The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-20

ment Of this sacred music. and the frst
Is that Il has been impressed into the
service OF Satan. an far from bellev-
ing that music ought always TO be posi-
lively religious. Refined art has open
ca places where music has been secu-
larlzed, and lawfully 80. The drawing
room the concert. by the Qualification
OF pure taste and the production OF
harmless amusement and the improve.
iheht OF talent. have become very
forces In the Advancement OF our civil
lzation. Music has an much right IN
laugh In Surrey Gardens a. Il has 10
pray In ~. Pauls. In the kingdom
ol nature we have the glad aing OF
'he Wind as well as the long-meter
psalm OF the thunder. But while All
thla Is 80, every observer has noticed
lhat this art. which God intended for
INC improvement Of the ear. and the
voice and the head. and the heart. has
often been impressed into the service
OF error. Tartlrl. the musical COM
poser, dreamed one night that Satan
snatehed from hia hand an instrument
ana played upon Il something very
sNeet-a dream that has often been
iulhlled In our day. the voice and the
instruments that ought 10 have been
devoted to Christ. captured from the
sin.
Another obstacle has been an inordl-
nate Tear Of criticism. The vast ma.
lority OF people singing In church new.
er want anybody else 10 hear them
sing Everybody Is wal.ing for some.
BODY else TO DO bis duty. II we all
sang then the Inaccuracies that are
evident when only a few sang would
Dc drowned out Coo asks you 10 do
as well as you can. and then II you get
the wrong pitch or keep wrong time
he VIII forgive any deficiency OF the
ear and .mpcrfectIon OF the voices
Angels will not laugh II you should
lose your place in the musical scale or
come Ia NJ the close a bar behind
There are three schools OF singing 1
am told-tho German school the Ital.
Ian school. and the French school Of
singing. Now. / would like 10 add ,
fourth school. and that Is the school
Of Christ The voice OF a contrlte
broken heart. although Il may not be
able 20 stand human criticism. makes
better music In Gods ear than the most
artistic performance when the heart IA
wanting. God calls on the beasts. on
the cattle, on the dragons. 10 praise
him. and we ought not TO be behind the
cattle and the dragons.
Another obstacle In the advancement
Of this art has been the erroneous no.
ton that this part OF the sorvlee could
be conducted by delegation. Churchos
have said. 20 what an easy time We
shall have. The minister viii DO the
preaching. ard the choir viii do the
singing. and we will have nothing 10
do" And y0u know AZ well MS / thai
there are a great multitude OF churches
III through this land where the people
IRE not expected 10 sing. The whole
work Is done by delegation Of four or
llx OF ten persons. and the audience
IRE silent In such a church IN SYRIA.
ruae an old elder persisted In sing.
Ing. and 30 the choir appointed coin. |
mittee TO 80 and ask the elder A. hc |
would not stop. You know that IN
many churches the choir are expected
10 do all the singing. and the great /
mass Of the people are expected IN /
,e silent. and II you utter your voice /
Tou are interfering In that church |
hey stand. the four. with opera-glasses |
langllng al their side. singing Rock
u Ages. Cleft for Me" with the same
pirlt that the night before on the
tage. they took their part IN the
irand Duchess or Don Giovanni.
Ny Christian friends. have We a right
o delegate TO others the discharge Of
bis duty which God demands Of u.s.
Impose that four wood-thrushes pro.
ose to do all the singing some bright
ay. when the woods are ringing With /
ira voices It Il decided that four
'ood-thrushos shall do all Of the sing.
ns OF the forest let an other voices
eep silent How beautifully the four
'arble' u q really fne music. But
oN long viii you keep the forest stlls
WY, Christ Won't come into that for.
q and look up. as he looked through
he olives. and he would wave his hand
nd say. Let everything that hath
rea,h praise the Lord" and. keeping
line with the stroke OF innumerahle
llngs. there would be I've thousand
ira voices loaplng into the harmony.
Impose this delegation OF musical per
primers were tried In heaven: suppose
hat four choice spirits should try to do
be singing OF the upper Temple
lush now thrones and domlniois and
inequalities. David. be stili. though
on were the sweet singer OF Israel"
aul, Keep quiet, though you have come
that crown OF rejoicing. Richard
axter Keep stlll. though this Is the
saints Everlasting Rest" -Four splr-
= now do an the singing. hut how
ms would heaven be quletg How
'ng' "Haleluiahw would cry some
lorihed Methodist from under the al.
IT, Praise the Lordr' would sing the
lartyrs from among the thrones
Thanks be unto God who glveth a.
he victory a great multitude OF re.
eemed spirits would myrlads OF
oiees coming into the harmony and
he one hundred and forty aud four
'ousand breaking forth into one &C.
amatlon. Stop that loud singing!
'op' oh, no; they csnno, hear me
on might as wen try 60 drown tho
'undor OF the sky. or beat back the
'af 90 thc sea. ioF every soul ln hoav.
has resolved 90 DO lis own singing
ias' that We should have tried on
uih that which they cannot do In
'aven. and Instead oi Joining an our
licos in tho praise oi thc Most Hieh
on. dcleEailng pcrhnra to unconfe.