The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-09-10

~ NA~Arfh fhoul plo borVlOo, lOr tno luuuhoE-
sbio home, circles Of Heaven to sing
hi the houseaof many mansions. II a
Aew time DO started IN church, there is
only hete and there person who can
sing II II issoine time before the con-,
Rrefation learna new tuue But not %
With the new song Of Heaven The,
children who went up to-daJ from The
waters OF the Ganges are now singing
It That Christian man or woman, who,
few minutes ago, departed from this
very street, has joined 1t. All know II
---those by the gates, those on the river
bank, those in the temple. Not feeling
their way through II, or halting, or go
ing back, as II they never before had
sung it, but with full round voice they
throw their soul into this new song. If
some Sabbath day few notes of that
anthem should travel down the air we
could not sing It, No organ could roll
its thunder No harp could catch its
trill No lip could announce Its sweet
ness. Transhxed, lost, enchanted.
dumb, We could not hear 1.-THE faint
est note Of the new song. Yet while 1
speak Heavens cathedral quakes under
1t, and seas Of glory bear IL from beach
TO beach, and ten thousand times ten
thousand, and thousands Of thousands
sing 1.-THE new song"
Further: 1t Is commemorative song;
we are distinctly told that It makes
reference to past delivcrances. o, how
much have they 70 sing about They
sing Of the darkness through which on.
Garth they passed, and IL is o night
song. That ono was killed at Yorktown,
and with him II 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 sailors song. That one
burned at SmithHeld, and with him 1t
is FIRE song. o, how they will sing Of
foods waded, Of fres endured, Of perse-
cution suffered, Of grace extended Song
Of hail! Song Of swordl Song of hot
lead! Song Of axe AS whom the organ
pipes peal out some great harmony there
comes occasionally the sound OF the
tremulante, weeping through the ca
dences, adding exquisiteness TO the per-
formances, amidst the stupendous ac-
claim of the worshipers shall come
tremulous remembrances Of past endur-
ance, adding 4 sweetness and glory to
the triumphal strain. So the glorifed
mother will sing OF the cradle that death
robbed; and the enthroned spirit from
the alms-house will sing of lifetime Of
want God may wipe away all tears,
but not the memory OF the grief that
started theml
Further: 1t 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. l love the
harp, for David struck 1t in praising the
Lord. love the trumpet, for we are told
that II shall wake the dead. love all
stringed instruments and organs; for
God demands that we shall praise Him
on stringed instruments and organs.
There is in such music much to sugges,
the higher worship; for l read that
when He had taken the book, the four.
and-twenty elders fell down before the
Lamb, having every one Of them
"harps," and ~ heard the voice OF the
harpers harping with their harps," and
~ 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.
You say that all this is Hgurative. Then
say, prove It. ! do not know how
much OF 1t is literal and how much OF II
is fgurative. Who can say but that
from some Of the precious woods OF earth
and heaven there may not be made In
strun,ents Of celestial accord. In that
worship David may take the harp, and
Habakkuk the shigionoth; and when the
great multitpdes shall, folio wing their
own inclinations, take up instruments
sweeter than Mozart ever fingered OF
Schuman ever dreamed Of, or Beeth-
oven ever wrote for, let all Heaven
mako ready for the burst OF stupendous
minstrelsy, and the roll OF the eternal
orchestra. ,-.
Further: II will be an anticipatiye
song. Why my friends Heaven has
hardly begun yet Ifyou had taken the
opening piece Of music to-day for the
whole service, you would not have made
I 20 great o mistake as TO suppose thai
Heaven is fully inaugurated Festal
choruses on earth last only q shori
while. The famous musical convoca
tion at Dusseldorf ended with the fourth
day. Our holidays last only eight or ter
days; but Heaven, although singing fol
20 many years, has only just begun ''ths
new song" II the gloriAed inhabitant:
recount past dsliverances, they will also
snkindls at glories 10 come. II, at mind
o'clock whom tho church opened, YOU
bed taken Tia fsy,people who Wefe cost
tired thrpiiRh n y The main apdiance,
you woulA iot have made % frsati
mistake n II you supposed that the
present population Of Heaven are TO b
its chief citizenship Although millions
are already there, the inhabitants are
only Q handfdf compared with the future
population. All China 10 yet TO be saved.
All India 10 yet TO be saved. All Borneo
is yet 10 be saved. All Switzerland ID
Jet 10 be saved. All Italy is yet to be
saved. All Spain Is yet to be saved.
All Russia Is yet TO be saved. All
France n vet % b sayed. n All England
ID get tobe sAved. All, America b YET
70 be saved. An the world 10 yet TO be
saved. After that there may be other
worlds TO conquer. ! do not know but
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