 | Charles Buck - Christian ethics - 1808 - 362 pages
...amuse himself with his lute at dinner and supper : " music," said he, " 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 wheight of sorrow and the fascination of evil thoughts. Music is a kind and gentle sort of discipline... | |
 | Charles Buck - Children - 1808 - 374 pages
...amuse himself with his lute at dinner and supper : " music," said he, " fc one of the fairest and most glorious gifts of God, to which Satan is a bitter enemy ; for it removes froni the heart the wheight of sorrow and the fascination of evil thoughts. Musicis a kind and gentle... | |
 | 1817 - 398 pages
...Vide Lord Byron's Works. VOL. I. No. «. 2 y " Music, (said Luther,) is one of the fairest and most glorious gifts of God, to which Satan is a bitter enemy ; for it rcnwves from the heart the weight of sorrow, and the fascinations of evil thoughts. Music is a kind... | |
 | Arminianism - 1881 - 1046 pages
...a costermonger like one of his old chums ? ' Music,' says Luther, ' is one of the fairest and most glorious gifts of God, to which Satan is a bitter...weight of sorrows and the fascination of evil thoughts. Even the dissonance of unskilled fiddlers serves to set off the charms of true melody, as white is... | |
 | Charles Buck - Anecdotes - 1831 - 418 pages
...amuse himself with his lute at dinner and sapper: "music," said he, "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 sorrow and the fascination of evil thoughts. Music is a kind and gentle sort of discipline ; it refines... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1852 - 670 pages
...he was entirely under her tutelage. LUTHER. " Music," says Luther, " if one of the fairest and most C6 z y h $ !$ ľ6 P" , )"PE )HM}f9 I6 m |V g[ (౭ t l ڵڷ f n :V6K (lie weight of sorrows, and the fascination of evil thoughts. Music is a kind and gentle sort of discipline,... | |
 | John Freeman Milward Dovaston - 1839 - 76 pages
...fervently thankful for being enriched with a love of music : he says " it 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 sorrow, and the fascination of evil thoughts. Music is a kind, and gentle discipline ; it refines the... | |
 | 1841 - 456 pages
...Collection of Inaugural Addresses by Hectors of Glasgow University. MUSIC. IT 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 sorrow, and the fascination of evil thoughts. Music is a kind and gentle discipline ; it refines the... | |
 | Charles Buck - Anecdotes - 1841 - 520 pages
...dinner and supper; '.music,' said he, 'is one of the fairest and most glorious gifts of God to which 27 Satan is a bitter 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... | |
 | Education - 1843 - 798 pages
...affections of youth to the schools. " Music," says Martin Luther, " is one of the fairest and most glorious gifts of God, to which Satan is a bitter...of sorrows, and the fascination of evil thoughts. It is a kind and gentle sort of discipline, which refines the passions and improves the understanding.... | |
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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. 
