Sharp County record., 1890-09-25

hration of victory, for worshlpers 10
chant in their temple services, for the
ilnumerable home circles of Heaven to
sing in the house OF many mansions If
a new tune be started in church there is
only here and there person that can
sing it. 1t is some time before the con-
gregation learn new tune. But not so
with the new song of Heaven. The
children who went up to-day from
the waters of the Ganges are
now singing it. That Christian
man or woman, who, few min
utes ago, departed from this very street.
has Joined it. All know it-those by
the gates, those on the river bank,
those in the temple. Not feeling their
way through it, or halting, or going
back, as if they never before had sung it,
but with a 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 conld not
sing it. No organ could roll its thun-
der, no harp could catch its thrill No
lip could announce its sweetness. Trans
fixed, lost, enchanted, dumb, we could
not hear 1.-THE faintest note of the
new song Yet, while | speak, Heav-
ems cathedral quakes under it, and
seas of glory bear it from beach to
beach, and ten thousand times ten thou
sand, and thousands Of thousands, sing
1.-THE new song"
Further it is commemorative song.
We were distinctly told that it makes
reference to past deliverences, Oh,
how much have they to sing about
They sing of the darkness through
which on earth they passed, and it is
a night song. That ono was killed at
Yorktown, and with him it is battle
song. That one was imprisoned for
Chrisu's sake, and with him it is a
prison song. That was Christian
sailor boy that had his back broken on
the ships halyards, and with him it is
sailors song. That one burned at
Smithfield, and with him it is fire
song Oh! how they will sing of floods
waded, of fires endured, of persecution
suffered, of grace extended Song
of hall Song of sword song
of hot lead! song Of axe! As
when the organ"pipes peal out some
great harmony, there comes OCCASION
ally the sound of the tremulante, weep
ing through the cadences, adding eX-
quisiteness to the performances, so
amidst the stupGndous acclaim Of the
heavenly worshipers shall come tremu-
lous remembrances of past endurance,
adding sweetnes and glory to the
triumphal strain. So the glorifed
mother will sing of the cradle that
death robbed; and the enthroned split
from the alms-house will sing of life
time of want. God may wipe away all
tears, but not the memory of the grief
that started them!
Further: 1t will be an accomplished
song Some have q great prejudice
against musical instruments, and oven
among those who like them, there is an
idea that they are unauthorized. l love
the cymbals, for Israel clapped them in
triumph at the Red Sea. love the harp,
for David struck it in praising the Lord
| love the trumpet, for we are told that
it 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 suggest the
higher worship, for | 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 II heard the voice of the
harpers harping with their harps," and
Il saw them that had gotten the VIC
tory from the beast standing on the sea
of glass; having the barps of God"
Yes, tho song is to be accompanied
You say that all this is fgurative.
Then Isay, prove it. I do not know how
much of it is literal, and how much of
it is fgurative, Who can say but that
from some of the precious woods Of
earth and Heaven there may not be
mado instruments Of celestial accord.
In that worship David may take tho
harp, and Habakkuk tho shiglonoth;
and when tho great multitudes shall,
following their own inclinations, take
up instruments swcctcr than Mozart
ever fingered, or Schumann ever
dreamed Of or Beethoven ever wrote
for, let all Heaven make ready for tho
burst of stupendous minstrelsy, and the
roll Of tho eternal orchestral
Further 1t will be an anticipative
song Why my friends, Heaven has
hardly begun yet, II you had taken
tho opening piece Of music to-day for
the whole service, you would not have
made 50 great mistake as to suppose
that Heaven is fully inauguratod.
Fostal chorusos on earth last only q
short while, The famous musical con-
vocation at Dusseldorf ondod with tho
fourth day. Our holidays last only
eight or ten hours; but Heaven,
although singing for so many years. has
only just begun "tho now song"
II tho glorilod inhabitants recount
past dollvorancos, they will also on.
kindlo ut glories TO come. II, at nine
o'clock, when tho church opened, you
had takon tho fow people who wore