Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1892-01-23

in public buildings of this country to
keep the air from answering when it
ought to be quiet
Aristotle and Pythagoras and Isaac
\ Newton and La Place and our own
Joseph Henry tried to hunt down the
Echo, but still the uneXplored realms
of acoustics are larger than the ex-
plored. When our first Brooklyn
Tabernacle was being constructed we
were told by architects that it was of
such a shape that the human voice
could not he heard i'll it. or. if heard.
it would be tangled i'll Echoes.
In state of worriment went to
Joseph Henry, the president of the
Smithsonian institution at Washing
ton. and told him of this evil proph-
ecy, and he replied: Il have proba-
bly, experimental more with the laws
of sound than any other man. and
got as far as this. Two buildings may
seem to be exactly alike and yet in
one the acoustics may be good and
in the other bad Go on with Your
church building and trust that all
will be we'll And all was well
Oh, this mighty law of sound, Oh,
this subtle Echo, There is only one
Being in the universe who thorough
~ understands 1.-THE sounding
again of the mountains.
AWFUL NATURE OF THE IMMORTAL
And it is so hard To destroy a nat
ural Echo. how much harder to stop
Il moral Echo. spiritual Echo. an
immortal Echo You know that the
Echoes are effected by the surfaces
and the shape of rocks and the depth
of ravincs. and the relative position
of buildings. And once i'll heaven
God will so arrange the relative po-
sition of mansions and temples and
thrones that one of the everlasting
charms of heaven will be the roll
ing. bursting. ascending. descending,
chanting Echoes. All the songs we
ever sang devoutly, all the prayers
we have ever uttered earnestly. all
the Christian deeds we have ever
done. will be waiting to spring upon
us in Echo.
The scientists tell us that in this
world the roar of artillery and the
boom of the thunder are So loud. be-
cause they are a combination of
Echoes all the hillsides. and the
caverns, and the walls furnishing a
share of the resonance. And never
will we understand the full power
and music of an Echo until with su
pernatulal faculties. able To endure
them, we hear all the conjoined
sounds of heavenly Echoes harps
and tlumpcts. orchcstras and ora
torios. hosannahs and hallcluiahs.
eaSt side of heaven answering to the
west side, north side to south side,
and all the heights, and all the
depths. and all the immensities. and
all the eternitics joining III Echo upon
Echo. Echo i'll the wake of Echo.
In the future state. whether of rap
ture or ruin. we will listen for revcr-
berations of earthly things and do
ings. Noltairc, standing amid the
shadows. will listen, and frori the
millions whose godlcssness and lib
ertinism and debauchery We're a con
sequence of his brilliant blasphemieS
will come back a weeping, waiting.
d daspairinS. agOniZing. million voiced
Echo. Paul Will, while standing in
the light. listen. and from ;lll the cir
cles of the ranSomcd. and from all
the many mansions whom he helped
to people. and from I'LL the thrones
he helped To occupants. and from all
the gates he helped to throng with
arrivals. and from all the temples he
helped fill with worshipers. there
shall come back To him Il glorious.
ever accumulating, transporting and
triumphant Echo.
Oh. what will the tyrants and OPP
preSsors of the earth do with the
Echoes! Those who are responsible
for the wars of the world will have
come back to them all the groans,
the shrieks. the cannonades. the
bursting shells. the crackle of burn
ing cities and the crash of nation )
homes; Hohenlinden and Salamanca,
Wag1am and Sedan, Marathon and
Thermopyl;e. Bunker Hill and Lex
ington. South Mountain and Gettys
burg. Scnnacherib. listen Semira-
mis-. listen, Marc Antony. listen ,
ArtaXerXes. listen, Darius listen ,
Julius Cesar. listen, Alexander and
Napoleon, listen, But to the right
...fl i..,..l- lIs.-..c,,l Il
Echoes
Composers of Gospel hymns and
singers will listen for the return of
Antioch and Brattle Street. Ariel and
Dundee, Harwcll and Woodstock,
Mount Pisgah and Coronation. Home
ward Bound and Shining Shore. and
all the melodies they ever started.
Bishop Hebcr and Charles Wesley
and Isaac Watts and Thomas Hast
ings and Bradbury and HoratitIs Bo
mar and Frances Havcrgal listen,
But you know as well aS do that
there are some places where the
reverbcrltions seem to meet, and
standing there they rush upon you.
they rain upon you. all ut once they
capture your ear And nj the point
where all heavenly reverbeiations
meet Christ Will stand and listen for
the rcsound of all his sighs and
groans and sacrifices, and they shall
come back in an Echo in which shall
mingle the acclaim of redeemed
world. and the "Jubilatc Dco" of Il
full heaven Echo sanity. cherubic.
archangelic, Echo of thrones, Echo
of palaces. Echo of temples ON
nipotcnt Echo, Everlasting Echo.
Amen
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