Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-03-14

plEluR Obtp1c0t GOrC jesus, receive my
spiritl' or with mSny an enraptured soul:
"None but Christi None but Christi"
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Pass around this angels food. Garry 1t
through all these aisles. Climb with it
through all these galleriesl Take 1t among
all the novels as we'll as among all the pal
aces of thegreat towni Give all nations q
taste of this angels food.
Now in the emerald palace Of heaven
let the oupbearers and servants of the king
remove this course from the banquet and
bring on another course of angels food,
which is celestial music. You and have
seen at some concert or oratorio q whole
assemblage to whom the music was feast.
Never anything that they took in at the
lips Of the mouth was SO delightful to their
taste as that which they took In at the lips
Of the ear. / have seen and you have
seen people actually intoxicated with sweet
sounds. Oratorios which are always too
protracted for those OF us who have not
had our faculties cultivated in that direo-
tion were never long enough for them, as
at IL O'Clock at night the leader Of the or
chestra gave the three taps of his baton TO
again start the music they were as fresh
and alert as when three hours before and
at o'clock the curtain was first lifted.
Music to them Is food for body, food
for mind and food for soul. From what I
read in my Bible think celestialized mu-
sio will make up large part of angels
food. Why do say 'celestialized muslcs"
Because, though music may have been born
in heaven, it had net all its charms until
1t came to earth and took baptism of
tears. Since then 1t has had pathos and
a tenderness that 1t could not otherwise
have possessed. 1t had to pass under the
shadows and over stormy seas and weep
at sepulohers and to be hummed as lullaby
over the cradle of sick children before it
could mount to its present attitudes of
heavenly power. No organ on earth would
be complete without the stop 'tremolo"
and the stop "vox humana" And no
music of heaven would be complete with
out the "tremolo" of earthly sorrow COM
forted and the "vox humana" Of earthly
sympathies glorified. Just take up the
New Testament and find it notebook of
celestialized music.
A Power Of Music.
1t says Jesus sang hymn before he
went to the Mount Of Olives, and if he
could sing on earth with Bethlehem hui
initiation close behind him, and sworn
enemies close on both sides of him, and
the torments of Golgotha just before him,
do you not suppose he sings in heaven?
Paul and Suas sang in midnight dungeon,
and do you not suppose that now they
sing ON the delectable SUBMITS? What dc
the harps and trumpets and choirs of Rev
elation suggest If not musio9 What would
the millions of good singers and players
upon instruments who took part in earth
ly worship do in heaven without musici
Why, the mansions ring with 1t. The
great halls of eternity echo with it. The
worship of unnumbered hosts is inwrapped
with it. 1t will be the only art Of earth
that will have enough elasticity and
strength to leap the grave and take posses
sion of heaven. Sculpture will halt this
side the grave because it chiefly commem'
crates the forms Of those who In heaven
will be reconstructed, and what would we
want of the sculptured imitation when we
stand in the presence Of the resurrected
originalp Painting will halt this side the
grave because the colors of earth would be
too tame for heaven, and what use to have
pictured on canvas the scenes which shall
be described to us by those who were the
participants
Ono of the disciples will tell us about
the last supper better than Titan, with
mighty touch, set it up in art gallery
The plainest saint by tongue will describe
the last Judgment better than Michael An
gelo, with his pencil, put it upon the cell
ing of the Vatican. Architecture will halt
this side the grave, for what use would
there be for architects compass and de
sign in that city which is already built
and garnished until nothing can be added
all the Tuileries and Windsor castles and
ST. Clouds of the earth piled up not equal
ing its humblest residences; all the St
Pauls and st. Peters and st. Izaaks an6
st. Sophias of the earth built into one
cathedral not equaling the heavenly tenn
pie, but music will pass right on, right uT
and right in, and millions in heaven will
acknowledge that, under God, she was the
chief cause of their salvation. Oh, would
like to be present when all the great Chris
tian singers and the great Christian play
ers of all the ages shall congregate in heav.
en-! OF course they must, like all the rest
of us, be cleansed and ransomed by the
blood of the slain Lamb. Alas, that some
of the great artists of sweet sound have
been as distinguished for protligacy as fol
the way they warbled or sang or fingered
the keyboard or trod the organ pedal
Some who have been distinguished bassos
and sopranos and prima donnas on eartf
fear will never sing the song of Nose!
and the Lamb or put the lip to the trumpet
with sounds Of victory before the throne.
But many of the masters who charmed
US on earth will more nightly charm III
In heaven. Great music hall of eternity
May you and be there some day to &C
claim when the "Halleluiah Chorus /,
wakened. AS ON earth there have beer
harmonies made up of other harmonies
strain of music from this cantata and ;
strain Of music from that overture, and ,
bar from this and bar from that, but on,
great tune or theme, into which all tht
others were poured as rivers into sea, 81
it may be given to the mightiest soul IL
the heavenly world to gather something
from all the sacred songs we have sung OF
earth or which have been sung in all th,
ages, and roll them on in eternal sym
phony, but the one great theme and tn,
one overmastering tone that shall carr,
all before 1t and uplift all heaven from
central throne to farthest gate of pearl ant
to the highest capstone of amethyst viii
be, Unto him who loved us and washed
us from our sins in his own blood ant
made us kings and priests unto God ant
the Lamb, to him be gloryp That will
be mama enough for all heaven to feet
on. That will be banquet for immortals
That will be angels food.
Mighty Enterprise.
Now in the emerald palace of HEAVIER
let the cupbearers and servants of tn,
King remove this course from the banque
and bring on another course of angels
food, which is laying out of mighty en-
terprise. The Bible lots us know positive
ly that the angels have our worlds affair
on their heart. They afford the rapid tran
sit from world to world. Ministerins
spirits, escorting spirits, defending spirits