The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1894-02-16
Sacred Music and its Relation to the
League.
j. T. Low,
j. A MANSON,
L. &. SPIGHT.

LlVc@ there OHe on this Ilrua ear !
{. hose soul has not .sesR stIrret anC
pulses quICkened by the InsprrIh
slrHins aud meI ow calsHces 1T 'HII.Ici
Ii IL not Of earth, bit was bIri, "a
heaven; 'tls divine. LING be:or. ~,
sang the praises at the great Give
4 aIl. and years, perhaps age. be
fcr- JuIal fret strung his harp,
nsIurG echusd and re>echOed ia xraIr
ia n lOdy 1. Him ti.eir CreAi"rs
Tue effect a, d power o. @us.c ''
.Inb.unded. Millions lsse lsieee G..
wrapped 10 ecstasy aud Admpa'e"
10 ITS enchanting and n.ngn'tylL-
stIaIns. e
'Iis said when Jennie Liud sang
Horse Sweet H0mer in ~ asAingI0l,
ON Deeember IL, 1850 it e4u>e
JOhu HoWAFd Payne, the author
! hose words, % rise trom his SCI.
President Frlmnrp. Daniel WeDstr.
H.nrA CLAY and the entire aud aes
risl,.g with him, all s+enlnx,, sPrd
b,and ny It's magic influence.
Mnslc has dlspel .cd the glOOan
he Iae anch1ly, AID quisted the ire'
ElUd rage OF the niapi.c. Il Is 40
~ soorhe the diving Christian On earLI.
and first 10 greet nlm In heaven
How Oft the SQUAD 81 music falling
aOitlV Ou ne ear OF sOne unfortunate,
has broug t r+me m brances u beIltr
DAYS, aha arrested the hand of cruel.
t. and violence.
During the late var two arm e.
we're e"camped on each shore Ot Ih-
RappahannOck, whose waters RI
deeply stained with crimson blsud.
the reIults of = recent battle. 1t was
evening, and the circling hills, grimlv
painted With ssnnOns. looked Stern y
down upon the lIstlesS camp ane
silent town, made golden By the eve
ming suHseL. Suddenly, on the ter
vId air, there came . soft and sacred
strain OF music, now rich. nov tender.
and which seemed aHA'ne with the
-plenAOr Of departing day.
M unresponsivs soul heard that
ain i've and appealing note. bu go
.ee,l) had 1t stirred feelings hidde n
unG that the soldiers, whether wear
I.x the blue or the gray, sees O.h
as by . fairy's wand, the eottage
meath the oak or cabin ON the brDau
prairie. And whether cold or WARM,
bis native skies bend over him i"
beauty, and through tear dimmea
ewes. he catches gIimpsss OF familiar
geaes. and well beloved faces are
before him.
Thus memory, awakened by music
1T, subiued, s"ttened aud for N :
ruent banirhed hatred, deceit, malice
md vlctory irsm the hearts OF the
.."nteDdinK armies.
Anong all nations music has a.
waYs formed a part Of pnblic worship
Praise" il has been nptly said, lis
he appropriate language of dev0.
unn." A ferVent spiril Of devotion
i"stinetIveIy seeks to express itself
- song.
On the banks Of the Red Sea. Nose.
and the children of lsrael sang thsIE
irinMphaI s"1k ct deliverancs from
b 's,s of e yPt, and Hirram In
le0rntIen u the same eveat led =
pr,,cessi a compused 0f the women oil
: q camp, vino chanisd 10 chorus,
,as burden Il the sing ct Noses, "Siny
We tO Jehovah, for he has trIumPhod
gIOriously, F"
The use of musical Instruments Ia
The church, has duriag past years ba
considerable opp0slt'"n asa the grou" ::
ih4t the New Testament does Nh
warrant thea. and they we're exclud-
cd from the primitive church.
II 10 not, however, suARcient "a
-h0w that such performances wer .
not customary or known IN the sacred
music Of the early church; IT We
Snuld authorifatiyeiy exclude them
~ must Grs' prove that he New
.ssament positively foro Is heir use.
Our saw II aud his APOSTLES did
not deem &c necessary to discuss these
immaleriai Questions W Oh the church.
II the o. Testament Saints cau. d
Or fab. pl0y Instrumental n -siC
a. means at grace. Why should II
he denied he Christiah?
Ii DavId's s0al l.pnk wing With CO.
| lastial vigor. as he strung bis Iyre in
accord with his devout laws. why
snoald not the nsteru Saint refresh
mis- snul with the ravISaiHg harmony
0f the argah?
The language OF the heart IS swepi
up TO God through the swelling sym.
phenies Of music. hence the need d
variety.
Gsd, forbid that Christians should
longer stand in nournfuI attitude
chanting il solemn and sepu,chra
80 tes, over the graves of buried hopes
While. IN the mean time satan is march
i ing forward with shouts OF multitude
beat Of drum and sound Of tru - pet
leading down to death and destruc