The Red Cloud chief., 1892-07-22

battles they have fought the burdens
they carried. the misrepresentation
they suffered, and because they are de-
livcred from all these, they stand before
God waving their palms. They come
to the feet of Christ and they look up
into his face, and they remember his
sorrows, and they remember his pain,
and they remember his Rroans, and
they say: "Why, ! was saved by that
Christ lie pardoned my sins. He
soothed nv sorrows and standing
there they shall be cxultant, waving
their palms.
That hand oncc held the implement
Of toll or welded the sword Of war; but
now II plucks down branches from tho
tree of life as they stand before the
throne waving their palms. Once he
was n pilgrim on earth; he crunched
the hard crusts-he walked the weary
way, but it is ali gone now, the sin
gone, the WEAKNESS gone, the sickness
gone. the sorrow gone. As Christ stands
up before the great array Of the saved
and %rccounts his victories, IL will DO
like che rocking and tossing Of u forest
in n tempest, as 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 songs they sing.
DIR. Dick, In n very learned work, says
that among other things In Heaven he
thinks they will give n great deal OF
time to the study Of arithmetic and the
higher branches of mathematics. do
not believe 1t. II would upset my idea
OF Heaven IL I thought 80; l never liked
mathematics; and I would rather take
the representation of my text, which
describes the occupation OF Heaven as
being joyful p~salmody. "They cried
with n loud voice, saying, Salvation un.
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
m eternal heaven, through the blood
of the Lamb that was slain.
In this world we have plaintive songs
songs tremulous with sorrow, songs
hrgeful 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
hallclujah--thc drllest tune a tri-
umphal march. Joy among the cher
| ubiml Joy among the scraphim! Joy
among the ransomed! JOY forevcr!
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 sans
too low; some sang by fits and starts
but in the great audience of the re
deemed on high all voices will be &c
cordant. and the nan who on eartf
could not tell n plantation melody from
the Dead March in Saul" will lift al
anthem that the Memberships unt
Beethovcns and the Schumanns of cartl
never imagined; and you may stant
through all eternity and listen, ant
there will not be onc discord In tina
great anthem that forever rolls NJ
against the heart Of God. 1t will no
he a solo: II will not be n duet; 1t viii
not be a quintettc; but al innumerabl
host before the throne, crying, "Salvu
ton unto our God and unto the Lamb.
They crowd all the temples; they ben
over the ~battlements; they fill all tn
heights and depths and lengths an
| brcadths of Heaven with their hosar
has
When the people We're taken into tn
temple of Diana it was such n brillian
room that they were always put o
. their guard. Some people had los
: their sight by just looking on the bri
liancy of that room, and SO the jamie
r when he brought II stranger to the doc
and let him in would always charg
c him, Take heed Of your eyes"
o! when | think of the song that go'
up around the throne OF God. SO jub
liant, many voiced, multitudinous, l fe
y like saying, Take heed of your ears
II is so loud n song. II is so blessed a
n anthem. They sing u rock song. sa,
ing 'Who Is lie that sheltered us In II
% wilderness, and Swallowed US in n weal
n land? And the chorus comes l
"Christ, the shadow of a rock in
Is weary land"
q They sing n star song, saying, wi
20 is lie that guided us through the Thu
'e night, and when all other lights we
,. out, arose in the sky the morning sta
1t pouring light on the souls darkness
10 And the chorus will come in: Chris
the morning star, shining on the sou
darkness" They will sing a flow
song, saying: "Who is He that brigl
ened all our way and breathed swe'
ness upon our soul and bloomed throu
frost and tempest?" and the chorus "
come in, Christ, the lily OF the vall'
blooming through frost and tempes
They sing n water song, saying: wv
is He that cleaned to US from I
frowning crag and lightened the da
ravine OF trouble and brought COOL
to the temples and rcfreshment
the lip, and was u fountain
the midst of the wilderness?' a
then the chorus will come in: 'ChrI
of the fountain in the midst of the wild
ad ness" My. friends, will you join Il
lr- anthem? Shall we make rehearsal t
Id morning? IL we cannot sing that sc
ad on earth, we will not be able to sini
ar- In Heaven. Can it be that our q
va friends In tina land will wall