Frankfort Pilgrim College - Pilgrim Yearbook (Frankfort, IN)

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Music SPECIAL VOICE STUDENTS Catherine Hass Leonard Guyer Ruby Foster, teaeher MUSIC IN TI-IE BIBLE li learn from Genesis 4:21 that Jubal, the son of Lamech, was the father of all sueh as handle the harp and the organn. On the banks of the Red Sea, Moses and the Children of Israel sang their triumphal song' of deliverance from the hosts of Egypt. This was the first mention of sacred music in song. Miriam also celebrated the same event, leading' a procession of women chanting in ehorus, in answer to the song' of Moses. ln I Samuel l6:23, when the melaneholy spirit came upon Saul, David played upon his harp. Thus Saul beeame well and the evil spirit departed from him. When Israel brought up the ark of the eovenant, they eame shouting' with sounds of the eornet, the trumpet, the symbals, making a noise with psalteries and hai-ps QI Chronicles 15:28l. Solomon gathered around him singing men and singing women thus ada ding luxury to his eourt tEeelesiastes 191255. The bridal proeessions as they passed through the streets were aeeom- panied with music and song' tJeremiah 71345. The Old Testament saints sang praises. looking forward by faith to the coming of the Christ. NVhen our Lord was born. the angelie ehoir brought. down from the skies anthems of praise and turned anew the hearts of men with majeetic strains, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peaee. good will toward men. Even in the shadow of the eross, consolation was found in song' tMatthew 26:30j. But far sweeter than any refrain that mortal tongue can ever sing or ear can ever hear will be sung' when Jesus comes to earth, gathers his saints to himself and they sing Redemption's Story of Moses and the Lamb. Oh, that we may all be ready when He comes, S -Eloise May Brown. 3 I -34.

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Music i e i I CHORUS Uppel' Row: Nickel, Ric-h, XYilli:11ns. S1-111013 Powers, iflayvulmmlm, Duuvzm. Lower ROW: Lamb Qi11St1'llCf0I'5. Button, Cole, Buntaiu, Mick, Stanwaugh Qi11St1'UCfO1'j. HYMNOLOGY CLASS N S W I' I . cl . , xc . 1 i y ' A A Upper ROW Bllllfilll f'lL'1ChL1J Anderson, Miller, Stambaugh. Lower Row 3111161 Rmh Cartel 1 m?'i

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The New Song 't USIC is a science which teaches the prospective dependencies and rela- tions of melodious sounds. It excells all other arts in its powers to express sentiments which are allied to the infinite. Music reaches the inner life in man that can not be reached in any other way. When he hears a patriotic song his sentiments and feelings toward our nation climb with leaps and bounds, but when he listens to a more solemn piece of music his feelings change to thc mood of the music. Of course noi every individual is effected to the same extent or in exactly the same way, but there is something Within that follows any particular strain of music. Man in his fallen state has always been a patron of music as though it were an absolute necessity. And is it not such a necessity? Yes. It give.: forth sentiments which otherwise would not be made manifest. Une can not doubt the power of music if he remembers the singing of the Angels at the birth of Christ. The shepherds were filled with awe. Of course, they had never witnessed anything so wonderful before, yet the singing of those hosts made a very profound impression. The supreme duty of man is to glorify his Creator and show his Holi- ness. But the general trend is in the opposite direction. Man is a lover ot' pleasure rather than of God. Thus music has been drawn down to a level which expresses his depraved feeling. Music in the hands of a non-christian is beautiful only in itself. The un- regcnerated man may sing and mean all that he sings but there is a lack. it does not have the magnetic pull that it docs when sung in the Spirit by a child of God. When an individual accepts Christ and is cleansed from every sin he sings a new song. All his powers are concentrated to glorify our Redeemer. When Jesus shall come to set up His kingdom and we will be caught up to meet him in the air. it is then that we will sing a new song of the redeemed. Uur mortals shall put on immortality and we shall be a little higher than the Angels. Then we shall sing the praises of God in Heaven throughout an end- less eternity. -Leonard Cole. A SONG OF THE HEART I gaze at the blue from my Window, And watch fleecy clouds floating by, I'm convinced that our God up in heaven, Is smiling on us as if nigh. I don't understand God's creation, Yet men dare not doubt. when I say I feel Him just now in my beingg And His presence brings light to my day. When my mind is depressed from my struggles, And my thoughts seem to go rambling on, I try to be happy and cheerful, Knowing darkness precedeth the dawn. The stars in the skv while I slumber, Shine on to guide those gone astrayg One glance at them in their splender Removes every fear until day. -Leonard H. Cole. Q. +85-.