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

lour wood thrushes should proposs to DO al
The singing sons bright day when the wool
are ringing with bird voices II Is decide
that o wood thrushes shall do all tn
singing OF the forest LIST all the othsl
tour warblei It Is really lne music. Blu
how long will you keep the forest still
Why, CHRIST would come into that forest an,
box up a. He looked through the olives an
BE would wave His hand aud say, lie
everything that hath breath praise tn
Lord" and, keeping time with tbs stroke Of
lnnumereble wings there would be five thou
and bird voices leapinz into the harmony.
formers were tried Ia heaven; suppose tina
four choice spirits shouli try to do the sing
Ing Of the upper temple. Hush, now, throne
and dominions md p~rincipalitiss. David
b still, though you were the sweet SINCE
Of Israal." Paul. keep quiet though 20
have come to that crown Of rejoicing. Riot
ard Barter keep still though this is til
do all the singing. But how long woul
heaven BE- quietf How iongY sHallelujahi
would cry some glorifisd Methodist from NJ
der the altar. praise the Lordr' woul
ming the martyrs from among the thrones
Thanks be unto God who giveth US the vic
toryr great multitude of redeemed spirit
would cry.
-Ayfiau1 OF VOICES coming fuC0 Cno mar
mony, and the one hundred and forty an
four thousand breaking forth into one accls
mation. Stop that loud singingi Stop! On
no, they nno hear me. You might as wei
try to drown the thunder Of the sky, or bsa
back the roar Of the sea, for every soul IL
heaven has resolved to do its own singing
Alasi that We should have tried on cart
that which they cannot do In heaven, ant
instead Of joining al our voices in the praise
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this most solemn IND most delightful ser
vice.
Now, in this church, we have resolves
upon the plan Of conducting the music by or
gan and cornet. W. do 1t FOR two reasons
one il that BY throwing the whole response
bilty upon the mass Of the people, maxim.
the great multitude the choir, we might
q more hsartiness. The congregation
coming on the Sabbath day feel that they
cannot delegate this part Of the great serv
Ice to any one else. n 20 they themselve:
assume 1t. We have had q glorious congre
rational singing here. People rave coml
many miles to hear 1t. They are not sur.
about the preaching. but they can AWAY,
depend on the singing. w. have heard tn
sound coming up like the voice Of man
waters y but Il will be done at a better rat
after awhile, when we shall reafizs the height
and the depth, and the immensity Of thi
forgot to state the other reason why W,
adopted this plan. That Is, we do not wan
any choir quarrels. You know very wei
that In scores of churches there has beer
perpetual contention In that direction. The
only church fight that ever occurred under
my ministry was over g m~elodeon, in my
first settlement. Have you never been il
church on the Sabbath day and heard tn,
choir sing, and you said, THAT Is splendid
music." The next Sabbath, you were in
that church, and there was NO choiI
at all. Whys The leader was mad
or his assistants were mad, or theI
were all mad together. Some Of ths
choirs are made up Of our best Christian
people. Some Of the warmes friends I hay,
ever had stood up in them, Sabbath afte,
Sabbath, conscientiouslv and successfully
leading the praises of God. But the majority
Of the choirs throughout the land are not
made up Of Christian people, and three,
fourths Of the church fights originate in the
organ loft. / take that back and say nine.
tsnths. A great many OF our churches are
dying Of choirs.
We want to rouse AL our families to the
duty Of sacred song. We want each family
Childish petulance, obduracy and intracta-
bility would be soothei IL we had moro 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 ripping and silvsry, pouring in one
and then rolling in united strength ia
the SEA. 50 / would havs all the families IN
our church send forth the voice OF prayer and
praise pouring it into the great tide Of public
worship that rolls on and on to empty into
the great, wide heart of God. Never can w
have our church sing As it ought until our
sing as they ought.
There will be q great revolution on this
subject in all our churches. God will come
down by His spirit and rouss up the old
hymns and tunes that have not been more
than half awaks sincs the time Of our grand,
The silent pews in the church will
break 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, II
have no taste for this service on earth,
viii we do in heaven, where they all
ling, and sing foreverf
l want to rouse you to o unanimity In
song that has never yet been
Come nowi clear your throata
and get ready for this duty or you will never
near the end Of this. I never shall forget
. Frenchman sing the "Marseil
laise' on the Champs Elysees, Paris just
before the battle of Sedan in 1870. never
such an enthusiasm before or since. As
sung that national air, OIL how the
shoutedi Have you ever in an
English assemblage heard the band play
God Save the Qusenf' II you have, you
Know something about the enthusiasm Of
! national air.
Now, l tell you that these songs we sing
5abbath by Sabbath are the national airs OF
Jesus Christ and Of the kingdom Of heaven,
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