Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-05-29
christian CHURCH
CROWDED LAST NIGHT
Special Program of Music and a Ser
mon With II.

The service at the Christian church
last night which consisted of a short
address by the pastor f y. Philips
and specially prepared musical
program, drew out an immense throng
Of people. the church being crowded
to its fullest capacity
After the prelude the choir sang
The Radiant Morn" by Woodward.
and after the sermon it sang The
Heavens are Telling" 10y Haydn, both
numbers being unusually good The
two soloists of the evening were Mrs.
Summers and her sister. Mrs Dam
eron. The former sang IN the first
part Jesus Lover of Ny Soul" by
Champion; Mrs. Cameron singing
God Be Merciful to Ne" by Per
cippe, the second number after the
sermon.
Two numbers were sung BY the Y
NJ c. a. quartette, both being cx-
cellently rendered. one being on
ward and Upward" and the other.
Now the Day is over" The MEM
bers Of the quartctte are Messrs.
Stroud. Morris. Morse and Mauer
He Shall Come Down Like RAIN"
by Buck. was sung by a special mixed
quartette consisting of Mrs. Dandy,
Mrs. Tafel. Mr.. Mauer and Mr.. Nor
rs. The offeratory was a violin solo
by Mr. Linstrom who is a master Of
that sweet toned instrument.
The pianist was Miss Visschers and
the program was under the direction
of Mrs. c. r. French.
Mr. Phillips address was in har-
mOny with the special program the
essence of it being the uplifting ef-
feet of music. He spoke from the
nineteenth verse of the fifth chapter
of Ephesians: Speaking To your
selves in psalms and hymns and spir-
ituaI songs. singing and making mel
ody in your hearts to the Lord
The minister commented on the
subjects of harmony and melody as
applied To the church and to Christ
ian life. He said the harmony and
melody of the church should be as
the harmony and melody of the
choir.
As the voices of the choir blend
in sweetest tones so should the hearts
of the church people beat in unison.
The address dealt largely with the
history of music which he said is as
exciting and as interesting as the
history of politics or of national life.
In pagan nations the music is mostly
of the nature of dirge. the reason
being that the pagans are not sus-
tanned by the hopes that animate the
Christian life There is little to sing
for It is only i'm Christian nations
that the chords brighten with the
hope of a blissful hereafter
Then taking his audience back into
the realm of mythology the speaker
told the story Of Orpheus who with
his Tyre strung with the golden hair
of Apollo played and sang to Pluto
for the return of his beloved Fury
dice to the upper world. 1t is said
that for the first ting the furies Were
made to shed tears. vultures ceases
feeding on the giants liver and ali
Hades was wrapped in sympathy
with the petition of Orpheus. For
the first time Pluto granted a request
from the upper world and Eurydice
was restored to her husband.
AS music has power to master the
furies and passions of hell and soothe
the savage breast Christians ought TO
be ready TO appropriate to their lives
the message that music and mythol
pgy has to give, TO make melody in
life, to soften it's passion and sweeten
its fellowship