The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-09-19
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sea oil glass. having the harps of God"
fes, the song Is to I've accompanied. You
say that all this is fiIurutive. Then say,
proveit. lido not know how mucl, of il In
liberal, and how much OF it is figuratiyc.
Who can say but that from some of the
precious woods nf earth and heaven there
may not be made Instruments Of cclcstinl
accord. In TINT worship David may take
the harp, und Habnkkuk the sl,igionoih; and
when tho great multitudcs shall, following
their own inclinations 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 stnpentous minstrcls, and the roll
OF the eternal orchestra!
Further; it will be un anticipated song
Why, my friends, heaven has hardly hesun
yet. Ii you had taken tho opening piece o!
music to-day for the whole service, you
would not have made so great II mistake as
to suppose thht heaven is .ully innuguratcd.
Frstal choruses on earth last only short
While. The famous musical convocation ut
dusseldorf ended with the fourth dny. Our
holidays lnst only eight or ton days; but
heaven, though singing for SO many years
has only begun "tle new song" II the
gortied inhabitants recount past deliver
anccs, they will also eukinilc ut eorirs to
come. II. mt . O'Clock, when the church
opened, ynu had taken the few people who
were scattered through it as the main audi.
encc you would not have made SO great IL
present population of heaven nrc to hc it's
chief citizenship Although millions are al.
ready there, the inl,ubit nts are only II
handful compared witty le future popua-
tions.
All China is yet To be saved. All India is
yet to he saved. All Bornco vet to be
saved. All Switzerland is yet to he saved.
All Ifplt. ia %,nt t,,t I
to he saved All l;ussiu is yet to he saved.
All France is yet to bc saved. All England
is yet to he saved. All America is yet to be-
saved. All the world is yet to lie saved
Alter that there may he other worlds to
conquer do not know but that every star
that glittrrs in our nights is an inhabited
world and that from all these spheres II
mighty host are to march into oui heaven.
There will he no gate to keep them out. We
do not want 10 keep them ort. We will not
want to keep them out. God will not want
10 keep them out.
have sometimes thought that nll tho mill
ions OF earth that go into glory are hut Il
very small colony compared with the influx
rom the whole universe. God could build
heaven largo enough not 0nl, for the uni.
verse, but for ten thousand uniyerscs. ! do
not know just how it will be, but this do
know, that heaven is to be constantly aug.
nente,; anu that tile song oi glory is rising
higher and higher and the procession is
hring multiplied. Ii heaven sang When Abel
went ur-the first soul thatcvrl, Left earth
for Elort-low must it sing now when souls
20 up in Ocks from all Christcnuom, hour
by hour mom,nt by moment.
Our happy gatherings on earth ara chilled
by the thought TINT soon we must separate
Thanksgiving and Christmas day come, aud
the rail trains flying thither are crowded
Glad reunions take place. We hnvo n time
OF great enjoyment. But soon it is good
bye in the hail. good bye at the door
rail train, good bye on the steamboat
wharf. We meet in church. 1t is good to he
here. But soon the ,loXology will br sung,
HE hrncdiciion pronounced, and tho nudi
encc will he gone. But there are no srpura
tions, no good hyes in heaven. AT the door
OF the homse of many mansions, no good
bye. At the praliy gate, no good bye
cause We arc always to sing it. Mightier
song as our other friends come in. Mishtier
song ~ other gurunds are set on the brow
o: Jesus. Mi::iticr song US ChrSt's .lorics
um!old.
Ift,e first day We enter heaven we sing
well. the next day wo sing better Song an.
ticipative OF moro light, OF more love, of
more trnmphs. Always something new to
hear, somrthin. new to soc. Muny good
people suppose that We shall sc" heaven the
first day We get there. No! Yon cannot see
London in two weeks. You cannot see Rome
in six weeks You cannot see Ernire in II
month. You cannot SEE the great city oi
tie New Jerusalem in dny. No; il will take
nll eternity to see heaven, TO count thu
towers, to examine the trophies, to gn1r u,r-
on the thrunc; to SEQ the hierarrhs. Ages
on ages roll. and yet heaven il new! Tic
streets new! The Temple new! Tho JOY new
The song new!
stayed II week ut niagara Falls hoping
Thoroughly TO understand and appreciate il.
But on the last day they seemed newer and
more cincomprohcnsibc thanlon the first day
spleniors. where the oceans of delight meet
AMI pour themselves into the great heart OF
Gul-how soon will We exhaust the song?
Never! Never!
Tile old preachers. in describing the sor.
rows of the lost used to lit up heir hands
and shout, 1.-The wrath to comet "Ihe
wrath to come To-day lift NJ my hands,
1.-The JOY tocomc,' "lhe bliss to COME
Oh. to wander un tho banks oil tho bright
river, and yet to feel that n little further
down we shall find still brighter floods on
trrng it! oh. to stand thousand years
listening to The enchanting music of heaven.
nil.l tl,en To find out that the harpcrs nrc
only tuning their harps.
Il
nous song. There will, no doubt. be some
to lead, but all will be expected do Join. II
will he grand congregational singing All
the sweet voices of tho redeemed. grand
music it will br WHEN that ne. SOM. arises.
Luther sings il. Charles Wesley sings it.
Lowell Mason sings it. Our voires now may
lie harsh ann our ears uncnltivatcd, but our
throats cleared at last. and oar capacities
enlarged. you and | will not be ashamed to
utter our voices ns loudly as any OF them.
These nations tha, nave always been dis
tinSuisli"h for their caparity in song will
lift up thir vuiccs in that melody. Those
who have had much opportunity to hear The
Germans sing will know what id,.l mean
to give. when say that the German naton
will pour their deep full voice into he new
song. Evcrybody knows the natural git of
the African for singing. No singing on this
continent like that Of the co!or"d CHURCHES Of
the South. Everybody going To Richmond
or to Charleston wants tn hear the Africans
sing. But when not only Ethiopia. but MI
that continent o!darknrss. Tits up its hands,
md all Africa pours her great volume Of
voice into the new song-thnt will be music
for you. Added to tlis nrc Ill the 10000
600. 900 Of children that nre estimated to
have gone into glory, and the host % ynnn:c
md old that hereafter shall people the earth
aud inhnbit the stars.
Oh! the now song! Gather it Nil up! Mui-
tiply IL with every sweetness. Pour into II
every harmony! Crown it with every glad
ness! Belt it with every spcndor! Fire it
with every glory! Toss il to the greatest
height oi majesty! Roll it to the gr,ndesi
cycle of feternity.-and then you huvebut the
tnintcst conception OF what John experienced
when, amidst the magniiccnce OF npocalyp,
tic vision. I.n heard it tile new song
God grant HAT at last wr may all sing il,
But il We do no, sing the prai-" OF Christ up
ON earth. We will never sing it in heaven.
BE sure that your hearts are now attulleI
'or the heavenly worship There is cathc-
dral in Europe with nm organ in each end.
Organ answers organ. aud tho music waves
backward and forward with indescr,hablc Of.
feet. We'll, my friends, the time will como
when earth and heaven will be hut different
parts Of one great accord 1t will bo JOY here
nnd JOY there! Jesus here md Jesus there.
Trumpet to trumpet! Organ to organ! Hal.
le'minh to hallcluial! "Entil the Iaybrcai
and the shadows flee AWAY turn, my beloved.
and he thou like IL roe or n young hart upon
the mountains o: Bcther.'
Wait on Yourself.
There is one lesson which every young
person ought to learn. 1t is Il duty.
Wait on yourself.
DO not grow up to depend on Others
Make it rulcio do whatever you can your
self
Don't call Oh your mother or your sister,
or i,n f,r hif.I, >, inst