The Globe-republican., 1892-08-01
ing there they shall be exultant, waving

ing there they shall be exultant, waving
their palms
That hand once held the implement OF
toll or welded the sword Of war, but
now it piucks down branches from the
tree of life as they stand before the
throne waving their palms. Once he
was q pilgrim on earth; he crunched the
hard crustS, he walked the weary way.
But it is all gone now-the sin gone, the
WEAKNESS gone. the sickness gone, the
sorrow gone. As Christ stands up be-
fore the great array of the saved and re-
counts His victories it will be like the
rocking and tossing of forest in
tempest, SIS all the redeemed rise up,
host beyond host, rank beyond rank,
waving, waving their palms.
My subject makes another advance
ment, and speaks of the song they sing.
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 be-
lieve it. 1t would upset my idea OF
Heaven if l thought so; l never liked
mathematics; and | would rather take
the representation Of my text, which de-
scribes the occupation Of Heaven as
being joyful psalmody. 'They cried
with loud voice, saying, Salvation unto
our God" In this world we have Secu-
lar songs, nursery songs, boatmen's
songs, harvest songs, sentimental songs;
but in Heaven we will have taste for
only 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.
l see 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 scepter of
iniquity is snapped. and churches are
built where once there were superstitiouS
mosques, an 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 awhile 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 up. 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 thunderngs," that will re-
spond, "Sing salvation"
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 halle
lujah-the dulleSt tune triumphal
march. Joy among the cherubim! 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 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 starts, but in
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 Saul will lift 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 an
them that forever rolls up against the
great heart of God. 1t will not be solo,
it will not be duet, it will not be
quintet, but an innumerable host before
the throne crying, salvation unto our
God and unto the Lamb" They crowd
all the temples: they bend over the bat
Elements; they fill all the heights and
depths and lengths and breadthS of
Heaven with their hOSannaS
When people were taken into the Tenn
pie of Diana it was such a 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 so the janitor, when he
brought stranger to the door and let
him in, would always charge him.
Take heed of your eyes"
Oh. when l think OF the song that
goeslup around the throne Of God. so
jIbilant, many voiced, multitudious. l
feel like' saying, Take heed Of your
ears" It's so loud a song. 1t is so
blessed an anthem. They sing a rock
song, saying, "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 o rock in
"CoA Aouu.
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 flower song,
saying, "Who is He that frightened all
our way. and breathcd sweetness upon
our soul, and bloomed through
frost and tempest?" and the chorus
will come in, ''Christ the lily Of the
valley, blooming through frost and
tempest" They sing a water song, say
ing. "Who is he that cleaned to US from
the frowning crag. and lightened the
darkest ravine Of trouble, and brought
cooling to the temples, and refreshment
to the lip, and was fountain 10 the
midst Of the wilderness?" and then the
chorus will come in, Christ the fountain
in the midst Of the wilderness"
My friends, will you join that anthem?
Shall we make rehearsal this morning?
II we cannot sing that song on earth we
will not be able to sing it in Heaven. Can