Certainly the musician can groan the better with the aid of his violin.

Surely this man's instrument was the gift of God to him.

All God's gifts are a giving of himself.

The Spirit can better dwell in a violin than in an ark or in the mightiest of temples.
But there was another side to the thing, and Mary felt bound to present it.
"But, you know, Mr.Jasper," she said, "when many violins play together, each taking a part in relation to all the rest, a much grander music is the result than any single instrument could produce." "I've heard tell of such things, miss, but I've never heard them." He had never been to concert or oratorio, any more than the play.
"Then you shall hear them," said Mary, her heart filling with delight at the thought.

"-- But what if there should be some way in which the prayers of all souls may blend like many violins?
We are all brothers and sisters, you know--and what if the gathering together in church be one way of making up a concert of souls ?--Imagine one mighty prayer, made up of all the desires of all the hearts God ever made, breaking like a huge wave against the foot of his throne!" "There would be some force in a wave like that, miss!" said Joseph.
"But answer me one question: Ain't it Christ that teaches men to pray ?" "Surely," answered Mary.