Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-07-16
renre.ented the GOOD IN Heaven as car.

represented the good in Heaven as car
.rying cypress branches thnt would
have meant sorrow. II my text had
represented the good in Heaven rs car
rying nightshade that would have
meant sin. But II Is u palm branch
they carry, and that Is victory. When
the people came home from war in olden
times the conquerer rode ut the head Of
his troops and there were triumphal
arches and the people would come out
with branches of the palm tree and
wave them all along the host. What n
significant type this of the greeting and
of the Joy of the redeemed in Heavenl
On earth they were condemned and
were put out OF polite circles. They
had infamous hands strike them on
both cheeks Internal spite spat in
their faces. Their back ached with
sorrow. Their brow reeled with unal-
leviated toll. How weary they werel
Sometimes they broke the heart of the
midnight in the midst Of all their an
guish. crying out: 20 God!" But bark
now to the shout of the delivered cap
tives, as they lift their arms from the
shaclSles and they cry OUT "Freel
Free!'
Ny subject makes another advance
ment and speaks of the songs they sing.
DIR. Dick, in a very learned work. says
that among other things in Heaven he
thinks they will give a great deal Of
time to the study of arithmetic and the
higher branches OF mathematics. do
not believe 1t. 1t would upset my idea
of Heaven il I thought so; l never liked
mathematics; and 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.
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
hallelujah-the dullest tune tri-
umphal march. Joy among the cher
ubim! Joy among the seraphim! Joy
among the ransomed! Joy forever!
On earth the music in churches is
often poor, because there is no interest
in IL, 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 starts;
but in the great audience OF the re-
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 all 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; 1t will
not be quintette; but an innumerable
host before the throne, crying, ''Salva-
ton unto our God and unto the Lamb"
They crowd all the temples; they bend
over the battlements; they I'LL 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-
liancy of that room, and so the jnnitor
when he brought stranger to the door
and let him in would always charge
him, Take heed of your eyes"
OF 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 song. 1t is so blessed an
anthem. They sing rock song, say
ing "Who is He that sheltered us in the
wilderness, and Swallowed us in a weary
land? And the chorus comes in:
Christ, the shadow of rock in
weary land"
They sing a 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: "Who is He that bright
ened all our way and breathed sweet
ness upon our souland bloomed through
frost and tempest?" and the chorus win
come in. "Christ, the lily of the valley,
blooming through frost and tempest
They sing q water song, saying: who
is He that CLEANED to us from the
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