Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1893-11-04
REV. DIR. TALMAGl.


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.w"r.. one nan would say. 1T i. a t4,nyen-
ton ~ hyporrite-." Another. III +. al as
s.mh!y Of Epeopi.. who t~ceithemseiNe7 A great
deal b"tt-r than osh"ts. Another. i, js n
place for gossip. whe+e wolverine DISPOSE
ions i'eonr zach T:ther. Another. 1T Is a
iiae' Tor tn@ cultivation - Superstition and
can't tn9thcr. 1t il an arsenal whore
th'~3iosians - 10 get pixies AMI muske,- ar
mot Another. IT Is an art gai1-*I where
men 70 10 pinsr" Grand s%fsrt and exquisite
irc~cp, and mu~irsi "AtE1. and the Dan
'"sqle in -l"cn,s Imagery" Another man
""Hii say T y the best place on earth ex-
capt ~ pwn hone II / forget thee. o
'rt 'Istiein let my right hand forget her cum
nm
No". my friends. whatever tho church X,
ny t"Xt tells YOU what il ought to he a
great. practical, honely. omnipotent help.
"N"nf thee hcir from the sanctuary. The
r." ought to Yield restfulness to the BODY.
ZOE '''!"f OF the upholstery ought to weld
pleasure t. tho eye. The entire service ought
10 Ni"id strength for the moil and struggle Of
'y"ryday life III" sabbath ought to be har-
h"--et - All the six days Of the week. draw
III taert ia the right direction. The church
"i-:tt 10 b" q magnet. visibly and nightly
hf@ 1tHI all tn" homes Of the wcrehtpars.
Et,r, man gets roughly iostlef. gets abused.
g"t>-e'it, gets ipsrltet gets sighted. gets
eNt~rrratei.
~ ttc tIInc the sabbath comes he has an
9r.oa GIatl0n Of six days. Of ANNOYANCE. and
lis' = a.starvelins church service which has
not strength enough to take that accumulat.
~ annoyance and hurI it into perdition. The
business man sits down In church headarhay
from the weeks engagements. PERHAPS he
Wt-a". ne had tafriad at home on the lounge
wit the newspapers and the slippers. That
ni1ii wants to lie cooled Of and graciouslv
IL rt'1. The first wav,, Of the religious
@rrt ought 10 dash clear over the hurri-
,nn" .".ks and leave him dripping with holy
an @ltI heavenly emotion. send thee help
frotl the sanctuary
ia the .'rst place. sanctuary help ought IN
com. ffom the music. A woman diving in
%st.,an1 persisted IN singing TO the last mo-
14"hi. Inc attendants tried 10 persuade her
= stop. saying it would exhaust her and
make her disease worse. She answered II
must sing. | am only practicing for the
heavenly choir. Music on earth is q re-
i"ar.ll Tor music in heaven. II YOU and |
ar @oing to take part III that great. orches-
r.. II l. high time that we We're strincing
tntttlrnmming our hlrps. They tell us that
lnaibrrSand Gottschalk never would 20 into
s"onr-rt until they had first in private re-
heir~"d, although they were such masters of
n" instrument. And can it be that we ex-
poet 10 take IA part in the great oratorio of
heaven If we do not rchearse here? But I
an not speaking of the next world. Sabbath
SON ought TO set ali the week to music. We
want not more narmony not more artistic
expression, but more volume in our church
nu-."-
Now | am no worohiper of noise, but | be-
l"E" that If orr American churches would,
with iull htartin"ss Of soul and full emphasis
II ,rlcc, sing the songs Of Zion this part Of
sacred worship would have tenfold more
COVER than ii has now Why not take this
part OF the sacred service and lift it to where
IT ought to beg All the annoyances of life
might lac ,lrowned ont of that sacred song.
Do YOU tell III" that it is not fashionable to
sing very loudly? Then, | say, away with
he fashion. We dam back the great Mis-
sissippl Of congregational singing and let q
few drops Of melody trickle through the
lam. say. take away the dam and let the
pillows roar on their way to the oceanic
heart Of God. Whether it is fashionable TO
sing loudly or not. let us sing with all pos
.ltIr emphasis.
We hear Il great deal of the art of singing,
oi music as Al entertainment. of music as a
recreation. 1t is high time we heard some
thing IF music az a help-a practical help.
In nrier to do this We MUST only have a few
hymns. New tunes and new hymns every
sunday make poor congregational singing
Fifty hymns are enough for fifty years. Tho
Episcopal Church prays the same prayers
every sabbath, ana year after year and
century after century. For that reason they
have hearty responses. Let US take q hint
from that fact. and let w sing the same
songs sabbath after sabbath. Only in that
way can VIZ come to the full force OF this
exercise. Twenty thousand wears will not
war out the hymns Of William Cowper and
Charles Wesley and Isaac Watts.
Nuppo>" now each person in this audience
has brought all the annovances of the last
3b, daN~. Fill thls room To the ceiling with
sacred song. ana YOU would drown out all
those annnytne,s Of the go DAYS. and YOU
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