Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-02-05

CdpUVes. AS tney l1It tnelr arms from tno
shackles they cry out, Free, Free? They
which they have passed, the battles they
have fought, the burdens they have car
ried, the Misrepresentation they suffered
and because they are delivered from all
these they stand before God waving their
palms. They came TO the feet Of Christ
and they look up into mis- face and
they remember his sorrow and they
remember His pain and they remember HIS
creams, and they ssy: "Why. l was saved
by that Christ; He pardoned my sins;
He soothed my sorrows;" and standing
there they shall be exultant, waving their
palms. That hand once held the imple.
nepts of toll, or wield.d the sword of war;
but now il plucks down branches from the
tree of life, and they stand before the
throne waving their palms. Once He was
pilgrim on earth, He crunched the hard
Crusts, He walked the weary way; but il is
all gone now, the sin gone, the WEAKNESS
gene, the sickness gone, the sorrow gone.
As Christ stands up before the great array
Of the saved and recounts His victories it
Will be like the rocking and tossing OF
forest in the tempest, as all the redeemed
rise up, host beyond host, rank beyond
rank ;, waving their palms.
Songs OF Deliverance.
Ny subject makes another advancement,
and speaks OF the song they sing. DR..
/. Dick, in a very learned work, says that
among other things in Heaven he thinks
that they will give great deal OF time to
the study Of arithmetic and the higher
branches Of mathematics. | do not believe
it. 1t would upset my idea OF Heaven if
thought so. ! never liked mathematics;
and / would rather take the representa-
tion of my text which describes the
occupation Of heaven as being that OF joy
psalmody. They cried with loud voice,
saying, Salvation unto our God" In this
world We have secular songs, boatman's
songs nursery songs, harvest songs senti-
mental sohSs: 1ut in heaven We have taste
only for one song. and that will be the song
of an eternal death to an eternal heaven,
through the blood OF the lamb that was
slain. ! see q soul coming up TO join the
redeemed in heaven. As il goes through
the gate the old friends OF that spirit come
around it and say: what shall We sing"
and the rewly-arrived says: Sing saliva.
ton" and after while an earthly despot.
ism and sceptre Of iniquity is snapped
and churches are built where once was
superstitiouS mosques, and angel cries to
angel: How Shar! We celebrate this vic
lOry?' And angel cries 10 angel: LET us
sing and the answer Is. What shall Wa
sing Another voice says: Let us
sing salvation" And af,er awhile all
the church on earth Will rush into the out
spread arms OF the church OF heaven, and
while the righteous are ascending and the
world Is burning, and all things are being
wound up, the question Will be asked:
What shall we sing" And there will he
a voice" like the voice OF many waters, like
the voice Of mighty thunderings' tina.
will respond: "Sing Salvation"
No Plaintiye Airs,
In this world We have plaintive songs
songs tremulQus with sorrow, songs direful
for the dead; but in heaven there will be
no signing Of winds, no WALL, " a..S;ut-n,
no weeping symphony. The tamest song
will be balleluja jah-the dullest tune a tri.
umphant march. Joy among the cheru.
bin! Joy among the sersphim? JOY
among tie ranSomeG! Joy forever! On
earth the music in churches is often poor,
because there is no interest in it,or because
there is no harmony. Some would not
sing, some could not sing some sang too
high, some sang too low; some sang by fits
and starts; but in the great audience re-
deemed on high all voices will be accoE.l-
ant, and the man who on earth could not
tell plantation melody from the Dead
March in SAUL" will lift an anthem that
| the MenO elssohns and Beethoyens and the
| Schumarins OF earth never imagined, and
YOU may stand through all eternity and
| listen, and there will not be one discord in
| that great anthem that forever rolls ~
! against the great heart of God.
The Song OF Songs,
1t will not be solo; II will not ba q
| duet; it will not be a quntette; but an
| innumerable host before the throne, cry.
| ing: salvation unto our God and unto
| the Lamb" They crowd all the temples
| they bend over the battlements, they Gil
| all the heights and depths, and lengths and
breadths OF heaven with their hosannas.
When people were taken into the temple
Of Diana it was such q brilliant room that
they were always put on their guard. Some
people had lost their sight by just looking
on the briiliancy always charge him Take
heed of your eyes" Oh, when / think OF
the song that goes mp around the throne OF
God, so jubilant, Ifeanyvoiccd, multitu.
dinous, / feel like saying Take heed OF
your ears" 1t is so loud a song. 1t is SO
blessed an anthem. They sing a rock song,
saying "Who is He that sheltered us in the
wilderness and shadOwed us in a weary
land?" And the chorus came in Christ,
the shadow of a rock in a wea-y land.
They sing star song saying: who is lie
that guides us through the thick night, ,anl
when all other lights went out, arose
in the sky the morning star, pouring
light on the souls darkness" And the
chorus will come in: Christ, the morn.
ing star, shining on the worlds darkn -Gs "
They will sing flower song, ssyi Who
is he that frightened all our way, and
breathed sweetness upon our sou and
bloomed through frost and tempest and
the chorus will come in Christ the lily Of
the valley, blooming through the frost and
tempest" They sing water song, saying:
"Who is He that cleaned to us from the
frowning crag and l'ghtene1 the darkest
rayine Of trouble. and brought cooling b.
the temples and refreshment 10 the lip and
was fountain in the midst OF the wilder.
ness" My friends will you join that an
them? Shall we make rehearsal The morn
ing? II We cannot sing that song on earth
wei not be able TO sing il in,heaven. Can
it be that our good friends in that land will
walk all through that great throng OF which
speak, looking for us and not find US re.
ported as having coIne? Will they look
through the folios OF eternal light and find
our names unrecorded? Is all this repre-.
n IL q