Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-04

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stag - kearsisy thss sbe people ali sro'i.a
eanncs help bat sing Wake up al Tie
churches from Bangor % san frsne.<uo
ssa across chrissendoa II i MOI ; matter
Of preferences. is IL . matter 81 religsots
duty. On. for City times asore sciuns Of
SQUAD German ehorais in German ca
tAs..ssis sorpssSs -. aid yet Germany flas
Teosisoi nolslnx as tbs haaas VI God eola-
pared with America: and ought the
acclaim IN Berlin he louder tl.za rna1 Ia
Brooklyn soft. loag drawn out music -
2ppropT late s,Jr Tbs drawing room and ais
proprists for tAe eonc-rt, bat ST. John
gives an idea of the sonoroas and resonant
con xr~sztionai singing appropriate for
churches when, In iisteninx 10 thu temple
seFsice Of heaven. be says: 81 heard grc;.t
yoice, ~ the voice Of q great multitude, aud
As the VOICE OF many waters. and . the
soios Il mighty thundcribss. HalteiuJsn,
tor the Lord God omnipoteut reigneth-"
Join with ms IN crusade. giying me nos
only your hearts bat the mighty uplifting
OF your voices, and l belisse We can.
through Christ's grace. sing fifty thousand
souls into the Kingdom Of Christ An ar
gument they can laugh At, = sermon they
may talk down. but q vast audience JOIN
ing in one anthem Is irresistible Would
that Queen Baikis would drive ell her
spice laden drouledaries into our ehnrch
music. Neither was there any such spice
~ the Queen Ct Sheba gave King Solo
mon"
Now. want to impress this audience
with the fact that relis ion is sweetness and
perfume and spikenard and saffron and
cinnamon and cassia and frankincerse,
and all sweet spices together. "Oh." you
say. Il have not looked nj it Is such.
thought 1t was a nuisance: IL had for me q
ropulxion; held my breath as though 1t
were malodor: have been appalled, At its
advance; have said, II have any religion
at all, want to have Just ~ little OF it Us
Ia possible to get through with" Oh. what
a mistake you have made. my brother. The
religion of Christ II present and everiast-
ing redolence. IL countcracts all trouble.
just put il on the stand beside the pillow
of sicknccA It catches In the curtains and
perfumes the sitting air. 1t sweetens the
cup of bitter medicine. and throws glow
on tho gloom Of the turned lattice 1t Is
balm for the aching side, and q soft BAN
dage for tbs temple stung with pain.
II lifted Samuel Rutherford into rev.
elry OF spiritual delight while he was In
physical aconies. IL helped Richard Bax-
ter until, in the midst of such a compliea-
ton of diseases a. perhaps no other man
ever suffered. he wrote Tho Saints Ever
lasting Rest" And 1t poured light upon
John Drnynn's dungcon-the light OF the
shining gate Of the shining city. And It is
good for rheumatism, and for neuralgia,
aud for low spirits. aud for consumption;
it Is tie catholicon for nil disorders Yes,
u will heal all your sorrowa
AL HAVE HAD SORROW.
Why did you look so sad today when
you came In, Alasi for the loneliness AMI
the hcn-tbreak, and the load that is never
lifted from your soul. Somc OF you 60
about feeling like Macnulay when he wrote,
"If had another month Of such days ~
i have been spending. would be impa-
tient TO get down into my little narrow
crib in the ground hike a weary factory
child" And there have been times i'm
your life when you wished you could get
out Of this lie. You have sid. 'Oh, how
sweet to my lips would be the dust of the
valley" and wished yor could pull over
you in your last slamber the covcrict OF
green grass and daisies. You have said:
'>Oh, how beautifully quiet it must be in
the tomb. wish was there" / see all
around about me widowhood and orphan
age and childlessness; sadness. disappoint-
ment, perplosity. II could ask all those
to rise in t;ais audience who have felt no
SORROW and been buffetcd By no disap-
pointment--if could ask all such to rise,
how many would riser Not one.
A widowed mother with her little child
went west, hoping to get better wages
there, end she was taken sick and died.
The ovcrseer OF the poor got her body aud
put It in box, aad put it in wagon. and
started down the street toward the cenac-
terry ut full trot. The little child-the only
chiid--ran after it through tho streets,
bare headed, crying, Bring me back my
mother. bring me back my motberv' And
it was said that Us tho people looked en-
and saw her crying after that which lay in
the box in the wagon-ail she Lowell on
earth-it Is said the whole village was in
tears. And that is what n great many Of
you are doinG-chasing the dead. Dear
Lord. is there no appeasement fo- ali thissor-
row that see about rncS Yes, the thought
Of resurrection aud reunion fsr beyond
this scene o. struggle and tears. They
snaAl nunses 10 H. - n ,,'..s -, -. o..
nso's, -. 49,. 80 tha Gsr,h ,rh;c,, I. in to
midst Of the throne shall lead them to liv
ing fountains Of water. and God shall wipe
away all teers from their eyes"
Across the couchcs OF your sick and
across the graves Of your dead I fling this
shower Of swect spices. Queen Balkis,
Sl.v'nt; ~ u. $3.50 No .,ch nm, nunc.ncv