112 Bev. H. B. Haweis on Bells. [Feb. 7, 



melody, whilst the vigour and sustained fire — straining every fibre 

 and muscle until the whole man became one with the vast machinery 

 he set in motion — reminded me of some of Eubinstein's finest efforts. 



How indispensable, how historic, and how dignified are the uses of 

 bells ! And, above all, let us remember that if bells are not music, 

 they are noise, and that noise is prejudicial to health and exhausting 

 to the nervous system. Firstly, then, let us cast our bells in tune ; 

 secondly, let us cultivate that excellent quality which was so much 

 admired in the Belgian bells exhibited on the table before you ; thirdly, 

 let us encourage the casting of large suites, for it is the admixture of 

 the smaller bells which recreates the ear, throws up by contrast the 

 grandeur of the large ones, and makes possible the performance of full 

 pianoforte scores ; and fourthly, let us cultivate the noble art of 

 carillon clavegin playing, so that our organists shall look to the 

 belfry for their second keyboard, and the citizens learn to assemble 

 on Saturday or Sunday afternoon to listen to the compositions of 

 Handel or Mendelssohn rolled forth on a prodigious scale, from the 

 most colossal instrument it has ever entered into the heart of man to 

 conceive or to realize 



