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

music The medical journals never report
their rccoveries by this mode. b'it III wh3'
twilight hour has many Il saint or N'ou ''i
aced a hcarteache with hyi'n n! hunine s.n y.
suny or played! Jerome, of Prague sang
while burning at the stake. Over what KEYS
of piano or organ consolation mas Walheu,
Yea, in ch1lch one hymn has rolled peace
over a thousand of the worried, perpleAe4i
and agonized. While there are hymns ana
tunes ready for the jublant. there is a rlch
hymnology for the suffering Naomi a,,1 1
"Eventide" and autumn Leaves , ana
Come We Disconsolate," and whole porto,
los and librettos Of tears set to music All
the wonderful triumphs Of surgery ana az
the new modes of successful treatment vi
physical and mental disorders are discussed
in medical conventions anu sp; s
| high time that some Of the millions OF sous
| that have been indicated by music vocal
and instrumental. let the world know wnn VIVA
power there is in sweet sounn. whe tightened
chord or ascending frolr ivory KEY sio fnn+
| sic is q universal language. AT the 100.
of the tower of Babel language was spla'
into fragments never to be again pHH' AZ
IS music, and it is the same. all the worln
over. Last summer in Russia. at waiter
ing place. were greeted as W.
entered the great auditorium, when t WE
filed with thousands of Russians. whose
innruace / could not understand any more
than thew could understand mine But ar
ter the grand band had. out of complili ,tI.
to MS, played our two great American - INC no
stepped on the K Ela.ior ann air! S Russian
a pIi'"''; and then he tapped with =, his
hnton on the music rack. and with a
snIcndor and majesty of power that az
most made us quail the Iuli , Ti'tiu p"ndsr
forth their national anthem Ihey u',a a
, Stood orr American music, and we uh'iel
stood their Russian music. 1t Is unlVerSai
. language and so good for universal cur
%,o do
| I should not wonder II In the Gay ~ J 100.
: want # should be found out that more
: nnrls have been saved by music tnan pI
: nrenching I should not wonder H. out oi
+ The one hundred and forty ana 1our ,'.o" 60
s sand ransomed souls that John lolJ h''n'
! | hoforo the throne of God, at least one nun
;, 1red and thirty thousand had been STAYED
q NV sweet song Why does not the church on
+ earth take the hint? Heaven Is the sI Ieaa
i musical center of the universe the pia 'Is
u Of doyologics and trumpets and harpS, ana
Il IN nreparation for that place we ought 10 10
= make more of music on earth Inc oanu
10 of music at Waterloo played Tue te, I l..
20 20 Of the Forty second Highlandcrs back 10 10
~ thoir nIaces and sacred music mas returH az,
" , ,o,i - faltcring host Of God into tn"
- Chr;stian conflict with as much Cet"inl11la-
,, lion and dash as Tennyson's Six run
II dred" Who can tell what has Leen accom-.
~ plished by Charles Wesley y', ,rer,7iona
W. singing Of his time. which could he hea al:
bv two miles off? When my dear 'ehu, Die
he Lewis (gone to rest all too Foon), colou ~,
We ed a campaign against drunke nnIs a th,
he nohles+ women of the land In that maSalIi
is non+ comnaign. and whole nelghborhood'
he and villages and cities shut up their g 'S
of sbons. do YOU know the chief weapon uSed
ng 1t was the song:
em Nearer, my God, to Thee,
~ Nearer to Thee.
led Tbev sang at the door of hundreds or Il
rp ouor saloons which had been open lol year,
at and either at the hfst ch'ise o ~ . chm, II,
I'VE A. the first verse of Nearer, My Co..
'le. Thee" the liquor dealers laughed at In In
ro. second verse, they looked solemn; ~ III
hen third verse, they began 10 cry ' NV l,nee
keu You saw they opened their saloons asali
yer Yes some of them did. But it Is gre;
'or thing to have held shut up II only TOR "ee
Of Give full swing to tG gooa a gG5ptfa for cd!
uis Rnt when in my text see Saul detiihll
inf this medicine of rhythm and Gaffio h asn al
,nts actually hurting. a layenn at = Miss So
for David, the harpist, bethlnkS lie fny, or
No. llama, but elevated music, God given m,
rrS' SIC INSPIRED music, religious music a wlol
vi heaven OF It encamped under a harm strin,
M no wonder that wicked Saul hated it an
in oG,liu lot ABIDE the sound, and with all hi
III might hurled an instrument of death nj !;
d know there are styles of music that 81
th aulhres, ana you hear it as you pass III
nd casino or the dance hall, and the devil In
lily t soe en- most 1sa OF the fddleS, though am ga
rd we Ole Bulls have snatched I'D the charrnn,
IN strings from their Dissertation: Int if is
v Iact that SIN has javelin for sacred sounds
il In many churches the javelin of criticism
It, na s ktied tae music javelin flung from or
I'd gan lolI or from adjoining pew of the sinner
N harp. Thousand of people so afraid th he
IN many not sing scientifically, they will not
Id 81 nlns a' ill, or sing with such low tone that
lie no one hears them. In many a church the
is Jayelln of criticism has crippled the harm Of
1t worship If Satan could silence all the Sun
II gay school songs and the hymns of Chris
1t t'an worship, he would gain his greatest
g achievement. When the mlcnniaI son..
II shall rise land it is being made rcadvl there
/ VIII be such roll of voices, such a roncan-
o tered power of stringed and wind instru-
e lhents' spch majesty, such unanimity, such
: continental and hemispherjc and nIsnrtarr
d acciamaiIon, that it will be impossible to
e hhoW where earth stops and heaven begins
V mony! Hh
See also in my subject rejected oppor
, tunity of revenge. Why did not David
PICK up Sauls Jayelin and hur it back
again? David had skillfu arm. He de-
llonstrated on another occasion that he could
. Wl9ld sling, and he could have easily
picked up that Javelin, aimed it at Saul.
, me Would-be assassin, and left the foanlinc
ana demented monster AS lifeless under the
JaVelIn as ne had left Goliath under a sling
IN, David now is your chance. No, no,
Mon ana women with power of tongue or
pen or hand to reply TO an embittered antac-
on i better initiate David, and let the jaw
elli lie at your feet and keep the harp in
your hand. Do not strike back Do not
pay the game of tit for-tat. Gibbon in his
history, tells of Bajazet. the great Moslem
general who was brought ii captive to the
tent Of IImur. He had attempted the mas
Ssacre OF Ilmur and his men, limur said TO
nm; Had YOU vanquished us | am not
for mnfo Of the fate which You reserved
70 for re efSTe II an1 my troops, but dsdain
secure; and I shall express my gratitude |
TO TO-, ,fod by nv clemencv to man" Bcauti- |
| ful! Revenge on Christians toncun or |
pen or hand is inapt. and more damage
TO me one who employs it than the one
against whom it is employed What, 4
3avelln hurled at you and fallen at your
Ieet' and YOU not hurl it back again? Yes.
! have tried the plan. learned it from
my father and have practiced it all NV
III NE "a ana 1t It works well, and by the help
OF .,od ana ]avens not picked up, I have
conquered all my foes and nrcachCd funar