The above remarks apply as well to choir as to congregational singing. Let us suppose now that the mere primal foundation-the mechanical execution-be respectably good; that the congregation or choir have been taught to sing in tune; that all be harmonious and properly balanced; in short, that the auditory nerves be spared any very severe shock-and what then will we ordinarily find? A few good old church melodies, almost lost amid a dreary maze of the most recent droning platitudes, or a multitude of worldly acquaintances, negro minstrelsy, ancient love ditties, bar room roundelays, passionate scenes from favorite operas, with snatches from instrumental symphonies, concertos, or what not! Music, as I have said, is even more subtile in its power of expression than speech, and the _new_words_, which we may perhaps not even hear, can never banish from our minds the _old_impressions_ associated with the melody.
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