The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-29


have really got this new nature, We have
new name, we are sons and daughters OF
the Most High God.
Then another thing--we get into new
way. We are taken out OF the broad way,
and put into the narrow way. ] tell you
what! The longer live the more / am
convinced that the path Is a narrow one.
IL isn't so broad that all classes can walk
That way. Not by good deal! In the
9TH chapter OF Matthew, 18th verse, 1t
says, "Enter ye In at the straight gate;
for wide is the gate, and broad
Is the way, that leadeth to destruction,
and many there be which go In thereat;
because straight Is the gate, and narrow
Is the way which leadeth unto life, and
few there be that find it," The broad way
leads to darkness and disappointment
and heart-break and death and the narrow
way leads to everlasting life. Proverbs
iv. 16: "But the path of the just is as the
shining light, that shineth more and
more unto the perfect day" There Is the
difference. The path of I he world and the
ungodly grows harder as you go on, but
The path Of the godly grows brighter and
brighter.
Then another thing we will have is a
new tongue. "They shall speak with new
tongues" have heard people back biting
one day and the next praising God. They
had new heart, new life, new nature,
new creation, and therefore ttey want
new tongue, too. Then another thing wewill
have is new song. II we have got into
the Kingdom of God, we will have de-
sire to praise Him constantly. IL won't
be just In meetings like this, but 1t will
be life of constant praise and Joy.
Why? Because believe God warts His
people to be joyful people, and / don't
believe we will have real conversions in
the church until We have gotten out of
our backslidden state and become joyful
cheerful Christians.
When the church Of God is revived, il
begins TO sing and praise; and what we
want today Is singing church. Why
you remember the last thing Moses
did was to write a song and teach
1t TO the children OF Israel. II would be
very strange thing now to see minister
one hundred and twenty years old writing
song and teaching it to the people,
wouldn't it? Yet .ais was what
Moses did when he was a hundred
aud twenty years old. II you car.
get people TO sing the truth, il will lodge
In their minds and last longer than my
<rmon. Now, listen And Moses Went
lui spoke these words unto the children
OF Israel, Deuteronomy 31sr chapter, End
verse, 81 am hundred and twenty years
old today and can~no more go out and
come in; also the Lord hath said unto
me, thou shalt not go over this Jordan
Then in the 10Th verse, "Now therefore
write We this song for you, and teach IL th,
children OF Israel; put it in their mouths,
hat 4. "a. lxn x.,tt r..
against the children OF Israel" 22d verse,
"Moses therefore wrote this song the sa ,r.e
day, and taught il the children of Israeli
30th verse, "And Moses spake in the ears
IL all the congregation of Israe'
the words of this song, until
hey were ended" There Il
something very pathetic about God not
letting him go over into the Promised
Land. And the people came out of Egyrt
singing. And now as he is going to leave
them, he gives them a song, and they
come out Of Canaan through the Red sea,
singing.
Nov l want TO say right here, that
firmly believe that II we are going to see
the work of God revived in this land, the
old songs of Zion must be re-
vived. So we want revival of song.
God wants His people happy and full of
Joy and gladness. / want to say right
here that i have no sympathy with this
idea that all the best hymns were written
in the last century. l think they were
grand; Crock CT Ages Cleft Rr Me" and
"Jesus, Lover OF My Soul, 'Sare grand
and they will never wear out. "Just AS
Am" will never wear out. Those old hymn
and tunes are grand, but / tell you what
/ believe the hymns thGt have been writ
ten in this century are going to be a.
bright and cheerful and live as Tonga
these older ones. Look at that hymn yor
we're singing just q few minutes ago,
"Behold What Love-" Look at that S4ti
hymn, "Though Your Sins BE As Scarlet!"
That is the word of God, isn't it?
They ere the words OF Jesus Christ. SO
believe it Is just as important to sing tn,
word OF God as to preach IL. think the
churches are making a great mistake in
locking up the hymn books. There are
very few homes which you car
go into and find hym,
book upon the piano.. Now
we are together in the church only about
an hour in seven days, and we don't have
any time TO learn new hymn. And what
Il the result? You can pick out six or
eight hymns that have been sung for he
last 20 years and have the masses sing.
NV dear friends, let us have the old songs
and the now. You go into the cathedrsls
and churches Of Europe and in somc OF
them they have the finest music
known, but there are only
a few people to listen and appreciate
It. You don't get the sentiment or the
words. The common people (like youand
~ just want the words. They want the
sentiment. They want something besides
just sound to carry away with them.
don't know what we will do when we
get to Heaven, for up there they nre
always singing the song OF Moses aud the
Lamb. We dou't get any practice down
here. / sometimes tell Mr.. Sankcy that
cen sing "a swestly a he from my heart.
and do not know one note from another
Bat by-and- by expect TO lift the hiyh
halleluiahS OF Heaven and sing as swestiy
az I've or anyone else. Let's keep our hearts
full OF scpg.
DO ycu know that when your Chris.
died, He left will? Some of you think