The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1891-10-23
MUSICs BIRTH.
Gods Ear 10 Tuned to the Harmony Of
Stringed Harps
And Great Organs-Inanimate Instru-
inents. Like Nature. Are Pull OF
Lofty Music-Sermon by Rev.
I. Dewitt Taimage,
III. II.

of all such as handle the harp and or.
gan"
Lamech had two boys the one a
aerdsman and the other a musician.
Jubal. the younger son, was the first
organ-builder lie started the first
sound that rolled from the wondrous
instrument which has had so much 10
do with the worship of the ages But
what improvement has been made un.
der the hands of organ builders, such
as Bernhard. Sebastian Bach. and
Gorge Hogarth and Joseph Booth and
Thomas Robjohn, clear on down to
George and Edward Jardine of our own
day. / do not wonder that when the
first full organ that we read of as
given in T57 by an emperor of the east
to a king of France sounded forth
fits full grandeur a woman fell into a
delirium, from which her reason was
never restored. The majesty of
great organ skillfully played is
almost 100 much for human ehdur-
ance, but how much the instrument has
done in the reinforcement of divine SER
vice il will take all time and all eter-
nifty to celebrate Last April when we
dedicated this church to the service of
Almighty God our organ was not more
than half done. 1t has now come so
near completion that this morning
preach a sermon dedicatory of this
mighty throne of sacred sound 1t
grccts the eye as well as the ear Be-
hold this mountain of anthems.
This forest of Hosannahs! Its
htcfn iC hn 10
Jardnc recently made n tour of the
organs Of Europe. He gathered up in
his portfolio an account OF all the ex-
cellcnccs OF the renowned instruments Of
music on the other side of the Atlantic
and all the new improvements, and
brought back that portfolio to America
declaring that Brooklyn Tabernacle !
should have the full advantage of all /
he had obtained, and although he did /
not live TO carry out his idea his son,
Mr. Edward Jardine, has introduced |
into this great organ all those /
improvements, and grandeurs, and |
while you hear this organ you hear all |
that is notable in the organs of Lucerne.
and Friebourg and HARLEM, and st. |
Paul and Westminster Abbey, and 9TH
world In IL are banked up more har-
monies than can describe, and all for
God and the lighting of the soul
toward him It's four banks of keys
its 10 stops, its 1910 pipes its chime
of thrty-seven bells, its cathedral dia-
pason and pedal double diapason, its
song trumpet and night horn and voX
humana, all. all, we dedicate to God
and the soul 1t will, believe, under
the divine blessing. lead uncounted
thousands into the kingdom. Its we'd
ding marches, it's thanksgiving an
thems, its requiems will sound after all
the voices that follow il to-day shall
have sung their last song To God the
Father, God the Son, and God the Holy
Ghost, we dedicate it!
There has been much discussion as to
where music was born. l think that
at the beginning, when the morning
stars sang together and all the suns of
God shouted for JOY, that the earth
heard the echo The cloud on which
the angels stood to celebrate the crea-
ton was the birthplace of song Imam
innate nature is full of Gods stringed
and wind instruments Silence itself
perfect silence-is only musical rest
in Gods great anthem of worship
Wind among the leaves, insects hum
ming in the summer air. the rush of
billow upon beach. the ocean far out {
sounding its everlasting psalm,
the bobolinlS on the edge of the
forest, the quail whistling up from
the grass, are music On Blackwelrs
Island beard, coming from window {
of the lunatic asylum, n very sweet {
song. 1t was sung by one who had lost {
her reason, and have come to believe {
that even the deranged and disordered {
elements of nature would make music to {
our ear, il we only had acuteness
enough to listen. suppose that even
the sounds of nature that are discord-
ant and repulsive make harmony in I
Gods ear You know that you may
come so near to an orchestra that the I
sounds are painful instead of pleasur- 7
able; and think we stand so near de- !
storm and frightful whirl- '
wind, we can not hear that which
makes to Gods ear and the ear of the '
spirits above Us, a music as complete as S
1t is tremendous. '
The day of judgment, which will be S
a day of uproar and tumult ! suppose. '
will bring no dissonance to the ears OF b
those who can calmly listen; although 6
1t be as when some great performer is
executing a boisterous piece of music,
he sometimes breaks down the instru- II
ment on which he plays so IL may be h