Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-09-16

newer. and true. indeed. OF Handel. ,
the majestic grandeur OF whose mas
terpieces has rapained uneq"aNed TOT
two centuries. There was another ID
carnation when be produced his IL
vinest work the ocatOrio or "Ihe Mes
siah." which no doubt he was right IN
believing came 20 him from above.
IL is the mission OF music 20 soften
and remove the aspcritics OF men. IL
helps 10 unity the race and make them
homogeneous Sectariauism sinks
into hiding places OF shame. "A Charles
Wesley. Methodist. sings "Jestis-
Lover OF My Soul" and Ioplady. q
/ Calvanist. Rock OF Ages" and sarah
I Adams. n Unitarian. Nearer My cod
/ to Thee" and Whittier. Quaker,
.The Eternal Goodness" and Faber,
| n Roman Catholic. There's Wide
/ ness In Gods Mercy and poddridgP-
| n BAPTIST 90 Happy Day To-day /
! these weii-known hymns are sung By /
ull and claimed by all In spite Of CON 4
I trovcrsy and unbelief. the music OK 4
/ the Christian Church is saving the /
/ world for the Christian Christ. The
hymn and the singer are often long
way i'm advance OF the sermon and
nearer i'm cvangelizing Influences.
Music rehnes and enuobles. I'm the
days OF chivairy the sir knights
I studied music because OF its clevating
and purifying influence Music bright
7 ems Hfe's dark places and Soothes the
| heart I'm trouble Many prison doors
have opened and mauacles burst asun-
der when troubled hearts have sung
songs in the night. Music was believed
bv the ancients 20 have healing power.
and was used as a therapeutic Many
n weary soldier. tired and foo,sore. has
leaped on To- victory under the magic
spell OF nfe and drum.
There is a quaint belief that singing
70 / preceded speaking Alas. perhaps one
=, of the cntailmcnts of sin is that sing
1 ing has dcgenerated into discorlaut.
u raSpinc speech. Perhaps when man
,. shall have reached his highest earthly
estate the means or communication
/ viii Dee in the soft tones of chastest
music.
g Music. lC not more perfectly than
printing. the art prcscrvauYc or oil
/ ART is surely Che best interpreter or
q OF au art and science. The mystery
.' and miracle of truth reveal their opeu
sesame when studied through the at-
. m0Sphere OF music. The Minister.
% graceful with gothic beauty. or
.' massive with Romancsque magniu-
' cence can only Doe filled 90 gvoinci
70 rrches and spreading dome 10y music s
swelling tones Music gives moui
\ to architecture The art gallery core
pr riiors. or beivedorcs only reveal the
masters secret in marble or canvas
as dlvinest music Gus up an the inter
ie sttces OF Gniteness. And poetry never
.e, rat,afs SIS most exquisite tuts OF
li- nraufy ana truth except whom in tl'
et rorrnqrforShfa 0f music. IT'S .win sis
III -er Theology would have uCrc Du
~ ,lta~s 70 tha unkror-, God N musH
ly 1fl rof dream, anl n~onneSv. ana fee'
ls- fn tho rrrostlv office Music is wha
ne Ny,I+o~ pa+er called --fho great Anders
ild S+~.f,.,.- ,,hfr- forv-ard of an arr.
Tee D. il no sorl ~ man er3eavorinr @
ul- .o-r, Ia lis ovrn-t0 oxnrc~s aud realiz
lY. ,rl oman fsnlf " halns Browniu-
Esq ..-ren NJ, aroir-ro IT'S rcnch
tal 1rr>f. Is inns mn intellectual fact0
iE- lt is not So much q truth seeker as
IT'S fs "a frutn finder IL does not del1
reu among the rocks. lut ft comes dow
enc nk, i dove from above. SINGING. rh
ing 1s NV Beloved SOM It dveus in %
rot.rfs an1 Sh0rfS "FvcflS.1r,' fro
SIDE monk fo noak. ana makes LIES di1.
81 Alrfrn urlands echo with hone
nte Granting that music furnished 60 cJ
ich tr-a lis initial fmnulSe. and that mus
'u" mora than any other factor ~uStaI
Tee thn or,aS- of MANS nature for tho hi.
ln- ISL anal noliest achievements. I da
age fo submit the deliberate conclu~i
pro- tha+ Instrumental and weu rs woes
--- r,,,st. Snauff ha n MART OF the nuh
d" school curriculum for every chi
me ,lasf thar tho children whom n0Sier
ino- .ror1s tne onno~tunffv of muSh
>'ut / S.-1v often SD little aunrecilte the
rel- nrivif,oas while MANY who crave tht
lcu- facilities al,, fonrlvel of them hv p.