 | Gilbert (uncle, pseud) - 1884 - 848 pages
...LUTHER had a high opinion of music, and often spoke in its praise. " Music," he said on one occasion, " is one of the fairest and most glorious gifts of God,...enemy, for it removes from the heart the weight of sorrow and the fascination of evil thoughts. Music is a kind and gentle sort of discipline ; it refines... | |
 | Charles John Ellicott - Bible - 1883 - 538 pages
...voice and words of Farinelli. Luther speaks of this power of music over the sick and weary soul as " ore the wind, until you are caught iu the thorns or plunged into the sea" (Thomson, sorrow and the fascination of evil thoughts." Basil's words on this subject are worth quoting: —... | |
 | Charles John Ellicott (bp. of Gloucester) - 1883 - 538 pages
...voice and words of Farinelli. Luther speaks of this power of music over the sick and weary soul as " one of the fairest and most glorious gifts of God,...enemy, for it removes from the heart the weight of sorrow and the fascination of evil thoughte." Basil's words on this subject are worth quoting : —... | |
 | Martin Luther - 1883 - 140 pages
...villainy at Rome, so can He suffer and endure all the vices and knaveries in the world. Music.— Music is one of the fairest and most glorious gifts of God, to which Satan is a bitter enemy, therewith many tribulations and evil cogitations are hunted away. It is one ol the best arts, the notes... | |
 | W. Harris - Bible - 1884 - 466 pages
...That it has such a tendency we have abundant evidence from the testimony of experience. " Music," says Luther, " is one of the fairest and most glorious...enemy, for it removes from the heart the weight of sorrow and the fascinations of evil thought. Music is a kind and gentle sort of discipline, it refines... | |
 | Missions - 1884 - 1304 pages
...let anyone try to secure a proof copy of that now, and he will understand its value. Music. — Music is one of the fairest and most glorious gifts of God,...for it removes from the heart the weight of sorrows aud the fascination of evil thoughts. Music is a kind and gentle sort of discipline ; it refines the... | |
 | Henry Pitman - Postal service - 1885 - 196 pages
...influence of music I could quote many testimonies. Martin Luther says : — " Music is one of the finest and most glorious gifts of God, to which Satan is...enemy ; for it removes from the heart the weight of sorrow and the fascination of evil thoughts. Music is a kind and gentle sort of discipline ; it refines... | |
 | Bible - 1892 - 656 pages
...the testimony of experience. " Music," says Luther, "is one of the fairest and most glorious gilts of God, to which Satan is a bitter enemy, for it removes from tlie heart the weight of sorrow and the fascinations of evil thought. Music is a kind and gentle sort... | |
 | Maturin Murray Ballou - Quotations, English - 1894 - 604 pages
...with concord of sweet sounds, ; is 6t for treasons, stratagems, and spoils. — ShakesjKare. Music is one of the fairest and most glorious gifts of God,...enemy ; for it removes from the heart the weight of sorrow, and the fascination of evil thoughts. — 1 Luther. ] I ever held this sentence of the poet... | |
 | Frank Landon Humphreys - Church music - 1896 - 192 pages
...them, as by stealth, into our mind." Luther said : "Music is one of the most glorious gifts of God. It removes from the heart the weight of sorrows and the fascination of evil thoughts." The most striking testimony to the ethical influence of music is to be found in the writings of the... | |
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is one of the fairest and most glorious gifts of God, to which Satan is a bitter enemy; for it removes from the heart the weight of sorrows and the fascination of evil thoughts. 
