Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-09-21

ttd to National AIRS or i
me Kingdom of Heaven.
.copyris.s, Louis KloI.sch. 1921
-1.a;@G1nS. d. C.--Dr. Taimage in this
-. H dlScnse"3 n. m Ost attractive depart-
r. III rcligic Us wOrshil the service OF
His idea will be received with in
pr al who love to lift thnir voices in
t-p in the lords house The text /,
-.i.h vii. 81, ''And they had two hum
t-tI t7rty and I've singing men aud sing
t.. qsoArr.
,p.. he4' music has been rendered. under
=, ~ rEe first duet that | know any
s.. - wa .,iTen by Paul and Sias when
- -lu., PRAISES to God and tho prisoners
faIrs them. The Scotch Covenanters
4i ieI ~ Ne dogs Of prosecutions sang
-, ,-ata. 81 David with moro spirit than
=. Rave eve. since been rendered. The
s.t.qr- in TIE text had music left In ttem
AL declare that If they could find amid
t.e.r trials two hundred and forty and
.u1iug men and singing women then
s. .5i- day Of gospel sunlight and tree from
.s ..er.erutiGn there ought to be gren.
t'ud" % men ana women willing u
- the praises of God. All our churches
sel arou4ai on this subject. Those who
#Itl -iu, must throw their souls into tho
,s.,eI-e and those who cannot sing must
tatcH now, and il shall be heart to heart
y .lt.n tn voice, hymn to hymn anthem to
astanm. and the music shalt swell jubilant
wtsa thanksgiving and trenulous with
lon.
fi9gp YOU ever noticed the construction
,'tl- human throat as indicative CT what
l,3d mean, rs to do with it? In onlv an
-llnary throat and lungs tiiere are four
te" direct muscles and thirty indirect
lies that eau produce very great
vgrietv Of sounds What does that mean?
{. lfrHns that Won should sing! Do you
s.fpp-e tllat God, who gives us such a
-iral instrument rs that, intends US to
s.i il shut: suppose some great tyrant
.-uaent3 ot the world and should lock up
tir orSau OF Westminster abbey, and the
r.:au Of Lucerne, anI the organ at Haar-
''.,, and the organ at Freiburg, and all the
.aar great musical Instruments OF the
Garl You would call such man rs that
= :u0nstcr, and yet YOU arc moro wicked If,
,.ttt! tho human voice. {: musical iustru
oat Oi moro wonderful adaptation than
Fl the musical Instruments that man ever
ateA. You shut it against TIE praise Q.
lt
Let those refuse to al az
Who never knew our Gol,
Eut children Of the heavenly Kin.
Should speak their joys abroad.
'Iqri. seems to have boon born in thu
s.45of the natural world Tho omnipo-
.",,j voice with which God commanded the
world into being seems to linGer yet will
majesty and sweetness, aud YOU hear II
Z. he grainilcid, in the swoop OF the win,
ttit the IUOunta n taStneSSPS, IN tn
r,uary'~ wari,!" and the thunder shock, il
tt.. brooks tin';!o and the oceans paean
HIRE arc SOFT c0dcnres III n&turc. ant
!l notes some Of which We cannot hea'
sli ana others that ar" 50 terrific th;t
hr#'aun0t appreciate then.
III animai'uin have their music, :nt
-pi'ula or hay and the gorule Of wate
..s cert lin)v resonant with tho voice .
tel q, tn" highr-s heavens in which tn
..4a- pf the redeemed celebrate thei
,'ur.r.. Whpn the breath Of the fiowe
.-,e- the ais and the wing OF the fired
,..,ycS H. there il sound and there is mel
a.t, Ana ::s to those uttcraurcS OF nutur
'.lieh -eom harsh and OVERWHELMING, 1t
Is when Won stand in %he midst OF a grea
eralr>lrt ami tho sound almost renda you
"tr b,'r3usr you are too near to eaten th
trUdIng q; the music. so. my friends, "
stand too near the deso!ating storm an
'.,.. ,ricAtful whrwiud t. catch the blend
iG-, of the music; but when that must
uses Il where God is. and the inyisibl
-uS who hoat above us, then suppos
.ae harmony Is ~ sweet as it is tremel
3e,> In the Judgment day. that da
q: ,umutt aud terror, there will bs n
.i>~nnan'c to those who can apprecla'
- music Ii Will be as when some
"s"s a great OrSanst. in executln
a' great piey,@ breaks down the IL
r.neAt upon which he is PLAYING tn
a8,i. :, when ths great march o. til
lc,Gcat lav is played unier the hnni
4" woii itself ,ciIi break down with tt
I~j' that Is played on it. The i"ct is. V
t5r a1 deaf, or We should understand thf
II wpln universe is but ono harmony
stars ot The night only the ivory Ike,
great Instrument on which GODS Ii
ar plar the Music Of tie spheres.
II~.r seems dependent on the law c
t'V-iir~ and mathematics, and yet wher
'ae,o ilH, are understood ut all The art
Nra tred There are to-day 900 musir
."ltuals III China. Two thousand Eears b
Oe Christ TIE Ecvptiars nrar.;:ed the al
ps;Aacoras lcarI.l il, i.',,u, Of H"rm oi
vr,te essays on It Patio and Arstot!e i
te1lurel il into their schools. Bnt ha
MA "A interest in that. My chic, int
~ : in TIVE music - tho Bible.
lar Bible, like II great harp with inn
merahlr strings. swept by the tingars Of i
>"ration tremhie, with it. so fur back
n" fourth chapter OF Genesis YOU find t
rst or@ani-t and harper -Juba'. So
la1N rs the thrty-irst chapter OF Gene
YOU hui the Nrst choir All w and do'
tAr Eibie yuu find sacred music at we
h.aSS. At inaucUration-, at the treadinG
tae wine press TIE Hebrews understo
how 10 make musical signs above the M
a, teSt When the Jews came from Ia
iNiaut homes t. the great festivals
""ruealem, they brought Aarp and timh
sAl truupct and poured along the gre
tdtean highways II river OF harmony i
Ia aud around the temple tnc wealth
- iou song and Giddness ha: a'f1N
.i"i. Ia our day we have & diYiSi"l
'le'r in music ari We have one man
.HaNe the hymn. another mau 20 make I
NJ, ano Aar man to play il Oh lie pia
~ aho;!.yr man t. stag il. Not 50
TINE times. Miriam. the sister ot Mos
steer tar passage Of til" Red Sea, conpos
'd"Soiosy, eet il 10 music. e!apped it OF
SAba and NJ the same time sang
1AYId, the psalmist. was at the same II
Iort, musical composer harpist and sing
'.lI tho majority OF his rhythm goes
llratlnc through all the ages.
mere We're in Eihc times strnSei
S'ra'n"nts-a harp OF three strings play
~ fret and bow: a harp OF ten strin
responding only TO the fingers OF the =
lormcr Then there was the crooked tru
pet, fashioned out OF the horn OF the OK
tle ram. Then there were the siStrunl 4
,Ae cymhals, clapped in the dance
neaten in the march There were 4
Levites, the best men of the count