Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-11-01
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
THE BKOOKLYN DIVINE,s sim.
DAY SERMON,
Subject: "IIeIpful Churches,n

TE>r ''S"i thee help from the sanctu-
ar. .-p-l'ms Xx.. 2
fyru -Hou'l ask fifty men what the cbnrcb
i5 they would give you fifty different an
Ss.r- one man would saw SIT is a conyen-
ton n. Lyporrites.' Another. at is an as
smh.y %. people who feelthemsalves a great
Zeal better than others" Another. s.It IL a
pace for gossip, where wolverine disposi-
u.- IrygUr each other" Another. '.It "a n
r...... for the cultivation OF superstition and
,auf." Another, "t Is an arsenal where
t..an.n .Iul- 20 10 g't pixies and muskets and
s.ot' Another, 1t is an art gallery. where
..au go tn admire grand arches and exquisite
.-.-.0 auI musical warble and the Dam
.-4.. ru gloomy imagery" Another man
would say. "It Is the best pllce on earth ex-
,.ut ms own home II l forget thee. O
Jerusalem let my right hand forget her cum
uIur'
Now. wv rion Is. whatever the church is.
nv trNt tells You what il ought to be-a
great urt.tin.d homely, omnipotent help.
..S.ut t.n. h.lp from the sanctuary" The
u..y ought to yield rest'uiness to the body.
Ilr ar.H- OF the upholstery ought to yield
plau-rr. tn the eye. Tue entire service ought
10 Welt strength for the mOil and struggle OF
every lny life. The sabbath ought TO beha--
messed % all the six days OF the week. draw
ir. them In the right direction. The church
II-'F % Poe q '.I.l-uHL, Al~l'lN IN I rnlEltlly
affecting uU the homes Of the wOrshipers.
Every man gets roughly jys,ls /. gets abused,
gels elr, gets iusultei, gets sllshtei, gets
tX.Sparlt"L
Bv the time the Sabbath comes he has an
accumulation of six days OF annoyance. and
that Is % =tgr,aIiD- chur n service which has
n. strength enough to tIkc that a..umulat-
o.. annoyance and hurl it into peri,tion. The
business man sits down in church headIchey
ir1m the weeks engagements. Perhaps he
WISHES be had tarried at home on the lounge
with the newspapers and the slippers. That
man wants 20 be cooled or and graciously
diverted The first wave OF the religious
service ought 20 dash clear over the hurri-
cane decks and leave him dripping with holy
and glad heavenly emotion. IS nj thee help
from the 7lu.tUlry.'
In the Lr-t place, sanctuary help ought to
come from the music. 4 woman diving in
England persisted in singing To the last mo-
ment. The attendants tried 70 persuade her
10 stop. saving IL would exhaust her and
must srns. l am only practiring for the
heavenly choir Music on earth is n re-
Le4r-l. for music in heaven. II YOU and
or -1iu-tH take part in that great Orches-
trl. 90 is high time tlat We were strineinS
al g tlrluu-.u- 0Ir harps. They tell Us tnat
Ia..HrrrGut Gntts'hglS never would 20 into
L. CONCERT until they hal first in private re-
L-s.---I. although they We're Sucu masters of
the Instrument. And can it be that we ex-
pet o. take g. part IN the great OratOriO of
heaven J. Wa r.D not rehelrse here? But l
am Not speaking OF the nnEl world. Sabbath
s0a, ought 10 SIT all tine waaS 10 music. We
want not nor, harmony, not more artistic
expression. but more volume in our church
music.
Vow avn no -,o-shiper Of noise. but be-
liags that il our American churches would.
with FUN h-4rtiuass oi soul and iulI emphasis
WN..a -
stnraI worship woIII have tenfoId more
power than il has now. Why not take this
par, of the sacred service and lift it TO where
II ought TO beg All the annOyunces OF life
might he drowned out Of that sacred song.
Do YOU tell me that II is not fashionable to
sing very I0uily2 Then, L say. away with
the fashion. We dam bac& Ine STedt MIS-
si>-iuVi OF r-1z-rczsitiUuai singing and let
few drops OF melody trickle through the
dam. 1 say, take away the dam and let the
bill0ws roar on their way to the oceanic
heart Of God. Whether it il fashionable to
sing loudly or not, let US sing with all pos
s.U.a emphasis.
We hear @ great deal of the art of singing,
OF Iu=I. rs an entertainment, OF music as
recreation. 1t is high time we heard some
tlIls of music as a heiP-a practical help.
IN 0rI-r tr do this We must only have a few
hymns New tunes and new hymns every
sunday make poor cOugrs satlouai singing.
F.ty lymEs are enough Tor fifty years. The
Episcopal Church prays the same prayers
every sabbath. and year alter year and
century after century. For that reason they
have hearty responses. Let Us take hint
from that fact. and let US sing the same
songs ~I.b4tl after sabbath. Only in that
way -tu wee come 10 the 1ull force OF this
exercise. Twenty thousand years will not
wear Out the hymns OF William COwper and
Charles Wesley and Isaac Watts.
Suppose now each person IN this audience
has brought all the auuOyances Of the last
3G5 DAYS Fill this room 10 the ceiling with
sacred SOM. ami you would drown out all
those auu0vuu"es OF the 36j days. and -ou
would drown them out forever. Organ an
cQruet are only 10 marshal the voice. Let
the voice fall into line, and in companies, and
IL Dr.lIa-. 10y storm take the OOduracy and
sin OF tile world. II you cannot sing for
yourself. sing ior others. BY trying to give
others gyol cheer you will bring good cheer
TO YOUR own heart When Londonderry,
Ireland. was Ueslrgei, many years ago, the
people inside the city We're lamishlng, and a
vessel came up with provisions, but the yes
sci ran on the river bank an stuck fast. The
enemy went down, with laughter and de-
,rlsou. % ngari the vessel. ,wGen the yesse,
gave br1a'7llellre against the eme1y, and
by IN" shock was turned back into the stream,
and all was we'll.
Oh. y" who ara high and dry on the rocks
0I melancholy. give brOadside fire of song
.
rebound You viii come out into the calm
water. II We want to make ourselves
LtnpF, We must make others happy.
ANTHOLOGY tells us Of Amphian, who played
MS WE until the mountains were moved and
lA" walls Of Ilebes arose. but religion has a
MIShtier story TO tell of how Christian song
may auili whole temples of eternal joy and
A'l The round earth into sympathy with the
SKIES l iarriei many nights in London, and
H7~i 70 hear the beis-the small bells of
me 'ity-strlke the hour of night-one, two,
S-r--, Iour. and after they We're done strik-
III M '..' hour of night, then the great st.
i"l' IS tthrlral would come in to mark the
AoAF-, making all the other sounds seem ut
IrFy insignificant as with mighty tongue it
aAL3ll eel the hour or the niSht-every
sL lAe an ov"rmasterlnc boom
MY friends, It was intended that all -he
lesser sounds Of the world should be drowned
olt DO the mighty tongue of congregational
73Ai beating against the gates of heaven.
~ You know how they mark the hours in
Aea'eAt They have no clocks, as they have
no candles, hut great pendulum of halle
.u'aA swinging across heaven from eternity
10 eternity.
Let those re use 70 sing
Who never knew our God,
But children OF the heavenly king
should speak their toys abrOal.
Again I remark that sanctuary help ought
70 come from the sermon. Of a thousand
>eoI.s IN this or any other audience. how
many want sympathetic help? Do you guess
hIniret? Do you guess 500? You have
guessed wrong. I will tell you just the pro-
portion. out Of u thousand people in this
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