Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-18
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
OUR CAUSES FOR THANKSGIVING TO
THE GOD OF LOVE.
icxt from PssImsi Sing Unto Him
with Psaitcry and an Instrument
of Ten Strings" -- Favors Llvisbly

Copyright. 1902, by Louis Klopsch, ~ "
Washington, Feb. 2.-ln this dis
course Or. TalmaFe calls attention to
causes of thanksgiving that are sell
dom recognized and shows how to cul-
tivate a cheerful spirit; text. Psalms
Xxxiii, 2, "Sing unto him with psal-
terry and an instrument of ten strings
A musician as well as poet and con
queror and king was David, the au-
thor OF my text. He first composed
the sacred rhythm and then played II
upon harp, striking and plucking the
strings with his fingers and thumbs
The harp is the oldest OF musical in
struments. Jubal invented It, and he
was the seventh descendant from
Adam. It's music was suggested by the
twang of the bowstrlng. Homer re-
fers TO the harp in the "Iliad." II is
the most consecrated of all instru-
ments, it has a tenderness and sweet
ness belonging to no other instrument
that | know Of. 1t enters into the
richest symbolism of the Holy Scrip
lures. The raptures of heaven are rep
resented under the figure of "harpers
harping on their harps." We learn
from coins and medals that In the
Maccabean age the harp had only
three strings. In other ages it had
eight strings. David's harp had ten
strings, and when his great soul was
afire with the theme his sympathetic
voice, accompanied by exquisite vi
bration of the chords, must have been
overpowering.
Have you ever thanked God for de-
lightsome food? What vast multitudes
are a-hungered from day to day or are
Obliged to take food not toothsome or
pleasant to the taste! What millions
are In struggle for bread
Have you thanked God for eyesight
as originally given to you or. after 1t
was dimmed by age. for the glass that
brought tho page of the book within
the compass of the vision? Have you
realized the privation those suffer to
whom the day is as black as the night
and who never see the face of father or
mother or wife or child or friend ?
The man of millions of dollars who re-
Gently went blind from atrophy of op-
tic nerve would have been willing to
give all his millions and become a day
laborer IL he could have kept off the
blindness that gradually crept over his
vision.
Have you ever given thanks for two
cyes-media between the soul inside
and the world outside. media that nc
ono but the infinite God could create
The eye, the window of our immortal
nature, the gate through which all col.
ors march, the picture gallery of the
soul! Without the eye this world is a
big dungeon. l fear that many of us
have never given one hearty expires.
sion of gratitude for treasure of sight
tho loss OF which is the greatest dis.
aster possible unless It be the loss o.
the mind.
Further, notice how many pass
through life in silence because the cal
refuses to do its Office. They never
hear music, vocal or instrumental
The thunder that rolls its full diapasor
through the heavens does not startlt
the prolonged silence. The air thai
has for us SO many melodies has nc
sweet sound for them. They live in
qu!etude that will not be broken unit
heaven breaks In upon them with 1t,
harmonie5. The bird voices of tn,
springtimo, the chatter of the children
the sublime chant of tho sea, the SOLE
of the cantatrlco and the melody o.
the great worshiping assemblies NEAR
nothing to them. Have we devoutly
thanked God for these two wonders o.
our hearing, with which We can nov
put ourselves under the charm of swee
sound and also carry in our memorie.
the infantile song with which ON
mothers put us to sleep. and the voice.
of the great prima donnas like Line
and Patti and Nelson, and the sount
of instruments like the violin of tn,
Swedish performer. or the cornet O
Arbuckle, or the mightiest OF all in
struments. with the hand Of Morgan
on the keys and his foot on the pedal
or some Sabbath tune like Corona
tion," In the acclaim of which yol
could hear the crowns OF heaven com
ing down at the feet of Jesus? Man,
OF us have never thanked God for thii
hearing apparatus OF the soul. That Il
ono OF tho ten strings OF gratitud,
that we ought always to thrum aftel
hearing tho voice OF loved one OF
the last stralu Of an oratorio, or tn,
cleng Of cathedral tower.
Further. there are many who neye
recognize now much God gives then