Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1892-07-15

ami the answer Is. ssk Hat sEAali sSngf
and anether voice Says. let MS sing sal
vation.' and after awhile all the church
on earth willrush into the ontspread arms
Of the church u heaven, and while the
righteous are ascending, and the world i
burning. and al thugs are being wound
up. the question viii be asked, nat
shall we snggn and there Will be g voice
''lke the voice Of many waters, IKE sne
voice Of mighty thuuderinga," chat viii re-
spend Sing salvation
IN this world we have plaintiYe songs
songs tremuious with sorrow, songs elfse
H. Cor the dead but 10 heaven there Will
be no asaing of Vinds no waiiing q an-
guish, no Setsf spg symphony. The tanlest
song viii be halieluiah 1.-The duliest tune
triumphal march, JOY amoag the ehero
biml Joy among the seraphiin JOY
among the ransenledi JOY foreFeri
THE ETERNAL s0NG.
On earth the music Ia churches is often
poor, because there Is no interest IN it o.
because there IS no harmony Some would
not sing, some could not sing, some sang
toe high, some sang too low, some sang by
fits aud starts. but Ia the great audience
Of the redeemed on high all voices Will be
accordant and the man who on earth
could not tell a plantation melody from
the Dead March IN Saul9 will life an
anthem that the Mendelssohns and Bee
thovens and the Schumanns Of earth never
imagined. and you may stand through all
eternity and listen, and there will not be
one discOrd In that great anthem that for
ever rolls up against the great heart Of
God. It will not be a solo. 10 will not be
duet, it viii not be a quintet, but an in
Vulnerable host before the throne crying.
salvation unto our God and unto the
Lamb" They crowd all the temples they
bend over the battlements; they Oh all
the heights and depths and lengths and
breadths Of heaven with their hosannas.
When people were taken intoth Temple
OF Diana Il was such brilliant room that
they were always put on their guard.
Some people had lost their sight by just
looking on the brilliancy of that room, and
70 the ianitor. when he brought a stranger
to the door and let him in. would always
charge him, Take heed Of your eyes.
Oh, aen think Of the song that goes
mp around the throne Of God, so jubilant,
many voiced, multitudinous, / feel like
saying, flake heed Of your ears" It is so
ioud a song. II is so blessed m anthem.
They sing a rock song, saying, Who IS he
that sheltered us in the wilderness and
shadowed us in a weary land2n And the
chorus comes in, Christ, the shadow Of a
reel, 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 darlSnessg" And the chorus
will come 10, Christ, the morning star,
shining on the souls darkness Trey viii
sing a flower song, saying, WHO is he that
frightened all our way, and breathed
sweetness upon our soul, and bloomed
through frost and tempestfn and the chO-
rus will come in, 'Christ, the lily Of the
valley, blooming through frost and tenn
pest They sing a water song, saying.
''Who is he that CLEANED to us from the
frownng crag, and lightened the darkest
ravine Of trouble, and brought cooling to
the temples. and refreshment to the lip,
and was a fountain in the midst Of the will
dernessg" aud then the chorus will come
IN, Christ. the fountain IN the midst Of
the Wilderness
NY friends. viii you join that antheml
Shall we make rehearsal this morning? II
we cannot sing that song on earth we viii
not he able to sing it IN heaven. Can ii be
that our good friends 10 that land will
walk all through that great throng Of
which I speak, looking for as and not lind
ing nsg VIII they come down to the gate
and ask If we have passed through, and
not find us reported as having Gomez viii
they look through the folios Of eternal
light and find our names unrecordedf Is
all this a representation Of a land we shall
never see-of n song we shall never singt