Music was at times also viewed as frivolous, and not in line with the value of Simplicity, in other words a distraction from what was really important in life.
The lyrics to the first verse are as follows: My life flows on in endless song; Above earth's lamentation, I hear the sweet, tho' far-off hymn That hails a new creation; Thro' all the tumult and the strife I hear the music ringing; It finds an echo in my soul— How can I keep from singing?
Carrie Newcomer, Annie Patterson, Peter Blood, David Wilcox, Joan Baez Jon Watts is a Quaker musician, poet, and filmmaker.
He has created and released six musical albums, combining spoken word, rap, hip hop, and folk styles.
[11] Her cassette Child of The Nuclear Age contained track "Live Up to the Light",[12] setting to music the words of Caroline Fox describing a moment of profound spiritual experience in 1841.