The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-22

of the Israelites' genius for music after
their exodus from Egypt is the TIL
umphant song 81 Miriam. It is the
outpouring of a thankful heart for the
goodness of Him who had divided the
Red Sea that Israel might pass over,
drowning therein the might of Phar-
aoh and his host. Miriam began the
song. Sing We to the Lord for He
hath triumphed glori0us'y." The horse
and his rider has he thrown into the
sea- This song of victory was sung
| by the Hebrew prophets, and the
women accompanied her. using the
! Egyptian timbrel known t. the Israel
lites as the atufe Miriam song OF
victory was probably sung as a solo
with choral aceompanIments. But IN
| the book of the Judges Deborah ana
| Barak son Of Apinoam, sang joint
! ly in praise of the triumph over Sis
era, the captain Of the host Of Japin,
the king of the Canaanites. Then
sang Deborah and Barak, the son of
Aptnoam on that day, saying, Praise
we the Lord for the avenging Of Israel.
Hear! Oh We kings! Give ear Oh, We
princes! Aye, even l will sing unto the
Lord God of Israel Judges V 49, In
Judges XII "a, we read that when the
daughter of the victorious Jephtah
went forth to met her father she was
accompanied with her maidens playing
the timbrel And Jephtah came to
Mizpahinto his house and, behold! his
daughter came out to meet him with
timbrels and with dances
| ri Ai1 ~. 11a
mere fact of tone as such, was rev.
cred as the voice of the Almighty. Thus
at the giving of the law from Mount
Sinai, we read in Erodus xix 1913; ut
came to pass on the third day in the
morning that there we're thunders and
nghmhgs and thick cloud upon the
Mount and the voice of the trumpet
exceeding loud, SO that all the people
thar were in the camp trembled" and
when the voice of the trumpet sound
ed logger and waxed louder and loud
er, ETC.
At the taking Of Jericho in the book
of Joshua we read "and seven priests
shall bear before the ark seven
trumpets of rams horns and the sew
enth day We shall compass the city
seven times and the priests shall play
with the trumpets and ii came to
pass at the seventh Gay when the
priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua
said unto the people, Shout for the
Lord hath given you a city! SO the
people shouted when the priests blew
with the trumpets and the wall fen
down fiat and the people went up int
h. al VT 4 a onf II
was not alone in the ruling thunder
but in the trumpet blasts that the Di-
vine power manifested itself. In a
still more impressive manner did
Gods presence make itself felt when
Elijah waited the coming of Jehovah
on Mount Horeb. 1T was not the hur-
ricane and the fire and the earthquake
but in the still small voice that the
Lord God declared Himself"
1t Is due to the genius of David that
the art introduced among the people
of Israel reached such a high state
of culture as it had never attained be-
fore. The Holy Ark he had carried
from all the different stations Of his
empire to the Capitol and he joined the
procession, dancing ard singing, thus
showing his popularity with his poo
pie and making them acquainted with
his intention TO build grand temple
wherein should be fosterna music in Its
most exalted manner to the glory Of
Jehovah.
When we consider that David lived
about three thousanc years ago and
that during these aialy centuries there
lived many great and exalted poets
and musicians, it is Wonderful to relate
that the psalms Of David appear and
re-appear before us to-day. and that
they form the text to some of the
most sublime compositions from the
fifteenth century to our present day
Those soul inspiring words have kept
their hold upon the human race, They
contain the proper spirit aad The most
poetical substance for all dimes. Da-
vid's creations offer The text ana
spirit for every musician of the mod
ern age beginning with Handel Bach,
Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendels-
sohn, Schumann and hundreds Of other
composers. 1t is the most desirable
material to be welded to melody and
the most intricate harmonies. WHAT
would music be without Davids
Psalms? ......... =
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