The Red Cloud chief., 1890-09-19

@ucn nave they tosing about Thev sip~
OF sne darkness through which on earth
they. passed. and Il 10 . nieht son~
1hat = VA killed at Ycekoovn. ~
With hin Il Il . battle soue. TA.t ~
: imprisoned for CAriseis sahs. and
wita m Il 10 prison sone. That vas
sCnsistian ssiler boy that M his back
ofcken O the ships halysxaA sua With
him It IL . sailors sOne. TIA oae
bstned q 6aithAeld, aad With M ft n
2 dre song. @. how tAey WIN sinx Of
Hoods waded. Of fires endured. Of perse.
cation suffered, Of grace extsndsN Song
OF hail! Song OF swordI song Of hot lead!
song Of axe! Az when the organ pipes
peal out some great hArmony, there
comes o~ccasionally the sound Of tho
tremulante. weeping through the CO.
denceA adding exquisiteness to the per-
formances. 20 amidst the stupendous
acclaim Of the heavenly worshipers shall
come tremulous remembrances Of past
endurance. adding . sweetness and
glory to the triumphal strain. So the
glori6ed mother will sing Of the cradle
that death robbed; and the enthroned
spirit from the almshouse will sing Of .
lifetime Of want God may wipe away
all tearA but not the memory of the
grief that started tbeml
Further: It will be IN ACCOMPANIED
song. Some have . great prejudice
against musical Instruments; and even
among those who like them there 10 An
idea that they arc unauthorized. Hove
the cymbels, for Israel clapped them in
triumph 1T the Red sea. l love the harp,
for David struck it in praising the Lord.
l love the trumpet, for We are told It
shall wake the dead. Hove all stringed
instruments and orgsnA for God de-
mands that We shall praise him on
stringed Instruments and organs There
is in such music much to suggest the
higher worship; for I read that when He
had taken the book the four and twenty
elders felldOwn before the Lamb, having
every one Of them "harps." and II
heard the voice Of the harpers harping
with their harps," and II saw them that
had gotten the victory from the beast
standing on the ses Of grass, having the
harps Of God"
Yes, the song 10 to be accompanied.
You say that all this is f~igurative.
Then. l say. prove it. I do not know
how mucn Of 1t Is literal and how much
of 1t is figurative. Who can say but
that from some of the precious woods Of
earth and Heaven there may not be
made instruments Of celestial accord.
In that worship David may take the
harp and Habakkuk the shigionoth and
when the great multitudes shall, fol-
lowing their own inclinatiOns take up
instruments Sweeter than Mozart ever
fingered Or Schumann ever dreamed Of
or Beethoven ever wrote for, let all
Heaven make ready for the burst Of stu
pendous minstrelsy and tho roll OF the
eternal orchestra!
Further: 1t will be an anticipative
song. Why, my friends, Heaven has
hardly begun yet II you had taken
the opening piece Of music to-day for
the whole service you would not have
made SO great q mistake as TO suppose
that Heaven is fully inaugurated.
Postal choruses on earth last only .
short while. The famous musical con-
tOC6tiOu ~ DuSSCiUOCl OtbOCO WAbu Vic
fourth day. Our holidays last only
eight or ten days, but Heaven, al
though singing for SO many years, has
only just begun ''the new song" II the
glorified Inhabitants recount past deliv-
FRANCES they will also enkindle atglOries
to come.
II at nine o'clock. when the church
opened. you had taken the few people
who werc scattered through it as the
main audience you would not have made
SO great q mistake IS il you supposed
hat the present population Of Heaven
arc to be its chief citizenship Although
millions arc already there, the inhab-
itants are only . handful compared
with the future populations All China
IS yet to be saved. All BOrneO Is yot to
bc saved. All India is yet to be saved.
All Switzerland is yet to be saved. All
Italy is yet TO be saved. All Spain Is
yet TO be saved. All Russia is yet to be
saved. All France is yet to be saved.
All England is yet to be saved. All
America is yet to be saved. All the
world is yet to be saved. After that
there may he other worlds to conquer.
I do not know but that every star that
glitters in OUT nights Is an inhabited
world and that from all those spheres .
mighty host are to march into our
Heaven. There will be no gate to keep
them out. We do not want to keep
them out
l have sometimes thought that oil
the millions of earth that 60 into glory
are but . very small colony compared
with the influx from the whole universe.
God could build . Heaven large enough
not only for the universe. but for ten
thousand universes. LIDO not know just
how 1t will DO. 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 multiplied II Heaven sang when
Abel went up-the first soul that ever
left earth for giory-how must it sing
now when souls 60 up in focks from all
Chr 3stendOm. hour by hour and moment
by moment
Our happy gatherings on earth arc
chilled by the thought that o We
must separate. .Thanksgiving and
Christmas days come and the rail trains
| flyine hither and thither are crowded.
Glad reunions take place. W. have .
time Of great enjoyment But soon it Is
goodbye" in the hall. goodbye" At
the door. goodbye" ON the street.
.'good-bye" at the rail train. goodbye
at the steamboat wharf.
We meet in church. It Is good to be
here. But soon the dOxOlogy will be
sung, the benediction pronounced and
the audien, sc will be Como But there
are NO separations. NO good-byes inheav
en-. At the door Of the house OF many
mansions no goodbye Our voices now
may be harsh and our ears uncult-
ured, but our throsts cleared 1t last
and our capacities enlarged. you md l
will not be ashamed to utter our voices
as loudly ~ any OF them
II the first day We enter Heaven We
sing we'll, the next day We sing better.
Song anticipative Of more light 81 moro
love, of NOR triumphA Always some