Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-05-07

the good you can do me-" Coming in taat
spirit the gift will be as aromatic as the
spikenard on the feet of Christ, and all the
novels in that alley will be fragrant with
the spice.
We need more spice and enlivenment In
our church music Churches sit discussing
whether they ,shall have choirs, or precen-
tors or organs or bass viols, or comets.
say, cake that which will bring out tae
most inspiring music. If we had half as
much zeal and spirit in our churches as we
have in the songs of our Sabbath schools
| it would not be long before the whole earth
would quake with the coming God. Why,
/ in most churches nine-tenths of the peo-
pie do not sing, or they sing SO feebly that
the people at their elbows do not know they
are singing People mouth and humble
the praises of God; but there is not more
than one out of hundred who makes "a
joyful noise'' unto the Rock of Our Saliva
ton. Sometimes when the congregation
forgets itself, and is all absorbed in the
goodness of God or the glories Of heaven,
get an intimation of what church music
will be hundred years from now, when
the coming generation shall wakeup to its
duty.
WAKE UP.
promise high spiritual blessing to any
one who will sing in church, and who will
sing so heartily that the people all around
cannot help but sing. Wake upl all the
churches from Bangor to San Francisco
and across Christendom. 1t is not a matter
of nreference n IL a matter of religious
duty. Oh. for fifty times more volume OF
sound. German chorals in German ca
thedrals surpass us, and yet Germany has
received nothing at the hands of God com
.naa ,,s;th ,,,ar;ca. ma ouoht the
acaIa;n, in perlin he Ionder than that in
praai,l,,,,s eff lono drawn out mnsic is
arnronriata for The drawing room and ap-
IL ra,,s ~, Co. tbe concert hnt ST John
a;yas nm idea of the sonorous and resonant
c,,,,ra,,.t;on.l singino annropriate for
oSnsabes When in listening 70 the temple
sa.,,ice ~ heaven no saws. 81 heard a great
go as .ha rc,es ~ a great multitude. and
ne tba voiee Of many waters and as the
80, ~ ,,i,htv tbrndarings Halleluiah.
for th.. ord Cod omninotent reigneth.p
Iain Win mo in d crnsade giving me not
oil, u,,,r hearts but the mighty uplifting
~ yo,r voices and / believe we can.
thronoh f,briet,s grace sing fifty thousand
sonIs into the kingdom of Christ. An ar
eminent NAV can lauph A. a sermon they
s,ar taIt dovn but . vast audience ioin.
~, =, ono anthem is irresistible. Would
that onean Rallis wouId drive all her
sr,ca i,den dromedaries into our church
music nNeither was there any such spice
as ,he oneen of Sbeba gave King Solo
MON y
W., ,.a,t IN imnress this audience
,,itb ,ba foot that religion is sweetness and
,a,.f,,,,a ma snikenard and saffron and
rinnnmon and cassia and frankincense,
and ,ll sweet snices together. "oh," you
Sav u have not looked az it as such. |
thought it was a nuisance: it had for me a
repuIsion; held my breath as though it
were malodor; have been appalled, at its
advance; have said, If have any religion
at all. want to have just as little of it as
is possible to get through with" Oh, what
a mistake you have made, my brother. The
religion of Christ is a present and everlast-
ing redolence. 1t counteracts all trouble.
Inst nut it on the stand beside the pillow
of sickness. 1t clutches in the curtains and
perfumes the sitting air. II sweetens the
Gun of bitter medicine, and throws a glow
on the gloom Of the turned lattice. 1t is a
hahn for the aching side, and soft ban
dare for the temple stung with pain.
II lifted Samuel Rutherford into a rev.
elry of spiritual delight while he was in
nbysical agonies. 1t helped Richard Bax-
tor until in the midst Of such compiled.
tjou Of diseases as perhaps no other man
ever suffered. he wrote "The Saints Ever
lastinn Rest And it poured light upon
.Iohn Bunvan's dungeon-the light OF the
shining gate OF the shining city. Aud II Is
good for rheumatism, aud for neuralgia
and for low spirits, and for consumption
II Is the catholicon for all disorders. Yes
II will heal all your SORROWS.
An HAVE HAD SORROW.
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ny "a a,set Cor the loneliness and
sou , e''.,s ~, "a ~, load that is neve,
s sits acc, e., ,onr sonl some of Won &c
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