The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-18

There is comfort in every strain OF
song. whether il be the lullaby Hush,
! Ny Dear! Lie Still in Slumber" or the
! requiem chanted in the attic over the
| trundle bed which recalls mothers de-
votion.
II was not an idle saying that was
: voiced in the prophecy. Let me make
the nations song. and / will educate her
people" NINA VERA HUGHES.
Music has a more powerful influence
over the human race than any other SEN
sual qualification and is the only one
that may be INDUCED in TO excess without
/ injury 10 the moral or religious feeling.
II ealms the spirits, eomposes the
thoughts, delights the ear and recreates
the mind, making life harmonious even
as the music is harmonious.
Music moves US and yet we know not
why. but We do know that it is medicine
to an afflicted mind. That a sweet. sad
measure is balm to a wounded spirit and
that joy is heightened by exultant strains.
TUIIAH de 5. SMITH.
Music and rhyme are among the earliest
pleasures OF the child, and in the history
Of literature poetry precedes prose. Every
one may see. as he rides on the highway
through an undressing landscape, how
a little water instantly relieves the mo-
notony; no matter what objects are near
tia gray rock, a grass patch, an elder
bush, or a stake-thev become beautiful
by being reflected. 1t is rhyme on the
eye and explains the charm of rhyme on
the ear. Music is the harmonious voice
of creation an echo Of the invisible world,
one note Of the divine concord which the
entire universe is destined one day 10
sound. MRS. ]. ]. O'CoNNELI4
Music lis a life to be lived" II is the
mission Of music to relieve the plodding
reality of everyday life Of its unsympa-
thetic badness: TO lift the soul above
the denser vapors of mere existence into
the clearer atmosphere of the pure and
free, TO broaden and intensity intellec-
tual grasp so that rich, succulent truths
that now hide themselves in the region
OF the unlnoWn-yea, the undreamed OF
may not only be apprehended of the
mind but may be so comprehended that
mental strength, richness, vigor. may
result. THAT a musical ear means a
musical mind; that an exact ear means
: an exact mind; that training the eai
{ means 10 train the mind 10 hear witt
unerring accuracy; that studying music
means 10 cultivate such an exact mind
that as music is what We hear, so a mu.
stefan is a musician only in exact pro
portion 20. the degree of his power to
hear: that the head is the true educator
OF the heart.
AT THE PIANO
Her fingers make the keys awake
To sounds they ne'er had known,
And from her touch they seem TO take
Her spirit in each tone.
No note or phrase, as pointed. sways
The mind TO heights so rare
She looks into her heart, and plays
The tOne-thoughts treasured there.
The soul and heart in greater part
Have mast'ry Ger the keys;
Who loves the best has greatest art
To make their melodies.
MRS. z. L. BARRINGER.
The meaning of song goes deep. VIII
b is there that in logical words. can ex
press the effect music has on us2 A kin,
of inarticUlate, unbelievable speech
which leads us to the edge of the infnit
, and lets US for moments gaze into that
r Music among those who were styled tn
chosen people, was a religious art. Tn
songs of Zion, which we have reason u
[ believe were in high repute among tn
Eastern monarchs, were nothing else bu
psalms and pieces of poetry that adore'
or celebrated the Supreme Being. Tn
, greatest conqueror in this holy nation
! after the manner of the old Grecial
cynics, did not only compose the word
OF his divine Odes, but generally set then
: to music himself; after which, his works
though they were consecrated to the tab
? eTnacle became the national entertain
ment, as well as the devotion of his PEG
: pie. Music. when thus applied. raise
, in the mind of the hearer greater concep
tons; II strengthens devotions, and ad
vances praise into rapture.
MRS. J. J. O'CoNNELL
= The harp that once through Taras hall
t The soul of music shed,
Now hangs as mute on Tara's walls.
As if that soul were fed.
! Thus sang our very dear friend, Ton
Moore, who loved women and music. 70
, nearly all of his works are devoted L
beauty and melody.
i, Music is melody or harmony, a success
: sion of sounds so modulated as to pleas,
2 the ear. or a combination of simulta
5 neous sounds in accordance, or harmony
Music has charms and it and dancini
and diversions and songs are TO man.
in the world are what prayers and de
votions and psalms are to others
] shall never forget the sermon of
well-known divine, in which he laid tn
greatest stress that he believed that on
of the quickest and surest ways 10 reacl
{ a mans soul was by song, and his ST
4 Paul's Church, which had congregations
, singing, was crowded at each service
and many a poor soul found comfor
and consolation there. and. perhaps, wa
saved from perdition by the inspirin
= music and words of Nearer, NV God, t
= Thee or Lead. Kindly Light"
G Every Optmist loves music and
The man that hath no music in himself
S Nor is not moved with
r Concord of sweet sounds.
Is MT for ueasons. stratagems, an
e spells.
= Let no such man be trusted Pessi
mlsts take warning. Fall in line an
S join in the cadence OF musical joy an
D happiness.
4; How often have We strolled through
j the woods and stopped and listened I
= the gushing waters of some stream o
= brook. There is music there" W
T. whisper.
How often have We heard people sa
y that they love 20 hear the patter of tn
[ rain on the roof
> This is natures music 10 all mankind
Y and he must be an enemy of God an
= the Bstterest of pessimists who woul
T refuse to listen to it or to it turn a dea
: ear.