The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-07-22

DR.. Dick, in very learned work, says
that among other things in Heaven he
thinks they will give great deal of
time to the study of arithmetic and the
higher branches of mathematics. do
not believe it. 1t would upset my idea
of Heaven if thought so; ! never liked
mathematics; and l would rather take
the representation of my text, which
describes the occupation of Heaven as
being joyful psalmody. 'They cried
with loud voice, saying, Salvation I'M
to our God" In this world we have
secular songs, nursery songs, boatmen's
songs, harvest songs, sentimental songs;
but in Heaven we will have taste only
for one song, and that will be the song
of salvation from an eternal death to
an eternal heaven, through the blood
of the Lamb that was slain.
/ see a soul coming up to Join the re-
| deemed in Heaven. AS it goes through
the gates, the old friends of that spirit
come around it and say: what shall
we sing?' and the newly arrived soul
says: Sing Salvation;" and after awhile
an earthly despotism falls, and a scep-
ter of iniquity is snapped, and churches
are built where once there were super
stitious mosques, and angel cries to
angel: Let us sing" and the answer
is: What shall we sing?" and another
voice says: Let US sing salvation.
And after while all the church on
earth will rush into the outspread arms
of the church of Heaven, and while the
righteous are ascending. and the world
is burning, and all things are being
wound no the question will be asked:
What shall we sing?" and there will
be voice like the voice of many
waters, like the voice of mighty thun-
derings," that will respond: Sing sal
walton"
In this world we have plaintive songs
songs tremulous with sorrow, songs
dirgeful for the dead, but in Heaven
there will be no signing of winds, no
wailing of anguish, no weeping SYM
phony. The tamest song will be the
halleluiah-the dullest tune q tri-
umphal march. JOY among the cher
ubim! Joy among the scaphiIn! Joy
among the ransomed! JOY forever!
On earth the music in churches IS
often poor because there is no interest
in it, or because there is no harmony.
Some would not sing: some could not
sing; some sang too high; some sang
too low; some sang by fits and Startsl
but in the great audience of the IT,
deemed on high all voices will be ac-
cordant and the man who on earth
could not tell \ plantation melody from
the Dead March in Saul" will lift an
anthem that the Memberships and
Beethovens and the Schumanns Of earth
never imagined; and You may stand
through ali eternity and listen, and
there will not be one discord in that
great anthem that forever rolls up
against the heart of God. II will not
be solo; it will not be duet; it will
not be q quintette; but an innumerable
host before the throne, crying. SALIVA
ton unto our God and unto the Lamb"
They crowd all the temples; they bend
over the battlements; they ill all the
heights and depths and lengths and
breadths of Heaven with their hosan-
mas
When the people were taken into the
temple of Diana it was such brilliant
room that they Were always put on
their guard. Some people had lost
their sight by just looking on the bril-
liancv OF that room, and so the janitGr
when he brought a stranger to the door
and let him in would always charge
him. Take heed of your eyes
O! when think of the song that goes
up around the throne of God, so jubi-
liant, many voiced, multitudinous, feel
like saying, Take heed of your ears"
1t is so loud a song. II is so blessed an
anthem. They sing rock song, say
ing who is lie that sheltered us in the
wilderness, and Swallowed us in a weary
land? And the chorus comes in:
Christ, the shadow of rock in a
weary land"
They sing star song. saying, who
is He that guided US through the thick
night. and when all other lights went
out. arose in the sky the morning star,
pouring light on the souls darkness?"
And the chorus will come in: Christ,
the morning star, shining on the souls
darkness" They will sing a flower
song, saying: ''IYho is He that bright
ened all our way and breathcd sweet
ness upon orr soul and bloomed through
frost aud tcmpest?" and the chorus will
come in, Christ, the lily of the valley,
blooming through frost and tempest"
They sing a water song, saying: Who
is He that gleame3 20 US from the
frowning crag and lightened the dark
raviue of trouble and brought cooling
to the temples and refreshment to
the lip. and was 4 fountain in
the midst of the wilderness?' and
then the chorus will come in: Christ,
the fountain in the midst of the wilder
ness" My friends, will you join that
anthem? Shall we make rehearsal this
morning? If we cannot sing that song
on earth, we will not be able to sing il
in Heaven. Can it be that our good
friends in that land will wall all
through that great throng of which l
speak. looking for US and not finding
US? Will they come down to the gate
and ask if we have passed through, and
not find us reported as having come?
Will they look through the foliOs Of
eternal light and find our names unre-
corded? Is all this representation Of
a land we shall never See?-of song
we shall never sing?