The Penn's Grove record., 1891-10-02

until The blast OF the archsnesPs trumpst
shall bring about that very day which ths
hymn celebrates. I would to God that thosl
who hear ne to-day would take these songs
Just a. certainly ~ the birds brought food to
Elijah by the brook Cherith, % these winged
harmonies, God ssnt. are flying 10 your soul
with the bread Of life. Opsn your mouth
and take it o hungry E1ljahsf
In addition to the inspiring music Of our
church psalmody which has CONS down fra
grant with the dsvotions Of other genera
tons-tunes no more worn out han they
were when our grsat-grnn1fathers climbed
up on them from the chureh pew to glory.
Dear Old souls how they used 70 sinsi When
grandmother used to sing Colchester"
When they were very meditativs, then the
board meeting-house rang with South
Street. and .5t. Edmonds.r Were they
struck through with great tenderness they
sang Woodstock" Wsrsthsy wrapped ia
Zion" We're they ovsrborns with the Iowa
and glory Of Christ they slng "Arisl." Aud
In those days there were certain tunes mar.
ried to certain hymns and they have lived
In Peace a great while thess two old people,
and We have ne right 70 divorce them
put asunder.n But how ~hsrd-hearted w
must Be II all the sacred music of the past
and all the sacred music OF the present dos
not start us heavenward.
Ihave also noticed the power Of sacre1
song 70 sooths perturbation. You may have
many worriments and anxieties, yet per.
haps, in the singing Of the first hymn, you
lost all those worriment1 and anxieties. You
have read In ths Bible Of Saul and how be
was sad and angry. and how the boy David
came Ia and played the evil spirit out Of
him. A Spanish king was melancholy. Ths
darkness. Nothing could bring him forth
until Faraneli came and discoursed music
three or four days to him. On the fourth
day he looked up n wept a retoiced, and
the Windows were thrown open, and that
which all the splendors Of the court could moi
do Soy the I poGsr q : :nd ,SSo%p,,sssd. ~ Il y sS;,
heavenly charm upon them. Do not sit
down on the bank Of the hymn, but plunge
In, that the devil Of care may be brought
out Of you.
It also arouses to action. A singing church
is always . triumphant church, II a congre
CATION is silent during the exercise or par.
TALLY silent, it Is the silence Of death. II
faint hum Of here and there 8 father AMI
mother in Israel, while the vast majority arr
silent, that minister Of Christ who Is presid
ing needs to have q very strong constitution
if he does not get the chills. He needs moi
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