The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1897-10-01

And ln,|>umsnsaI Music Are Pleasing
''sN God

Dr. I1luare Makes m Earnest and no
nnInI IIra for Hearty Congregational
1|nEInE IN lhe Chnrches He urEes
Ihl Constant usn u Music IA
Praise
Dr. 1almaees text Sunday wns. II.
Chron.. v. -: ''Itcame even TO pass. AS
thefrunpcfcrs and singers werc as one,
% make one sound to beheard in prais-
ing and thanking the Lord
The temple was DONE Il was the
very chorus Of all magnifccnee and
poinp' eplcndnrc crowded against srlcn,
dor. Iiuas the diamond necklace Of
the Garth From the huec Pillars
crowned with leaves and Covers and
rows Of romegrantac wrought cut in
FURNISHED metal. down even TO the
tongs and snuiiers made out Of pusc
gold. everything was as complete as
the God-dirccted architect could make
IL i seemed as II vision from heaven
had nliehted ON the mountains The
day for dedication came.
Tradition says that there wers in ard
around about the Temple on that day
900. 900 silver trumpets. io.0o0 harps.
$1,000 timbrels and 20O. 900 singers. 50
that all modern demonstrations at Dns-
seidorf or Boston seem nothing com
pared with that. As these great sounds
surged up amid the precions stones Of
the Temple. II must have seemed like
the River Of Life dashing against the
1methys Of the wall Of Heaven The
sound arose, and God, as IL 10 show
that he was well pleased with the mn-
sic which his children make in all ages.
dropped into the midst Of the Temple O
cloud Of glory so overpowering that the
officiating priests were obliged To stop
in the midst Of the services.
There has been much discussion as 70
where music was born ! think that al
= beginning, ''when the morning
stars sang together and all the sons Of
God shouted for joy" the earth heard
the echo The cloud on which the AN
gels stood 70 celebrate the creation was
the birthplace Of song. The stars that
glitter at night are only so many keys
of celestial pearl, on which Gods fling
ers play the music of the spheres. In
animate nature Is fun Of Gods stringed
and wind instruments. Silence ITSELF
: perfect silence-is only musical resi-
In Gods great anthem Of worship
Wind among the leaves, insect hummins
in the summer air, the rush Of billov
upon beach, the ocean far out sound
ing its everlasting psalm, the bo6o
link on the edge Of the forest, the quai
whistling up from the grass. are music
While visiting Blaclxwell's Island
heard, coming from the window pf The
lunatic asylum. very sweet song. /
was sung by-One who had lost her rea
son, and / have come to believe tina
even the deranged and disordered ele
ments Of nature would make music 4
our ear, If we only had acutenes
enough 10 listen. suppose that eyel
the sounds in nature that are discord
ant and repulsive make harmony il
Gods ear. You know that you ma
come 50 near to an orchestra that tn
sounds are painful instead of pleas
urable, and / think that we stand $
near devastating storm and frightfu
whfriwind. we can not hear tina
which makes TO Gods ear and the ca
Of the spirits above music as CON
plete as It Is tremendous-
I propose 10 speak about sacre
music. first showing you its import
nnce and then stating some Of the OF
stacles 70 its advancement
draw the first argument for the i'm
portance Of sacred music from the fac
that God commanded it Through Pau
He tells us TO admonish one another i
psalms and hymns and spiritual song
through David He cries ont. ''Sing y
70 God. all ye kingdoms Of the earth.
4 And there are hundreds Of other pa
sages might name, proving that it
4 a. much mans duty To sing as il
his duty 10 pray Indeed. thin
there are more commands in III
, Bible To sing than there are to pray
4 God not only asks for the human voice
| but for the instruments Of music. II
asks for the cyrhbal and the harp an
. the trumpet And ] suppose that !
1hala<f days Of the church the harI
the lutte, The trumpet aud all the instr
ments Of music that have given the
chief aid to the theater and bacchani
win be brought by their masters an
laid down at the feetof Christ and the
sounded in the church's triumph on ls
way from suffering into glory. "Prai,
We the Tsordlv Praise Him with you
voices Praise Him with stringed il
struments and with organs
draw another argument for the in
portance Of this exercise from the in
pressiveness OF the exercise. YC
know something Of what secular mus
has achieved. You know It has inaf
its impression upon governments upc
laws, upon literature. upon whole ge
erafions. One inspiring national a
Is worth 80. 900 men as astanding arm
There comes a time in the battle whe
one bugle call is worth a thousar
muslscts. In the earlier part of OF
civil war the government proposed
economics in bands Of music. and mar
OF them were sent home; but the ge
erals in the army sent word to Was
iDgton. .You are making a very gre
mistake. We are falling back and IA
ing back. We have not enough music
] have TO tell you that no nation
church can afford to severely econ
mize in music.
Why should we rob the programm
Of worldly gaycty when we have
.,onv annronrfatc songs and tun