Telegram-herald., 1890-10-20


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only have faith ensagh - ealo1 tbs tlass-
H. - II dFoas fson tbs s0siais,s adrensits,
Tie greatest blessing al~8ys coming nj
With y bite wi2Es bUs tlaek wl0ss. Blaek
winEs q oonvsotion. bFinsing pAFslon n the
sluner Black wings - oruc- -1xian ever
Calvary. hringiDg redemption fer The
world Black wings - American rsxola.
tioA. bringing free i1stitutioas q couti.
neut Black Wlnss II American civil wAr.
hrinsiug unifcatlou and solidarity fo the
fepuhiio Black wings - the Judgment
Gay. bringing resurrection O. al eAtonahed
human race And Ia the less dSy when
all year life and mine will be summed up,
We viii 6uG tAst the greStest blessing we
black ravens II disaster Bless God Cor
troubled Bless God fof sickness Bless
Goa fer persecutloni Bless God Tor pov-
srtyl You never heard Of any nan or
woman of great nse 10 ths world nho had
not had lots % trouble The diamond
must be cut. the wheat must bs throshsd
the black ravens must ~ N ho are these
nearest The thronef These are they who
. fa.rss
their robes washed and made white ia tie
blood of the Lamb "
BGt look Look what az o'ciock in the
afternoon bursts upon our vlsloa - The
plain of Jericho, and the valley Of Jordan.
aud the Dead Sea We nave come to a
place where the horses not 80 much walk
~ slide up on their hsanches. asd We sll
dRMount. for TIE steep descent i simply
terrific. though princess u WailaellA
who fell here and wa dangerously injured.
after recovery spent a large amount of
money in trying 70 make the road pasSa-
be. Down and downi till We saw the
white tents pitched for as by cur muleteers
amid the rains ~ ancient Jericho, which
fell at the sound q poor mg,ic played on
rams born" that ancient instrument
which, taken from the bead of the leader of
the flock Of sheep. is perforated and pre-
pared TO be fingered by the musical per
former, and blown upon when pressed 20
the lips AS In another sermon I have
fully described that scene, viii only say
that every day for seven days the ministers
OF religion weat round the city Of Jericho
blowing upon those rams horns and on
the seventh day. without the roll Of war
chariot, or the stroke Of a catapult, or the
swing OF ballista, crash crash crashl
went the walls Of that magnificent capitali
on THE SITE OF JERICHO
On the evening Of Dec we walked
amid the brick and mortar Of that shat
tered city and ! said 10 myself: AL
this done by poor music blest Of God. for
it Was not harp, or flute. or q clapping
cynbal. or an organ played. at the sound
Of which the city surrendered 10 destruc-
ton, but q rude instrument making rude
music blest OF God, TO the demolition Of
that wicked place which had for centuries
defed the Almighty. And | said, If all
this was by the blessing OF God on poor
music, what mightier things could be done
by the blessing Of God on good music. skill
fu music, gospel music. II all the good
that has already been done by music were
subtracted from the world ! believe three
fourths Of it's religion wonld be gone The
lullabys Of mothers which keep sounding
on. though the lips that sang them forty
years ago became ashes; the old hymns In
log cabin churches and country meeting
houses, and psalms in Rouse's version ia
Scotch kinks; the anthem in English cathe-
drals, the roll OF organs that will never let
Handel or Haydn or Beethoven die. the
thrum Of harps. the sweep Of the bow across
bass viols. the song of Sabbath schools
storning the heavens the doxology Of
great assemblages-why. Thousand Jeri-
chos Of sin have by them all been brought
down
Seated by the warmth Of our campnres
that evening OF Dec. o, amid the bricks and
debris Of Jericho, and thinking what poor
music has done and what mightier things
could be accomplished by the blessings Of
God on good music, | said 70 myself: Min
listers have been doing grand work, and
sermons have been blessed. bat would il
not be well for us 10 put more emphasis on
musici Oh, for a campaign Of "Old Hun
dredr Oh. for a brigade OF Mount Pts
gahs' Oh. for a cavalry charge Of Corona
tionsw oh, for an army OF Anuochk and
st. Martins and Arielsl Oh, FOR enough
orchestral batons lifted 10 marshal al M
tionsl As Jericho was surrounded by poor
music for seven days. and was conquered.
so let our earth be surrounded seven days
by good gospel music, and the round planet
will &c taken for God Not wall of oppO-
sition, not a throne OF tyranny not PAL
ace OF sin. not an enterprise of unr1ghteous
mesa. could stand the mighty tbrob Of such
atmospheric pulsation. Musici IL sound
ed st the laying Of creations corner stone
when the morning stars sang together
Music! II will be the last rererberasion,
when the arcbsngels trumpet shall wake
the dead. Music let its fall power be
now tested TO comfort and bless and arouse
and save.
TIE BITTER FOUNTAIN swEETENED.
While oar csen,7S 1rsai = bcirg prr-
pared in the tents we walk out for a mo-
rnent 10 the Fountain 81 Elisha % the one
into which the prophet threw the salt be
cause the waters were poisonous and bitter
and lol they became sweet and healthy.
and ever since, with gurgie and laughter
they have rushed down the hill and lcaped
from the rocks, the only cheerful object ia
all that region being these wstsrx
Now on this plain a Jericho tie sun Is
setting. making the mountains look Ike
baiussra<ies and bsttlements q amber and
maroon and gold and the moon. Just
above tEt crcSts. seams % be a window 81
hosven through which immortsls might
be looking down upon the soeas. Three
Arab ss watchmen st beside the camp
Gre az the door of my tent. their low con
versstiou in = strange language - night
long a so9thing rather than ~ inteTrup-
ton. had dream that night never -
~ forgotten, that dream amid The CON
plete ruins n Jericho Its past gran1sur
returned. and ! ssv The cry - a uas