New-York tribune., 1900-08-10

| that Mr.. Moody had been engrossed in a letter
Tse Feaf Y0a % @ ewha Ss bs hagned crime but SAID
scrapbook, into which l mad been pastng poems
osneI PS HMM way oo was tRg pass OF our eareT
We had no idea of getting out a hymn book. That
We reached, Edinburgh and had fine meetings
| the noon meeting Mr.. Moody took The Good Shep-
called upon DR. Horatius Bonar to speak. What at
a an ADDRESS he gave: Dr. Bonar was the greatest
was the who wrote, II was wandering
Me- and II the He y4Ge sked Of 5 Rn say S %
tenderly that before he finished the Good shep-
M. Mr.. :NYoody, Vas deeply aftectea. Looking down
from the pulpit. he said: Mr; Sankey have you
Of a single hymn 70 sing as solo. Mr. Moody in
close with solos could have sung the oPSR TWenry aga
third Psalm but that had had been sung twice already
IN that meeting. and then knew that if I tried TO
sing the psalm as solo the entire audience of two
Like an inspiration came the thought-sing the
hymn you found in the paper, hymn without
every eye in the hall turned on me, then in my
sence God hp T e @ poe in9 n SUCH IN
a way as to deepen the impression made by the
organ and struck chord in fat and the the 'fts frst
StIaIn OF the hymn foated through the hall. Then
notes as needed them. When l reached the end
n it suddeh aRned RG dO6f Upon @ gt
can repeat the same notes for the SECOND verse
for the same hymn at a single sitting? Nat
third and fourth verses, and by the A time had
| reached the fifth and last verse had learned the
used now for more than a quarter of a century.
PIRATE pr6dueed eens fe Mr. Moody
came down the pulpit steps and, leaning the
did You get that hymn ?That was the one
| read to you on the train 1 said Then he dis
When reached Dundee, a few days later
that she wished to thank me for singing her dead
sisters sister hymn in the Free Assembly Hall The
| did not know who had written it. The woman
gallery and tried to reach me- but was s'ns Unable
| TO 90 so. In the correspondence that followed
and of them, Beneath the Cross of jesus also
6e R6ey ana ne %5cb That wis
now sing by request
Hearty applause broke out, an unusual occurrence
| in Mortified audience, as he finished
DR.. DIXON ON MELODY IN THE HEART.
| The following is the sermon delivered by Dr.
| Dixon:
ta Al o66T mTsio is is not for the ear master painting
| music on canvas grand cathedral every part
stone x garden Of owers ng the @GSiG air With IN
sweet doors that please is music in perfume Words
ing with conscience and truth is music in Thought
for utterance, make music that we caano, @ eXpress ?
a rs roo oeRcae 10 iabei ana TOO sweet to describe.
wrote S''' -''' 'i'A' S0f' OF music when he
Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard
Not to the sensual ear but S05o more pPes pay on
Pipe to the spirit ditties of tone"
tf1 6fe 6 n5 one uso IS tbs kHs f enjoy
Now. He. would not have US minimize the i'm
IN psalms and hymns and spiritual songs" These
hymns hymns and spiritual songs are the bodyguard of
! age sends the shepherds in search of Jesus. They
unVeil HIS 1ace and give view of his beauti-
he of
Holes. where We see the shekinah glory that
upon which We climb to Heaven u rs NJ
/ However. 1t is not these grand hymns Of the
church that we want to mediate upon, but the
peter music OF the text the heart music that God
First of all faith is music in that it is harmony
WITH WITH facts Christianity is religion of facts We
! and planet; we look about and see the facts
scape and from these facts we infer another fact
! behind them all; and when we open the Book we
! loving God, friend and helper of His people We
accept the fact Of mans sin that depases, poutes
! demption' Jesus Christ born babe into the world
rising from the dead. ascending up to glory Here
@oEId me net Ibe'5, b ana they are well attested and
| had had put US among the scenes and let us behold
~, again hope is music in that it is harmony with
me Inc iiaiIhIuI9ess OF God God has made some
believe that they viii be f9led bees9iPa 6nese Pr9mises bs
pointed ne Despair IS dcord e To mas SefHs &c dsaP
G Mheh God promises is to make grating discord in
an OBJECT 9 deaTer to you than life and on that fresh
! mound you put flowers day after day Why do voi,
hopeE You see no indication of resurrection: there
are only signs OF decay. You go back ten wears
afterWard and hope is destroyed; despair is 'nTI
bplied 5I There Is no human agency by which that
beautiful. and yet by the side of that homeless
| object 1 stand and hope PesS
TO MEET LOVED ONES.
expect 10 meet my loved ones again in the land
| OF lie. WhyE Because God has promised II and
! my hope is harmony with that promise The most
grating dlscord you can imagine is a funeral SER
| VICE where people have hope. But when God
| has made promise and you believe il and hope
| your hope makes melody unto the Lord PN'
Obedience is music in that il Is harmony with tba
| authority or God. Disobedence is discord A re-
| volt against authority may be treason: a revolt
against law is crime Anarchy is the discord of re-
| fusing to be ruled by law And a revolt against
love is sin. The son obeys the father not so much
| because he must, or because ought, as because
he wants TO. He Is thinlrinn, 81