Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-08
HEAVENS NEW SONG.
DIR. TALME0E's SERMON. on, THE
MUSIC OF THE BLEsT.

ing lI'
BROOKLYN. Sept 7-Dr. Talmage's ser
mon for today was "A glowing description
Of the melodies of the Celestial land. His
text was "Ahd they sang "a new song. y
Rev v,9 Following Is the sermon;
Nearly nil the cities of Europe and
America have conseryatories of music and
associations whose object it is by voice
and instrument to advance the art of sweet
sounds On Thursday nights Exeter httil
of London, used to resound with the music
Of first class performers, who gave their
services gratuitously to the masses, who
came in with free tickets and huzzaed at
the entertainment. AT Berlin at II O'Clock
,Illy the military hand, with sixty or a
hundred Instruments, discourses at the
Royal Opera house for the people. On
Easter Sunday in Dresden the boom of
cannon and the ringing of bells bring null
titudes TO the churches to listen to the
organ peals aud the exctiny sounds Of
trumpet and drum When the great fair
day Of l.eipsie comes the bands Of music
from far and near gather in the street and
bewilder the ear with incessant playing Of
flute and horn, violin and hassoon. At
Dusseldorf once year the lovers of music
assemble, and for three or four days wait
Hpon the great singing festivals. and shout
ut the close of the choruses, and greet the
successful competitors us the prizes are
observation-disclosures and vases of silver and
gold All our American cities ut times re
sound with orchestra and oratOrio. Those
who can sing well or play sllillfully upon
Instruments are greeted with vooiferation
and garlanded by excited admirers.
THE GLORlEs or HEAVEN.
There are many whose most ocstatic do
light IL to he found in melodies, and all
the splcndor of celestial gates, and all the
IusciOuSness of twelve manner of fruits,
and all the rush Of foods from under the
throne of God would not make heaven
for them if there were no great and trans
porting harmonies Passing along our
streets in the hour of worship you hear
the voice of sacred melody, although you
do not enter the building And passing
along the street Of heaven we hear, from
the temple of God and the Lamb, the
breaking forth of magnificent jubilnte.
We may not yet enter in among the IA
vored throng, but God will not deny us the
pleasure of standing while on the outside
to hear John listened to it Il great while
ago, and they sang n new song"
Let none aspire to that blessed place
who have no love for this exercise, for al.
though it IL many ages since the thrones
were set and the harps were strung, there
has been no cessation in the song, except,
ing once for about thirty minutes; and,
Judging from the glorious things now
TRANSPORTING in Gods world, and the ever
accommodating triumphs Of the Messiah,
that was the last half hour that heaven
will ever he silent.
HEAVENS SONG A NEW SONG.
Mark the fact that this was new song.
Sometimes have in church been 1oated
away upon some great choral in which all
our people seemed to mingle their voices,
and have. in the glow of my emotions,
said surely this is music good enough
for heaven Indeed do not believe that
Luther's Hymn" or Coronation" or
Odd Hundred, or Mount Pisgah" would
sound i'll if spoken by sainted lips or
thrlmmed from seraphic harp8 There are
many of our fathers and mothers in glory
who would he slow to shut heavens gate
against these old time harmonies, But
this we are told is new song Some Of
our greatest anthems and choIWls nre com
positions from other tunes-the sweetest
parts Of them gathered mp into the har
mony, and have sometimes thought that
this "new song" may he partly made upof
sweet strains of earthly music mingled in
eternal choral But it will, after all hc
new song This do know, That in sweet
ness and power it win he something that
the ear never heard All the skill of the
oldest harper4 of heaven will be Hung into
1t. All the love Of Gods heart will ring
from it, In its cadcnces the floods vail
clap their hands, and it will drop with the
sunlight Of everlasting day and breathe
with odors from the blossoms Of the tree Of
life. "a new song just made for heaven.
Many earthly songs are written 10y com
p0seIs just for the purpose of making Il
tune, aud the land is flooded with note
hooks in which really valuable tunes are
the exception But once in II while man
is wrought up by some great spectacle, or
moved by some terrible agony, or trans
ported 10y some exquisite gladncSs and he
sits down to write "A tune or "A hymn in
which every note or every word is IA spark
dropped from the forge of his own burning
SO MenhclsSohn wrote, aud go
Beethoven, and so Charles Wesley. Cow
per, depressed with misfortunes until nj
most insane resolved on suicide. and ask
ed the cab driver u take him to Il certain
place where he expected to destroy his own
life The cab driver lost his way and
Cowper began to think of his sin, and
went bnck to his home, and sat down and
wrote
God moves in a mysterious way
His wonders to perform;
lie plants his footsteps in the sea
And rides upon the storm
We fearful saints, fresh courage take;
The clouds you So much dread
Are biz with mercy and shall break
In hl. sings on your head.
Mozart composed his own requiem and !
said to his daughter Emily, "Play that
Aud while Emily was playing the requiem
Mo1arts soul went up on the wave of his
own music into glory Emily looked |
around aud her father was dead.
on \ WAVE OF MELODY To GLORY
This new song Of heaven was not com
posed, hecause heaven had nothing else to |
10, but Christ, in memory of cross and |
.rown, of Manager and throne, of earth and |
heaven, aud wrought upon by the rapturrs |
IF the great eter@ity, poured this from his |
heart, nude il for the armies of heaven to |
shout in celebration of victory, forworship |