The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-09-13

rible agony. or transported by some
ouisite gladness, and he sits down to
write a tune or a hymn, in which every
note or every word is a spark dropped
the forge of his own burning
emotions. So Mendelssohn wrote, and
so Beethoven, and so Charles Wesley. J
Cowper, depressed with misfortunes I'M
til almost insane. resolved on suicide,
and asked the cab driver to AXE him to
a certain place where he expected to
destroy his W life. The cab driver
lost his way, and Cowper began to think
of his w sin, and went back to his
home and sat down and wrote:
God moves in a mysterious way,
His wonders to perform;
He plants his footsteps In the sea,
And rides upon the storm.
Y fearful saints, fresh courage take,
The clouds you SO much dread
Are big with mercy and shall break
In blessings on your head"
Mozart composed his own requiem and
said to his daughter Emily, play that"
and while Emily was playing the
requiem Mozart's soul went up on the
wave of his own music into glory. En-
ilv looked around and her father was
dead.
This new song of Heaven was not
composed because Heaven had nothing
else to do. but Christ, In memory OF
cross and crown, of manger and throne,
OF earth and Heaven. and wrought upon
by the raptures Of the great eternity,
poured this from His heart, made 1t for
the armies of Heaven to shout in cele-
bration of victory, for worshipers to
chant in their temple services, for the
innumerable home circles of Heaven to
sing in the house of many mansions. III
q new tune be started in church there ID
only here and there a person that san
sing 1t. 1t is some time before q con-
gregation learns o new tune.
But not so with the new song OF
Heaven The children who vent up
to-day from the waters of the Gauges
are now singing it. That Christian man
or woman who a few minutes ago de-
parted from this very street has joined
it All know, it-those by the gates,
those on the river bank, those in the
temple. No feeling their way through
1t, or hating. or going back, as II they
never; before had sung 1t, but with q full
round voice they throw their soul into
this new song. IL nome Sabbath day q
few notes of that anthem should travel
down the air, we could not sing 1t. Nc
organ could roll its thunder. No harp
could catch its trill. No lip could an
nounce its sweetness. Transfixed, lost,
enchanted, dumb, we could not hear II
tho faintest note of the new song.
Yet, while / speak. Heavens cathedral
quakes under it. and seas of glory bear
1t from beach to beach, and thousand
times ten thousand and thousands OF
thousands sing 1.-THE new song"
Further: 1t is a commemorative song.
We are distinctly told that it makes
reference to past deliverances. o, how
much have they to sing about. They SING
Of the darkness through which on eartt
they passed, and it is a night song
That one was killed at Yorktown, and
with him it Is a battle song. That on
was imprisoned for Christ's sake, ant
with him 1t is a prison song. That wal
a Christian sailor boy that had his bach
broken on the ships halyards, and will
him 1t ia q sailors song. That on'
burned at Smithfeld, and with him 1t i
a fire song. o. how they will sing o
floods waded, of fires endured, Of perse
cution suffered, Of grace extended! Som
of hail! Song OF swordl song of hot lead
song Of axe! AS when the organ pipe
peal out some great harmony, ther
comes occasionally the sound Of tn
tremulante, weeping through the ca
dences. adding exquisiteness to the pei
formances, so amidst the ~stupendou
acclaim of the heavenly worshipers shal
come tremulous remembrances Of pas
endurance, adding a sweetness an,
glory to the triumphal strain. So tn
glorihed mother will sing of the cradl
that death robbed; and the enthrone
|, spirit from the ~almshouse will sing Of
lifetime Of want. God may wipe ava
, all tears, but not the memory Of tn
griaf that started them!
| Further: 1t will be an accompanie
song. Some have a great prelude
, against musical Instruments; and eve
D. among those who like them there Is a
: idea that they are unauthorized. 1loN
/, the cymbals, for Israel clapped them
3 triumph at the Red sea. I love h har'
for David struck it in praising the Lor'
a / love the trumpet, for we are told
q shall wake the dead. Hove all stringe
8 instruments and organs, for God d
mands that we shall praise him
stringed instruments and organs. Thei
is in such music much to suggest Il
higher worship; for I read that when I
i had taken the book the four and twent
r elders fell down before b Lamb, haviI
}, every one Of them "harps," and
heard the voice of tho harpers harpiu
c with their harps," and 81 saw them tn
s had gotten the victory from the bea
, standing on the sea of grass, having Il
harps Of God"
8 Yes, the song Is to be accompanie
You say that all this Is flgurativ
p Then, / say, prove II. l do not knC
y how much of it is literal and how mu'
G of 1t is figurative. Who car say b
that from some of the precious woods
r earth and Heaven there may not
made instruments Of celestial accor
In that worship David may take &
harp and Habakkuk the s%higionotn al
d when the great multitudes shall; Il
" lowing their wi inclinations, take
N instruments sweeter than Mozart ey
fingered or Schumann ever dreamed
It or Beethoven ever wrote for, let
Heaven make ready for the burst of 81
II pendous minstrelsy and the roll of t
d eternal orchestra!
o Further: 1t will be an anticipate
It song. Why, my friends, Heaven b
u hardly begun yet. If you had tax
b the opening piece of music to-day
u the whole service you would not ha
made so great O mistake as to suppo
Q that Heaven Is fully inaugurate
o Festal choruses on earth last only
% short while. The famous musical &C
vocation at Dusseldorf ended with t
70 fourth day. Our holidays last on
'r eight or ten days, but Heaven,
@ though singing for so many years, h
. only Just begun the new song" II /
n glorif1ed Inhabitants recount past del
It they will also enkindle atglor.
70 to come.
s. II at nine o'clock, when the chur
opened, you had taken the few peoI
who were scattered through it as t
u main audience you would not have ma
80 great q mistake as II you suppos
W that the present population OF Heav
N are to be its chief citizenship. Althou
~ millions are already there, the inhi
"a itants are only q handful compar
in with the future populations. All Chi
" is yet to be saved. All Borneo is yet
n. be saved. All India is yet to be say,
8 All Switzerland is yet to be saved. i
n Italy is yet to be saved. All Spain
ID yet to be saved. All Russia is yet to
ID saved. All France is yet to be saw
y All England is yet to be- saved.
y America Ia yet to be- saved. All
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