Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-05-19

our own dear beloved ones. That will BE-
/ the great reunion. We cannot imagine it
now Our loved ones seem so far away.
/ When we are in trouble and lonesome.
/ they don't seem to come to us We 20 on
/ to the banks of the Jordan and call across
I 10 them, but they 10 not seem to hear.
! We say, rs it well with the child7 is it
+ we'll with the loved ones?" and we listen
to hear If any voice come back over the
waters. None, none.
Reunion Beyond the Grave.
Unbelief says. They are dead, and
they are annihilated." but blessed be God
we have Bible that tells us different,
We open il. and we tina they are neither
dead nor aunihilatcd- they never
/ were SO much alive as now-that they are
only waiting for our coming and that We
I shall join them on the other side OF the
! river. oh. glorious reunion. we cannot
grasp il now, Eye hath not seen, nor
/ ear heard, neither have entered into the
! heart OF man. the things which God hath
/ prepared for them that love him."
/ What n place OF explanation it will be!
| | see every day profound mysteries Of
/ providence. There is no question we ask
/ oftcner than Why? There are hundred
/ of graves in Greenwood and Laurel Hill
/ that need to be explained. Hospitals for
| the blind and lame, aSylums for the idiot
/ tc and insane. almShouseS for the desti-
/ tutc and world of pain and misfortune
| that demand more than human solution.
| God will clear it all up. In the light
/ that pourS from the throne no dark mys-
| terry can live. Things now utterly in
| scrutahle will be illumned as plainly as
though the answer was written ON the
| Jasper wall or sounded in the temple an
them, Bartimeus will thank God that he
| was blind, and Joseph that he was cast
| into the pit. and Daniel that he denied
with the lions, and Paul that he was
| humphackcd, and David that he was
| driven from Jerusalem, and that invalid
/ that for twenty years he could moi lift
his head from the pillow. and that wild
/ ow that she had such hard work to earn
| bread for her children. The song viii
/ he all the grandcr for earth'S weeping
/ eyes and aching heads and exhausted
I hands and sCourged backs aud martyrcd
agonics, But we can got no idea of that
! anthem here, We appreciate the power
! Of secular music, but do we appreciate
! III" mower OF sacred song? There is
nothing more inspiring to :lc than
whole congregation lifted on the wave
! of holy melody. When we sing some of
! those dear old psalms and tunes, they
rouse all the memories Of the past. Why
some of them were cradle songs in our
/ fathers house, They are all sparkling
with the morning dew of thousand
/ Christian Sahhaths They were sung by
/ brothers and sisters gone now. by voices
that were aged and broken in the music,
voices none the less sweet because they
/ did trcmhle and break.
The Music of Heaven.
When hear these old songs sung, Il
seems as if Mi the old country meeting
houses joined in the chorus and city
church and sailors bethel and western
| cabins until the whole continent lifts the
doXoiogy and the secptcrs Of eternity beat
time in the music. Away. then, with
your stHrveling tunes that chill the devo-
tious Of the sanctuary and make the PEG,
pie sit silent when Jesus is marching on
To victory. When generals come back
from victorious wars. do we not cheer
them and shout "Iluzza. hu2zaT And
when Jesus passes along in the conquest
of the earth, shan We not have for hin,
one loud, ringing cheer?
An hail the power Of Jesus name!
let angels prostratc FALL
Bring forth the royal diadcn
And crown him Lord Of all.
But, my friends. IL music on earth is so
sweet what will 1t be in heaven? They all
know the tune there All the best singers
of all the ages viii join IT chors Of
whtc-robcd children. chors Of patriarchs,
,Aoirs of apostles Morning stars capping
their cymhas. iInrpers with their harps
Great anthems of God roll on, roll ont
other empires joining the harmony iii the
thrones are all fun and the nations all
saved. Anthem shall touch anthem. cho-
rus join chorus and all the sweet sounds
Of earth and heaven be poured into the
ear of Christ David Of the harp will be-
| there. Gabriel of the trumpet will he
there. Germany redeemed, will pour its
deep bass voice into the song, and Africa
will add TO the music with her matchless
voices. | wish in our closing hymn to-day
/ We might catch an echo that slips from
the gates. who knows but that when
! the heavenly door opens to-day to let
some soul through there may come forth
the strain of the iubilant voices until wc
/ catch II? Oh, that rs the song drops
down from heaven il might meet hair
way song coming mp from earth
/ They rise for the doxology, all the mul
I titudc of the hlest! Let rs rise with
/ them, and 80 AT this hour the joys of the
/ church on earth md The joys Of the
4 church iH heaven viii minglc their chal.
/ ices. aud thu dark apparel Of our mourn
/ ing viii seem 10 whiteu into the spoiIoss
! raiment Of the skies. God grant thar
/ through the mercy of our Lord Jesus we
/ may all get there