Telegram-herald., 1890-09-08
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Easter SUNDAY ia Dresden the loom of
cannon aud the rineaRg OF bells bring mui
tisadss 70 the churches 70 lislsa 10 tie
organ pea.s aRa the exciting sounds u
trumpet Aad drum When the great fair
dzy of i4eipsie comes the bands or music
from far gad u n gather ln the street ard
bewlldsr the ear with ineessaat playing OF
} flute aud horn. violin and oassoon- Al
Dusseldorf once year the lovers or music
assemble and for three or four days wait
upon the great singing festivals, and shout
/ al the close OF the chorases, and greet the
/ successful competitors As the prizes are
| disrFlogted-eups and vases OF silver snd
1 gold Al our American cities az times 70
| sound with orchestra and oratorio. Those
who can sing we'll or play skillfully upon
/ Instruments are greeted with vociferation
and garlanded by excited admirers.
TIE CLoRlEs or HEAVEN.
There are many whose most ecstatic de-
light is 70 be found in melodies, and all
the spleudor OF celestial gates, and al the
| lusciousness Of twelve manner Of fruits,
and all the rush OF foods from under the
/ throne OF God would not make a 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 tho building. And passing
| along the street Of heaven we hear, from
| the temple Of God and the Lamb, the
breaking forth of magnificent jubilate.
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vored throng, but God will not deny US the
pleasure OF standing while on the outside
I TO hear. John listened TO IL great while
ago, and they sang a new song"
Let none aspire to that blessed place
who have no love for this exercise, for al
| though il Is many ages since the thrones
were set, and the harps were strung, there
has been no cessation in the song, except
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Judging from the glorious things now
transpiring in Gods world, and the ever
accumulating triumphs of the Messiah,
that was the last half hour that heaven
will ever be silent
HEAVENS SONG A NEW SONG.
Mark the fact that this was a new song.
Sometimes have in church been noated
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
"Old Hundred, - or Mount Pisgah' would
sound i'll il spoken by sainted lips or
thrummed from seraphic harps. There are
many Of our fathers and mothers in glory
who would be slow to shut heavens gate
against these old time harmonies But
this we are told is a new song. Some OF
our greatest anthems and chorals are com
positions from other tunes-the sweetest
parts OF them gathered up into the har-
mony: and ] have sometimes thought that
this new song" may be partly made up Of
sweet strains of earthly music mingled in
eternal choral. But it will, after ALL be a
new song. This do know, that in sweet
ness and power it will be something that
the ear never hoard. All the skill OF the
oldest harpers of heaven viii be dung into
it. All the love of Gods heart will rins
from it. In its cadences the floods will
clap their hands, and il will drop with the
sunlight OF everlasting day and breathe
with odors from the blossoms Of the tree oi
life. "A new song"-just made for heaven
Many earthly songs are written by com
posers jast for the purpose OF making a
tune, and the land is flooded with note
books In which really valuable tunes are
the exception. But once in 4 while "A man
is wrought up By some great spectacle, OF
moved By some terrible agony, or trans
ported by some exquisite gladness, end hs
sits down 70 write a tune or a hymn in
which every note or every word is spark
dropped from The forge of his own burning
emotions. So Mendelssohn wrote, and -
Beethoven, aud so Charles Wesley. Cow
per- depressed with misfortGnes until al
most insane. resolved on suicide. and ask
ed the cab driver 10 take bin 10 a certain
place where be expected to destroy his owl
life The cab driver lost his way, anc
Cowper began to think Of his sin, an,
went back TO his home, and SIT down and
wrote.
God moves in a mysterious way
His wonders % perform.
h plants bis footsteps IN the SEA
And rides upon the storm
Ys fearful saints fresh courage take;
The clouds you 80 much dread
A-e big with mercy sni sh2l break
In blessings co your head
Mozart composed his own requiem ant
said % his daughter Emily. Play that
And while Emily was playing the requiem
Mozart soul went mp on the wave of hi
own music into glory. Emily lOokeS
around and her father was dead.
OK WAVE OF MELODY TO GLORY.
This new song of heaven was not com
posed. because heaven had nothing else G,
do but Christ, in memory Of cross anS
crown. Of mangsr and throne. # earth ans
he7ven. and wrought upon by the rapture
Of the great eter1ity. poured this frola bt
heart. mnde it for the armies n heaven q
shout in Celebration Of victory. for worship
e. 20 chant in their temple services. n
the innuuersble bone circles of heaven L
sing IN the house Of many nsusioHs II
nev tune bs started tn church there = onll
here and there person who ran sing it
Il j. some tin1e before the c8nzfazgat ioi
learn a rev tune Bat ret 80 wish ~
new song n heaven The cbildren wh.
went up to-day from ths waters of t.