the praises of God. In the fourth year it is possible for some children to sing of themselves; the slower ones, however, ought not to be forced, but permitted to have a whistle, a drum, or pipes, so that by whistling, drumming, and piping they may accustom their ears to the perceptions of various sounds, or even to imitate them. In the fifth year it will be time to open their mouths in hymns and praises to God, and to use their voices for the glory of their Creator.
12. These things parents, in singing or playing with children, may easily instil into-their minds; the memory is now more enlarged and apt than previously, and will, with greater ease and pleasure, imbibe a larger number of things in consequence of the rhythm and melody. The more verses they commit to memory, the better will they be pleased with themselves, and the glory of God be largely promoted. Blessed is the home where voices resound with music.[1]
COLLATERAL READING.
Blow’s Symbolic Education, Chap. V.; Edgeworth’s Practical Education, Chaps. XV., XVI., XVII., and XVIII.; Laurie’s Primary Instruction in Relation to Education, Chap. III.; Malleson’s Early Training of Children, Chap. IV.; Necker de Saussure’s Progressive Education, Book III., Chap. III.; Richter’s Levana, Third Fragment, Chaps. III., IV.,.and V.; Rousseau’s Émile, Book II.
- ↑ Plato remarks: “The truly musical person will love those who combine most perfectly moral and physical beauty, but will not love any one in whom there is dissonance.”
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