Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-20
Music and Musical Notes

they were not at a session of the shep-
herds union; they were not comfortably
housed in a shepherds house; but they
were abiding in the field"
And then-as to faithful shepherds. always
has happened-the angel of the Lord
came upon them, and the glory Of the Lord
shone round about them I'm musical
fields, is not the same thing true? When
you are abiding in the field out there, in
your little Nebraska. Iowa or Missouri
field, watching over your musical flocks,
by night, the night of Encouragement, the
night of antagonism, the night of despair,
the night of "what's-the-use," the night Of
"who-cares-anyhow," 1.-THE angel of the
Lord always seems to appear at the right
moment; the right thought comes to you,
the right impulse seems to guide you, the
right path seems open to you, and yet, and
YETI
And yet-the narrative tells us-'They
were sore afraid"
YesI When the new truth dawns upon any
soul, after the first radiance of the truth
has been borne into the receptive soul, it
is afraid to use it.
Has not this fact been proven really true,
oven and over again? We are afraid.
Examine yourself. as to the receptivity
Of any truth along your musical educa-
tional lines.
You have not "shied' at a method" or
a trick or a scheme" whereby you could
do things, las you thought), for the time.
But when a real truth has been offered
to you, you have been sore afraid to
try it?
! Is it not so? Then if not, you have never
experienced the incoming of a true prin-
ciple Of working,
But the angel had not quite finished.
The utterance was really more important
than the presence.
And that utterance was, Fear mott"
We are always ready to worship the
angel, but what heed do we pay to the
angels message, Fear not?"
After all, 1t is not the angel that attracts,
no, indeed; 1t is the message of the angel
the angel made the shepherds afraid.
1t was the message that made them
rejoice.
Do you think, for a moment, that we
sufficiently emphasize this fact, at this
time of the year?
1t was the message and not the angel
that made the shepherds get up and de-
termine to go to Bethlehem.
Nay, verify! We always have a hymn
about the angels, but nightly little abou.
the Fear not!'
And the reason was given for the "Feai
mott" Namely, that Truth had been borl
in a lowly manger, in swaddling clothes
1t was yet in it's infancy. 1t was a mere
baby.
But it was Truth, Light, Intelligence.
And when Truth, Light, Intelligence ar
lncarnated there is always the hymn o
GLORY to God in the Highest" for ther
is nothing higher than that.
And when Truth, Light, Intelligence ar
supreme there will be Peace on Earth, an
there will be nothing but Good WI
Toward Men," for Truth will show the rio
man that he can own nothing of himself
and that he can carry no monuments ava
with him.
Light will show the ignorant man an
the wicked one Of such there be- that h
is working against himself, and again!
himself only.
l And Intelligence will proclaim that Il
, greatest slave of the race Is nonintell
gence, or ignorance, and that I'VE are q
l children of one Father" and that We al
/, intended to be sons of Light, and that v
must one and all rise early and claim OF
birthright. and in hat way reach the fl
: meaning of the story of the Christina
. tide. so that we VIII not have to ask, Of
= Of another, What does it all mean?"
- THOMAS j. KELLY.