Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-07-12
REV, Dir. TALMAGE,
The Brooklyn Divine's
Sunday Sermon.
suiJect :-"The Song OF Birds. ;,

Iar-fl hare h,yr habttqfion, ,rAich Gin
G'aaaJ ne branches. Psalms, CIV. 10.
There is an important and improving sub
jct 20 which most people have given n,
Thought and concerning which this is tn
first pulpit tIScussiOn-namely, 'sThe SOM, n
E.r.-.' II all that has been written conoern
In- music 10y human voice or about rnusi
SCUM ."l on instrument hy finger or hra.tI
were put together volume hv r. slda n
volume. 1t would i'll a hundred 4. .-.Oyes oftb,
national libraries.
First. I remark that which will surn-.s.
many. that the song Of birds is a reprlin.e,
AMI SYSTEMATIC song. capable OF being write,
out Iu note and stan and bar and cIef a
much rs anything that Wagner or Schuman,
or Handel ever put on paper. IS we TasS IN,
rr'F" Where the hocAs are holding mat.n o.
Ne-I.r arvlce we are apt to think that ~,
sDua.- are eNtemporized, the r.s'ns, or f.lliD,
mote is mere accident, il is fun. no am
down by hapEazurl, the bird did not knoy
what It was doing, II did not care whether i
Wa- @ long meter psalm or i madrigal. VIVA
amistakei
The musician never put on the music rae.
before him Mrudelssohn's elijah" or Rec
tEoyyu.s Concerto" in G or Spohr's r IA
symphony with more definite idea as tc
what Hr was doing than every bird that ear
s-- ur al confines himself to accurate anC
predetermined rendering. The oratorios IN,
chants. the carols, the Oyertures the infer
luIrs. the ballads. the canticles that this morn
iug were heard or will this evening, n.
heard Ia the forest have rolled Gown throu ri
the AGES without o variation. Even the
cMlwunk's song was ordained clear back IN
the riernitlss. At the gates OF paradise il
SAM ia sounds like the syllables "Euk y
"hus p. ''huk " Just as this morniDD in g
Long Island orchard It sang ''kuk r".'Kuk y
'huA- The thrush at the creation uttered
sounds Ihethe word Teacher ." ''Teaeher -
Teacher ~ as now it utters sounds Ike
Teacher ivy Teacher ~ Teacher
In the summer Of the year l the yellow.
hammer trilled that which sounded ike III =
"N. III. Us in this summer IT triIls '.If y
III III. y The Maryland yellowthroat in.
l"rli7 and bequeIths the tune sounding like
the words PITY me, pity me, pity mel p The
NH''r sparrow 'Iseep, tseep' woke our
great -rludlatuers as il Will awaken our c.r,;lt
grandchildren. The 'Tee-ka-tee-ka-tec-l,, l,,'
OF the birds in the first century was tho same
as the Iee-ka-tee-ka-teg-ka" OF tho nine:
terutI century.
The goIdnnch has foy GqOO years been
singing "De-rce-Gee-ee-ree. But these
sounds, which We put in harsh wor IS.
they put in calcncrs, rhythmic, s0ulsui
and DuraIturinE. Now il there is tins
order aud sys5ematizatiCu and rhythm
all through Gods creation does il not
imply that We should have the same
characteristics in the music vs. make or
Try 10 make? Is 1t not a wicSednlss that
So many parents give no opportunity ior tne
culture OF their children in the art Og sweet
sOIna( II God stOops 10 educate every blue
hlrI, orIOIe and gTOsDeak in song, how can
parents De SO Indifferent about the musical
Development Ofthe immOrtals in their house
hOIdt
We want hemispheric campaign of hosan-
mas. From hearing a blind beggar s!n:, Mar
tin Luther Went home ut forty years of age
10 write his hr5t hymn. In the autumn [
hope 10 have q congregational sinein, s,.hoo!
VIII
the people for the songs of the hOIy SAP
bath. If the church OF God universal IS go
Ing TO take this world for Righteousness,
there must be added a hundredfold OF more
harmony as well az Il hundredsoll OF more
volume to sacred music.
Further, L notice in tho song OF bird,
that it is a diyinely taught song The
rarest prtma donna OF ~ the earth could
not teach the robin one musical note 4
klnghsher flying over the roof OF "a tenn
Pie aquake with harmOnles would not
catch up one melody. ErOm tns time
thut the first birds throat was fashioned
on the banks of the GihOn and Hiddekel
until to-day on the Hudson or Runs the
winged creature has learned nothing
from the human race in the way OF carol or
anthem. The feathergd souEsters learned
all their music direct from God. He gave
them the art in a nest OF straw Or moss or
sticks and taught them how TO lit that song
into the higher heavens and sprjuSIe the
earth with its dulcet encuaHtment7. God
fashioned, God tuned, God launched, Col
lifted music And there IS a kind OF music
that the Lord only can impart 10 you, my
Lear-r.
Songs ike that which Paul commended to
the CJl0ssians when he said, 'AlmOuisn one
another IN psalms and hymns ami SPIRITUAL
songs, singing, with grace il your hearts, 70
the Lord" Songs like Moses sang alter re
tragedy Of the Red sea, songs ike DEBORAH
AMI Burak sang at the overthrow o. sisyr4,
songs like Isaiah heard the redeemed : IL, a.
he came to Zion. on. God, teaca Us thar
kind OF song which Thou only canst tcacn
and help Us to sing II on earth AMI sing II III
heaven. 1t was the highest result OF sweet
sound when under the playing Oi PLsaaInI
one auditor exclaimed reyereatly. 'Ol,
GOd.' and another sO5bed out. "Ol, Christ ~
Further, remark in regard TO the SON.; OF
birds that 1t is trustiul and without any Iear
Of what may Yet come. VIII you tell
how II is possible for that wren, that spar
row that Chickad~ =. o sIn= 50 sweetlY wnen
they may any time be pOunrel upon bv
hawk and torn wing from wing? There arc
cruel heaks in thicket and in sky reaI " to
shay tua song birds. HerOds on tho wing
NNi"'s Ct the sky. AsSaEsins armed with
iron ".aw NIurdercrs OF song floating up
Hul down the heavens. How can the birds
sing amid such peril.? Besides that. how is
the bird sure 70 get food? Millions of birds
Aar' been starved. Yet it sings in the dawn
'.-N any certainty OF breakfast or dinner
'r r-IIIer Would il not be better to gather
Its food for the day before vocalizing.
Besides that, the hunters are abroad
Bang goes a gun in one direction. Bany!I
goes % gun in another direction. The song
will attract the shot and add TO the peril.
For every bird q thousand perils and disqs-
trr+ lowering and sweeping round and round.
l"i there it sings, and it IS a trustful song.
iar bird that has it the hardest sings the
sweetest. Tho lark from the shape OF her
claws may not perch on a tree. In the grass
M"f h.sr .r exposed to every hOO'that passes.
''-. nf tie poorest shelters of all the earth is
'Hr ".ra nest. II she s.ngs at all, You will
expect her 70 render the saiiest OF threno,
a..s. NO, no. She sings eZutingly en- hour
i."Ht pause and mounting 5000 feet with
our losing a note.
Further, in .h6 sl=. galleries there are
songs adapted TO all moods. The meadow
I"!A is Unuruful, and the GOldilnch joyous.
lHl The grosbeak prolonged OF note. But
iA' A.r'tto Of nature is vOlUminous. Are
you -atf You can hear from tine bowers the
echo ui rour grief. Are YOU glad? You can
h'ar an echo Of your happiness. Are
y,a thoughtful? You can hear that
"AI'A viii plunge you into deeper
Iroi.-lL Are you weary? You
may catch n rcstTul air. SO the sons OF
.f.7 arn administrative in all circumstances.
an WE would do well to have n hymnOlOgy
''I AN "Ha" -as OF condition. You may sing
I; '' mo peace ana rouse your Joys
ny .L'' -F'-s'r attitudes. Upon every condition
gs Sr hoay and soul let US try the power of song.
IN. MulututlnOus Utterauces of greve and
gf9iarl and garden and forest suggest most
delightful Possibilities.
some OF the most deeply impressive songs
we ever sing are family songs They have
como down from generation to generation.
l loI were sung to sleep in your infancy and
SS".'+A.y. ny songs that will sing in your soul
.or'.eF. Where was it, my brother my or sis
I.,, inst You heard the family sOng-on the
S@-es Ss OF the Ohio, or the Alabama. or
t'-' AnlrosoOEgin, or the Connecticut,
% t-s Tweed, or the Thames, or the
t.lL0anf That song at eventide. when you
nst' lEa4 out-indeed too tired TO sleep,
80 ~ sol cried with leg ache, and you were
iced and sung to sleep-you hear it now,
We sIt voice from sweet lips, she as tired,
ssIIH4ps sSI more tired than you, but she rocked,
- ~ sLunbered. Oh, those family songs