Frankfort Pilgrim College - Pilgrim Yearbook (Frankfort, IN)

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Uhf GIPHUW MUSIC THE SOUL OF MUSIC T There is no language in the world so universal as that of music. By its nndium we are brought soul to soul and heart to heart with the great masters and composers as well as with our fellowmen. Whe1'c tongues may differ and words may fail to express our inmost ideas, music bridges the gulf and car- ries a message to the soul that brings slumbering cords into vibration and awakens our aesthetic nature to new beauties and noble desires in life. The purest of music produces the purest of sentiments. How impor- tant1then that we should study the best. -Carl Merz. Every composition re- 'veals to us the soul lite of its composer. ln playing, singing or listening to the performance of musical selections, we are made partakers of its elements, to the degree that the composition carries with it a spirit of pure and noble sentiments, just to that degree will it enable our soul and effect our characters. Vile should never oeeupy ourselves with light and frivolous music: for in so doing our soul life will become contaminated by its elements, and the de- velopment of our inner ear to detect the purer and nobler qualities in music will be greatly hindered. Only the soul that is in toueh with the inner and unseen beauties of nature can gather fragments from its fallen state and convey them to our inner ear in a way that will enrieh, elevate and lift our soul to heights here-to-fore not attained. Be it the portrayal of the whispering breeze, the falling twilight, the murmuring brook, the solitude mountain or any other gem of nature that the composer has ent out, his aim is to make us partakers of the beauties he has discovered and to reveal to us the sights he has seen. Every note has some- thing to tell us, which we will never catch the first time we hear it, but will only discover it by diligent study. Thus the best of' music will have but lit- tle value to a thoughtless player or listener. Thus far we have only cast a few reflections on music from a. classical view point, and however high the attainnients of a classical musician may be, and however lofty his ideals and the inspirations he may convey to us, yet he is only living on nature's plain and is only in position to lead us to nature's ut- most heights. VVe shall now continue the discussion from a spiritual stand- point. Vllhat is true in the classical from a viewpoint of soul life is also true in the spiritual. If a worldly musician plays a selection with brilliancy. he has but little intention of interpreting something that is elevating but rather de- sires to show selfg and is thus revealing his own personal taste. pride and character to those about him. But how sad to think that many of our hymns are not only played in a spirit that deprives them of all sacredness, but that we actually have gone to the world and the dance hall and borrowed their melodies. Clan anvthing filled with such impure element be a. blessing and lift our hearts in gratitude and adoration to God? Do such hvmns magnifv Jesus and honor the Holy Spirit? Certainly not. It is nothing but a piece of empty. disgustable eniotionalism bearing the stamp of the Tiaodieean Spirit. May God help us to sift out the pure and holy. and lead us back to the spirit of the good old sanctified composers. How these old treasures in song lift our hearts and bring us closer to Jesus. With each repetition of them our hearts are bathed and win the pure and holy atmosphere enveloping them. We get new glimpses of .Tesus in Tlis saving and sanctitying power. and our spirit soars into the heavenlies in holy joy. gratitude and adoration to Him, who washed our sins away. May God help us to discern the pure and the impure and use the music that will glorify Him is my prayer, E -J. H. Sandberg. -52-.