St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-11-28

The earth l. diametered and circum.
fersneed with discord. aud the music
that was rendered at the laying Of the
worlds cornerstone, when the morn.
ing stars sang together. b mot heard
now; and though hero and there, from
this and that part Of society, and from
this and that part Of the earth. there
comes up thrilling solo Of love, or Z
MARBLE Of worship. or . swe ct duet Of
patience, they are drowned out by q
discord that shakes the earth.
Paul says. 1.-THE whole creation
groaneth, and while the nightingale,
and the woodlarh, and tho canary. and
the plover. sometimes singsso sweetly
that their notes have been written in
musical notation. and It is found that
the cuckoo sings in the key Of D, and
that the cormorsnt is . basso in the
winged choir, yet sportsman's gun and
the autumnal blast often leave them
rufIled and bleeding or dead in meadow
or forest Paul was right. for the
groan in nature browns out the prima
donnas of the sky.
Tartini, the great musical composer,
dreamed one night that he made = con.
tract with Satan, the latter to be ever
in the composers service. But ono
night he handed to Satan . violin, on
which Diabolus played such sweet
music that the composer was awak.
n.cxl ~, thO >~0t;0n ~u1 tp;AA ~ -.
produce the sounds, and therefrom
was written Tartini's most famous
piece. 1.-THE DEVILS Sonata," . dream
ingenious. but faulty, for all melody
descends from Heaven, and only dis
cords ascend from hell. All hatresis.
feuds, controversies, backbitings and
revenges are the devils sonata, are
dia bolic fugue. are demoniac phantasy,
are grand march of doom, are allegro
Of perdition.
But in this world things in general
are out Of tune to our frail ear, how
much more 50 to beings angelic and
deific! 1t takes skilled artist to fully
appreciate disagreement Of sound.
Many have NO capacity to detect q de-
feet of musical execution. and, though
there was in one bar a. many offenses
against harmony as could crowd in be.
tween the lower F Of the bass and the
higher q of the soprano. it would
give them no discomfort. while
on the forehead Of the educated
artist beads Of perspiration would
stand out as . result Of the narrowing
dissonance. While an amateur was
performing ON . piano and had just
struck the wrong chord, John Sebas-
tian Bach, the immortal composer, en-
tered the room. and the amateur rose
in embarrassment, and Bach rushed
past the host. who stepped forward to
greet him. and, before the key board
had stobbed vibrating, put his adroit
hand upon the keys and changed the
painful inharmony into glorious c.
dence. Then Bach turned and rave
salutatiOn to the host.
But the worst Of all discord il moral
discord. II society and the world arc
painfully discordaEt to imperfect man,
what must they be to = perfect God!
People try to define what sin is. 1t
seems to me that sin is getting out of
with God, a disagreement
with His holiness. with His purity,
with His love, with His com.
mands, our will clashing with
His will. the finite dashinR against
the infinite, the frail against the
puissant, the created against the Gre
atOr. II = thousand musicians. with
flute, and cornet-a-piston. aud trumpet,
and viOlOncello. and hautbOy, and
and al the wind and string
that ever gathered in a
jubilee.' should resolve that
they would play out of tune. and put
to the rack, and make the
place wild with shrieking and grating
and raspinR sounds. they could not
make such = pandemonium as that
which RACES in = sinful soul when
God listens 70 che play 81 its thoughts.
passions. and emotions-discord, life
long discord. 9sdienipg Ai.cord.
The world fa5A np0 lr discord
than it does fdr seonsohee. High prices
have been paid for music. One mao
gave SEES TO hear the Swedish song
stress in New York, and another SECS
to hear. her.-.fti Boston. End another
$65o to, heir l1erain Prov1Akhce. Fabu-
lous prices,haye,. beea. p12d for sweet
sounds. but tar moro. haE.. been paid
for discord. The Crimsap war cost
81, 76', UOd. 600. aud the American civil
war cost over q, 500, 600. and the war
debts Of professed Christian nations are
about &ls,poo, ga Oe0 ( The world pays
for this red ticket, which admits it to
The saturhaHs +of broken bones, and
death asonies, and destroyed cities.
md plowed graves. and crushed
hearts, any amount Of money Satan
risks. Discord! Discord!
But have to tell You that the song
that the morning stars sang together
It the laying OF the worlds corner
stone Is 10 resound again. Moxart's
greatest overture was composed one
night when he was several times over
powered with sleep. and artists say
hey can tell the places in the music
where he was falling asleep. and the
places where he awakened. So the
overture of the morning stars.
spoken of in my text. has been
asleep. but It will awaken and
be more grandly rendered BY
The evening stars Of the worlds ex-
silence than by the morning stars, and
The vespers will be sweetcr than the
mathis. The work Of all good men
Ind women and of all good churches
md ali reform associations help to
bring the race back to the original
harmony. The rebellious heart to be
lttuued, social life to be attuned. com.
nercial ethics to be attuned, interna-
to be attuned. hemispheres
% be attuned.
In olden times the choristers had =
,uning fork with two prongs, and they
would strike it on the back Of pew or
music rack, and put It to the ear, and
hen start the tune, and all the other
'oices would join. In modern orches-
RI the leader has complete instru-
nent rightly attuned, and he sounds
hat. and al the other performers tune
he keys of their instruments to make
hem correspond, and draw the bow
'ver the. string, and listen, and sound
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