Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-09-26

We want to rouse all our families to the
duty of sacred song. We want each family
OF our congregation to be a singing school.
Childish petulance, obduracy and intracta-
bility would be soothed II we had more sing
Ing in the household. AMI then our little ones
would be prepared for the great congrega-
ton on the Sabbath day, their voices uniting
with our voices in the praises of the Lord.
After shower there are scores of streams
that come down the mountain side with
voices rippling and silvery, pouring in one
river and then rolling in united strength to
the sea. So | would have all the families in
our church send forth the voice OF prayer and
praise, pouring il into the great tide OF public
worship that rolls on and on to empty into
the great, wide heart of Goi. Never can We
have our church sing as it ought until our
families sing as they ought.
There will be great revolution on this
subject in all our churches. God will CONS
down by His spirit and rouse up the oil
hymns and tunes that have not been mora
nan haif awake since the time OF our grand
fathers. The silent paws in the church will
preak forth into music, and when the con.
ductor takes his place on the Sabbath day
there Will be a great host of voices rushing
into the harmony. Ny Christian friends. Il
we have no taste for this service on earth.
what will we do in heaven, where they ali
sing, and sing forever
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Christian soag that has never vet been ex-
hIblted. Come, nowi clear your threats
and get ready for this duty or you will never
hear the end of this. l never shall forget
hearing Frenchman sing the ''Marseil-
laise" on the Champs Elysees Paris, Just
BEFORE the battle OF Sedan in 1870. never
saw sHch an enthusiasm before or sincs As
he sung that national air, oh! how the
Frenchnen shontsd, Have Won ever in an
English assemblage hearl the bani piav
Tod Save the Qaeengp Ii You have. YOU
know something about the enthusiasm of
a national air.
Now, tell you that these songs we sing
Sabbath By Sabbath are tue national airs OF
Jesus Christ and OF ths kingdom of heaven.
and II You do not learn to sing them here.
now do you ever expect to sing the song OF
Moses and the Lamb? l should not be sur
prlsed at all if so ne of the best anthems of
heaven were made up OF soma of the best
songs on earth. May God increase our rev.
erence for Christian psalmody, aud keep us
from disgracing it by our indifference ami
frivolity. When Croawel's army went into
battle, he stood at the head of them one day.
and gave out the long meter doxology to the
tune of the "Old Hundredth, and that great
host company by company regiment by regi-
ment, battalion by battalion, joined in the
doxology:
Praise God from whom all blessings aow,
Pralse Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him abQve, ye heavenly host
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
And while they sang they marched, and
while they marched they fought, and while
they fought they got the victory. Oh, men
and women of Jesus Christ let us go into all
our conflicts singing the praises of God, and
then isstead OF falling back, as we often do,
from defeat to defeat, we will be marching
on from victory to victory.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to
the Holy Ghost, as it was in the beginning.
is now and ever shall be- world without end
Amen