Show MUSIC TALK in one of my previous oua contributions I 1 stated that that the of mu bic ere as limitless aa are ane boundaries of abe material worlds to our present A friend lew days later asked me it I 1 was not somewhat 0 a crank on to make each a broad assertion I 1 replied ye and no I 1 am a crank on music eo because I 1 made that assertion I 1 clip from the metaphysical magazine the following article which ie a trusted authority on psychic experiences and it music is not psychical what ie it IS the most careless ob erver 0 the religious rites and ceremonies ol 01 all nations especially all students of psychology must have been struck by the fact that music plays a most important part in the awakening of religious feeling the effect ol 01 the anthem the chant tho recitative and intonation is best appreciated because most familiar to western peoples the emotions stirred up by abe solemn harmonies of masterful composers comp osera are vivid as to throw the supersensitive super sensitive into reverie trance and even convulsions ecclesiastical art has depicted these psychic phenomena in way to leave no doubt upon the subject ave read of instances where the monk or nun wrought up to the stage of psychical ecstacy by alie vibrations of the organ and tho harmonies of blended voices have developed what professor charcot would call a crisis of the great hypnosis fallen into an abnormal apsy condition and been levitated or lifted up into the air by an up rush of psychic force and floated toward ome picture hanging over the altar mr william Crookes FR g the great english chemist collected from church records bome years ago a lone list of catholic saints who reputed to have accomplished chii marvel in science such persons are called and the familiar name for abe phenomenon itself ia levitation all schools of hypnotism willagrey wil lagree in classifying abe fact as one ol 01 neurosis neu rosia or hysteria the body seems to almost entirely its weight and to acquire a new specific gravity thus tar example a patient in this state will not ordinarily sink in water af ustinja inua koerner the famed and greatly rejected ted physician ician of Marf larette the of Pre relates ebe light that her body had to be forced into abe water when a had to be given to her dr maximilian perty of geneva reports that onu anna Floi echer would in this condition 1 be lifted up mysteriously from the ed ll in midair mid air as biehl as a oke cloud and drifting toward an open ia dow in a current of air betting in bat direction margaret rule one of the of caleca mas who was ac cosed of witchcraft by my bruth ily but ignorantly fanatical puri an ancestors was levita ed and eo drawn upward by be occult force that three stung men could hardly pull her down to the bed bassier dassier DAs sier cites from the church annals among many that of a young monk named joseph copertino who became psychically exalted that he rose in abe air from the center of the monastery chapel floated toward the cross above braced it with ecstatic delight at aoe time on christmas night having heard the pipes of some shepherds be heaved a deep sigh uttered loud cry and flew like a bird from the center of the church to the high altar winch was distant from him more than fifty feet all these were psychics under deep religious excitement and in many instances abe nervous crisis had been provoked by music and intoned of the church the bible relates hoy the harp david actually drove away from saul the homicidal franz that had seized upon him according to the above state ment taateo and eo was carried away C music is not without virtue the ogden choir has taken upon itsek the task of interesting enthusing ana it neo esay the entirely population of weber county in the matter of raising a couple of thousand dollars with which to buy a suitable organ for the tabernacle which is now nearly completed the interior of the newly modeled building is an artistic dream and to place anything short of a instrument in that beautiful auditor lant would be like putting a pig in a parlor it ie however firmly resolved that this shall not be the cabe but that an adequate instrument in both tone and beauty rhall grace the efforts of mr mr harry abe beloved organist ot the Ogden tabernacle choir tho people of weber county are to be called upon to furnish the means by popular subscription is abe plan everybody ia in it eo please observe each and every individual in in weber county will be visited by a committee of ladies from abe choir and a voluntary asked ony amount from five cents to noldine nol bine above ae hie would cut out abe possibility of everyone retting a chance to subscribe the committee will bo provided with a roll upon which tue donator will eisa his or f i adf her name this roll will be preserved in a atone box stored in tho organ add will bo available to the future generations who may come and eee tho chir and generosity of their grandmothers and grandfathers great aa thu caso may be this roll will also serve as an autograph album of a whole city that lived in the interesting era of x rays oy and talking machines gold and silver bugs etc etc all who desire to band their names down to posterity will here find a very worthy opportunity the principle of competition will be introduced in the soliciting of funds contents between wards sunday schools and individuals will bo conducted he of which will bo made public at the operine night of the new ball much faith is being in the of the venture and it is earnestly hoped that the citi zens of ogden city and weber county will respond generously to the enterprise lam informed that the of mrs florence sherwood gave a recital at the ladys studio thursday Thu roday even inc I 1 did not attend as I 1 was not honored with an invitation for all of which I 1 am very sorry aa I 1 am very anxious fora virthous virt sous opportunity to praise the labors of a teacher the new old tabernacle will need an organ and need it bad the choir needs the tabernacle and needs it bad the ogden people need a bood choir and need it bad now I 1 think if two negatives can make one affirmative three bad conditions ought to make one good one and as no ogden millionaire will come out with a suitable appropriation for a musical instrument that every sunday would cause between one and two thousand people to think of hir generosity the people themselves can do it and should and why they every one interested in music in christianity in the advancement of any good cause everyone love music and everyone got enough sense to know that an ordinary reed organ cannot support a chorus of voices and is there anyone that imagines pipe organs are given away como new brand of tea or box of pills should we lie idly by and see othere do our part should we reap the harvest others have sown should we just think and not act shou d we favor and not support in other words should we be individuals or shadow graphs answer these questions to yourselves and Webe rites and let us discover if we ha vea substantial community one that can be relied upon when anything ie needed that smacks of progress speaking of oua teachers how many of the fifty or sixty piano teachers in this city instruct their pupils in the art of the touch how many are making independent masiki ceans of their pupils ill go farther how many would like to have it public ally known that they accept money for developing merely automatons and what is a copy of such an original worth think it out luckily tor the oden tabernacle choir that they went to manti before the fourth of july the pyrotechnics did not do a thing with our leading soprano M mr H 8 God darde vocal class has become so large that he is compelled to remain over night in this city giving lessons daring the entire day and evening mr wm apmadoc the welch bard will in all probability favor ogden with a visit some simein august this distinguished authority on song and poesy is touring alie western states lecturing and singing to large and cultured audiences mr john james secretary of the recent held at salt lake is arranging mr dates in utah and has written to squire coop asking that mr apmadoc appear under the of the tabernacle choir at the tabernacle in this city about august the re entree of the ogden band in to our social and musical life Is a delightful realization the open air concert last night drew an immense throne but it Is not right that oar musicians should devote their time and talent to us A pupil of the harmony and theory class of the ogden school ot music asked the question if it requires two lydian tetra to make one diatonic scale how many tunica would it require to keep a person from dialing while constructing a suspension over the SQUIRE COOP |