Citation - Essex Gazette: 1771.08.06

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Index Entry Congreve, author of lyric [beg] Musick has Charms to sooth the Savage breast 
Location Salem 
Citation
EG.771.034
30 Jul-6 Aug 1771:83 (4/158)
To be sold by the Printer hereof, (Price half a Pistereen) A
Book entitled,
The Lawfulness, Excellency, and Advantage of Instrumental
Musick in the Public Worship of God, urg'd and enforc'd from
Scripture, and the example of the far greater part of
Christians in all Ages.  Addressed to all (particularly the
Presbyterians and Baptists) who have hitherto been taught to
look upon the Use of Instrumental Musick in the Worship of
God as unlawful.  By a Presbyterian.
Musick has charms to sooth the savage breast,
To soften rocks, and bend the knotted oak.
Congreve.


Generic Title Essex Gazette 
Date 1771.08.06 
Publisher Hall, Samuel 
City, State Salem, MA 
Year 1771 
Bibliography B0016105
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