Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-05
< UNIVERSAL SONG.
Oas that is Appropriate Both in
Happy Childhood and in De-
crepit Old Age.
r,.us Is g Thems that Is EsTer Tire
come and is Acceptable on
al Occasions.
..er Dewitt xaimage Says OF the Mem
bsrs of the Heavenly Choir and OF
Fholr Grand Melody.

q, SONG CONCERNING MY BELOVED"
sneclal 70 the Gazette.
BROOKLYN, N. Y, March 4.-Exercises
- The Tabernacle this morning were
;rbilsut. One hundred and twenty new
r1ambers were given the right hand of
tsrIoHship, making the communicate
membership 1850. Thousands OF strangers
rsre present. The ten great silver
lizards and the long line of chalices
rnsde the sacramentsl table very impress
sige.
Rsfore sermon the congregation, led by
c,rnet and organ, sang:
When esrth shall pass away,
In the great Judgment Day,
Jesus IN minel
The Rev. L. Dewitt TSlmage, D. D.,
took as the subjecIof his discourse: ga
Song Concerning My Beloved" his text
gas isaiah 81: "Now will sing to my
we'll beloved s song of my beloved" DR..
Tslm.ge said:
THE most fascinating theme for heart
nronerly sttuned is the Saviour. There
"a something in the morning light to sug-
gest him, and something in the evening
shadow to speak his praise. The flower
bresthes him, the star shines him, the
cascade proclGims him, all the voices OF
nature chant him. Whatever IS grand,
b-iuht and beautiful, If you
opIv listen to it, will speak his praise.
Wneu come in the summer time and
nIuck q flower, think of him who is the
FR1se Of Sharon and the Lily of the VAL
lew When l see in the fields lamb, l
ssy. "Behold the Lamb OF God that
tsketh away the sin Of the world" When
in very hot weather come under pro-
iecting cliff say:
Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hue myself In thee!
Over the oid-fashioned pulpits there
usss sounding board. The voice of the
minister rose To the sounding board, ano
then was struck back again upon the ears
Of the people. And SO the ten thousand
voices Of earth rising up fad
the heavens sounding board
which strikes back to the ear o.
sll the nations the praises of Christ. The
heavens tell his glory, and the esrtt
shows his handiWork. The Bible thrill;
with one great story of redemption. UpoI
blasted sDd faded paradise 1t poured
the light of a glorious restoration. l
looked upon Abraham from the ran
cught in the thicket. 1t spoke in thu
blesting Of the herds driven down II
Jerusalem for sacrifice II put
INFINITE PATHos
into the speech OF uncOuth fishermen.
lifted Pau into the seventh heaven; SnC
Il bro6e upon the ear of St. John viii
the brszsn trumpets and the doxo,ogy o
the elders, and the rushing wings Of thu
serSp5im.
Instead of visiting until you get sicl
and WORKOUT before you speak the prais
Of Christ, while your hesrt is happiest
aud your step is highest, and you
fortunes smile, and your pathway bios
SONS, and the overaTching heavens 0rol
upon you their oenedlCtion, speak tn
praises Of Jesus.
The old Greek orators, when they sew
their audiences insttentive and slumber.
ing, had one word with which they would
rouse them up to the greatest enthusiasm
In the midst of their oratiOns they woulC
stop and CRY out "Marathon!" and tn
peoples enthusiasm would be IN
bounded. My hearers, thougl
you may have been borne down with sin
snd though trouble, and trials, and temp
tstion may have come upon you, and you
feel hardly like looking up, methink
there is one grand, royal, imperial wor'
that ought to rouse your soul to in1nit
rejoicing, and thSt word is "Jeeusl"
Taking the suggestion Of the text,
shall speak to you of Christ, our gong.
remark, in the first place, thai Chris
ought to be the cradle-song. What GU
mothers sang to US when they put us t
sleep is singing yet. We may have for
gotten the words, but they went into tn
fbre Of our soul, and will forever be
p5rt OF it. 1t is not so much what yo
formally teach your children as Whist 20
sing to them. A hymn has wings aud ca
fy everywhither. One hundred and ifs
years after you are desd snd sold Nor
tally" has worn out his chisel in recuttin
your name on the tombstone, your gree
grandchildren will be singing the son
which this afternoon you sing to you
little ones
GATHERED ABOUT YOUR KNEE.
There IS place in Switzerland where,
you distinc ly utter your voice, theI
come back ten OF fifteen distinct echoes
and every Cnristisn song sung by
mother in the ear Ct her child shall haE
ten thousand echoes coming back froi
ill the gates Of heaven. On, if mother
only knew the power Of this sscred spell
LOW AlGu OltGuGI L4S lALN4S NlSS "SNA-
be gathered and sill our homes Toul
cline with the songs of Jesus.
We want som3 cOunteracting lnnuenC
upon our children. The very momel
your child steps into the street, he sseI
into the path of temptation. There 81
foul mou.hsd children VINO would like
besoil your little ones. Il will not do
keep your boys and girls in the house ST
mike them house plants; they must hs'
fresh sir sud recreation. God gave yoI
children from the scSthing, 5lsstin
dsmning influence Of ths streets! Ikno
of no counteracting influence but Il
power Of Christian culture and exampl
Hold before your little ones the pure II
of Jesus; let that name be the word tn
shSll exercise evil from their heart
Give to your instruction all the fsscin
ton Of music, morning, noon and nlgn
let 1t be Jesus, the cradle-song. This
important if your children grow up D
perhaps they may not. Their pathW
may be shoIt. Jesus may be wantl
that child. Then there will be SCUM
less step in the dwelling, and the yout
full pulse will begin to futter, and lit
hands will be lifted for help. You C
not help. And great agouy will pin
at your heart, and the cradle will
empty, and the nursery will be emp
and the world will be empty, and yo
u lit4la foot cfar