The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1891-10-23

constructed the human voice. ant
when lie has filed the whole earth
with harmony. and " hen He recognized
IN IL the ancient temple. have a RICH,
70 come TO the conclusion that God
loved music.
propose this morning. IN setting
apart his organ for sacred music, 70
speak about sacred music; first showing
you its Importance, and then stating
some of the obstacles OF its advance
ment.
draw the first argument for the inn
portance of sacred music from the fact
that God commanded IT, Through
raul lie tells us to admonish one
another in psalms, and hymns and
spiritual songs; and through David He
cries out: Sing We tn God all We king
doms OF the earth" And there are
hundreds OF other passages might
name. proving that IT is rs much n
mans duty TO sing as il is his duty To
pray. Indeed, l think there are more
commands in the Bible to sing than
there are to pray. God not only asks
for the human voice but for instru-
ments of music. lie asks for the cym-
bal. and the harp. and the trumpet as
well as the organ. And suppose that,
in the last days of the church. the
harp. the lutte, the trumpet and all the
instruments of music whether they
have been in the services of righteous
ness or sin, will be brought by their
masters and laid down at the feet of
Christ, and then sounded in the churchs
triumph on her way from suffering into
glory. Praise We the Lord" Praise
Him with your voices, praise Him with
string instruments and with organs"
draw another argument for the inn
portance of this exercise, from the i'm
pressiveness of this exercise. You
know something of what secular music
has achieved. You know it has made
its impression on governments, upon
laws, upon literature, upon whole gem
erations. One inspiriting national air
is worth so, 600 men as a standing army.
There comes n time in the battle when
one bugle is worth thousand muslSets.
have to tell you that no nation or
church can afford to severely economic |
in music
y
sacred song can do. Through it you |
were brought into the kingdom of Jesus
Christ You stood out against the ar
gument and the warning of the pulpit; |
but when, in the sweet words of Isaac |
Watts, or Charles Wesley, or John New |
ton, or Toplady, the love of Jesus was |
sungto your soul, then you surrender
ed, as the armed castle, that could not |
be taken by host, lifts its window to
listen to a harps trill.
There was Il Scotch soldier dying in
New Orleans, and a Scotch minister
came in to give him the consolation of
the Gospel The man turned over on
his pillow and said: Don't talk to me
about religion" Then the Scotch
minister began to sing n familiar hymn
Of Scotland, that was composed by
David Dickinson, beginning with the
words:
Oh mother dear Jerusalem.
When shall come TO thees
He sang it to the tune of Dundee"
md every body in Scotland knows that;
md as he began to sing the dying sol
iier turned over on his pillow and said
% the minister: Where did you learn
hate" Why" replied the minister.
my mother taught me that" $50 did
nine" said the dying Scotch sol iier;
md the very foundation of his heart
vas upturned, and then and there he
Yielded himself to Christ
Oh, it has an irresistible power
Iuther's sermons have been forgotten,
,ut his Judgment Hymn" sings on
through the ages, and will keep on
inging until the blast of the archan-
.els trumpet shall bring about that l
cry day which the hymn celeb rates. |
would to God that those who hear me
o-day would take these sons of saliva :
ion as messages from Heaven; for just
IS certainly as the birds brought food {
O Elijah, by the brook Cherith, so
hese winged harmonies, God-sent, are
lying to your soul with the bread of
ife. Open your mouths and take it o,
hungry Elijahs! I
In addition To the inspiring music of 7
ur day we have a glorious inheritance I
4 church psalmody which has come
own fragrant with the devotion of
ther generations-tunes no more worn y
ut than they were when our great &
climbed up on them from ]
he church pew to glory! I
Dear old souls, how they used to singl q
When they were cheerful our GRANDPA I
hers and grandmothers used To sing
When they were very v
lediative then the board meeting house a
ang with south Street and st Ed b
londs" Were they struck through S
18th great tenderness they sang v