Music

We are pleased to see the laudable zeal manifested by some of our musical friends, to bring about a uniform and tasteful style of sacred singing. Among a people emigrated from different countries, with different prejudices and habits as we are, this is no easy task, and we can but admire the improvements made, and the judicious order established within a few months past. By and by, we peeped in the other evening, during the performance of the Musical Lyceum, and heard what will make us try to peep in again.

A proper and expressive articulation of the words constitute the life and soul of music; intelligence thus clothed with the robes of melody, and harmonic numbers, moves gently over the spirit, imprints her heavenly footsteps, and awakens all its energies. We should not be so sure that the performances before hinted at were good, were it not that we are sure we have a tolerably good ear for music, or an ear for good music and we were delighted, whereas our devil, who is known to have a bad ear for good music, and a good ear for bad music, was quite differently affected; he crowded in edgewise, but soon deserted,-said he could not stand the racket.

A friendly Post Master writes from Pt. Commerce Ia, "I am requested by Mr. Blakely Brush, to get you to send him a copy of some paper published by you, containing the doctrines and advocating the cause of Zion. He further requests me to say to you, that he lives in a remote part of the country, and has but few religious associates, as there are

but few of his profession here; and that he is persecuted by a large part of the community, being considered almost an idiot, for believing the doctrines. He also requests, should any of the brethren pass this way, that they will call on him and spend a few days; believing it will be for his good and the prosperity of the cause, as he is convinced there are many in this vicinity who need only to hear the truth, to embrrce [embrace] it."

Will some of our elders abroad respond to this call, visit this lonely saint, break to him and his neighbors the bread of life, and, as an angel of mercy, conduct or point them to Zion?-Remember Lot in Sodom!-Ed.