Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-09-19

OF Ineumo OF want Go1 may wipe away
all the tears, but not the memory Of the
grief that started theml
Further, 1t will be an accompanied song.
Some have great prejudice against musical
and even among those who like
them there is an idea that they are unnuthor-
lied. love the cymbals, for Israel clapped
them In triumph at the Red Sea. love the
harp, for David struck II In praising tho
Lord. l love the trumpet FOR We are toid
that 1t shall awake the dead. / love all
stringed instruments and organs, for Tod
demands that we shall praise Him on strfnged
instruments and organs. There is in such
music much to suggest the higher worship,
for read that when He had taken the book
The four-and-twenty elncrs fell down before
the Lamb, having every one OF them "hnrps,"
and II heard the voice of the harpers harp
ing with their harps,h and ~ saw them that
had gotten the victory from the beast stand
ing on the sea Of glass, having the hnrps OF
God.n
Yes, the song Is 10 be accompanied. You
sny that all this Is 1gurative. Then l say
prove it. do not know how much of b
literal and how much OF it Is ngurativo
Who can say but that from some OF the
precious woods OF earth and heaven there
may not be made instruments Of celestial ac-
cord1 In that worship David may take tho
harp, and Habakkuk the shlgionoth; and
when the great mulhtudes shall, following
their own inclinations, take up instruments
swecter than Mozart ever fingered, or Schu'
mann ever dreamed OF, or Beethoven ever
wrote for. let all heaven make ready Tor ths
burst Of stupendous mfnstrelsy ani tho roll
OF tho eternal orchestral
Further, II will be an anticipativo song.
Why, my friends, heaven has hardly begun
II had ta yntt thn nDaf1inn niaNa Of
music to-day for tho whole service you
would not havo mado so great mistake as
to suppose that heaven Is fully inaugurated
Festal choruses on earth last only q short
while. Tho famous musical convocation at
Dusseldorf ended with the forth day. Our
holidays last only eight or ten days; but
heaven, although singing for 50 many years,
has only Just begun 'the now song" II the
glorifled Inhabitants recount past deliver
ances they will also onkinde at glories to
some. II at 0 o'clock, when tho church
opened, you had taken the fow people
who were scattered through 1t as the
main audience you would not havo made
30 great mistake as IL you supposed tina;
the present population OF heaven are to bc iti
chief citizenship. Although millions arc al
ready there the inhabitants are only hnnd.
full compared with the future populations
All China Il yet to be saved, All India Is yet
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All Switzerland is yet b be saved. All Italy
Is yet TO be saved. All Spain is yet to bo
saved. All Russia is yet to DO saved. All
france Is yet to be savel All England is
yet TO be saved. All America Is yet 10 be
saved. All the world Is yet to be saved.
After that there may be other worlds to con-
quer. do not know but that every star TINT
glitters in our nights is an inhabited world,
and that from all those spheres a mighty
4. a..N~ ...s-.
will be no gate to keep them out. We do not
want TO keep them out We will not want
TO keep them out God will not want TO
keep them out.
have sometimes thought that all the mil
lions Of earth that so into glory are but a
very small colony compared with the influx
from tho whole universe. God could build a
heaven large enough not only for the uni
verse but for 10, COO universes. l do not know
just how it will be, but this l know-that
heaven is to be constantly augmented, and
that the song Of glory Is rising higher and
higher and the procession Is being multi
piled. II heaven sang when Abel went up
the first soul that ever left for glory-hov
must IL sing now when souls go up In docks
from all Christendom, hour by hour and mo
ment by momenti
Our happy gatherings on earth are chilled
by the thought that soon we must. separate
Thanksgiving and Christmas days come, and
the rail trains flying thither are crowded
Glad reunions take place. We have a tune
OF great enjoyment. But soon 1t Is Good
by" In the hall, ''Good-by' at the door
''Good-by" on the street. 'Good-by" at the
rail train, Good by" at the steamboat
wharf. We meet in church. II Is good 4
be here. But soon the doxology will b
sung, the benediction pronounced, and th'
audience will be gone. But there are nt
separations no good-bys In heaven. At thl
door Of the house Of many mansions NJ
goodbys. At the peariy gate no good-bys
The song will be more pleasant because vi
other friends come In. Mighticr song o.
other garlands are set on the brow Of Jesus
Mightier song rs Christ's glories unfold.
stayed week at Niagara Falls, hoping
thoroughly to understand it and appreciate
Ii. But on the last day 1t seemed newer anc
more incomprehensible than on the first day
Gazing on the influite rush Of celestial splen
dors, where the oceans Of delight meet aut
pour themselves into the great heart OF God
how soon will we exhaust the songi Never
Never
The old preachers, in describing the sor
rows OF the lost uscd to lift up their hand
and shout "The wrath to Gomez 18Th
wrath to oomem oday l lift up m,
hands, and looking toward the great futur
cry, The joy to comeT' Tho bliss to como
Oh, to wander on the banks Of tho brigh
river and yet TO feel that q little furthe
down we shall find still brighter floods en-
tering into 1t! Oh, to stand a thousan
years, listening to tho enchanting music o
heaven, and then 10 find out that tho harp
ers are only tuning their harps.
Finally, remark that 1t will be unar
imous song. There will, no doubt, DO som
TO lead, but all will bo expected to join.
will be grand congregational singing. A
the sweet voices of tho redeemed Gran
music it will be when that new song arise
Luther sings IL. Charles Wesley sings 4
Lowell Mason sings it. Our voices now ma
be harsh and our ears uncultivated, but, ou
throats cleared at last and our capacities eI
larged, you and will not be ashamed
utter our voices as loudly as any Of them.
Those nations that have always bee
distinguished for their capacity In son
will lift up their voices in that melody
Those who have had much opportunity
hear the Germans sing will know wins
idea l moan TO give when l say that th
great German nation will pour their dee
full voices into the new song. Everybod
knows the natural gift Of the African fc
singing. No singing on this continer
like that OF the colored churches in th
South. Everybody going to Richmond @
10 SHhtlcSu W ucth tho ntilCdi
sing But when not only Ethiopia, but o
that continent Of darkness, lifts up its hand
and all Africa pours her great volume {
voice into the new song-that will DO musi
for you. Added to this aro oil the sixtee
thousand millions of children that are est
mated to havo gone into glory, aud tho no!
of young and old that hereafter shall peop
the earth and inhablt the stars.
Oil tho new song Gather It all upl Mu
tiply It with every sweotnessl Pour into
every harmony Grown 1t with every gla'
nessI Belt 1t with every splendorl Fire
with cvery glory Toss it to tho create
height Of majesty Roll 1t 10 the grande
cycle OF eternity yl-and then you have b,
tho faintest conception Of what John o;
perienced, when, amidst tho magniicence I
apocalyptic vision, he heard 1.-THE new SOM
God grant that at last we may oil sing !
But IL we do not sing tho praise Of Chri
,no, oarth ua will Mayer sing IL In hea va,