Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-10-30

to the angel of mercy bending over her Pill
low. Would you kiss met" Il will, said
the Christian woman, as she put upon ner
cheek the last salutation before, IN the
heavenly world, think, God gave her the
welcoming kiss. That was religionl Yes,
that was religion. Good Samaritans along
every street and along every road as well
as this one ON the road to Jericho.
But our procession of sightseers is again
in line, and here we pass through deep
ravine, and cry to the dragoman; "David,
what place do you call thiss" and he re-
piled: ''This is the brook Cherith, where
Elijah was fed by the ravens" And In
that answer he overthrow my life long no
tions of the place where Elijah was waited
on by the black servants of the sky. A
brook to me had meant slight depression
of ground and a stream iordable, ana per
haps fifteen feet wide. But here was chasm
that an earthquake must have scooped ouS
with its biggest shovel or spnt Win lts
mightiest battle AK. Six hundred feet
deep is it, and the brook Cherith Is river
which. when in full force, is silver wedge
splitting the mountains into preelpices.
The feathered descendants of Elijah's
ravens still wing their way across this rar
vine. but are not like the crows we sup
]
eagles and one of them could carry in its
beaE and clinched claw at once enough food
for a half dozen Eliiahs No thanks to the
ravens: they are carnivorous, aud would
rather have picked out the eyes Of Elijah,
whom they found at the mouth Of his cave
/ ON the side of Cherith waiting for his
breakfast. having drunk his morning bev-
eraee from the rushing stream beneath,
/ than have be an his buffers and puryeyors.
COPS WINGED sEIsvIToRs.
But God compelled them, as he always
/ has COMPELLED and always viii compel
black and cruel and overshadowing provi-
dences to carry help 20 his children II they
only have faith enough to catch the bless
ing as IL drops from the seeming adversely,
tie greatest blessing always coming not
with white wings but black wings Black
wings Of conviction, bringing pardon TO the
sinner. Black wings Of cruciiixion over
Calvary, bringing redemption for the
world Black wings OF American revoiu-
ton. bringing free institutions 20 CONT
pent. Black wings OF American civil war,
bringing uniiication and solidarity to the
republic. Black wings of the Judgment
dav, bringing resurrection 20 an entombed
human race. And In the last day. when
all your life and mine will be summed up
we will find that the greatest blessing We
ever received came on the wings OF the
black ravens Of disaster. Bless God toi
troublel Bless God for sickness Bless
God for persecution Bless God Tor poy
ertvi You never heard OF any man OF
womnn OF great use to the world who hac
NOT had lots of trouble. The diamond
must be cut. the wheat must be threshed
Tho black ravens must fly Who are thes'
nearest the throney These are they Wit
, come out OF great tribnlatiou, and has
their robes washed and made white in tn
blood Of the Lamb.
But looki Look what az O'Clock in tn
afternoon bursts upon our vision = tn
plnin 81 Jericho. and the valley OF Jordan
and the Dead Sea We have come to
, place where the horses not SO much wall
: a. slide up on their launches and we al
di.mount. for the steep descent is simpl
/ terrific. though princess Of Mallachl
who fell here and was dangerously injured
after recovery spent large amount Q
I money in trying TO make the road passi
/, Die. Down and down ull we saw n
white tents pitched for US hy our muleteer
amid The ruins Of ancient Jericho whic
fell at the Sound Of poor music played on
sram's horn that ancient instrumen
! which. taken from the head q the leader q
/. the flock Of sheep. IS perforated and pre-
: pared 10 be fingered by the musical pen
former. and blown upon when pressed {
+, the lips IS in Gnothes sermon hay
fnllv described thut scene viii only sa
!. that every day for seven days the minister
- az religion went round the city of jcrich
/, blowing upon those rams horns. and o
y the seventh day, without the roll Of wa
D. ~ #,.s,t-s, of IA ar
swing Of a ballista crashi crashl erasl
[, went the walls of that magnificent capita
:, on THE SITE or JERICHO.
On the evening Of Dec. WE wake
amid the brick aud mortar Of that sha
:, tered city. and said to myself. A
!, this done by poor music blest Of God. f
\ il was not a harp, or a finite, or clappin
= cymbal. or an organ played, at the SCUM
= OF which the city surrendered to destru
" tion. but a rude instrument making rue
= music blest Of God, TO the demolition
. that wicked place which had for centuri'
defied the Almighty. And | said, il a
this was by the blessing of God on poo
music, what mightier things could be doi
hy the blrssingof God on good music, skill
" fui music. gospel music II all the goC
= that has already been done by music we
subfracted from the world / believe tire
fourths of is religion would be gone. IL
:, lnllabys OF mothers which keep soundir
!. on, though the lips that sang them for
years ago became ashes the old hymns
. log cabin churches and country meetir
a houses, and psalms ia Rouse's version
\ Scotch kinks; the anthem in English cath
= drais. the ron 81 organs that viii never
" Handel OF Haydn or Beethoven die; q
~ thrum OF harps. thesweep Of the howaero
7 bass viols. the song Of sabbath srhoo
sforming the heavens. the doN0ogy
IL great assembiages why, a thousand Jei
chos Of sin have 10y them all been brougl
=, down.
Seated by the warmth Of our eampiir
= that evening OF Dec 6, amid the bricks al
N debris of jericho, and thinking what po
" music has dune and what mighiier thini
r. could be accomplished by the blessings
God ON good music, ! said to myself: Nj
- isters have been doing grand work M
sermons have been blessed, but would
= not be wei Tor rs to pnt more emphasis {
= musics Oh for a campaign of 'Old Hu
a.