Milford chronicle., 1895-03-15

blon were never long enough for them, q
at IL O'Clock at night the leader Of the ol
ohestra gave the three taps Of his baton Z
again start the music they were as fres
and alert as when three hours before an
at o'clock the curtain was hrst lifted.
Music to them is food for body, foo
for mind and food for soul. From what
read in my Bible l think celestialized mu
sio will make up a large part of angels
food Why do say celestialized musica'
Because, though IN usic may have been borI
in heaven, it had not all its charms unit
It came to earth and took a baptism o
tears. Since then it has had a pathos anC
a Tenderness that 1t could not otherwise
have possessed. 1t had to pass under the
shadows and over stormy seas and weeI
at sepulchers and to be hummed as lullaby
over the cradle of sick children before II
could mount to its present attitudes oi
heavenly power. No organ on earth would
( be complete without the stop "tremolo'
and the stop vox humana. And nc
music of heaven would be complete with
out the 'tremolo' OF earthly sorrow com
forted and the ''vox humana" Of earthly
sympathies glorihed. just take up the
New Testament and find it a notebook of
celestialized music.
Power Of Music.
1t says Jesus sang a hymn before he
went to the Mount of Olives, an. il he
could sing on earth with Bethlehem hu-
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 Silas sang in midnight dungeon,
and do you not suppose that now they
del 4,
the harps and trumpets and choirs of Rev
elation suggest if not music? What would
the millions Of good singers and players
upon instruments who took part in earth
ly worship do in heaven without musioP
Why, the mansions ring with it, The
great halls of eternity eoho with it. The
worship Of unnumbered hosts is inwrapped
with it. It will be the only art Of earth
that win 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 common
crates the forms of those who in heaven
will be reconstructed, and what would we
want Of the soulptured imitation when we
stand in the presence of the .resurreoted
originalY Painting will halt this side the
grave because the oolors 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
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 humb blest residences; all the St.
Pauls and st. Peters and st. Izaaks and
st. Sophias of the earth built into one
not equaling the heavenly tenn
pie, but music will pass right on, right up
md right in, and millions in heaven will
That, under God, she was the
ihief cause of their salvation. Oh, l would
Ike to be present when all the great Chris
ian singers and the great Christian play
RS Of all the ages shall congregate in heav-
nj OF course they must, like all the rest ]
# us, be cleansed and ransomed by the
Hood of the slain Lamb Alas, that some
# the great artists Of sweet sound have
een as distinguished for profigacy as for
he way they warbled or sang or fingered {
be keyboard or trod the organ pedal. {
Ome who have been distinguished bassoa
nd sopranos and prima donnas ON earth '
fear will never sing the song Of Moses S
nd the Lamb or put the lip to the trumpet c
nth sounds Of victory before the throne. e
But many Of the masters who charmed
s on earth will more nightly charm us o
! heaven. Great music hall of eternityl S
lay you and l be there some day to ao-
aim when the "Halleluiah Chorus' is a
akenod. As on earth there have been s.
armonies made up Of other harmonies, 81
strain Of music from this cantata and a 81
rain Of music from that overture, and a II
ar from this and bar from that, but one +,
reat tune or theme, into which all the G.
hers were poured as rivers into sea, so "
may be given to the mightiest soul in 81
10 heavenly world to gather something G
ON all the sacred songs we have sung on q
rth or which have been sung in all the fC
res, and roll them on in eternal sym It
lony, but the one great theme and the
le overmastering tone that shall carry "
before it and uplift all heaven from
ntral throne to farthest gate of pearl and
the highest capstone of amethyst will
, Unto him who loved US and washed
from our sins in his own blood and h
ade us kings and priests unto God and be
g Lamb, to him be gloryl" That viii W
mamma enough for all heaven to feed lii
That viii be banquet for immortals. si'
lat will be angels food. It
Mighty Enterprise. W
Now in the emerald palace Of heaven 1
the cupbearers and servants of the nc
ng remove this course from the banquet it
d bring ON another course Of angels a5
ID, which is laying out of mighty en- m
prise. The Bible lets us know positive We
that the angels have our worlds affairs On
their heart. They afford the rapid tran loi
from world to world Ministering Nc
rits, escorting spirits, defending spirits;
ardian spirits-yea, they have all worlds
their thought. We are told they sang h,
either at the creation, and that implied
only the creation Of our world, but Of
Ter worlds D.,
Shall they plan only for our little planet NJ
/ be unconcerned for planet 800 times 10
geri No. They have all the galaxies al
der their observation; mighty schemes m,
helpfulness to be laid out and executed 5e,
pwreoked worlds to be towed in; plane
= fires to be put out; demoniac hosts an
Ing up to be hurled back and down. tif
7se angels of light unhorse an Apollyon ,,c
b one stroke Of battleax celestial. They IN,
( these matters all over They bend tra
ard each other in sublimest colloquy. of
y have cabinet meetings Of winged i'm thl
,tals. They assemble the mightiest Of dis
N in holy consultation. They plan out 9th
lar, lunar, solar, consolidated achieve sha
lt They vie with each other as to who lea
Il do the erandest thing for the eter- na,
}. They compose doxologies for the pea
pie Of the sun. They preside over ooro- ing
ions. If in the great organ of the uni the
70 one key gets out of tune, they plan aid
its returning No undertaking is so i
CULT no post Of duty is so distant, no ma
sion is SO stupendous but at Gods He
mand they are gladly obtained. When bea
Z sit together in heavens places, Ga is c
1 and Michael, the archangel, and the aga
el that pointed Hagar to the fountain pin
he desert and the angel that swung fici,