The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-03-12
TIE SACKED CON ERr.
The YdunQ Ladies' Gharmed a Larae
= AuGi. nc. at Inc Baptist Chu:C1.
Reported to The Commonwealth.

cultured citizens gathered at the |
Baptist church last Sunday night
and sat for more than an hour listen
ing with breathless attention while
music bathed their souls and trans
ported them in ecstacy to realms
above.
The dispensers of this God-glven
blessing were every one artists. Not
superhuous artists who care more
for that which is merely attendant,
but artists in the true and vital sense
of the word. Artists at whose touch
the organ poured forth it's majestic
eloquence, the violin it's heaven
horned sweetness, which, accompa-
MED by the most blessed of all gifts,
the human voice, caused the audi
ence to forget itself altogether and
to send one continuous stream of
thanks to their Creator who had
given them this means to soar aloft
and forget for while all earthly
cares and troubles.
The program went through with
out a hitch. After the Doxology
and a short prayer by Rev. R. A.
Mcfarland, the church was flooded
with the melodlous strains Of the
pipe organ. at which Miss Undlne
Fulreil SO gracefully presided.
Without giving the audience time t.
let their soul again touch solid earth,
they were carried still higher by the
sweet and soul-inspiring music which
Miss Louise Futrell caused to pour
forth from the violin.
AS the eagle flies round and round
grandiy rising higher and higher
and then takes almost a Decline
5 ais h1 toward the heavens, So the
e.s acy Of the audience rose. 1t
TOO a ong flight upward when The
.quld tones OF Miss Johns IN S voice
Toured Ivr,h the sweet sentiments
II One oWeetly Solem Thought
slu mere is Land And as
ut, es~ary or the advancing arm,
!, flLd some 1oot-hoid In o. der |,
Yep theli advantage and to with
stand The onslaug h S Of the emmy
80 tue audience 1oul4d tout-nold n
the next number ,enuereu by Miss
Mamie ShleluS on the organ. The
audience had been carried to pain
/ tul height. 1t was necessary to fine
: some plateau on which to rest. The
'Sextette from LUCIA furnished
TINS resting place. Without 1T the
: audience must have fallen. VIII
1t, 1t found place to rest secul el.
r Wnlle Mr.. Mcfarland in his usua
pleasing manner delivered his ap
propriate address on Music.
Those who heard MIN must have lief
the building with greater love TO
, music, for how could it have beel
otherwise after hearing Of all TN
, blessings and good that music bring
: Us?
There is a climax for verything
The concert last Sunday night foun'
It's climax when Miss johnson, &C
. companied by the organ and violin
lead the audience from It's alread
fearful height to the Creator
: Throne itself in humble admlraIio
aud awe, as she sang the Angel
!" oerenade."~ The atmosphere t
a which she carried the audience W.
q TOO light for earthly beings. The
g had 10 be let down or else fall. The
a. were gradually let down. So graz
ually as to be almost imperceptibl
- the remaining numbers did the kin
deed.
: At the conclusion of the progra
the artists were showered with col
CALCULATIONS and praise. There W;
a feeling of proudness in the null,
= tude, for three of the artists we
III hume girls, and the praise that w
i! -howered on them was sincere al
III from the heart. So great was Il
Nh delight of the audience that we fe
vi sure some Of it must have return
81 to those W no had caused it all.
"a The only thing that had a tende
n cy to mar the evenings performan
r, Was the cutting out of one of t
N numbers by Mr.. Mcfarland, W
IA m stock the offertory played by M
IN Futrell for the last piece viii
III should have been played by NJ
"a SHE DIS. With this exception no
N i could have been added to he
81 been a greater success. We hope
81 will not be long before we shall HI
~ the pleasure of listening to tn
n talented young ladies again.
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