Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-15


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soidiss In the United stats army aid
that on the days the regiIneatl band
played near the hospitals all tho sick
md voundesi revived. and men " ho w~rv
% lame they could noe walk before gut
up and went ous and sss In the sunshine.
and thoss ~ dispar,tsd thAs they nsv,g
sxp.cs-d - gss home tsw~n ~ pack their
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Steamboat aud rail train
Theolnstus. tho efn f~rur, wrsshful ns
the behavior Of tho people of Antioch.
who. on soms sudden provocation tore
down tho statues u emperor aud sni-
press. resolved severely "a punish them.
but the bishop. knowing that the emperor
had = group II bo, ; ~ sing ~ him while
eating az tho table. taught the boys q
plaintivv cong IN which the people Ia
ul1nfod their bad brhavior. and the king
under the psthos Of the music cried out.
The city of Antsch Is forgiven" The
rage OF Achilles WAS sssusgci by harp.
Asclcpiades swsyed rebellious multi
tudes by = harp
THE POWER or MUSIC.
After IN. hattie 10 Yorktown. when .
musician Was tn suffer amputxtion, and
before the days Of anirsthetics, the
wounded artist called foF musical In
struineut and loet not q note during tho
10 minutes Of amputation. Fihppo Pal
ms. the great musician. confronted by
an angry creditor. played so enchanting
ly before him that tho creditor forgave
the debt and gave tho debtor 10 guincls
more 10 apr~ase other creditors.
An eminent physician Of olden time
cont-nd@d (of course carrying our theory
too far that all ailments Of the world
could be cured ~ music Tho medical
Journals never report their recoveries Ivy
this mode. But IN what twilight hour has
many q SAINT Of God solAcsSi h-artacho
with hymn hunmed or sung or playedi
Jerome Of Prague sang while burning at
the stake over what keys Of piano OF
organ consolation has walked. Yea, in
church one hymn has rolled peace over .
thousand Of the worried. perplexed aud
aSonized-
While there are hymns and tunes ready
for the Jubilant. there Is . rich hymnol-
ogy for the sutfering-"Naomi' and
"Ev~ntide" and Autumn Leaves" and
Come. We disconsolate." aud whole port
follos and hbret,Os VI tears sct to music.
All the wonderful triumphs q surgery
and all tho new modes Of successful
treatment Of physical and mental dis
orders are discussed in medical conven-
tons and spread abroad in medical books,
and 10 Is high time that some Of the mil
hons - souls that have been n,eslicated
by music. vocal and instrumental Al. let the
world know what power there i. In sweet
sound. whether rolling from Liz. or leap
ing from ti..ht~ned chord or ascending
frWn ivory key.
Music Is q universal language At tho
foot Of the Tower Of Babel language was
split into fragments never To be again
put together. but one thing was not hurt.
and that Is music, and il IL the same all
the world over. Last summer ia Russia
ut y watering place We were greeted "a
we entered great auditorium. which
was filed with thousands Of Russians.
whose language could not understand
any more than they could understand
mine
But after tho grand band had. out Of
compliment 10 rs. played our two great
American si<s. I stepped on the platform
and said 10 the bSndmaster. Russian
air. Russian arr aud then hs tapped
with his baton on the MUSIC rack. and
with a splendor and majesty II power
that almost made ms quail tho full band
pour,si forth their national anthem.
They understood our American music.
and We understood their Russian music.
II IL universal language and so good
for universal cure.
should not wonder IL in the day %.
Judgment u should bs found oct that
more souls have be~n saved by music
than by preaching. Ishould not wonder
II ont ~ tbs one hundred and forty and
four thousand rsnsom~i souls that John
foreSsw befvrc the throne q. God AT
least i:o .o.o had te~n saved by sweet
song WHY does not tho church on
earth take no hint. Heaven Is th. great
musical center Of the universe. the place
of dosolo1ies and trumpsts and hur-.
AMI In preparation for that place we
ought 20 make more II MUSIC on earth
The band II music ~ " stsrloo played
tho retreat q ttr FOrty-s.,,ond High
handlers back 10 their places. and sacred
musac has returned many fal,~ring
ho~, 20 CO. into the Christian conflict
with a. mitch determination and da.h "a
Tenny~on's SIX Hun,ir.i- Who can
,ell what has b-~n accomplished by
Charles Wesleyr J. 900 hymns. or hv ths
c.rfzre zs,ional singing - his time. which
cuuai be heard two miles oifP when nay
dear friend Dpo Lesl- gone 90 rest all
49, soon o"pdnctss, cam "a Rn sg,sns;
drunkenness at th~ west. ard nlArsisls,i
ths'nsands - the nohlest women Of The
Land in that magnificent rsnpais-n ART