Music, God’s Gift

“Music,” said Tschaikovsky, “is the most beautiful of all heaven’s gifts to humanity, a candle in the darkness, it calms, enlightens and stills our souls.” Music is a science and an art, and as such its contribution to our enjoyment and refinement may be immeasurably increased by our study and development of its intricacies. The…

Advent Music: On Hymns About the Second Coming of Jesus

In the early Advent movement, the hymns on the subject of the coming of the Lord, sung with intense earnestness and solemnity had a wonderful effect on the hearers. James White, one of the great leaders in the great second Advent Movement of 1844, was very musical, a powerful and an excellent singer. And there…