The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-10-19
NJ HAD THEM SINGING.
or REV. DR.TALMAoE TALKS or
A,a Fashioned Hymns and Helpful
churches. Sunday Should Be in
Harness with the other
Six Days.

:, vou should ask flfty men what the churcl
,bey would give you hfty different m
,,srs one man would say. ''It Is n conyen,
~ Of hypocrltes." another, "It is an az
.mbly Of people who feel themselves preai
I'll better than others" Another. "It Is q
l.ce for gossip, where wolverine disposl
.,s deyour each other" Another. ''It is a
70 for the cultivation OF superstition nni
at" Another, ''It is an arsenal wher,
hsologians 90 TO get pixies and muskets and
ho," Another. "1t fs an art gallery, wher,
sn 60 TO admire grand arches and exquisite
-s.eo. and musical warble and the Dan.
.soue In gloomy imagery" Another man
,ord say, 1T Is the best place on earth ex.
cc, my own home" II I forget thee. O
5,rusalem let my right hand forget her cum.
hing
AZ text tells you what IL ought TO be-n
,sst. practical, homely, omnipotent helm
send thee help from the sanctuary" The
new ought TO yield restfulness TO the body.
he color OF the upholstery ought TO yioid
Rleas,ire to the eye. The entire service ought
weld strength for the moil and struggle n;
vryday life. Tho Sabbath ought TO be har-
sssed TO all the six days OF the week. draw
M them in the right direction. The church
pughi to be magnet. visibly and nightly
Iratng all the homes OF The worshipers
Eyery man gets roughly jostie1. gets abused
rc,s cut. gets insulted, gets sighted, ye;s
tasperated.
py the time the Sabbath comes he has an
,ecumulaticn OF six days OF annoyance. and
baf Is stHryeling church service which has
bot strength enough TO take that accumulut-
d annoyance and hurl IL into perdition. Tho
usincss man sits down in church knadachey
hon the weeks engagements. Perhaps he
rishes he had turried at home on tho lounge
f.Ls AZ. u.f.e a h..
ran wants TO be cooled of and graciougly
Inverted. The first wave OF the religious
Isryice ought TO dash clear over tho hurri.
ane decks and leave him dripping with holy
sai glad heavenly emotion. "Sen1 thee help
||rom the sanctuary
Ia the first place, sanctuary help ought 10
rome from the music. A woman diving in
kfnsland persisted in singing to the last mo-
rent. Toe attendants tried 10 persuade her
b stop, saying II would exhaust her and
make her disease worse. She answered II
nus, sing. | am only practicing for tho
heavenly choir" Music on earth "a n re-
hearsal for music In heaven. IL YOU and I
,re going TO take part in that great orches-
|n II Is high time that We were stringinr
/, ,ndthrumming our harps. They toll us thar
|Thalberga and Gottschalk never would 90 into
ID concert until they had first in private re-
|hearsed. although they wore such masters OF
HE instrument. And can IL be that we ex-
pet TO take part In the great oratorio OF
heaven II we do not rehearse here? But [
Ian not speaking of the next world. Sabbath
|.onc ought to set all the week to music. We
want not more harmony, not moro artistic
Expression, but more volume in our church
|nusic
\ Now am no worshiper Of noise. but be-
leye that II our American churches would,
with full hcartiness of soul and full emphasis
|ol lvo!ce, sing the songs OF Zion this part OF
sacred worship would have tenfold more
power than II has now. Why not take this
part OF the sacred service and lift II to where
Bought TO be? All the annoyances OF life
might be drowned out OF that sacred song.
do you tell me that IL is not fashionable 10
erg 'ery loudly Then, say, away with
hfashion. We dam back the great Mis-
|Exspi OF congregational singing and let a
lev drops of melody trickle through the
ban. ! say, take away the dam and let the
pillows roar on their way TO the oceanic
kear OF God. Whether 1t Is fashionable to
|sng loudly or not, let US sing with all pos
Eble emphasis.
We hear great deal OF the art OF singing,
d music rs an entertainment. OF music as "a
nreation. II is high time we heard some-
thing OF music as u help-a practical hello.
IN order 10 do this we must only have few
hymns. New tunes and new hymns every
sunday make poor congregational singing.
Fifty hymns aro enough for ilfty years. The
Episcopal Church prays the same prayers
every Sabbath, and year after year and
century after century. For that reason they
have hearty responses. Let US take hint
trom that fact, and let us sing the same
songs Sabbath after sabbath Only IN that
way can we como TO the iull fore, OF this
exercise. Twenty thousand years will no.
wear out the hymns OF William Cowpsr and
Charles Wesley and Isaac Watts.
suppose now each person in this audience
has brought all the snnoyances OF the last
S5 days. Fill this room TO the ceiling with
sacred song, and you would drown out all
those annoyances Of the 3G5 days. and you
would drown them out forever. Organ and
cornet are only TO marshal the voice. Let
the voice fall into line, and In companies. and
II brigades, 10y storm take the obduracy ana
Sin OF the world. II you cannot sing for
yourself, sing for others. by trying TO give
others good cheer you will bring good cheer
70 your own heart. When Londonderry,
Ireland, was besieged, many years ago. the
people inside the city were Vanishing, and
vessel came up with provisions, but the YES.
gel ran on the river bank ana stuck fast. The
enemy went down, with laughter ana de-
rison, TO board the vessel. when the vessel
yave broadside fire against the enemy, and
and all was well.
Oh, ye who are high and dry on the rocks
'i melancholy, give broadside fire OF song
'gainst your spiritual enemies, and by holy
'ebound you will come out into the calm
waters. IL wo want to make ourselves
lappy we must make others happy.
Mythology tells us OF Amphian, who played
us Tyre until the mountains were moved and
ne walls of Thebes arose, but religion has a
hghtier story TO tell OF how Christian song
nay build whole temples of eternal Joy and
~ the round earth into sympathy with the
Eies. tarried many nights In London, and
used to hear the bells-the small bells OF
he city-strike the hour OF night--one, two,
hree, four, and after they were done strik-
hs the hour OF night, then the great 81.
'aul's Cathedral would come In 10 mark the
lours making all the other sounds seem ut
erly insignificant as with mighty tongue II
'nnounced the hour or the night-syery
'roke an oyermasterlng boom.
Ny friends, II was intended that all tho
esser sounds OF the world should be drowned
'ut In the mighty tongue OF congregational
ong beating against the gates OF heaven.
Do you know how they mark the hours In
leaven? They have no clocks. as they have
70 candles, but great pendulum of halle
ulah swinging across heaven from eternity
eternity.
Let those refuse 20 sing
Who never knew our God.
But children OF the heavenly king
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