 | Jacques D. Du Perron - 1805 - 320 pages
...peregrinationibus, &c. solebat proferre." & vols. 8vo. LUTHERANA*. MUSIC. " MUSIC/' said Luther, « is one of the fairest and most glorious gifts of God,...enemy; for it removes from the heart the weight of sorrows, and the fascination of evil thoughts. Music is a kind and gentle sort of discipline; it refines... | |
 | Charles Buck - Christian ethics - 1808 - 362 pages
...music. It was Luther's custom to amuse himself with his lute at dinner and supper : " music," said he, " is one of the fairest and most glorious gifts of God,...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
...It was Luther's custom to 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
...forget their unhappy fate." * 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
...own station; and who can tackle a costermonger like one of his old chums ? ' Music,' says Luther, ' is one of the fairest and most glorious gifts of God,...enemy ; for it removes from the heart the weight of sorrows and the fascination of evil thoughts. Even the dissonance of unskilled fiddlers serves to set... | |
 | Books - 1822 - 384 pages
...were well suited to catch the attention of Bayle. Luther's Attachment to Music. " Musick (said Luther) is one of the fairest and most glorious gifts of God, to which Satan is a bitter enemie ; — therewith many tribulations and evil cogitations are hunted away. It is one of the best... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Bibliography - 1822 - 392 pages
...were well suited to catch the attention of Bayle. Luther's Attachment to Music. " Musick (said Luther) is one of the fairest and most glorious gifts of God, to which Satan is a bitter enemie ; — therewith many tribulations and evil cogitations are hunted away. It is one of the best... | |
 | Art - 1824 - 436 pages
...science in holy reverence. " Music," says this champion of reformation, " is one of the most beautiful and most glorious gifts of God, to which Satan is a bitter enemy. By music, many tribulations and evil thoughts are driven away. It is one of the best arts ; the notes... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1825 - 330 pages
...and consonance as highly delighted the king and all his company. Martin Luther considers music as " one of the fairest, " and most glorious gifts of God, to which Satan " is a bitter enemy :" If the evil spirit had heard the instrument above described, he certainly displayed his taste. SAINT... | |
 | Reuben Percy - Anecdotes - 1826 - 386 pages
...was the general bass of the piece. LUTHER. " Music," says Luther, " is one of the fairest and must 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. Music is a kind and gentle sort of discipline, it refines... | |
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Music 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. 
