St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-02-23
Sing

The Bible is our Book of Songs. 1t is
not only our fountain of doctrine, but
our fountain of devotion. Mark how
much there Is i'll it to sing, Mark. too.
how much there Is in il To make us sing
Out of its sixteen hundred chapters,
about two hundred are mainly lyrical.
some of them are mere rd-gushes of
melody. Others are tender songs III
the night" for Gods children of sorrow.
Others are spirit -rousing battle hymns
to be chanted by ChriSt'S soldiers as
they wind up the fortified steps, or hllrl
themselves on the foe. Cromwell went
into the fire clouds of Worcester and
Dunbar. singing the war psalms of
David. Latimer mingled the sweet
songs of victory with the cracking of
the flames at the martyrs stake. The
whole range of sacred music is in the
Bible. from the magnificent Oratorio of
the 10th Psalm to the lark like carol of
the 10th. The sweetest of all is that
plaintivc nightingale 23d Psalm
Through how many a dark, weary hour
of trial has she poured her celestial
strain. To millions this has been song
in the valley of the Seatistshade pre-
lude on earth to the .'new song" in the
Paradise of God. For one thing is in
contestable, and that is that we shall
sing in heaven Even our beloved
brethren, the Quakers, had better take
a few lessons by way of rehearsal on this
side of the pearly gates.
Our Sunday schools are the true train
ing schools for church music. And
whatever else you fail to teach the
lambs of the flock in the Sunday school,
don't fail. entreat you, to teach them
how to Sing.-Rer. I. L. Cuyler in Sum
day School Times.
Is BELIEVED HosPITAL-WEE Bits
OF BABIEs.-I passed into the women's
''lying-in" ward, where many unfortu-
nate women were with their little ba-
bies. Some of them had husbands,
who had abandoned them others were
the victims of false-hearted lovers
They listened to the syren tale of love
and in an evil hour fell. Then came
the betrayal. the remorse, and the hos
pital.
learned something about mothers
love here. Many mothers have to be
NtlCUtu W litu lHtl dlt LII
born, for fear they will kill them. In
stances are frequent where they have
Sutfocated their newborn innOcents.
lis this feeling natural n | asked OF
DR.. Mcbride.
Yes, perfectly" replied the doctor
NO mother loves her first born baby
any more than if it We're some other
woman's baby. That is, the first mo-
ment it is born"
when does::the mothers instructive
| love come D
1T comes as soon as the mother ha.
nursed it. When she presses it to hel
bosom the first time, then comes thai
flood of maternal love which binds hel
to the child, and makes her watch Ovel
its dcstinies as part of herself"
This is Il curious fact that could never
come out except at such an hospital al
| Bellevue, where the doctors have three
or four new mothers every day, ant
where they can see the fact illustrated
almost daily.
This would look like very wise pro
vision of nature thus are many moth.
ers saved much suffering and mourning
on account of still-born children.
One poor. unfortunate Young mother
! only sixteen, held in her arms a mer,
bit of a baby with a uniformed head
The doctor says the baby is an idiot
but they do not tell the mother so.
would break her heart. So day afte
day with an instructive mothers low,
does she nurse and care for the bein,
which can never pay her back but il
misery.-EH Perkins in v. 7. CONNER
cial 4drertiser