The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-05-06

medicines, and the garments you give
them, let there be an accompaniment OF
smiles and brisk encouragement Do
not stand and talk to them about the
wretchedness of their abode and the
hunger of their looks, and the hardness
of their lot All! they know 1t better
than you can tell them. Show them the
bright side Of the thing, If there be any
bright side. Tell them good times will
come. Tell them that for the children
Of God there is immortal rescue.
Wake them up out Of their stol-
idity by an inspiring laugh and
while you send in help, like the Queen
of Sheba, also send in the spices.
There are two ways Of meeting the
poor. One is to come into their house
with nose elevated in disgust, as much
az TO say: 81 don't see how you live
here In this neighborhood 1t actually
makes me sick. There Is that bundle
take it. you poor, miserable wretch,
and make the most of It," Another
way Is TO go into the abode Of the poor
In manner which seems to say: 1.-THE
blessed Lord sent me- He was poor
Himself. II is not more for the good
am going TO try to do you than IL is for
the good you can do me-" Coming in
tnas sPr,.' 'he sn' WIZ pe do arona'ie
as .ne splkenaru on .ne ieeS oi' on,is',
anu Al .ne noveiS ~ 1na' ahey VIII oe
iragran' WIN INC sPice'
We need more spice and enhvenment
In our church music Churches sit ais-
cussing whetner tney snail nave cnoirs'
or precentors, or organs, or pass Viois,
or cornets; l say take that whicn wili
pring out the most inspiring music. II
we mad half as much zeal ana spirit IN
our churches as we nave IN tne songs OF
our Saopath scnoois, u would not oe
long before the wnole eartn would
quake with tne coming uod. Wny' IN
most churches' nlne-tenths OF the peo-
pie 40 not sing; or they sing so ieeoly
that the people at thelr elbows DO NOT
know they are singing. Peopie mouth
and mumple the praises Oh uod; put
tnere Is not more than one OUT Oh q
hundred VINO makes Joyiul noise
unto the hock OF our saivation' some
times when the congregation forgets IL
SELF and Is ABSORBED IN 'ne goodness OF
dod' or the glorles OF heaven' get an
lntimation OF what church music VIII
be a hnndreu years from now' when the
coming generation shall wake up 10 lts
duty.
L promise high spiritual blessing 70
any one who VIII sing IN church, and
VINO Will sing SO heartliy that the peo-
pie all around cannot help but sing
Wake up! all the churches from Bangor
to San Francisco and across Christen-
dom. 1t is not matter OF preference;
it is a matter OF religious duty o, for
nifty times more volume OF sound. Ger
man chorals In German cathedrals sur
pass us, and yet Germany has received
nothing at the hands OF God compared
with America; and ought the acclaim II
Berlin be louder than that In BrooklynY
Soft, long-drawn-out music is appropri-
ate for the drawing-room and appropri-
ate for the concert; but st. John gives
an idea OF the sonorous and resonant
congregational singing appropriate for
churches when, In listening TO the tenn.
pie service OF heaven he says: u heard
a great voice as the voice OF q great
multitude and as the voice OF many
waters, and as the voice OF mighty thun
derings. halieluJah, Tor the Lord dod
omnlpotent relgneth'
JOIN with me In crusade giving me
not only your hearts, but the mighty
upliftlng OF your voices, and believe
we can through Christs grace sing
fifty thousand souls into the kingdom
OF Christ. Anargument they can laugh
at; sermon they may talk down; bu'
vast audience joining in one anthem
is irresistible. Would that Queen Bal
kls would drive all her spice-laden
dromedaries into our church music
Neither was there any such spice as
the queen Oh sheoa gave King Solo
mon'
NOW want 70 impress this audience
with the TACT that religion is sweetness
and perfume and spikenard, and saf.
iron, ana cinnamon ana cassia' and, all
1ranklncense, ana all sweet spices To-
gether 70 you say, u have not
looked at u as snch' thought II was
a nuisance; 1t had Tor me a repulsion;
held my breath as though 1t were a
malodor; l have been appalled, at Its ad'
vance; have said, If have any religion
at all, want to have just as little OF 1t