The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-01-23

He that planted the ear. yhau II. 49,.
hearT Jupiter Of CTede vas sIvrays % %
resented in statuary and painting as v..s
cut ears. suggesting the idea thst la ~,
rot want 10 be bothered with the 49,.
OF the world. But our Cod has 49,
His ears are open 20 their cry Tie pnt.
iiitimates that two workmen OF S-----
day night do not get their wage ~.
complaint instantly strikes the ear o. ca,
The cry OF those that reaped hath s.fs-s5
the ears OF the Lord OF Sabbaoth Uy9
God hear that poor girl last night as a.,
threw herself on the prison bunk f7 .t.
city dungeon and cried ia the ;rIErfrt..
God have mercy Do you really ,t--E
God could hear her? Yes. lust al s4s-,
as when fifteen years ago she was So
with scarlet fever. and her mother rrr-g
her when at midnight she asked a-
drink OF water. lie that planted the a,
shall He not hearT
"WheT a soul prayS. God does "a. =.
bolt upright until the prayer travels IN
mensity and climbs 10 His ear The gtE.
says He bends clear over. In more tla,
one place Isaiah said He bowed down uf,
ear. In more than one place t.e Psalms,
said lie inclined His ear. by which Z cons
20 believe that God puts His ear 50 elass.-
down 10 your lips that He can hear Won.
faintest whisper. X is not God awsv ~
up yonder; Il IS God away down here
close up, so close up that when ygg NAV
10 Him II is not more a whiSne- than
kiss. All. yes. He hears the Cau-.vs.
sign and the plash OF the orphans tear
and the dying syllables OF the shin.
wrecked sailor driven on the Skerrlsy. ans
the infants. Now / lay NE down q
sleep as distinctly as He hears he f5-.f..
simo Of brazen bands In the Dusse.s,-s
festival. as easily as He ,ears The ,srr,
of artillery when the thirteen squares NJ
English troops open all their batter.e, a,
once at Waterloo. lie thai planted ,b.
ear can hear.
Just as sometimes an enhancing strain
of music will linger in your ears for GFv.
after you have heard it. ami Just as ,
sharp cry of pain | once hssrl rhr-
passing through Bellevue Hospital CHM
, to my ear for weeks, and just as a h4I-ff
blasphemy In the street sometimes h7u-fs
ones ears sor days, so God not only Er-rs
but holds the songs. the prayers .r'
groans, the worship, the blasVhemy H.a
/ we have all wondered at the gh1rogglrb
/ which holds not only the words SOU utisr
( but the very tones of your voice. 30 th5-
hundred years from nov. that ns,rr
= y Ura
! ter and the very tone Of your voice vH
be reproduced. Amazing ph0uIgst-hf
But more wonderful is God power ta
hold, 70 retain. All, what delightful e.
4 enlargement for our prayers. What an
/ awful fright for our hard speechp. What
] all our griefs. He that planted the car.
! shall He not hear"
Protect IL from sinful sounds.
Better take that organ away from all
| sin. Xenocrates said he thought that
children ought TO have a defense FITTED 10
their ears; but the older ear needs Just
as much to be guarded. Better put !t un-
der the best sound. Better take il away
from all gossip. from ali Islander. from an
innuendo. from all bad influence Of evil as
ISOLATION. Better put IL TO school 10
church, to philharmonic. Better put that
ear under the blessed touch Of Christian
hymnology. Better cOusecrate il for time
and eternity to Him who planted the ear
Rousseau, the infdel, fell asleep amid MIS-
skeptical manuscripts lying all around tn
room, and in his dream he entered heaven
and heard the song of the worshiper-
and 1t was so sweet he asked an aUg,
what it meant. The angel said: This is
the Paradise of God. and the song y0I
hear is the anthem OF the redeemed In
der another roll Of the celestial music
Rousseau Weakened and got up IN the r.l-
night, and, as well as he could. wgo.e
down the strains of the music thai De-
had heard in the wonderful tune called
The Songs OF the Redeemed God grant
that Il may rot be to you and 20 ne an
infidel dream. but a glorious reality. When
we come to the night of death and &c De-
down to our last sleep, may our ears
really be Weakened by the canucl5s Of ti'
heavenly temple, and the songs and ias
anthems and the carols and the doSoIog..s
that shall climb the musical ladder o.
that heavenly gamut,
But what day that VIII be when the
resurrected ear shall. in the better world
hear what inspiration calls the Hs|
song All the nations Of heaven vii
pour into 1t their voices. All the love Of
Gods heart will ring from It. In its ca
dences the floods will clap their hands,
and IL will drop with the sunlight Of ever.
lasting day, and breathe with od0rs from
the blossoms Of the tree Of life. Il wL,
be an accompanied song. Who can say
I but that from some of the precious WoGtl
OF earth and heaven there may not b
made instruments Of celestial accord In
that worship David may take the harp
| and Habukkuk the shigiOuOth. and when
the great multitudes shall, following Their
! own inclination. take the Instruments
sweeter than George ". Morgan ever nE-
gered or Schumann ever dreamed o. o.
Z ! Wagner ever wrote for. let an heaven
, make ready for the burst Of stupen11l'
: minstrelsy and the roll Of the eternal
/ orchestra Oh the new sOngi Gather 10
T All up. Multiply it with every sWeetness
= Pour into il every harmony. Crown i'
q with every gladness. Belt DO with ever
> ! splendor Fire 1t with every glory. Li,
: ~ to the greatest height Of majesty Hos.
. IT 10 the grandest cycle Of eternity. Ahy
y then you will have sOLla conception o..
! | what st. John experienced when. ami
: the magnifcence Of apOcalyptic, e1peT''
y ence he heard 1.-THE new song. Nhr.,,
y | we hear that, then for the first time vii
q ! we appreciate what a glorious "I9 i a. =.
: tremendous thing God did FOR you ana TT
I me, when. according TO my text H'
= J 'planted the ear.