Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-03-14

angels food.
Now, in the emerald palace of heaven.
let the cup-bearers and servants of the
King remove this course from the ban
quet. and bring On another course OF
angels food, which is Celestial Music.
You and have seen at some concert or
oratorio whole assemblage to whom
/ the music was a 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
If the ear. have seen, and you have
| seen people actually intoxicated with
! ;weet sounds. Oratorios which are al
I ways too protracted for those Of us who
/ have not had our faculties cultivated
n that direction, were never long
enough for them; as at II O'Clock at
night the leader of the orchestra gave
! he three taps OF his baton TO again
tart the music. they We're fresh and
! alert as when three hours before, at
I S o'clock, the curtain first lifted. Music
/ to them is food for body food for mind
/ and food for soul. From what / read in
/ ny Bible / think celestialized music
sill make UP large part of angels
food. Why do I say "celestialized mu-
! sic?'' Because though music may have
been born in heaven, it had not all its
I charms until IL came To earth and took
. a baptism Of tears. Since then 1t has
had pathos and a tenderness that II
/ could not otherwise have possessed. 1t
! had to pass under the shadows, and
over stormy seas. and weep at sepul-
! chres, and to be hummed as lullaby
1 over the cradle of sick children, before
/ II could mount to it's present attitudes
/ OF heavenly power. No organ on earth
4 would be complete without the stop,
Tremolo," and the step. "Vox HUI
I mana. And no music oil heaven would
be complete without the tTremolo'' of
earthly sorrow comforted and the "Vox
Humane" Of earthly sympathies glori-
fled. Just take up the New Testament
and find II a notebook of celestialized
music 1t says Jesus sang a hymn he
fore he went to the Mount of Olives.
and II he could sing on earth with
bethlehem humiliation close behind
him. and sworn enemies close on both
sides or him, and the tOrments Of Col
gotha Just before him. do you not sup
pose he sings In heaven Paul ana
/ Siias sang in midnight dungeon, and do
you not suppose that now they sing on
the Detachable SUBMITS? What do the
harps. and trumpets. and choirs of
revelation suggest IL not music? What
would the millions of good singers and
players upon instruments who took part
~ earthly worship do i'm heaven without
music? Why, the mansions ring with 1t.
The great halls Of eternity echo with
H. The worship of unnumbered hosts
IS enWrapped with it. It will be the
only art of earth that viii have enough
elasticity and strength to leap the
grave and take possession of heaven.
Sculpture will halt this side the grave.
because rh
forms of those who in heaven will be re-
constructed, and what would we want
of the sculptured imitation, when we
stand In the presence Of the resur-
rected original? 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 can
vas the scenes which shall be described
TO us by those who were the partici-
pants? One Of the disciples will tell
US about the Last supper better than
Titan. with mighty touch. set II up in
art gallery. The plainest saint by
tongue will describe the Last Judgment
better than Michael Angelo, with his
pencil. put 1t upon the ceiling of the
vatican Architecture will halt this side
the grave. for what use would there be
for architects compass and design in
that city which Is already built and
garnished until nothing can be added;
all the Tulleries. and Windsor Castles,
and st Clouds Of the earth piled UP not
equaling its humblest residences; all
the St Pauls and St Peters. and St
lzaaks. and St Sophias of the earth
built into one cathedral not equaling
the Heavenly Temple. But music will
pass right on, right up. and rig..t in.
and millions In heaven win acknowl-
edge that. under Cod she was the
chief cause Of our salvation. Oh, I
would like 70 be present when all the
great Christian singers and the great
Christian players OF all the ages shall
congregate in heaven OF course they
must, like all the rest of as. he cleansed
and rausomed by the blood of the slain
Lamb Alas that some of the great ar
fists of sweet sound have been as dis
/ ttuguished for profigacy as for 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 don
mas on earth. l fear will never sing the
song of Moses and the Lamb, OF put
the lip of the trumpet with sounds OF
victory before the throne. But many of
the masters who charmed as on earth
viii more nightly charm us in heaven
Great Music Han Of Eternityl May You
and be there some day to acclaim
when this "Halleiuiah Chorus" Ii wax
encd. As on earth there have been har-
monies made ZIP ct other harmonies
Il strain Of music from this cantata
and a strain Of music from that over
ture, ana bar from this. and IA bar
from that but one great tune, or theme.
into which an the others were poured
as rivers into "A sea. So il may be given
10 the mightiest soul Ia the heavenly
world 90 gather something from all the
sacred songs we have sung ON earth.
or which have boon sung in all the
ages, ana roll them ON III eternal sym
phony. but The enc great theme. ana
the one oNermasterng tone that SHAH
carry al before it, and uplift an heaven
from central throne e. furthest gate of
pearl ANA T. highest capstonc 1T anne
thyst. viii be, "Into Him who washed
MS from our sins, in His own blood.