescribed for tho disordere1 king
W. not. but David prescribed music.
g keyed up the harp, his fingers began
the rhythm from the vibrating strings.
q Thruml Thrum No use. The
<rlll not listen 10 tho exquisite cadences.
q Nv n jayelln. expecting TO pin the
rel 70 the wall. but David dodged the
pn and kept on, for he was confident
he could. as before. subdue Saurs bad
Nv music.
hin the lavelin Is flung. and David
es II and departs. What n contrast
|1ate David with harp and onraget Saul
n jayelin. Who would not rather play
mo than tllng the other2 But that was
1he only time In the worlds history that
5 md javclin met. Where their birth
= was I cannot declare. IL Il said that
Iro was first suggested by the tight
15lng Of the sinews OF n tortoise across It's
II and that the tiutc was first suggested
- blowing OF the wind across a bed OF
and that the ratio Of musical intervals
t1rst suggested to Pythagoras by the DIFF
q hammers on the anvil OF the smithy.
Id harp seems TO me 90 have dropped out
sky and the iavelin 10 have been thrown
pm the pit.
oldest stringed instrument OF the world
harp. Jubal sounded his harp In the
a OF Genesis. David played many OF his
ns on the hnrp while he sang them. The
Iyes In Babylon hung their harps on the
3ws. Josephus celebrated the invention
Do i0-stringed harp. Timotheus. the
Jan. was imprisoned for adding the
th string to the harp. because too much
N OF sound might enervate the people.
titan harps. Scottish harps. Welsh harps,
harps have been celebrated. What an
|red triangle
Ierlasting honors TO Sebastian Erard,
tby pedals invented called the foot as
Ins tho haad TO the harp. when the
1lscord maker for whom he worked dis
kgcd him for his genius. the employer
wanting TO be eclipsed by his subordi-
;, Erard suffered from the same passion
9nlousy that threw Saul OF my text into
ID during which he flung q javelin at the
pist. The harp Is almost human. as you
when you put your finger on it, pulse.
her instruments have louder voice and
rbe better for battle charge. but what
Qjsite sweetness slumbers between the
Writings, waking ut the frat touch OF the
||of the fingers. II can weep. It can
M II can soothe. IL can pray. The
more mellow the trumpet Is more
Ling, the organ Is more majestic, the
loels are more festive, the drum Is more
|unding. but the harp has "A richness OF is
md will continue its mission through
INC and then take part In celestial SYM
11es, for st. John says he heard In heaven
Ukrps OF God.
~ Che javclin OF my text IL Just as old.
|1bout five and half feet long, with
ZEN handle and steel point, keen and
M. But II belongs to the great family OF
3 dealers and IL brother to sword and
j and bayonet, and first cousin to all the
emcnts that wound and slay. II has cut
by through the ages. IL was old when
IN the scene OF my text. tried to har-
: David. II has gashed the earth with
p trenches. Its keen tip Is redeemed
kthe blood OF American wars. English
n German wars, Russian wars, French
Crusader wars and wars OF all ages.
- structure of the iavelln shows what
RS made for. The plowshare is sharp,
t1mcd to cut the eartn in preparation for
vests, The lightning rod is sharp, but
ID to disarm the lichtnings and secure
~. The AK Is sharp, but aimed to fell
'5fs Gad clear the way for human habi-
On. The knife Is sharp. but aimed TO cut
pfead TO- sustenanee. But the javelln Is
rponly TO open human arteries and extin-
% human eyesight and take human life
nll tho earth with the cries OF orphanage
|Wldowhood and childlessness.
n, y am SO glad that my text brings them
lose together that We can see the contrast
Feen tho harp and the iavelin. The one
oothe, the otner to hart the one 70 save,
Other 10 destroy the one divine. the other
1Ouc the one to play, the other to hurl,
one In DIyid's 1killful hand. the other in
fewrathml clutch. May God speed the
p, may God grind into dullness the sharp
Q OF the javelin.
on what does all this make you think or
ukgcsts to me music as u medicine for
etnl and mental disorders. David took
4 2ol the musical instrument which he best
y bow 60 play und evoked from 1t sounds
ca were for King Saufs diversion and
uoAment. But. you say. tho treatment In
case was "a failure. Why was IL failure2
refustd 20 take the medicine. A whole
tnocary shop OF curative drugs will do
nsuS toward healing your illnesses II YOU
- % taeo the medicine. II was not the
y o. DaYids prescription, but tho fault Of
Ir obstinacy.
AVID, one OF the wisest ana best OF NH
= 1<Ands before us IN the text administer
uQBic Tor nervous disorder and cerebral
Afpance. and David was right. Music is
uAkhtiest forlo In all therapeutics. It's
49, may not ho seen ~ suddenly as other
70 ~ cure, but u IL Just as wonderful.
~ never know how much suffering and
.Qw music has nssuaged and healed. A
~ ~ the United States army said that
70 aays tho re1lmental hand played near
p8pithiH all the sick and wounded re-
~ ~ men VINO were so lame they could
y Hnas Deioro got up and went out and sat
ue tnnshine, and those 80 dispirlted that
neser expected TO got home began to
< mel baggage and ask about tlmetahleS
1rouboat and rail train.
'v,,vosius' tue emperor, wrathful az the
nv'2r OF tho people of Antioch, who. ON
= Huuueh proyocation tore down thc
ers oI emperor and empress, resolved
'r33 to punish them, but the bishon
w1n< that the emperor had a rroun ~
= sinH to him while eating NJ tho table
snt W boys q plaintiyo song In which An,
plc i:mcntod their bad behavior, and Tho
nuQ'r ihn pathos OF tho music cried out
~ n1{ OI AnliOnh h inri.iNnn ~ n,hu wv