CONTENTS OF VOL. II.

OF THE BEAUTIFUL IN ART.

SECTION VI.

MUSIC.

Music a direct utterance of emotion-Indefiniteness its charm-

Its capabilities-Of vibration-Origin of music-Perfect

accordance with law-Bacon's analogies and similitudes-

Universal harmony-Origin of vocal and instrumental music-

Giant harps-Telegraphic wires-Stringed and wind instru-

ments-Timbre-Music furnishes the key to all order-

Chladni's experiments-Miraculous powers ascribed to music

in Greece, China, Hindostan, Persia, and Arabia-David and

Saul-Music spells-Shakspere the poet-laureate of music

Music among the Jews and Chaldeans-In Egypt-Greece-Rome

-Among the early Christians-St. Ambrose― Gregory—

D'Arezzo-St. Austin-Alfred-Oldest English stanza-

Blondel-Dante-Boccaccio-Chaucer-James I. of Scotland

-Scottish song-The organ-Of harmony-Palestrina-

Allegri-The Flemish school-The Reformation-Psalmody in

Germany, Switzerland, France, England-Constellation of

English Musicians-Morley's dialogue-Purcell-The drama
-Opera-Oratorio-Various successive styles in music.

Traits of a people unconsciously recorded in their language and

Arts-Characteristics of French, Italian, German, and English

music

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Life and works of Bach-Handel-Haydn-Mozart-Beethoven-

Weber-Mendelssohn-Rossini and Bellini-Modern com-

posers-Neukomm, Schubert, and R. A. Smith's songs-

Choice of music-Its home influence

Testimony of Choron, Mace, and Mozart, as to their mode of

composing-Choice of key-Execution-Degree of apprecia-

tion in listeners-Of vocal and instrumental music-Of good

and bad music-Beethoven on musical appreciation Of the

time and place for hearing music-Songs in the night

Musical description-Ford-De Quincey-Mrs. Browning-The

universal adaptation of music.

Psalmody and means of its improvement-Luther-Zuingle-

Calvin-The organ question one of expediency-The assist-

ance of the organ-Its abuse-Opinions of Horne and Baxter

-Praise the highest act of worship

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SECTION VII.

THE BEAUTIFUL IN ART.-CONCLUSION.

Law pervades nature and art-Function of art to elevate-Of

thought and execution-Differences of appreciation-Positive

Basis-The greatest artists men of action-The moral element

in art-True excellence judged of by the few-Of ignorant and

ill-natured criticism-An approved method-The upright ·

reviewer

Taste fostered by education-Refined judgment—Internal aspect

of home--Pictures, casts, flowers, &c.-Natural craving for

beauty-Intercourse with the labouring classes beneficial-

Vulgar ideas regarding money and taste-Diffusion of taste—

Its positive basis

Exhibitions-Anticipation of the Crystal Palace by Chaucer-The

Sydenham courts-Conventionality and license-Pythagorean

statement-Nature mathematical-Art conforms to harmonic

ratios-Vital art indigenous-Description of Sydenham by an

Arabian poet of the thirteenth century-Means of prosecuting

art-studies requisite for all classes-Education otherwise

incomplete-Acquaintance with great works-Museums-

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Efficient lecturers and new professorships needed-Importance

of such studies for the public well-being-Their influence on

manufacture

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In education the religious element not to be overlooked-Educa-

tion, what is it ?—Its benign influence

Brief summation and retrospect of the various arts-soothing

influence of art-Wordsworth's experience-Future Christian

art-art not ultimate, but valuable as means to an end.

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THE BEAUTIFUL IN LIFE.

The beautiful in life regulated by law-A more internal harmony

-No transition-Discord-Chaos-The ancients sought to

view the universe in its totality-Antoninus-The early

fathers-Leibnitz-Oersted-The Physical and moral-Man

everywhere prefigured in creation

The reasonableness and necessity of a divine revelation-univer-

sal belief in a lost happiness and a future state

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The beautiful in life constellated in the Lord Jesus Christ-His

precepts and example the highest test-Man created in God's

image-Dr. South on man in Paradise-Of the Fall-The

atonement-Love gives largeness of vision-Wisdom and

Knowledge-Love of nature, human love, and love to God-

These illustrated-Of the existence of evil-Man's free agency

-Means and ends-Worldly wisdom tinged with selfishness

-Love self-negation-Our best righteousness worthless-Of

Prayer-Of the ministry of sorrow-Pride of intellect a barrier

to the reception of the gospel-The problem of man's restora-

tion solved-Gospel simplicity corrupted-The philosophy of

Redemption-Of Christ's mission-Extracts from Maclaurin,

Dr. Parr, Hazlitt, and Whately

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Statement of the scheme of Redemption in the words of Scripture 235

Of Scripture language-Of the Saviour's greatness-Testimony

to His character from without-Of the Children of Light-

Change of heart

Minor graces-The Christian gentleman-Of manners-True

courtesy-Heathen maxims -The Chesterfield school-

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Chivalry-Bayard-Love and truth the basis of genuine

courtesy-The Bible the source of all subsequent moral

teaching-Rules of life-The pure and ennobling in art also

indebted to the same divine source, direct or reflex-The

charm of being natural-Happiness-Harmony-Divine love

expands the heart-The end of all learning-True wisdom-

Companionships-The Christlike

Inward and outward beauty alike subject to law-Seeming per-

turbations only adjustments-One vast system of comparative

anatomy throughout the physical and moral universe-Two

modes of viewing nature-The highest point of view-The

divine source of beauty-Christ the revealer-Christianity

the most compendious system of ethics-Recapitulation

Conclusion.

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