The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-18

the organ pipes peal out some great har-
mony, here comes occasionally the sound o.
the tremulante. weeping through the caden-
ces, adding exquisiteness to the periorman-
ces, 50 amidst the stupendous acclaim OF the
henvenly worshippers shall come tremulous
of past endurances, adding a
sweetness and glory. to the triumphnl strain
SO the gloritied mother will sing OF the era
die that death robbed; and the enthroned
spirit rom the aims house will sing of Ii
time OF want God may wipe away all tears
but not the memory OF the grief that started
them!
Further: 1t will be m accompanied song.
Some have great prejudice against musical
Instruments; and even among those who like
them there is an idea that theyareunauth
lied love the cymbals. for Israel clapped
them IN triumph at the Red sea- love tho
harp, Tor David struck it in prasing tho
Lord. love the trumpet, for we are told
that it slall wake the dead. love ali
stringed instruments and organs, Tor God
demands that weshnll praise Him on stringed
instruments and organs. There is in such
music much to suggest the higher Worship;
Tor read that when he had taken tho book.
the "a elders fell down before the lamb. hav-
ing every one OF them "harps" and II heard
the volte OF the harpers harping with their
harps,' and 81 saw them that had gotten
the victory from the beast standing on the
sea OF glass, having the harps of God"
Yes, the song is to be accompanied. You
say that all this is fgurative. Then say,
provelt. / do not know how much Of it is
liberal, and how much of it is fgurative
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 heshigionoth; and
when the great multitudes shall, following
their own inclnations, take up instruments
sweeter than Mozart ever fingered, or Schu-
mann ever dreamed Of or Beethoven ever
wrote for, let all heaven make ready for the
burst OF stupendous MINISTRIES, and the roll
of the eternal orchestra!
Further; it will be an anticipated song
why, my friends, heaven has hardly begun
yet. lfyou had taken the opening piece Of
music to-day for the whole service, you
would not have made so great a mistake as
to suppose that heaven is lully inaugurated.
Festal choruses on earth last only short
while. The famous musical convocation at
Dusseldorf ended with the fourth day. Our
holidays last only eight or ten days; but
heaven, though singing for SO many years
has only begun 1.-THE new song" II the
glorified inhabitants recount past deliver
ances, they will also enkindle at glories to
come, II, at 8 o'clock, when the church
opened, you had taken the few people who
were scattered through it as the main audi
ence, you would not have made so great
mistake as if you had supposed that the
present population of heaven are to be it's
chief citizenship Although millions ore al.
ready there, the inhabitants are only q
handful compared with the future popula-
lions.
Our happy gatherings on earth are chilled
by the thought that soon we must separate
Thanksgiving and Christmas day come, and
the rail trains flying thther are crowded.
Glad reunions take place. We have. a time
of great enjoyment. But soon it is good
bye" in the hall, ''good bye" at the door,
good bye" on the street, good Bye at the
rail train, good bye" on the steamboat
wharf We meet in church; is good to be
here. But soon the doxology will be sung,
the benediction pronounced, and the audi
ence will be gone. But there are no sepnra-
tons, no good byes in heaven. At the door
of the house of many mansions, no good
bye. At the pearly gate, no good bye.
The song will be more pleasant, be-
cause we are always to sing it. Mightier
song as other garlands are set on the brow
OF Jesus. Mightier song as Christ's glories
unfold.
Ifthe first day we enter heaven we sing
we'll, the next day we sing better. Song an
ticipative fmore light, of more love, of
more triurnphs. Always something new to
hear, something new to see. Many good
people suppose that we shall see heaven the
first day We get there. No! You cannot see
London in two weeks. You cannot see Rome
in six weeks You cannot see Venice in a
month. You cannot see the great city of
the New Jerusalem in q day. No; twill take
all eternity to see heaven, to count the
towers. to examine the trophies, to gaze up
on the throne; to see the hierarchs. Ages
on ages roll. and yet heaven is new! The
streets new The Temple newt The JOY new!
The song newt
Istayed week at Niagara Falls. hoping
thoroughly to understand and appreciate it.
But on the last day they seemed newer and
more incomprehensible than ion the first day
Gazing ON the infinite rush of celestial
splendors, where the oceans of delight meet,
and pour themselves into the great heart OF
God-how soon will we exhaust the song?
Never! Neverl
The old preachers, in describing the sor-
rows of the lost, used to lift up their hands
and shout, 'The wrath to come!' "The
wrath to come!'' To-day lift up my hands,
1.-The JOY to come" 1.-THE bliss to come!''
Oh, to wander on the banks OF the bright
river and vet to feel that a little further
down we shall find still brighter floods en-
terng it! Oh. to stand thousand years
listening to the enchanting music Of heaven,
and then to find out that the harpers are
only tuning their harps.
Finally, remark that it will he unan-
nous song. There will, no doubt. be some
to lead, but all will be expected do join. 1t
will be grand congregational singing. All
the sweet voices Of the redeemed! grand
music it will be when that new song arises.
Luther sings it. Charles Wesley sings it,
Lowell Mason sings it. Our voices now may
be harsh ann our ears uncultivated, but our
Threats cleared at last and our capacities
enlarged, you and will not be ashamed to
utter our oices as loudly Us any of them.
Those nations that have always been dis
tinguished for their capacity in song will
lift up their voices in that melody. Those
who have had mach opportunity to hear the
Germans sing will know, what idea mean
to give, when say that the German nation
will pour their deep full voice into the new
song. Everybody knows the natural gilt OF
the African for singing. No singing on this
continent like that of the colored churches of
the South. Everybody going to Richmond
or to Charleston wants to hear the Africans
sing But when not only Ethiopia. but all
that continent Of darkness, lifts up it's hands,
and all AREA pours her great volume of
voice into the new song-that will be music
for You. Added to this are oil the 16, OOO.-
100000 of children that are estimated to
have gone into glory, and the host OF young
and old that hereafter shall people the earth
and inhabit the stars.
oh! the new songl Gather it all up! Null
tiply it with every sweetness! Pour into it
every harmony Crown it with every glad
nessl Belt it with every splendor! Fire it
with every glory! Toss it to the greatest