Telegram-herald., 1888-03-05

Fifty gesrs of -rcasls have taHled ths splrfr.
a. / Eae xegs - ths nilslc bozrd mnzt hass
a ssiaaaB trsad- Tssaga the soiae may ke
lrsB1iosls, ~ thai srsLa1atoer <il pos trcst
Is a ehilrch, sti5 hs h.s zas ps4lssz.i .i.sok opsa
before aim. ana be sl1ss sta hls s0aL 10
kans his grsnsi, salz 1sleep ~sia the sane
suns Be- sang forty years ago Ia tas cid eogll-
~ meetlaK a0sss. 1o1ss asy ths c1eir s.1sss
= saae - ola that the yoang peopls % al
knew it. baE Il s1sF1s TIE le4rs Gcaa ti-s
ei.ssk Il the azed maa, for it Fensinsiz ana q
the rcsfVal ssene Ia whlcn be participated.
sBd a ths ra.iiaaf faces that losg siaee seat
g dust aasi u the gray haired EllnistsF isaa-
inx over Ehe pelpls. and sounding TIE good
tidlngs q great by.
~ o1e Ihanksgi Ving day in my pulpit,
IA Syractlse. y T. sna Rev Daniel Waldo.
a. gs years Of aze. stood beside me. The
choir sana tune. / said. Il ara soFry they
sang that ae~ tune, nosoiy seems - know
Il Bless you. my soli. s4id TIE Old man.
Il beard thai seventy years ag0
There was = soHg toaay that touched the
life of tbs aged With holy fire and kindlsd q
glory 5n their vision that our younger eye
sight cannot SO. II vas The song II saliva
tlOn--Jesus, who fet them al their lives
long; Jesus, wao wiped assy thsir tears,
Jesus. ~h0 stood b. them when al else failed;
Jesus, Ia Whoss haEns their HlarFiage Was
consscrated, and whose resurrection has
poured light upon the graves Of their ds-
parsed Blessed the Bible In which spec
tacled old ags reafis the promise. Il Vii
never leave You, never forsake YOU Blessed
the staff on which the worn cut pilgrim tot
ters on toward the welconie ~ his recieemerl
Blessed the hymn book in which the falter-
Ing tongue and tho failing eyes tnd Jesus,
the old mans song.
1 speak u y0u again OF Jesus as the night
song. JOB speaks Of him who giveth songs
In the night. John Welch, the old Scotch
minister, used 70 put plaid across ms bed
on cold nights, aud some one asked him why
he put thai there. He said. 'Oh, sone-
times in the night l want 70 sing the praise
OF Jesus, and 20 yet down and pray, then
Just take that plaid and wrap II around me
70 keep myself from the cold Songs IN the
night Night OF trouble has come down
upon many OF you. Commercial losses put
out Que star, slanderous abuse puts out am
ether star, domestic bereayment has put out
a thousand lights, and gloom has been added
% gloom, and chill tO chill, and sting 10
sting. and one midnight has seemed 70 bor-
row the fold from another midnight 10 wrap
itself in more unbearable darkness; but
Christ has spoken peace 10 your heart, and
you can sing:
JESUS. lover OF my soul.
Let me 10 thy bosom fiy,
While the hillows near me roll.
While the tempest still IS high
Hide me-, oh, my Saviour hide
TIN the storm OF llfe is past,
Safe into the haven guide;
on. receive my soul az last.
Songs in the night Songs in the night
Fsr the sick who have no one TO turn the hot
pillow, no one 20 put the taper ON the stand,
no one to pu. ice on the temple, or pour out
the soothing anodyne, or utter one cheerful
word-yet songs IN the night! For the poor,
who freeze In the winters cold. and swelter
in the summers heat, and MUNICH the hard
crtists that bleed the sore gums, and shiver
under blankets that cannot any longer be
patched and tremble because rent day is
come and they may be set out on the side
walk. and looking into the starved face of
child and seeing famine there and death
there. coming home from the bakery, and
saving in the presence of the little fauishei
ones. "Oh, my God, -four has gone upI1
Yet songs IN the night, Songs in the
night For the widow who goes to get the
back pay of her husband slain by the sharp
shooters and knows il is the last help
she viii have, moving out Of a comfortable
home in desols.ion, death turning back from
the exhausfing cough, and the pale cheek,
and the lusfsfIess eye, and refusing ali re-
lief Yet songs IN the night Songs in the
night Fer the soldier in the field hospital,
no surgeon to bind up the gun shot fracture.
nc water for the hot lips, no kind hand TO
brush away the flies from the fresh wound,
no one to take the loving farewell, the groan-
ing Of others poured into his own groan, the
blasphemy OF others blowing up his own
spirit. the condensed bitterness of dying
away from home among strangers. Yet
songs in the night Songs in the night
'Ahf7 said one DYING soldier, ''tell my
mother that last night there was not one
cloud between my soul and Jesus Songs in
the night Songs in the night
The sabbath day has come. From the
affairs of ten thousand churches has smoked
up the SAVIOR II sacrifice. Ministers Of the
gospel Sre now preaching in plain English,
IN bread Scotch. in flowing Italian, In harsh
Choctaw. Gods people have assembled ia
Hudoo temple. and Moravian church, and
Quaker lSeeting house. and sailors bethel,
and kings chapel, and high lowered cathe-
dral They sang. and the song foated of
amidst the spice groves, or struck the ice
bergs. or ioated OF into the western pines, or
was drowned in the cIaTuor Of the great cities.
T.umbermen sang it. and the factory girls,
ard the children in the Sabbath class,
and tee trained choirs in great as
semblages Trappers, with the same voice
with which they shouted yesterday in
the stag hunt and mariners with threats
that only a few DAYS ago sounded IN the
hoarse blast cf the "a hurricane. they sang
t. One theme for the sermons. One burden
for tbs song Jesus for the invocation
Jesus for tho Scripture lesson. Jesus for the
baptisrnsl font Jesus for the sacramentaI
Gun Jesus for the henediction- But the day
viii q by Il viii roii away On swift wheels
II light and lose. Again the churches viii
10 lighted Tides OF people again setting
down the streets Whole families coming up
the church aisle. We must have one more
sermon. two PRAYERS. three Songs. and one
benesiictiou. " hat shtlI ve preach tonight
Whas shall w resdl What shall II bs. chI-
drrrs aEe,i men and women. what shall IL
bei Young men and naidsns. what SHALL IL
het lf you dared 70 hrsak the silence II this
auditory there would cone up thousands II
quick snd juhiiant voices crying cut. Let is
bc Jesus. Jeslsr
We sing bis hirfh-tbe bsrn thar sheltered
him. the mother that nrrsed him. the cattle
tkat fsi beside him. tse snrels that woke I'D
the shepherds. shaking light ever the mid
night hiix We sing his ministry tears
be wfpe,i sway from the eyes II the orphans.
the isnse men thar Forgot their rrut-hs.s th.,