Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-10-01
THE ORGAN DEDICATION.
THE MUSIC IN DR.. TALMAGE'S TABER-
NAcLE SUGGESTS A LESSON.

Wonderful Compass of the Human Voice.
Perfection in Musical Instruments-Ori-
gin and Development of Music-Power
of Sacred SOng-HoIy Art.
BROOKLYN, Sept. 20.-The magnificent
organ of the new Brooklyn Tabernacle was
dedicated today. The services were verita
BILE musical festivals. While the regular
musical programme at the tabernacle is
always attractive, that of today was excep
tionally beautiful, the congregational sing
ing, offertories and interludes being rem
dered with marvellous volume and expires
sion. DR.. Talmage's sermon. which was
appropriate to the occasion, was on the
text, Genesis iv 81, "His brothers. name
was Jubal; he was the father of all such
as handle the harp and organ"
Lamech had two boys, the one herds
man and the other musician. Jubal, the
younger son, was the first organ builder
He started the first sound that rolled from
the wondrous instrument which has had
so much to do with the worship of the
ages But what improvement has been
made under the hands of organ builders
such as Bernhard Sebastian Bach and
George Hogarth and Joseph Booth and
Thomas Robjohn, clear down to George
and Edward Jardine of our own day
do not wonder that when the first full or
gan that we read of as given in 757 by an
emperor of the east to king of France
sounded forth its full grandeur, a woman
fell into delirium from which her reason
was never restored.
The majesty of a great organ skillfully
played is almost too much for human en-
durance, but how much the instrument
has done in the reinforcement of divine
service it will take all time and all eternity
b celebrate Last April, when we dedi
Gk.Ged this church to the service of Al
bn1ghty God our organ was not more than
Aalf done, 1t has now come so near com
pletion that this morning preach a ser
mon dedicatory of this mighty throne OF
sacred sound 1t greets the eye as well as
the ear Behold this mountain of an
themsl This forest of hosannahs Its
history is peculiar
HISTORY OF THIS ORGAN
The late Nh George Iardine recently
made tour OF the organs OF Europe He
gathered up in his portfolio an account of
all the eXcellences of the renowned instrp
ments of music on the other side of the At
lantlc ard all the new improvements. auh
brought back that portfolio to America de
elaring that Brooklyn Tabernacle shonjh
have the full advantage of all he had ob
tained, and although he did not live To
carry out his idea, his son. Mr. Edwa'H
Jardine has introduced into this great or
gan all those improvements and grande,Irs
and while you hear this organ you hear al
that is notable in the organs of Lucerne
and Fribourg and Haarlem and St Paul
and Westminster abbey and other great
organs that have enraptured the world
In it are banked up more harmonies than
l can describe, and all for God and the
lighting of the soul toward him. It's four
banks of keys, its one hundred and ten
stops and appliances its four thousand five
hundred and ten pipes, its chime of thirty
seven bells, its cathedral diapason and
pedal double diapason, its song trumpet
and night horn and vox humana, all, all.
we dedicate to God and the soul It will,
l believe, under the divine blessing, lead
uncounted thousands into the kingdom
Its wedding marches, its thanksgiving
anthems, its requems will sound after all
the voices that follow it today 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 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
10 celebrate the creation was the birthplace
OF song, lnanlmate nature is full of Gods
strlnged and wind Instruments Silence
ltself-pertect silence-is only a musical
rest In Gods great anthem of worship
Wind among the leaves, insects humming
In the summer air, the rush of billow upon
beach, the ocean far out sounding its ever
lasting psalm, the bobolink on the edge of
the forest, the quail whistling up from the
grass are music,
on blackwell's island heard, coming
Irom a window of the lunatic asylum,
very sweet song 1t was sung by one who
nao iost her reason, and have come to be
neVe that even the deranged and disordered
elements OF nature would make music to
oor ear Il we only had acuteness enough to
Aseen' suppose that even the sounds IN
AaSufe 1hat are discordant and repulsive
.aahe harmony in Gods ear You know
Lnat you may come so near to an orchestra
enae ene sounds are painful instead OF
Pleasarabie, and think we stand so near
devastating storm and frightful whirlwind
we cannot hear that which makes to Gods
ear ana the ear Of the Spirits above us a
music as complete as 1t is tremendous
GoD's INFINITE MUSIC
The day of Judgment, which VIII be a
dag Hs unroar and tumult. / sunppaAwiil