The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-12

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spheres. laau,nate nature is full of
.itI- tring-d and wind instruments
Silence it>vlf-sartec. silence lis only q
musical rest ia Gods great anthem Of
worship Wind among the leaves, insect
uummlug iu the summer air, the rush
uf biiiew upJn beach, the ocean far out
-Jualiuy its everlasting psllm. the bobD.
ink oa the e lie Of the forest, the quail
.yni,tliur No FROM The grass. are music
While Wishing Blckwelrs island |
heard coming from windoH of the
Iuuttir aSylam. y.ry sweet song H.
Ha. sung by one who nal lost her rea
son. and / have come TO believe that
even the deranged and disorderei ele
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! suppose that even the sounds OF nature
thIt are dlstordant aud rePulsive make
harmony IN God 5 ear lJu know that
you may come so near ID an orchestra
that the sounds are painful instead Of
plea5gribia, and think that We stand
so near devastating storm and frightful
whirlwiud we cannot hear that which
makes TO God 3 ear and the ear OF the
spirits above Us music as complete Is
10 Is tremendous.
The day If judgment, which will be
day Of upr3ar aud tumuit, | suppose
will bring 40 dissDntuce To the care of
those who can calmly listen; although
il viii be as when some great performer
Is execut NJ ii b0isterOus piece of music,
he sometimes breaks down the instru
ON that last day that tue gran march
ot God, played by tue hngers OF thunder
aud eartdqnaSe aud conhagration may
break down the world upon whlch the
music Is executed: Not only Is lhahl-
mate nature tu!l Oh music OUT o'od mas
wonderfully organized the human voice,
50 that
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and lungs there are fourteen direct
muscles which can make over 10000
different sounds. Nov, there are thirty
indirect muscles which can make over
l73, ,0O0, 900 of sounds. Now, ] say,
when God has 50 constructed The human
voice, aud when he has filed the whole
earth with harmony, and when he re
cognized it in the ancient temple, |
have a right % come to the conclusion
that God loves music.
propose this morning 10 speak about
sacred music, first showing you its i'm
portancc aud then stating some of the
obstacles TO its advancement.
draw the first argument for the i'm
.cnrt,n,e of sacred music from the fact
that God commanded it. Through Paul
he tells rs 10 admonish one another in
psalms and hymas and spiritual songs;
through David he cries out: Sing We
t7 F1d a'l ye KING IONS OF tue ear0n'
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L., = 80. q a not only asks
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mem. T., n,',si.. HAa,k. for the cvmbal
and ,bs h.,rn and IA, trumpet. Aud [
.nnoosa t5tr in the last davs OF the
,,1nrcb tbs b,rn the late. the trumpet.
.,l .li Ira i,stru,nants of music that
I.,,.,. - tb.,;r chief ajd ~ the theatre
.','l t,,,,,t.,.,,I ,rill ha hrnuglt nv their
'.' .,i Xxi dn,vo al tia feet of
t',ri.t ..n'itb,n's s,unJs5 in the Churc.ps
rriunnb on hsr w4y from suffering iuto
Glory Praise We the Lord Praise
him with vour vote es. Praise him with
-tringed Instruments and with organs.
draw another argument for the i'm
psrtance Of this exercise from the i'm
pressi veaess ri the exercise. You know
something of what secular music has
a,hiay,d Yau know it has made it,
i,nrre.si.,, nn,o governments, upon
i,,is nnon literature. upon whole gene
rsrinus.
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ONE 'NsFih' W : = ''''-' -
is worth 80 00o men as a standing army
There comes time in the battle when
one bngle is worth thousand muskets
In the earlier part of our civil war the
governments proposed to economics IN
baud, Of music aud many of them were
sent home; but the generals in the army
sent word to Washington: " Yon are
making very great mistake. We re
falling back and falling back. We have
no, .1s,,,,,h mus;c Then the govern