Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-06-24
WHAT Is THE CHURCH?
ELOQUENT PULPIT EXPOSITION OF
DIFFERENT IDEAS.
subject; "a Helpful I-l'yiaI'-usfartu
OF Worship Urged - >onl~ Practical
Suggestions Tor bringing II About
Sing the Oli, Old song.

subject: "a Helpful I-l'yior."-r;sfarru
OF, Worship Urged - >on- Practical
Suggestions Tor bringing ID About
Sing the oii, old song.
TE1r; send Thee help from the sane
tuary. Psalm 20. 2
II you should ask 1fty different men
what the church j.. they would give YOU
hfty different answers. One man would
Another. 1t as pn Assem- bly, Of peor.le
who feel themselves great deal better
than others Another. 1T is q llsa for
gossip. whore wolverine diSrg~itiUr- de-
YOUR each other Another. d is "a ll3g.,,
for the cultivation % Suryr,'i.lHU and
cant Another. 1t is an arsenal where
theoiosiaIs 40 u get IiNeS and mu~krt>
and shot. Another, 1T i an art gallery.
where men 40 u admire grand articles,
and exquisite fresco and musical works.
and the lant'sque iE gloomy imagery"
Another man would say, 1t i the hest
place on earth except NY own home" II
| forget thee - Jerusalem, let nv right
hand { g-,. 4rr cunning
Now. whatever the church is wy text
tells You what 1t uUclt TO bee: "a great
practical hamely, omuirotent helr. "scud
thee help from uhe SANCTUARY" The I,w
ought To Weld resttuiuess Tor the luIy.
, y
f'.s sure TO the eve. The entire service
ru-at 20 Weld strength for the toll and
stuc.i" yt everyday life. The sal
uVtu ought to Ice Larnts-yl to all
the six days Of the week. drawing them
in the right direction. The church
ought to ba magnet, Yisibly AMI
nightly affecting all the homes 0t
the worshilers. Livery man gets roughly
justed. gets abused. cts cut gets in
suited sIivhfrI t.N4sr.4r4fAl
By the-tims the sabbath comes he has an
accumulation of six DAYS Of annoyance,
md that l. stdTvellnG church service
which has rot strength enough to take
that accumulated annoyance and Aurl it
into Ierlitiou. The business man sits
down in church hCHduchy rom the weeks
engagements. Perhaps he wishes Le had
'arrlrd at home on the lounge with the
newspapers and the slippers That man
wants % De cooled OF, and Eraciou-ly di-
rtr7. The fir. wave Of the religious SER
We. gu-ut TO dash clear over the HUrgi .;tue
ot. is and leave him dripping with holy
and glad and heavenly emotion. send
thee help from the sanctuarv.',
In the first pl9ce, sanctuary help ought
to come from the music. \ woman dy,u-;
in England persisted in singing 10th" last
moment. The attendants tried o. per-
suGdc her to stop, saying it would exhaust
swcrcd: # must sing: lam only Frartitinc
for the heavenly choir Music ON earth is
Il rehearsal for music in heaven.
Tut | am not speaking of the next world.
sabbath song ought 10 set all the Week to
music. We want Lot more harmony, not
more artistic expression, Tut more volume
in our chUrrhmN-l". Inc English dlsseAt-
ing churches Jar surpass our American
churches in this respect. An English au-
dience Of one thousand people Will Civ"
more VoluM" OF sacred song than an
/ American audience %. two thousand peo-
7 pie. | do not know what the reason Is.
/ Oh, you ought t. have heard them sing in
Surrey chapel. | hal the opportunity OF
Ircac!ynS the anlIN"r-ary-I think the
I nineiv'n anrilrr-I y-sermon IN ROW
land Hills old chapel. uu" when they
/ lifted their voices in sacred song it WIS
simply overwhelming; aud then, in the
evening Of the same day, in Agricultural
Hail, many tAoNsnnd voices itited in doN-
I OiCsy.>. Il WAS HSv the voice Of many
. waters, and like the VOICE 81 many thun-
. drrings, and like TIE voice of heaven.
We hear great deal Of the art OF sing
ing, OF music asan entertainment, OF music
5 Il recreation. IT Is hiIn time we heard
something OF music a- help a practical
help. in order to do tAi~ We must have
only a few hymns. New tunes and new
nvmus every sunday make poor cougrega-
toual singing. Fifty hymns are enough
Tor iitv Years. The Episcopal Church
prays the same prayers every sabbath, and
wear after year. and century alter century
For that reason they have the hearty r..
spoUsrs Let Us take hiUt from that fact
aud let Us sing the same songs Sa5bat.
after sabbath Only in that way We com-
TO tn" tuil force OF the exercise.