Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-28


aud one which h Of vital iuiCt.sl iu
every person. 10 the service 10 ruuiers
In the promotion OF health. ttHuIu.
plishea this directly, ny the exercise
which ~ gives tue lungs Auu utntr
vital ursans, aud Indirectly, by the
Chrtriulutes and genial How OF spirits
which IL IL the prrrugative Of music Co
bcstQw. Vocal music cannot be- per.
iormed wiihout an Increased action 90
the iuurs: and uu Increased action ut
the lungs necessarily ciua,s an
Increased action of the henft
anu Of oil the organs u gifv-.
ton AMI nutrition. Tho singer hTiurs
"a greater quantity Of nir va contact
with the bi0od. Hence the hluuI is
better purified ana vitnliz d. SHUu
blood gives more active and ylfUr us
play 90 nh the ursaur Ui absorption, u4.
fimlatiau, anu execution. Tine tu.,tT
these functions are oriDrmtI, the
purur VIII be- the iHlIuuot. which
ascend 10 the brain, fIU Hvlcut.uc
uhyHi0lOgiat cuu trace tuu t.iuuts 70
singing from the lunga into tine blood
from the blood Into the D. Ucr-4ea ui
nutrition, anu back again into tho
blood, Into the nerves, unl, Iualy
from the whole vital tissue into the
brain, 10 be There develop eos into the
Hover anu tuit 10 uueeruluess, iu-
ctcnicd health, Increased strength, aud
prolonged lifr."
10 support Of the foregoing, and e..
peCialy " the preceding statement,
which Dr. given rom musical point Oi
vicW, ] beg 90 quote the opinion OF d.
Chafirs Watuu, Of tie Uuitrd States
hur nu of education, lie sllt3 "lt
DO well 10 reminder that siugiuF, when
wen AMI gradually done uurng tlu
whole school lite, affects iavunhiy
diBuuyiuu,s OF hearing, the health
OF tue throat aud lungs, tue
station aud glrragC ut the buy, ami
the dcvclUumtut and SHAPE ui the
thora1j tuut ny iuIiCious alienation
with other studies u preserved the
beautiful childish capacity oi quick
perception aud rctbutive memory,
while u does not Interfere with the
requirement Of tuat trnaclty aud con.
tuuiiy In au uti0ttwhich wall be found
useful Ia later lite; nnd that " oil arts
it i- among the most social, natural.
humauisiic anu permanent i1 all the
occupations anu responsibilities VI ma.
turcr HE anu culture"
Before HO intelligent an audience II
ie uoralcss TOT mo TO oularge upon the
iuiiuouCu OF music Ia relation % the
development VI the moral nature.
Nuta amallpsrtoi the earnest tcachor'B
work IN 10 illustrate buth by pr. cent
aud example the moral value 0f re-
hnci picsturss, aud / assume thaUylu
appreciate the advantage that music
affords IA this particular.
Flg thes-ms reason l shall refer Tut
btitiy % music ~ "a means Of culture,
awakening ant refreshing M Il does
the intellectual activities, cultivatius
the phAnlasy, and t0uuhi the lite ui
tue s0ul Tar beneath the analytic
Processes Of thought, thus abid.
ing with uH us m agency iurUlOi IN
our striviugs Tor ;hu ideal HE. This
power which reaches uul iuto the iu.
ilnito for It, Inspiration, this force
which purmeates all nature, h not an
emotional fancy, ~ not the caprice ui
some turbulent soul, 10 no. the within
OF some day.ifenhcf'B vagarIus. IAEr
tne beat OF Bah, Beethoven, Men.
dclssOhu, Moztri, Chopin or Scbumlu,
let u enter into ones inner lite anu
become an essential larl Of his being,
"what culture can lac lack that woulu
seem rich enough TO coyct Boz cxcHnGgu
Tor this. Aud all the more by virtue
Of this one unspeaknOlo possession
viii he be ssusitiyely open, hcart ami
miud, TO every hint Of truth aud
utauty Ia nature, In poetry gud art, Ia
history, philosophy or science"
Music enters into all the conditions
Of lie. II IL at the cradle IA the mother,
with some familiar melody, or pen.
haps an improvised melody, bushes
her child 10 sleep; II IL ~ the marriage
altar To mellow tue stern twill thuu2n
and strengthen the cont Ieut 81 wiup |
Il II IA the sanctuary 90 sanc,iiy tue
holy office ana hallgw the taoTpi sefv.
lee; u is Ia the home circle rs a wall Of
protection aTuund the dear ones who
are soou 10 70 out from the anxious
eye Of father and mother; 70 gives an
INCREASING charm 10 cial lie, while lt
lends character % public lie; aud 10 b.
nj tne grave to comfort the grief slrick. |
On heart, and 20 wait the soul, released |
from earth, beyond the spangle1 court |
NJ God into tue eunlight OF gl0rlued !
peace.
with an agency Of this character, |
meeting ua under 30 many different |
circumstance, and affecting rs Ia 30 |
many different experiences az our |
command, II we may regard ourselves
M centers Of Influence for the Develop
ment Of the mind, tbs heart, the soul,
we shall N We Tadlate from cur various
oeutefs touch 0rst the magnificent
army Of school children with whom
we come Into daily contact; these
children, perhaps, tcebly In their earlier
year., but more and more strongly q
they struggle upwards, VIII touch the
home citcir; the influence of the
home circle Will reach out Ia
many different ways ana AFFECT the
social circle; the social circle with its
uumberless charms will tone the m0tc
practical life OF the public circle; aud
thus aithese circles widen anu become
more far rsuching the influence u
this eweet persuasive power shall grow
aud continue to grow until ii has To-.
ceivrd due .roc0guitlOu,ln IT. unlimited
resources to refine, elevate, ana tE.
pand all the lasting associations OF
life.
Accepting music then as an essen.
llal iu all processes Of education,
placing itwhuro itJustly belongs on tie
same plane with other branches Of
study, aud regarding II az such from
the highest point OF view, lut a. us &C.
workers Ia the feld OF cotton eudeavCr
10 read more iutullgently tho under.
y Ing thought Vt the text we are seeb.
Ing to interpret; and, seeing thus more
clearly Tor Oursuivos, We shall be- the
Mraus OF helping others 10 sec that
divine light, which, heamiug In rich
elulgencp through the rAges OF ITll-
httlf GeniuH, rhiuea for all Who are
" Hing 10 behold lbs TuybUH they fnll