The Iola register., 1891-10-02
DR. TALMAGES SERMON.
He Pleads for Christian Melo-
dy-Dedication of the
Big New Organ In the sTahernacle Made
the Occasion for s:Discourse on Hars
meny in the Church-God's
Music Found In Every
thing.


cal. programme at the tabernacle is
always attractive, that Of to-day was
exceptionally beautiful, the Congrega-
tional singing, offertories an6 inter-
ludes being rendered with marvellous
volume and expression. DR.. Talmage's
sermon, which was appropriate TO the
occasion, was on the text, Genesis iv,
q: His brothers name was Jubal
He was the father of all such as handle
the harp and organ"
Bamech had two bows, the one a
herdsman and the other a musician.
Jubai, the younger son, was the first
organ builder. He started the igst
sound that rolled from the wondrous
instrument which has had so much to
do with the worship of the ages. Bat
what improvement has been made un-
der the hands of organ builders such as
Bernhard. Sebastian Each and George
Hogarth and Joseph Booth and Thomas
RObiohn, clear on down to George and
Edward Jardine OF our own day. / do
not wonder that when the first full or
gan that we read OF as given in I57 by
an emperor of the east to the king ef
France. sounded forth its full grandeur
a woman fell into a delirium from
The majest- OF great organ stillfullv
played Is almost too much for human
endurance. but how much the instru-
has done in the reformation OF divine
services 1t will take all time and etnr-
nifty to celebrate. Last April when we
dedicated this church to the service. Of
Almighty God our organ was not more
than half done. It has now come so
near completion that this morning I
preach a sermon dedicatory of this
mighty throne of sacred sounds. 1t
greets the eye as well as the ear
Behold this mountain of anthems,
This forest Of hOsannahs. Its history
Is peculiar. The late 1ir. George Jar
dine recentiy made a tour of the organs
of Europe. He gathered up in his
portfolio an account Of all the excel
lences of the renowned instruments OF
music on the other side OF the Atlantic.
and all the new improvements aE&
brought back that portfolio TO Ameriof-
declaring that Brooklyn t8be-Assles
should have the Tuli advantage cf all
he had obtained and although Re did
not live tC carry out his idea. his son.
Mr.. Edward Jardine. has introduced
into his great organ all those improve
ments and grandeurs and while YOU
hear this organ yOd hear all that is not
able in She organs of LucerEe and Fri
bOurg and Haarlem and ST, Paul and
Westminster Abbey, and other great
organs that have enrapUured the world.
In 1t are banked uD more harmOnies
than l can describe. and all for God and
the lighting Of the soul toward him.
Its four banks OF keys. its 40 stops al !
appliances, its 1910 pipes. its chime Of
thirty-seven bells, its cathedral diapa-
son and pedal double diapasOn. its song
trumpet and night horn aud vox hu-
mana, all, all, we dedicate to God and
the soul. 1t will. | believe, Under the
divine blessing lead unoounted thou
sands into the kingdom. Its wedding
marches, its thanksgiving anthems, its
requiems, will sound after all the
voices that follow it today shall have
sung their last song. To God the
Father, God the Son and God the Holy
Ghost we dedicate it.
There has been much discussion as to /
where music was born. I think that at
the beginning, when the morning stars
sang together, ard all the suns of God |
shouted for joy, that the earth heard |
the echo. The cloud on which the an
gels stood to celebrate the, creation was
the birthplace of song. Inanimate ma
ture is full of Gods stringed and wind |
instruments.
Silence itself--perfecte teilence-iso only
a musical rest in Gods great anthem of |
worship. Wind among the leaves. in |
sects humming in the summer air, the |
rush of hillow upGn the beach. the |
ocean far out sounding it's everlasting |
psalm, the bobolink on the edge of the |
forest, the quail whistling up from the
grass, are music. On ,Blackwell,s !
island / heard coming from a,window of
the lunatlc asylum, a very sweet song,
1t was sung by one who had lost her
and [ have come to believe that
even the deranged and disordered ele-
ments of nature would make music to
OR ear If We only had acutehess enough
10 listen. l suppose that even the
sounds in nature that are discordant
and repulsiVe make harmony in Gods
ear. You know that you NAV come so
near to an orchestra that the sounds
are painful instead of pieasurable and I
think we stand so near devastating
storm ard frightful whiglwind we can
not hear that which makes to Gods
ear and the ear of the spirit above US a
music as complete as IL is tremendous. l
The day of judgment, which will be
lay of uproar and tumult, l suppose will
bring no dissonanee to the ears of those
Uho can calmly listen; although it be as
when some great performer is executing /
i boisterOus piece Of music. he some
lines breaks down the instrument on {
which he plays. so ii may be on tbat 7
asst day that the grand march of God. i
played by the fingers of thunder, and |
earthquake, and coafagration. mar
Freak down the world on Ehich the "a
music is executed Not only is mani G
mated nature full of music, bat God has I
yonderfuli organized the human voice. s
o that ia the plainest throat and lungs /
here are fourteen direct muscles which Z
an make over sixteen Thousand defer q
mt sounds and there are thirty indi- s
ect muscles which can make it has q
'een estimated, more than l73O00, 600 @
ounds O
Now, l say, when God has 50 con- b
tructed the human voice, and when he n
as filled the whole earth with har- f
1eny, and when he recognized it In the i;
neient temple, Z have right to come |,
D the conclusion that God loved music. d
prspose, this morning in setting apart n
his organ for sacred use, to speak "
bout sacred music; first showing sou o.
s importance, and then stating soEe 81
{ the obstacles to its advancement a.
draw the first argument for the i'm D
OF sacred music from the fact al
hat Cod commanded it Through b
aul He tells US to adDonish one an re
ther in psalms. and hymns, and
piritual songs: and through David He 3
ries out: Sing We to God. all We king Il
oms OF the earth" And there are SO
OF other passages I might tf
anna OrOvipn fhaf e =,