Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-09-16
The PULPIT.
a BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON 81
OR. CHARLES EDWARD LOCKE.

r. Church. preached Sunday on ~Mu-
sic as a Factor i'm Culture" lie took
his text from Psalms ci:i: Praise
ye the Lord" Dr Locke said:
From that moment in the creation
when the morning stars sang toEeun-
er and the brooks went singing down
the hillsidcs of Eden. and the birds
made, glad the dawn OF time with their
thrilling melodies. music has had an
indisputablc place I'm the world.
The study OF music is n liberal cdu- \
cation. Music. like poetry. makes its \
appeal 20 the nOblcst instincts OF the /
soul. It is said that the inhabitants /
OF Cvncttc. who sighted music. were /
the crucilcst Of All the Greeks and no |
other town was So immersed in lax I
urics and debauchery.
Christianity was born with n song
on its lips. Mary sang ia thrilling
measures OF the MaguihCat. the angels
sang i'm their tumultuous hallclujah
chorus. and the shepherds sang In
plaintive strains OF quic+ ecstasy And
the world has been singing ever snce-
Paganism does not sing, it laments.
PagodaS and mosques DO not Tighten
their sOmbre interiors with music.
but every Christian church. however
humble Is a conservatory OF sweetest
melodies.
Music IS both n science and an art.
/ A an art &c does not as do painting
and sculpture. occupy itself I'm repro
/ ducing naturc-for it is Itself part
/ Of nature. and seeks % reveal itself
| The Egyptians first eXcclcd I'm music.
hut great strides were made 10y the
/ Greeks under Pythag1ras. The word
/ music IS derived from "a Greek term.
/ which includes an tie learning Of the
/ Muses. OF an the fine ar.S music is
/ tile most comprehensive. The ma1es
/ ~ OF the architect. the pictures OF the
/ artist. the rhythm OF thc poet and the
/ themes Of an these belong to the mu-
/ stefan. whether hC sits at the iustru-
ment or pours out his soui in vocal
melodies. The fable tells that Mer-
curry stretched strings OF dried skin
across a shell. and. striking them with
his fingers. invented the Tyre. The
bow MS a musical instrument was prob
ably first used by the warrior. who
as he described his successes Ira bait
tie twaugcd the string % his bow
II was later discovered that the bow
Z when drawn across certain hollow oh
/ jccts. produced pleasing sounds
! tlcnCe thc iute and Die violin Music
has been called The universal language
/ and truly 10 is O. means OF communI
! / cation between aI souls. wEateVc
CLINE may have given tlom hirt-. J
A. the most responsive OF aN the ara
Tho most human. II more near
lrcatlos and sees and feels. lt pos
seSscs an the varying Iues Of Oh
soul. The music of the siren voul
allure Ulysses to his death and Oh
monotouous tones of tle bell buoy a
D rect the imperlcd mariner 10 safeC
s Tumultuous music is the completes
~ expression OF happy souls on fesu
- days. and tender. sombre strains d
T, tcrpret the language of sad hear
/ when q nation mouru~ for IS martyr'
heroes CLAD hai'cluiah. or pcnite
III tial psalm. expresses the contrastli
~ emotions OF The soul
rs Music was defined hv our own $.
n ncy Iauier MS Glove ln search ot
u word There is an iucNurcsSil
- . something. in Che heart OF man VIII
- socks % define itself in speech. o'
failing in this. music nles % his
-S ilcf ana in melody he pours ONT his 4
an pri soued soul Music is the lan-uo
* OF The over-soul. IL is the son. p
ga longing. or projecting vSeL The Do.
au est music cannot hc expressed
b., words This is the explanation 90 3
angels advent anthem and 90 All
sic in worship. Tie deeper the SD
life the more is one conscious of q,
ingS beyond the limitations az aru
90. loto utterance. I'm the attempt OF
s0ul to praise ANA glory the
ne .N earthly devices az lan-u.
ss- y..-rV ffII and music only. WA
get is au adiunc, OF the inhuiues.
ablcs man sing what hc can ne
ses express. has alteration and grauu
10 hiS great God and King. Cor
.. OueLty. whenever rcli-lon is the
M ccrest then music VIII De the pur
she Music is the echo ol Gol> voice
ssS- the soul of man. Without that e
mans soul is "a governors abyss. Il
-. with SpecterS OF despair.
- Music is gift OF God Like an
sciences. il is Il radiation of as
en- truth. PythagoraS taught q close
ere fnity between music and astrOno
in Ie was right SO far as he went.
the music leads men up 10 the perpe
ora throne OF glory. OF which stars
consultations are but -littering
ulauOns ST. Cecilia. receiving
music from angel visitants. tells
NM. secret OF the musician power. g
-. musicians are born. not made. 7
extraordinary genius is an en'
ny. ment manifeSting itself in phen
'ind nal ways in childhood, rs i'm the c
I've, Of Mozart. LisZt aud Christine
son.
The divinity OF music further
pears in the fact that the greatest
sicians have been good men; an
lrat- develop the mighty impulses "
they have felt in their souls the
= musicians have chosen lofty q
ora ~, 'S va ~. =, 4" '. 10,
law oDnr VII, his s,-aef sorels II
ma trne ~ Reethoven whose soulful
ence atas have won Tor him a gel
for ,.rfn.s hr,1 arroffnus- mn