Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-14

| mnster-h hand of Mcclellan. we hear the
voices andethe instrument In one vast
testimony Of blending rapture ard tri--,
umph to the words of the Prophet. then
we know. We feel. we experience, III a.
new ana uranswerahle way, the truth
the geatest truth. perhaps. ever spoken
that the Lord God onnipotenss
reigneth. If we merely read the sacred
words. we hope or believe; at the ut
most, We are convinced that they airs
true and that He shall reign forever
and ever. But when with the sound
ISof many voices like the rushing of great
waters. we hear the choir testify to the
great truth, we are lifted from the cool
regions of intellectual belief-tos the
warm certainty of emotional s. conHie-
ton: we feel the truth and understand
1T when thus worthily declared In song:
IT seems as II the heavens are telling
it, not so much to our ears as TO our
hearts and souls: and, for the time be-
ing, we are lifted into and live In the
same higher world of thought and feel
ing into which the poets ana prophets
arose when they uttered these remark
able words. Now, for the first Tine
perhaps. we feel as they felt; we see
as y were. the visions vouchsafed to-
them Each Iii his own way !; OF course
as must always be the case, but none
the less truly on that account, thoss
who are endowed with the capacity d
thrill at the majestic tones OF tlis
chorus, become, for the moment, Other
than themselves The really Interested
nearer becomes poet. prophet, musielan,
for he reads their mind and experiences
their sensations,
Let no one imagine, therefore. that
the service which our singers and other!
musicians render to the community is
that of furnishing a, pleasant evening 81.
entertainment is, of course, that
but It is much! more; 1t iss spiri tual ele Il
walton and insig ft ming led With moods
and Impulses that refine, elevate, ana
purify the soul. For the real lnuslc:tLll,
in order to interpret the works OF tire
masters. must enter into the spirit OF
the composer and must live, SO TO
FSpItthts WIN ltG11IS w Is
and glory. with the depth OF meaning
which they bore to the soul OF the
master, We're heard by him (were they
snot?) from out of the secrets OF the
universe itself. whenever his quickened
mind could arise 10 the height requisite
to catch and understand some of these
universal melodies. He caught these
anthems or love songs Or dirges OF
eternity, and ere they vanished, an
tchored them in his own soul; then he
wrote in black marks of musical nota-
Btion a record Of the things he had per-
celyed. But before these things can
become ours. we must become like him.
We, too, must be carried into the region
of melodies unheard by ordinary nor
tails ere we can truly appreciate; and
this service the singer or musician rem
$ders for us when he successfully trans
Elates to our understanding that which
he has learned from the masters.
/. And while the refinement and the
sense Of spiritual Insight that come to
those who undergo this long and severe
training. will always be a sufficient
compensation for the years of toll \
which excellence in music demands. 1t
may interest them to- know that the
general musical public. whose only
qualification to speak and Judge Is adj
8miration for and real delight IN this
form of beauty is more or less aware
Of the deeper significance of the service
rendered to the community by the de-
voices OF the divine, sphere descended
maid" called music