Article October 21, 1905 Issue

An Appreciative Letter

T. A. Mead

Chapman School, Boston, Mass., September 28, 1905.

My Dear Mrs. Eaton:— Your favor was duly received and gladly I respond, although my opinion is worth little. I certainly did enjoy the singing of "Christ my Refuge" very much indeed. It brought a beautiful spiritual uplift. Mrs. Hunt's fine, rich voice added much to the beauty of the composition. I thought Mr. Conant played the accompaniment very finely,—with taste and expression.

When I first heard Mr. Johnson's music, nearly two years ago, when we first began to attend The Mother Church, it came to me with a great deal of a shock. As church music it seemed very strange to me,—very new, modern, and unusual. If I had given expression to my thought at that time, it would not have been its favor. I thought I should have the more enjoyed hearing the soloist render the same words with simple melodies, as given in the Hymnal. But since then, with each rendition of one of Mr. Johnson's pieces, my thought has been changing. The music is no longer strange, my thought is no longer centered on the music, voice, and organ, but upon the sentiment and deep sense of worship brought out by the sweet words of our beloved Leader.

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