, 1886-05-09

vel as when upright. we throw our whole
body into IL Let Our song b. like m nccla
nation OF ~victor9 You have a "a ht Il
sing 10 not surrender your pr'rosnuve.
We wnns toruuso all our families upon thh
subject We want each family Of oar con
gregation 10 DO a singing school Chilli.l
I~eiulance, obduracy aud intractab lily woulc
be soothed Il we had more singing in tii
household; aud thsn our littls ones woull b
prepared FOR the great congregation on Sab
bath day, their voices uniting with our voices
in the praises OF tins Lord Aiter q
shower there are scores of streams that
come down the mountain SD. viii
voices ripping and silvery. pouring into
one river, and then rolling in uricd strength
10 the sea. So ! would have a | the fnmii les
IN my church s nd forth ths voice Of prayer
and ESnise, Touring it into the great tide OF
public worship that rolls on and on to empty
ilto the great, wide heart OF God Never
can we have our church sing ns it Gu Int
until our families sing rs they ought.
There will be a great revolution on thi
subject in a our churches Col will comt
down by his spirit anil roufe up the old
hymns and tunes that have not been more
than half awake since the time OF our grand
fathers. The silent pews in the church wi
break forth into music. ard when the con
ductor takes his place on the Sabbath day,
there will lie a great host of voices ruth
ing Into the harmony. NY Christian
friends, il we have no tlste for this
service OF earth, what will we do in HEAVIER
where they all sing and sing foreveri Let
me prophesy in regard to any one here vic
has no delight in the worship OF heaven. il
You do not sing the praises of Col on EARL
do not believe you will ever sing them ip
glory. l woull that our singing to-day
might be like the Saturday nirht rehearsal
Tor tho sabbath morning in the skies, and
might begin now, by the strength and by tn,
help of cd. TO discharge a duty which nont
OF Us have fully performed.
Lcs those rsfuse to sing
Who never knew our Col;
But chii ir n N the heavenly king
Should speak their Joys ABROAD.
Tie Mn OF ZION Yields
A thou and sacred sweets.
Fen r. we ie ich the heavenly nrlb
Or AJAX The golden streets
III II let our songs abound.
Aud every { ar he DIR
We're mnrvh NJ through EnmanueI's ground
To faircr worlds ON high
Come now, clear your threats anil gel
ready for tn $ duty or you will never hear
the end of this never shall forget hearing
a Frenrhman singing the Mr. eilles hymn
on the Chnmp Ulysses. Paris, just before the
bnttle Of Ssdnn. l never saw such
enthusiasm before or since, as he
sang that n~ntionll air. D, how thf
Frenchmln shouteil Have You ever.
in an English assemblage. heard n Land
play God Save the Queen" II you have
you know something about the enthusiasm
Of n national air. Now, l tell you that thest
songs we sing Sabbath by Sabbath are the
national airs OF Jesus Christ and Of the king.
dom of heaven. When Cromwelrs army
went into battle he stood at TIN head of their
one day on1 gave out the long metre dox-
ology TO the tune of "Old Hundre ~ aud
that great eas. cs4T6If b company, regi
nrnt by regimen, battalion by battalion,
joined in the dox ology.
And while they sang they marched. and
while they marched they fought and while
they fought they got the victory. men and
women Of Jesus Christ, let Us 90 into all our
conflicts singing the praises of God, and
then, instead Of falling back, as we II en- do,
from defeat to defeat. we will DO marcains
On fr IN victory to victoryi