BENEFIT OF MUSIC

The principal benefit of music, at the commencement of a seance, is to harmonize and unite the minds of the members and prevent rambling conversation, which distracts and confuses. There should be no feeling of restraint, nor should idle gossip or conversation be indulged in. There should be a full realization of the momentous fact that the spirits of those mourned as dead are present, and that the hour and place are made holy by their coming. There should be love and kindness in every heart, and no word but of gentle affection be spoken. A circle is not an idle hour for diversion, but an opportunity of rare value, and if there is one place more sacred than another, it is the table whereon communion is held with the departed.