The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-04-06
CHRIST THE THEME.
He Brings Happiness Into Every
Life That He Enters.
All Nature sings His Praises, Says
DIR. Talmage-Hymns Heard in
Infancy Have n strong In
huencc In After Life.
copyright, 1900, by Louis Klopsch.l

how Christ brings harmony and mel.
ody into every life thai He enters:
text, Psalms, 1854: "rhe Lord is my
strength and song"
The most fascinating theme for a
heart properly attuned is the Saviour
There is something in the morning
light to suggest Him and something
in the evening shadow TO speak His
praise. The flower breathes Him, the
stars shine Him. the cascades pro-
claim Him, all the voices of nature
chant Him. Whatever is grand. bright
and beautiful, If you only listen to it,
will speak His praise. So when in
the summer time | pluck a flower |
thing of Him who is 1.-THE Rose of
Sharon and the Lily of the Valley"
When | see in the fields lamb. say:
'Behold the Lamb of God that tal<eth
away the sin of the world" When in
very hot weather | come under pro-
jeeting cliff, | say:
Rock of ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in theel
Over the oldfashioned pulpits there
was a sounding board. The voice of
the minister rose to the sounding
board and then was struck back again
upon the ears of the people. And so
the 10000 voices of earth rising up
find the heavens a sounding board
which strikes back to the car of all
nations the praises of Christ. The
heavens tell His glory and the earth
shows His handiwork The Bible
thrills with one great story of
redemption. Upon blasted and
faded paradise it poured light of
glorious restoration. 1t looked upon
Abraham from the ram caught in
the thicket. IT spoke in the bleating
of the herds driven down to Jerusa-
lem for sacrifice. 1t put infinite pa
thos into the speech of uncouth fish
ermen.
Instead of waiting until you get
sick and worn out before you sing
the praise of Christ, while your heart
is happiest and your step is lightest
and your fortunes smile and your
way blossoms and the overarching
heavens drop upon you their benedic-
ton, speak the praises of Jesus.
The old Greek orators. when they
saw their audiences inattentive and
Numbering, had one word with which
they would rouse them up to the
greatest enthusiasm. In the mid.t of
their orations they would stop and
cry out: Marathon" and the peo-
piles enthusiasm would be unbound
ed. My hearers. though you may
have been borne down with sin, and
slough trouble and trials and temp
tation may have come upon you, and
you feel to-day hardly like looking
up, methinks there is one grand, royal,
imperial word that ought to rouse
your soul to infinite rejoicing, and
that word is Jesus"
Taking the suggestion of the text
L shall speak TO you of Christ our
Song. / remark, in the first place,
that Christ ought to be the cradle
song. What our mothers sang to us
when they put us to sleep is singing
yet. We may have forgotten the
words but they went into the fiber
of our soul and will forever be part
of it. II is not so much what you
formally teach your children as what
you sing to them. 4 hymn has wings
and can fly everywhither. One hun
dred and fifty years after you are
dead and "Old Mortality" has worn
out his chsel recruiting your name on
the tombstone, your great-grandchil-
dren will be singing the song which
last night You sang to your little ones
gathered about your knee. There is
a place in Switzerland where, if you
distinctly utter your voice, there come
back ten or Is distinct echoes. and
every Christian song sung by n moth
er in the ear of her child shall have
10000 echoes coming back from all the
gates of Heaven. Oh, if mothers only
knew the power of this sacred spell
how much oftencr the little ones
would be gathered, and all our homes
would chime with the songs of Jesus!
We want some oounteracting inhu-
Gnce upon our children. The very mo-
ment our child steps into tho street
he steps into the path of temptation.
There are foul mouthed children who
would like to bespoil your little ones.
1t will not do to keep your boys and
girls in the house and make them
house plants. They must have fresh
air and recreation, God save your chill
dren from the scathing, blasting,
damning influence of the street! I
know of no counteracting influence but
the power of Christian culture and eX-
ample. Hold before your little ones
the pure life of Jesus. Let that name
be the word that shall exercise evil
from their hearts. Give to your IL
struction all the fascination of music
morning, noon and night. Let it be-
Jesus. the cradle song. This is impor-
tant, if your children grow up, but per-
haps they may not. Their pathway
may be short, Jesus may be wanting
that child. Then there will be
soundIess step in the dwelling, and
the youthful pulse will begin to fu-
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