Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-11

Never anything that they took In at INC
Hips OF tho mouth was so delightful to their
taste as TINT which they took In at the lips
OF the car. have seon and you have
seen people actually Intoxicated with sweet
sounds. Oratorios which arc always too
protractod for those OF us who have not
had our faculties cultivated in that dlrec-
tlon were never long enough for them, as
ct ii o'clock at night tho leader Of tho or
chestTa gave tho three taps OF his baton TO
again start the music they wcgo as fresh
and alert MS whom three hours before and
at s o'clock tho curtain wn5 llrst lifted.
Music TO them Is food for body, food
for mind and food for soul From what
road In my Bible think cclostiallzed mu-
sic will make up a largo part of angels
food. Why do ! say culcstializod muster"
Because, though muslUinay have been born
In heaven, 10 had not all It's charms until
1t camo to earth and took baptism OF
tenrs. since then II has had pnthos and
u tenderness that It could not otherwise
hive possessed. 1t had to pnss under tho
shadows and over stormy seas and weep
at sopulchors ind to bo hummed as lullaby
over the cradle Of sick children before 1t
could mount to Its present attitudes OF
heavenly power, No organ on earth would
DO complete without the stop "tromolo"
md tho stop "yox humnnn," And no
music of heaven would DO complete with
out tho "tremolo" Of earthly sorrow com
forted and tho "voS humana" of earthly
sympnthios glorifod. Just tako up tho
Now Testament and 1nd 1t n notebook OF
oelestializcd music.
A Power OF Music.
II says Jesus sang a hymn before he
went to tho Mount Of Olives, and II he
could sing on earth with Bethlehem hu-
initiation close behind him, and sworn
enemies close on both sides of him, and
the torinents Of Golguthu Just before him.
do You not suppose ho sings in heavenr
Paul and Silns sang In midnight dungeon,
and do you not suppose that now they
sing on the doleotAble summitsi Whnt do
the harps and trumpets and choirs Of Rev
citation suggest II not muster What would
tho millions Of good singers and players
upon Instruments who took part In earth
ly worship do in heaven without musicH
Why tho mansions ring with 1t, Tho
great halls of eternity echo with it. The
worship OF unnumborCd hosts is inwrapped
with 1t. 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
sido the grave because It chiefly common
crates tho forms of those who IN heaven
will be reconstructed, and what would We
want OF the srulpturcd Imitation when We
stand In the presence Of tho rosurrected
Originally Painting will halt this side the
grave because tho culurs OF earth would he
too tnmc for heaven and what use to have
pictured on canvas tho scenes which shall
DO described to US by those who were the
participants
Ono of tho disciples will toll us about
the last suppcr" better than Titan, with
mighty touch. set 10 up in art gallery.
Tho pininost saint by tonRuow describe
the last Judgment better than Michael An
cello, with his mcneil. put IL upon tho cell
ing OF tho Vatican. Architecture will halt
this sldO tho grave. for what use would
there bo for architects commas and do.
sign in that city which Is already built
and gnrnished until nothing can be added;
all tho Tuileries and Windsor castles and
st. Clouds of the earth uiled IN not euual-
ing its humhlcst residences, nil the St
pnuls and st. Peters and st. Iznnks and
St. Snphins Of tho earth built into ono
cathedral not oouulInr tho heavenly tom.
pie, but music Will pass right on. right mn
and right in, and millions in henyen win
acknowledge that. under God, sho was tho
chief cause OF tholr salvation. Oh. would
like to by present when all tho great Chris.
tian singers and tho aren't Christian plny-
ors OF nil tho ages shnll coprrepnto In bcnv-
chi OF course they must. Iike nil tho rest
of us, DO clcnnscd and rnnsomol bv tho
blood OF tho slain Lamb. Alas Tint some
Of the gront artists az sweet sonnd have
been AS distinguished for proilipocv ne for
tho way thcy wnrhlcd or snnp or fingered
the keyboard or trod tho organ MEDAL
Some who have been DISTINGUISHED bossos
and sopranos ana prlmn dopnns on cortb
fear viii never SIM tho song ~ Nins"s
and tho Lamb or put the lip to the trumpet
with sounds OF victory before tho throne
But many Of tho masters who charmed
us on earth win moro nightly charm us
in heaven Great music hall of eturnityl
May you and DO there some day to &c.
claim when tho "Hnlloluinh Chorus" ia
wakoncd, As on earth there hayo been
hnrmonies made up Of other harmonies,
strain OF music from this cAntnta and
strain Of music from that overture, and
bar from this and bnr from that, but ono
great tune or theme, into which all tho
others were poured ms rivers into q sea, so
It may bo given to tho mightiost soul In
tho heavenly world to Rnther snmothiny
from all the sacred songs we have sung ON