Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-05-15

the keen edge of the dtherP Was there
An old grudge between the two families
of sweet sound and sharp cut? Had
the triangle ever insalted the polished
shaft?
WHY THE DEADLY AIM
OF the destroying weapon against the
instrument OF soothing, calming, heal
ing sound? Well, will answer that II
Won will tell me why the hostility OF so
many TO the Gospel, why the virulent
attacks against Christian religion, why
the angry antipathy OF so many to the
most genial, most inviting, most saluta-
nv influence under all the heavens?
To head off and trip up and push
down and corner our religion was the
dominant thought in the life OF David
Hume. and Voltaire and Shaftesoury,
and even the Earl OF Rochester until
one day in princely house, In which
they blasphemously pnt God on trial,
and the Earl Of Rochester was the at
torney against God and religion ana re-
ceived the applause Of the whole COM
uany, when suddenly the Earl was
struck under conviction, and cried:
"Good God, that man who walks up
rightly, who sees the wonderful works
of God and has the use OF his senses
aud reason, should use them Ia defying
his Creator! l wish had been a crawl
ing leper in ditch rather than have
acted toward God as 1 have done"
JaYelln Of wit, javelin of irony, javelin
of scurrility, javelin OF sophlstry,
iavelin OF human and diabolic hostility,
nave been flying for hundreds of years,
and are now flying now. But aimed at
what? At something that has come to
devastate the world.
No, aimed at the Gospel harp. Harp
on which prophets played with some
what lingering and uncertain fingers.
but harp on which apostles played with
sublime certainty, and martyrs played
while their fingers were on IRE.
MAY A JAvELIN STAY ME
before fling javelin at that. Harp
which ii seems almost too sacred for me
to touch, and so l call down from their
thrones those who used TO finger it, and
ask them TO touch 1t now. Come
down, William Cowper, and run your
fingers over the strings Of this harp. i"
He says, 81 WILL" and he plays:
There is a fountain filled with blood,
Drawn from ImmanusPs veias.
"Come down, Charles Wesley, and
touch the strings" He says, 81 Will,
and he plays:
Jesus lover OF my soul,
Let me to thy bosom fly.
Come down, Augustus TopladY, and
sweep your fingers across this Gospel
harp" He says, 81 will" and ne plays;
Rock OF ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee.
"Come down, Isaac Watts, and take this
harp" He says, 81 will" and he plays:
Alas and did my Saviour bleed,
And did my sovereign die.
''P. P. Bliss, come down and thrum
this Gospel harp" He says, 81 will, "
and he plays:
Hallelujah. it's done,
believe on he Son.
Ineffable harp! Transporting harp!
Harp of earthl Harp of heaven! Harp
saintly and seraphic! Harp of God! Oh,
| like the idea OF that old monument in
the ancient church at Ulard, near Kill
kenny, Ireland. The sculpture on that
monument, though chiselled more than
a thousand years ago, as appropriate to-
day as then, the sculpture representing
a harp upon a cross. That is where
hang 1t now, that is where you had bet
ter hang it. Let the javelin be forever
buried, the sharp edge down, but hang
the harp upon the cross.
And now upon our souls let the harps
of heaven rain music, and the words OF
ST. John in the Apocalypse be fulfilled:
II heard voice from heaven as the
voice Of many waters and as the voice
OF great thunder, and | heard the
voice of harpers harping with their
harps.