Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-15
WORD OF THE LORD
Or. damage breaches on 4 Novel
Subject
The Wos41esfsb 6s<,shizAg assat Healing
Power OF Nussc - iiiSsssss-i
by David hecDss saul

6DpO8LYN, Nay lA-ln In sermon
th6f0suaDOah - HsoDkiyn rAhssnacis
Rsv. u. T>lnAss hroaghs ha navel sod
psace>nHl euajunss3oo thai 10 s0syesssd
BY suxs rsshAps never bsfoss chosen.
The op<nfnS hymn. lai by organ md
sosnss end joined In by thosaands Of
vs6csA v~ss
oansU J1AsvAAS s~fal sAssso
fs asnDs ~ vsA snasut -.
TesssAopcsaD0anc~1 No.: "Hnep end
Jsvsk1A. ths tssS briag Sansusl. axht
s,nsA cAapass. s.ath aad slevsush sersrs
"AaA DAVID played with bis hand - .,
osh<r tirles. And thss vss = ,avshn IN
d.ars n4at And Ssal cass the txs~lin.
fos N >asi. viii smits DAVID even -
the yah with u And DAVID avosisSi out
Sf his psrzsnce twice
What . sp-essris for all Asrsi Sasi. a
giant. AnA David. dwarf An unfor.
tanass var tAll>i hal teen com posrd and
sung -u,oerzns DAVID Sbovs saul. That
s'ns threw sanl into pAroxysia u rag
which sroughs on ons II his cid SPELLS OF
insanity 10 which be bal b-en subject
II ons Is dislo.s! 10 SINE physs.,, AL
rneut and hs get real msd. il L. very apt
~ bring on ono OF his old attacks SUI,
n . rsvtns maniac. and hs gu--s to irui-
tati,g the falls. prophe,s or sibyls. w..c
kickei and gesticula,si wildly when
thev pretended ~ ts for~s-lling events
W hatsver tho physicians of this rvysIl
stat NAY havs pr-scnt-d for the dis
ordered king know not. but David pre-
~rfb-d music. Having keyed up the
harp bis fingers began Ia pull The rhythm
from TIE vibrating sningS Thrum.
Thrum. TaruInl No use. The king will
not listen IL the exquisi,s ca<iesacea lie
bets ry . yay-iin. expecting IA pin IL.
minstrel ., Tn, wall. bus DAVID iotx-d
the weapon and kept on. for he was con
ndeur that b. could. ~ before. subtle
s-surs bad spirit by music.
Again the Jav-iin Is flung. and David
lodges u and departs What q contrast.
koseare DAVID with harp and enra,<-d
Saul with q yavelin. Who would not
rather play tho one than I'm. the other;
But that WAS not the only time in the
worlds history that harp ard Jav-lin
ns-s Where ther birthplace WAS can
Dos declare IL Is said that thu Tyre was
nEss suggested by tho tight drawing u
the siEcws 81 . toTtoiss acrurs its shell.
and that tas fiute WAS fut suggested BY
tho eiowinx VI the wind arr,ss Q bed Of
SeeslA, and that tho ratio Of musical in
tervais wss hrss suggested 70 Ey.haso-
re- by thu different hammer on the anvil
Of tho sraithy. but tho harp ~~ms - rls
~ have dropped out Of sho sky and tho
Javeiin 10 have been thrown up from tho
pa
The oldest s.rtngsd instrument Of tho
world Is the nATp. Juhal soundksi his
harp In the buk Of 0eoaris. David
played many Of hAs psnlms or ths harp
while no snng tAm he capevss In
Babyl lon hung thsir hasps 90 The willows.
jossphus oaSobssssd The invrutsoa II the
1ostr,nssd harp TmoshsuA tho Mile
ss,. wa imxtsuned Tor adding the
twelfth string 70 tAs harp. because too
much Injury Of sound might enervate
the p-ople Egyptian harps. Scottish
hary~, Welsh harye. Irish harps have
eosn celebrated What "a inspired tri-
angle,
tACisst y Va poote l04u EsI1Iu.
who by pssiAls invented called the foot
- well AZ the hand To the harp. When
shs hsrTsscord maker fcr whom he
worked discharged him fr his genius.
th- employer not wanting 'o ne eclip-cd
by his subordinate. Erarl suffered frufn
The same passion - JEALOUSY that threw
Saui q my .ess into the IL darIng which
-.
harp = slIno~. human. ~ y1u lind when
you yut yOur finger GA is pulse.
Ofhsr Instruments have louder voice
AMI may b. o~'rsr for bs,tl. charge.
but what exquisite sweetness slurn b~rs
between the harp strings. waking a, the
first touch az .bs t,If- ~ the fingers. IL
can weep I. can plead Il can soothe.
u car pray TIE iuts i. more mellow.
the ,rp,nps; = more startling. the organ
y more majestic. tho cyrnbs,s ara mors
festive the drum - more resembling.
bot the harp has richness 81 i's osn
snd ~lli cpntiup. ia mission through al
true and then take par. m celestial syn
Tnonies. for ~ John SAYS he heard In
heaven the harps - God
Attk aN-hsrt a. ttaNs
But the jsvelin VI my text ~ ia-t ~
oil Il - sbou. 5, fast long. with woci.
90 handle aad steel point. keer All sharp.
HUT 70 belongs "a ihe great family =
death dealers snt "a brother 20 sword
and SPEAR sni hay,ust. anil FIRST cousin
o. all The iulplsrn~u's that wound anil
slsy Is h.as cut 80 way through thu
asg-s 10 wss obi when Ss,ii. M IN. -osno
81 my text. triei - hsrT,.u David Il
has xsshe-i the Earth with grave trenches
L. keen up q r-sisl~ne.i with the hloc-i
~ American wars. Engiiso wars. Ger
men wsrs. Russian wArs. F-euoh wars
CRUSADER war; aud VAR - al nstions
ard u all sx-s
TIE structure of the jav.iin shows
what 70 ~as made for. rhs plovshArs
h shs<p. bat sirns-i ~ cut the Earth IA
Srpp~rst,on foe hary~-ts The lightning
I'D ~ sharp. i'us sirn~i - di.Nrrn the
kxhsufnrs AMI --cur- safety. The sv -
sssup. Au, airu-d tc frIl forests Ard
si~ay ths ~ay &c human hseisAson
tt. Saif, ~ sharp. w, ssrrei ~ ru, thu
tr~-si sor -a~tens,,-e. Brs the jsvsiin
n sharp oriy "a cpsn hurusn Arteries au'i
extinx1i<h human ey~<ish, AMI sase
hurnsn hs. ard 81 the ssu.h With ths
cries q crv4-sn.-Ss ssi sslovhoo'i snsl
ehi,dss-n~-<
Dh I arm e. xlei thss nv sest hrrngs
si,~ni a. cic-s together That v~ osn 49,
sh- ccutr-.~s h~s~--n sha harp snd ,he
:sv-ha TIE ono - ~nctii',. -. Other q