Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-09-11

we could. not sing it. No or
gan could roll It's thunder. No harp
could catch its trIll. No lip could an
nounce its sweetness. Transfxed, lost,
enchanted, dumb, we could not hear it.
the faintest note OF the new song. Yet
while speak Heavens cathedral Quakes
under 1t, and seas Of glory bear IT from
beach TO beach, and ten thousand times
ten thousand and thousands Of thousands
sing it-''the new song"
Further, 1t IS commemorative song.
We are distinctly told that IL makes ref
erence to past deliverances. Oh, how
much have they to sing about They
sing Of the darkness through which on
earth they have passed, and 1t is night
song. That one was killed at Yorktown,
and with him it is battle song. That
one was imprisoned for Christ's sake, and
with him it is prison song. That was
q Christian sailor boy that had his back
broken on the ships halyards, and with
him 1t is o sailors song. That one
burned at Smithfeld, and with him it is
a fire song. Oh, how they will sing of
floods waded, Of fires endured, of perse-
cution suffered, of grace extended |!
Song Of haill song Of sword! song of hot
lead! song Of axl AS. when the organ
pipes peal out some great harmony there
comes occasionally the SQUAD Of the
tremulante, weeping through the ca
dences, adding exQuislteness to the per-
formances, so amidst the stupendous ac-
claim Of the heavedly worshipers shall
come tremulous remembrances Of past
endurance, adding sweetness and glory
to the triumphal strain. So the glorified
mother will sing of the cradle that death
robbed, and the enthrOned spirit from
the almshouse will sing Of o lifetime of
want. God may wipe away all tears,
but not the memory of the grief that
started them!
Further, it will be an accompanied
song. Some have great prejudice
against musical instruments, and even
among those who like them there Is an
idea that they are unauthorized. / love
the cymbals, for Israel clapped them in
triumph at the Red Sea. love the harp,
for David struck it In praising the Lord.
1 love the trumpet, for we are told that
it shall wake the dead. love all strlnged
instruments and organs, 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 read that when He
had taken the book the four-and-twenty
elders fell down before the Lamb, hav-
ing every one of them ''harps," and 81
heard the voice 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.
1 say prove it. do not know how much
of it is literal, and how much Of it is
figurative. Who can say but that from
some of the precious woods of earth and
Heaven there may not be made instru-
ments of celestial accord? In that wor-
ship David may take the harp and
Habakkuk the shigionoth, and when the
great multitudes shall, following their
own inclinations, take up instruments
sweeter than Mozart ever fingered, or
Schumann ever dreamed of, or Beethoven
ever wrote for,s let all Heaven make
ready for the burst of stupendous
minstrelsy and the roll of the eternal
orchestra.
Further, it will be an anticipative song.
Why, my friends, Heaven has hardly be-
gun yet. If you had taken the opening
piece of music to-day for the whole serv-
ice you would not have made so great a
mistake as to suppose that Heaven is
fully inaugurated. Festal chOrouses on
earth last only short while. The fam
GUS musical convocation at Dusseldorf
ended with the fourth day. Our holidays
last only eight or ten days, but Heaven,
although singing for so many years, has
only just begun "the new song" If the
glorified inhabitants recount past deliv-
erances they will also enkindle at glories
to come. If at Q o'clock, when the
church opened, you had taken the few
people who were scattered through it as
the main audience you would not have
made so great a mistake as If you sup.
posed that the present population of
Heaven are to be its chief citizenship.
Although millions are already there, the
inhabitants are only q handful compared
with the future populations. All China
is yet to be saved. All India is yet to be
saved. All Borneo is yet to be saved
All Switzerland is yet to be saved. AL
Italy is yet to be saved. All Spain IL
yet to be saved. All Russia is yet to bt
saved All France is yet to be saved
All England is yet to be saved. AL
America is yet to be saved. All thu
world is yet to be saved. After tha
there may be other worlds to conquer.
do not know but that every star tina
glitters in our nights is an inhabited
world, and that from all those spheres ,
mighty host are to march into oul
Heaven. There will be no gate to keel
them out. We do not want to keel
them out. We will not want to keel
them out. God will not want to keel
them out. @
have sometimes thought that all tn,
millions OF earth that go into glory ar
but a very small colony compared witt
the influx from the whole universe. Go,
could build heaven large enough no
only for the universe, but for ten thou
sand universes. do not know just hoy
it will be, but this / know, that Heavel
is to be constantly augmented, and tina
the song of glory Is rising higher an,
higher, and the procession is being multi
piled. If Heaven sung when Abel wen
up-the first soul that ever left earth TO
| glory-how must it sing now whe
souls go up in flocks from all owe
Christendom, hour by hour and momen
by moment.
Our happy gatherings on earth ar
chilled by the thought that soon we mus
separate. Thanksgiving and Christina
days come, and the rail trains fyin
| thither are crowded. Glad reunions TAX
place. We have time of great enjoy
ment. But soon it is goodbye" in tn