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T s~ */ ?pp??a??i?p??cm? ' i THE T 1 ' A BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON BY [BISHOP BURCESS. Subject: Church Music. w Brooklyn, N. T.?Bishop Burgess 1 preached Sunday morning in the Church of the Redeemer. The occasion "was the dedication of the beautiful t memorial organ, a gift to the church. I The bishop spoke on "Church Music." L The text was from Psalm xciv:9: "He J %)hat planted the ear, shall He not hear? F He that formed the eye, shall He not *iee?" Bishop Byrgess said during his sermon: This organ, which we dedicate today, to the glory of God. has been placed here in memory of one who was a faithful and devoted worshiper in this church. George Parker. There is ' a peculiar appropriateness in the gift. [for church music appealed to him with an especial power. To make this part of our worship worthy of our church's traditions, to make its ritual, when ritual of some kind was necessary, ^ seemly and historic, he was willing to sacrifice his time, his money, his ^trength. It has seemed to me that would not be out of place for me to speak to you to-day of church music and to trace its history so that we may be better able to estimate the value of what must always be an adjunct to the i service, the hand-maid, not.the mistress, of worship. t The Bible "never seeks to prove the * existence of God. The prophets, poets, f philosophers, historians of the Old Testament as well as the Apostles and Evangelists of the new, everywhere assume the Being and Personality of God. They do not argue for this position. They simply claim It as their right*. Only the fool, and he only under his breath, can deny the existence of God. But if any argument is hinted at, it is rather this argument from def sign, which is to-day, after all, the advance of modern science, considered the most cogent of them all and which ^struck off at white heat, as it were, ! i?T this glowing sentence of the Psalmist. "He that planted the ear, shall He j not hear? He that formed- the eye. I 1 shall He not see?" The writer may not [ . have known, perhaps, as much of f human anatomy and of the physiology of the brain as Professor James, he , may not have been as cognizant of the 'N delicate structure of the eye and ear as one of our modern specialists, but the marvels and the beauty were be f Tore His mma in an meir poAver wueu I he wrote those words. It is an argu| ment which the fool alone can set L aside, that such things do not come by chance and that in the Supreme Being something corresponding to hearing I . and seeing exists, that the music which delights the ear of man is known to L God, and the glow of the sunset, the sweet unfathomable beauty of the world, of the stars and of the flowers have their existence primarily for God. The horrified philosopher may call out "anthropomorphism," but for "my part L4Jo not fear that as much as the im ^-personality of pantheism or materialism. If it is true, as Professor Sholer says, that- the naturalist has a right to conclude that the universe is under the control of power in ways like unto the mind of man then surely we have 1 a right to believe that all our art. our music, our architecture, our paintings and sculpture are heard or seen by God $pd are pleasing or unpleasing to Him I according as .they are or are not foundw ed upon theprincples- of truth. Let ys F not argue about this. Let us assume it f now as we speik of church music. We can watch their ways with our microscope, but we dare not assert that they do not hear commands and live - . In a world of the source of which we know nothing. So with' the universe. ?We can plow the heavens with the ^ V TArvf +Lof Vuliot w xetescupc. UUL W t? AUVn livi, iuui ouuv rwe call the music of the spheres has no existence gnd that it is only a poet's fancy which asserts that the heavens, -the stars and the planets accompany "^kfce sons of God in their praise of the (Father in Heaven. In all civilized nations I believe music has always had some connection with religion. The Greeks had no doubt carried it, as they did every art they touched, to a high grade of excellence. In Plato we find music is a constant source of illustration. In those days, , as in these, they had the mere musician, who prided himself on his ear and lost the" poetry and the meaning > of the art "The musicians." one of the characters says bitterly, "put their esxs in the place of their minds." *^|es," replied Glaucon, "I like to see ta?m laying their ears alongside of ,tfeir neighbors' faces, some saying, iffiat's a new note,' others declaring t> at the two notes are the same." But ;for Plato music had a deeper significance and in one single sentence he brings out its connection with morals. "Simplicity in music," he says, "was the parent of temperance in the soul," i a truth which we need to remember &-day as never before. . 1 But to the Hebrews the art was sa* Cred. Miriam with her timbals and her dances accompanied her song of ' ?T'Vic. mnlectip rhvt'hm of the Ii'^r ? JLUV mu,fvv%.v -?** -Psalms "were blended, no doubt, with an equally majestic music. When the people were carried away into captivity their conquerors wanted to hear them sing their .beautiful national airs. But the young '.Voices refused to answer. "How can' we sing the Lord's songs in a strange land?" Browning has dramatized the scene, but the people, must have been naturally musical whfcn the shepherd lad could come with his harp and drive away the worst melancholy from the heart of the troubled monarch. ' I doubt not that our Lord loved the music of the Temple and that one happy moment in Holy Week was .when the children of the Temple, presumably the boys who sang this daily service, cried out in homage to their prophet, Hosanna to the Son of David! i The history of early church service is obscure, but at the beginning of the seventh century Gregory the Great, the (L ;Bi%hop of Rome, created a new era ft and probably a reform in the art by I introducing what was known as the m Gregorian tones or modes. I have hot technical knowledge enough to assert whether th's wa% original with him or whether he revived an older method, j but certain it is that the Gregorian P style, if I may use such a term, has become the model of all the best and r strongest ecclesiastical music, whether ! v ftoman or Anglican. S * But during the Middle Ages'Vor'rup- I tion had set in of so serious a nature that we find the Scottish Puritans and the Popes of Rome alike condemning music. The Puritans abolished all musical instruments from their churches and adopted the natural tone of voice for the services and prayers and the plainest of psalm tunes, which, however, had all the grandeur of Gregorian chants. But it is not as well known that the Council of Trent censured for centuries the prevalent style of church music with extraordinary severity and was on the eve of forbidding any kind of music in the church, when it was saved from this extreme action almost by a miracle. Now why, in such different quarters, do we find such violent and virulent antagonism to church music? Let us first answer that Question, and then see what it was that softened that antagonism. The reason why music was condemned was because it had become a traitor in the camp. During the Middle Ages the troubadours had invented many beautiful melodies, some of them soft and pathetic, some warlike and some gay. This kind of music has developed along with the sacred, and the church composers and precentors have adopted the secular tunes and incorporated them into the masses so that the people even sang the profane words instead of those of the Latin liturgy. It is as if to-day we should have the airs of "Annie Laurie" or "Way Down on the Suwanee River" used as a theme for the communion office or played on .the organ at the time of partaking of the Bread and Wine of the Body and Blood of our Lord. This xibuse of music became a scandal in the chancel. Appar ently choirs and organists had not learned that obedience to the clergy while on trust has now been acquired, and the only way which seemed possible to stop- the profanity was to silence the voice of organ and choir alike. You may rest assured that while there is some obscurity as to the real state of affairs, yet the desecration must have been very great when Scotch Puritans and Roman prelates united in their condemnation of the. art. What saved it, then? In the Protestant world it was Luther. His love of music was intense. He used to play ??LI 4-Vin4- /lorU on toe- nuie, auu aam ium wt fled from its sound when he played. He wrote some of the stateliest and noblest of the German hymns. And if he did not compose the music as well, he certainly superintended its composition. This best of hymn music is really founded on the old method of plain song which Gregory the Great advocated. In these revelations which are going on all the time now in the social, the financial and political world, we find that.the standard of ethics is practically that of men who have no faith in the hearing and seeing God. It is the morality for the world. Sin is not sin unless it is foun.d out. Provided the scandal is kept out of sight it is of no consequence. Large sums will be paid to the most disreputable papers under the guise of subscriptions to keep names out of the scurrilous sheets. Accounts fire tampered with and entries changed or omitted, so that no one may learn the facts. And all is done because in the eyes of such men the only shame is the shame of the police courts and the cropped hair and striDed garments of the prisons. But if the rapid machinery of modern life would stop' long enough for men to think, maybe they would hear the psalmist's* question ringing in their ears. "He that planted the ear,"shall He not hear? He that made the eye, shall He not see?" Morality and music are thus seen to have the same ideal. And the church which will teach the truth of Christ in this world of sin, will have her organs +V1/1 and her lUUtTU Willi LliV/ jaw ? v-v , ? ? music will not be made to please the ear of man, but to delight the ear of God. No more sublime language exists than the passage in the communion office, "Therefore, with angels and archangels and with all the company of heaven we laud and magnify Thy glorious name." The church that speaks these words is speaking only unto God, and the music which must accord with such thought and language must be the music of a mind and heart which belong unto the Lord God Almighty. Songs In the Night. God * * - givetti songs in the night. Any man can sing in the day. When the cup is full, man draws inspiration from it. When wealth rolls in abundance around him, any man can praise, the God who gives, a plenteous harvest, or sends home a loaded argosy. It is easy to sAug when we can read notes by daylight; but he is skilful who sings when therp is not a ray of light to read by?who sings from his heart. . No man can make a song in the night of himself: he may attempt if Knf lia Tvill finrl that a snnsr in the night must be divinely inspired. * * No, it is not in man's power to sing when all is adverse, unless an altarcoal shall touch his lip. * * * Then, since our Maker gives "songs in the night," let us wait upon Him for the music. O Thou Chief Musician, let us not remain songless because affliction is upon us. but tune Thou our lips to the melody of thanksgiving.?C. H. Spur* geon. Modern Miraeles. The U. S. Department of Agriculture has been experimenting for some years in an effort to produce an orange which will grow in northern climates, and has recently met with success. Tangelo is the name of the new orange. How was it produced? By plant marriage. The wiry, tough, sour little orange of Japan was married to the luscious Florida orange. This is only one of the many miracles wrought to-day by scientists. Surely, it is feasible to think of a miracle wrought'in the spiritual realm by the union of God and man. Every day spiritual miracles are being performed, man becomes a new creature as he becomes united through faith to his Saviour. First evangelize the young men, and then make them an evangelizing force, for if these nations are going to be evangelized it is going to be by the sons and daughters of the soil. See that this present generation does not perish from the earth without the vouna men knowing that Jesus Christ died and rose again, and that He i? a I living. Christ.?John R. Mott. j ' . v ' "; '* ' j ? ' ANi ACCOMMODATING WITNESS Hovr an Attorney Was Successfully Re buffed in Court. "Do you know the prisoner well?" asked the attorney. "Never knew him ill," replied the witness. "No levity," said the lawyer. "Now, sir, did you ever see the prisoner at the bar?" "Took many a drink with him at the bar." "Answer my question, sir," roared the lawyer. "How long have you known the prisoner?" "From two feet up to five feet ten inches." "Will the Court make the " "I have, yer Worship," said the witness, anticipating the lawyer. "I have answered the'question. I knowed the prisoner when he was a boy of two feet long and a man of fiv.e feet ten." "Your Honor " "It's a fact, yer Worship; I'm under oath," persisted the witness. The lawyer placed his hands on the table in front of him, spread" his legs apart, leaned his body over the table, and said: "Will you tell the Court what you know about this case?" "That ain't his name," replied the witness. "What ain't his name?" "Case." "Who said it was?" "You did. You wanted to know what I knew about this case. His name's Jones." "Your Worship," howled the lawyer, plucking his beard out by the roots, "will you make this man answer?" "Witness," said the Magistrate, "you must answer the questions put to ou."' "Great Scott! hain't I been doin' it? Let him fire away. I'm all ready." "Then," said the lawyer, "don't beat about the bush any more. You and the prisoner have been friends?" "Never," promptly responded the witness. "What! Weren't you summoned'here as a friend?" "Xo, sir. I was summoned nere as a J Presbyterian: Nary one of us was ever Friends. He's an old-time Baptist, without a drop of Quaker in him." "Stand down!" yelled the lawyer, in disgust. "Hey?" "Stand down!" "Can't do it. I'll sit down or stand j np?" "Constable, remove the man from the box." Witness retires muttering: "Well, if ' he ain't the thiek-headest lawyer I ever laid eyes on!"?Galveston Tribune. WORDS OF WISDOM. What' makes life dreary is want or motive.?Eliot. ] i A laugh is worth a hundred groans J in any market.?Lamb. Blessed are they who know enough to mind their own business. Honest good j'.umor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting.?Irving. To expect defeat is nine-tenths of a defeat itself.?F. Marion Crawford. If you will De cuerisiiea -wnen you are old be courteous when you are young.?Lyly. He is a wise man who wastes no energy on pursuits for which he is not fitted.?Gladstone. We are always complaining our days are few, and acting as if there were no end of them.?Addison. . Foresight is very wise, but foresorrow is very foolish, and castles are, at any rate, better than dungeons in the air?Lubbock. Every person is responsible for all the good within the scope of his abilities, and for no more, and none caai tell whose sphere is the largest.?Gail Hamilton. So long as men are animated by souls more responsive to the calls of self interest and sentiment than to the calls of justice and reason, so long will there be wars and rumors of wars, and a civilization fundamentally based upon force. Dramatic Temperance Story. Irving Grinnell, treasurer of th^ Jhurch Temperance Society of New Xork, told at a temperance meeting a dramatic story: "A woman entered a barroom," lie said, "and advanced quietly to her husband, who sat drinking with three ^ other men. . She placed a covered dish on the table and said: "Thinkln' ye'd be to> busy to come 1 home to supper, Jack, I've fetched it to you here.' "And she departed. "The men laughed awkwardly. He invited his friends to share the meal with him. Then he removed the cover from the dish. "The dish was empty. It contained a slip of paper that said: "I hope you will enjoy your supper. It is the same your wife and children have at home.'^?Chicago Chronicle. I The Modern Dragon. "To-day we need sigh for dragons no more," fervently remarks Arthur N. Jervis in his article on automobiles, | "Car Coming!" in Everybody's. "The death-risking combat between man and fierv destroyer.is real. We may watch a whole herd of mechanical dragons, snorting, barking, whizzing, leaping, sliding, spitting smoke and flame, for three hours around a thirtymile circuit. The men who ride them face dangers which are not made out j of poetic nighfmares, dangers far greater than those imagined by the ancient liar and reprobate who rode * out of town for a three days' jamboree, ( and came back shaky and disheveled " and explaining that state of his nerves by a lovely tale of horrid combat with a scaly monster in a cave somewhere j off on the other side of the mountain." ?Vc#iArvv.;.v. 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