p. 5 | THE MUSIC OF THE HEART by Rev. Theodore L. Cuyler

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Oct 5, 1904

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 30, No. 39.

THE MUSIC OF THE HEART.

By Rev. Theodore L. Cuyler

TRUE piety is the harmony of the soul with God. His will becomes the will of His loving and obedient child; and such a Christian finds his happiness in the chime of his own desires with what God bids him to do. This is the fountain of genuine music of the heart. God's hand is on every string and chord of this wonderful instrument which a loyal believer carries in his or her breast; it is a harp of a thousand strings, and yet they all respond to the same divine touch. The great apostle, in writing to the early Christians, tells them that they must not merely sing, but that they must make “melody in their heart to the Lord.” This signifies the music of the soul; if it be religious music, it must come from a religious heart; it must be the breathing of sincere love and grateful adoration. The most marvelous of all instruments is the harp of the human heart.—Rev. Theodore L. Cuyler.