Bisbee daily review., 1910-12-03
HOW \ SONS CltARtO
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 "rhs Value of Music" was tns subject of a sermon gwen last eve ming by Euward Erickson, pastor oI she .sor~egian Danish sl- e church in connec.lon with a song svry-ee. .n walen ne s.atea that Lnusic sas one 0. tas greatest factors m bring -Ds about lue reQe4nption u Iae ssnner. Classicai anuslc as sung py soule Qua11els ne sald mad no pace in re-.ylous gatherings, Dat those sung ia wnlcn the entire congieea- tiou loans iE are the most enecose.
 Rev. .ar. Er.ckson said m part.
 "A hymn is the most suplie anu sp.,lt.ai tning which a man can create 1t must be in fact If not in form, a transcript Of his highest anu hoiest experiences; for the d4s- nnsaismng characteristic or tyre poetry $ the s,amp it bears of the personal consciousness.
 'ine most perfect expression O. the Christian creed and life are foand in the hymns of the church. AS mflu- ences suDte and power.ul, they sway eur nature as nothing else can
 "lhe oldest fragment in our Bis5e and probably the o4dest bit of poetry and. m0eed of literature of any sort in the word, is the song Of Lamech' which is recorded in the fourth chap ter of Genesls.
 9Th s IS a song of the sword. articu Iats,s that spirit of pride and atheis- tic seli-conI!dence which GU minated in the rebellion and catastrophe of Babel.
 Coming to Christian lyric poetry We are at once struck with 1s vast extei: and incomparable wealth. Next to the Cnristion sacred books nothing in literature has been so mui- tipshed as copies of Christian hymns. The great hymns of the church, the hymns o5 the ages, hymns, which stand preeminent as expressions of the life of God in the soul of man, are a.mcst uniformly such as come most directly out of the exper ence of the writer.
 The true writers of noiy song will sometimes make their way into dark depths as no other influency from heaven can reach. Thir- y men red-eyed and dIsheveied lined up before judge of the San Francisco police court It was the regular morning company of 'druaks and disorder.ies' Some were old and hardened. others hung their heads in shame. Just as the momentary disorder attending the bringing in of ah0 prisoners en&eted down strange thing happened A strong. clear voice from below began ng- ng: Last night as l lay sleeping, there came a dream so far. Last night, It has been for them ali nightmare or a drunken stupor. The song was such contrast to the fact that no one could Ia of sudden shock at the thought the song suggested I stood in old Beside the temple there, the song went on. The judge had paused. He made a quiet inquiry. former member of a famous opera ccmpany. known all over the country, was await ng trial for forgery It was he who was sinSng in hIs cell
 Meantime the song went on, and every man in the line showed emo ton. One or two dropped on their knees: one boy at the end of the line after a desperate effort at self cpntrol leaned against the wall, buried his lace against h-s folded arms and sobbed, Oh, mother. moth er,"
 -sThe sobs cutting to the very heart the men who heard, and the song st.u we'd ng through the court room blended in hush At length one nave we got to submit to this? We're here to take cur punsshmenS but thfs-
 .He too began to sob.
 It was Impossible to proceed with the business of the court yet the judge gave no order to stop the song. The police sergeant after an effort to keep the men in hne, stepped back and waited with the rest. The song moved on to it's ci'- max:
 r-saIem. Jerusalem, Sing, for the night is OCT, Hosanna in the hiecesf, Hosanna forevermore;'
 sIn an ectacy of melody the last words rang out, and then there was silence. The judge looked into the faces of the men before him. There was not one whp was not touched by the song. He didn't cal the cases singIy. but with k1nd word of ad- vice he dismissed them all No man vas sentenced to the workhouse or fined that morning The song had done more good than punishment could have accomplished"
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