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Text:The ministry of music
Tune:[Sweet music cheers the spirit]

3. The ministry of music

1 Sweet music cheers the spirit,
And joy speaks out in song;
It gives the timid courage,
It makes the feeble strong.
It soothes the anxious bosom,
It brings the weary rest;
Disarms the base and evil,
And better makes the best.

2 The elements speak music
In ev'ry leafy grove;
And all the birds, in music,
Are telling forth their love.
To us who here are singing,
Have human minds been given;
And we should feel that music
Is but a voice from Heaven.

Text Information
First Line: Sweet music cheers the spirit
Title: The ministry of music
Publication Date: 1897
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: [Sweet music cheers the spirit]
Key: G Major or modal
Notes: Public Domain.



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