Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1902-09-04
THE SONG OF THE LORD
Sunday Discourse By DR.. Chapman, the
Noted Pastor-EvangeIist.
II Our Hearts Will But Sing Right Christ viii
Help Us to Counteract Our Bias to Sin.

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New YORK C1TY.-The Rev. DR.. j. Will
bur Chapman's sermons continue to excite
the profoundest interest and to give the
greatest satisfaction to that large number
of American people who demand a strik'
ing discourse for weekly reading. The
popular pastor-evangelist has prepared the
following sermon for, the press, 1t is en-
titled "rhe Song of the Lord" and Is
preached from the text, "The song of tho
Lord began ALSO III, Chronicles 20: q.
The difference between the 2Sth and the
Goth chapters Of ii. Chronicles presents to
us an illustration of that difference which
we frequently see in the church as she
passes from times of enthusiasm to days
Of depression and back again, and tor
which there seems to be no human. expla-
nation. So also is 1t the picture of many
families where the godly father has an un.
godly son and an ungodly father a cody
son, which is entirely contrary to the rules
which in our own house we have deter
mined should abound. SO also is it pic
ture of many individuals who after weeks
and months and even years are found reg
uarly in the house of God the most devout
of worshipers, and then suddenly stop UNI
able almost to explain to themselves how
they have lost interest and why their zeal
~ -, af h;S r;nbteous son Uezn.
i,;"h VIZ tbrs ' fsr,;Sb ne With practical illus.
Hn" "t .''u' 'o'N''' '' "'''
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Ahaz was the eleventh king of Judah,
the son of lothian. His example was holy
and his reign was peaceful and prosper.
Gus. Not so of his son. He was a gross
idolator, actually sacrificed his children to
m;rbf he Ct for ;dnlatrons uses and owned
nhiSno ot IL. ao' ,hat ,auo aoJ;ootnd ~ tha
sn'a Ir,,nn III IS tb;s the ;mSament of Cod
foli. nj hoo,r o ~ i Tho cond;t;on of Tho
n "S ~ snn,ethins dreadful He ia an il.
kstrat;nr ~ The newer of sin First in its
;nfatnat;on I've find him robbinp the
nalaca and n,nrdering the temnle 1laces
which had ALWAYS been sacred both to the
S Ms "n os d;sbnnnred in the oist verse of
H. ostb ohantnr ~ Tho Linz of Assvr;a
bmt sonnebnw GIN seems elwavs 70 nrcsent
tha some sort of an ;nfatuation tn those
,,ho ,,.oil, CO.. nv, lonrth ne t,ra IN Ia wav
Second IN ire ' dagroda lion There could
ho M ,rorse s;n tbnn that described in
verseS % md o. Of tha osth cbantcr where
Aha, aat bared toaetber The vessels of thp
hnmso eof Cnd int IN the doors nj The
ho,s W y; III th. -, ;os &c Jmdob mado
h;"h ,,ano a - =" hrr w. ;noonso 20 otbnr Gods
A ,ntu much lilo ! iS fpIInI
H. ~ nLo,,tar - Dnn;nI tho al and 5th
,,n r o'' rhoro tho tomnio vessels are taken
NV thc E;nn and uscd in m;Inigbt revelrv'
whom sndIe,Iv The fingers NJ n mans hand
'uo;oLad w ,ho haI,rco md found want.
Inv uowovnr i !. trne that any man
VIZ ,,sas III, rn,ors of bodv nr of mind 70
s;m i ,s SnsantI s;nf,l No was Ahaz Inc
king
TL;rJ j., HE do,tb bo ia n n;cturc of tbo
o,,l af ~ ia J;oJ u,bon onIv tb;rtv.s;v
vn,rs of nco mn nnt;mnly doath and hc
ssIaans !, d;sbnnnroJ ,rayo for tbrv
,vould MT burv hin, in tho tombs Of the
l; p' NV norfect ;lIustr,tion If Tho text
"S;S5 whan i il Gn;sbad hrings forth
deot. 3" In tLe c;tv of Paris in turning
iottass of gro n oort,in nloro Of dangerous
GIN l,roeted tbe naOser.h v with these words
ali IS ,ho,, wilton IN fro "Notb;ng IA
n a., y hmt no wbo enters IN ,brongh tho
ddocor viii End that tho wages Of sin is
dootb Tb;s hos nlwoys becn true Ueyc.
L;ob tba con of Ahoz beaan 10 roign
,rhon bo was twentv,Gye years old In
he norentoi bor;tagc he lad evcrvthiur
aga;nst hin, hut hfs motber,s name was
Hb;znh and She was the daughter Of
Iechor;ob n man Who had understanding
in Tho views If Cod This ;s undoubtedly
The secret If Hezek;ab's GOODNESS, Bows
frequently 90 right when their fathers arc
,,rnno h,,t Se,hnu tho motber 10 wrong vrrv
rar ps' d Ir thew wall, in The Maths Of rect
tude ' VIZ '"'' VAIN 81 |AN pA|''' - '~S'
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For s;x,oon vo,rs thero had been No song
~ 10 ta,,,'Io' Th;s ,.as u arnot loss he
causn tho ppoo,,e had oiwaves been occus.
ton,o1 .o I Inp from, tha ina n creatior
,vhan tho ,,n nn Stars sang +ocether nnt
ali The sons Of God shouted for low to the
marrh;no tbrnugb tho Red Soa whore tho
sons Of isrno oI snro VI, Lodi NV M;r;am IN Tho
sing;nn and the brth Of he Saviour where
thn nr,,a NV ,mS tha otn;r ,ia ,ast ,nnor
whore iho Inr1 W;nSoIf uas nno of tho
s;ngors m 70 Tho now bnoyen and tho now
cath ,,,bapro tho, s;w, tho na,, conc tbo
tan,,io So,.i nav ,ho,, ,ol, l,,ad - ;.h. Wv
iat;nms ;th Cod and 1'' tho honsa as s" ooar
,,as ho,mt;i',I So 49," pnol,,,o 'oro ,,,;t,",,
IN thn tom,'Io ~ lnt,ars IS rnlJ ,nL tLn
raonio ohnrtod u'on, % az So a,o n,,u
Mani of tha co,sanratoJ ;nstr,monts tho
nnti',houoI oho;r" a,",,o.od naoh otLn,r ~.
c., nyon,,lo IN tho o.,h pei, onn nho;r
,,a,IJ ~, 81 80 49, h,,J ie ~ ~
49, n"s, ~ w. !o"' n'"uS,
So, i AZ. @ HP' s III "9.,ns
~ noo's any a"e hlne u siuis sha.l CONF
W., anu tiic Ttnci sn9li W W. iesPphu,
. Wv ~ 10 .iiS n'ne VI Iiois .crI puiS W nav
IT, III o'IJ. e'Eis iepis' Ing '1 D VI
. .ios's, iie Is . NE hln5 u s'oly' nu' ioi
III. ~" 'n.ie ny. .rau oet I'm ~ eons'
tns'' Why was thls no. ne pest cEpI4'
luton Is given III III, thc -olh c1ap'er Oh H.
Hhioi'iI'ts, tne Z4VI anu Zoth verses,
Hnu hiaH sa'helsu toPe.net 'he Nessels
vi .ne h4use VI oou' anu cu' III pieces 'ne
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