Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-10-02


goddess spectators and infamous stocn
gamblers. Jhs great foe 60 business q
CRIME. When the right shall have hurl
eo BACK the wrong. and shall have puri
ned the commercial code, and shat
nave Numbered down fraudulent es.
taoiishments. and shall have put into
tne hands OF honest men the KEYS a,
business. blessed time for the bary,,r
makers. 1 am not talking an abstrac.
uon' l am not making n guess: | am
teiiing you Gods eternal truth.
In that day OF which sneak toxes
VIII be a mere nothing. Now our busi.
ness men are taxed for everything
CITY taxes, county taxes. state taxes.
united States taxes, stamp taxes. H.
cense taxes. manufacturing taxes-tax-
cs, taxes. taxesi Our business mon
nave TO make small fortune every
year to pay their taxes. What fasteps
on our great industries this awful load
Crime. individual and official. We have
10 pay the board OF the villains who
are incarcerated In our prisons: we
nave to take care OF the orphans of
shose who plunged into their graves
through beastly indulgence; we have
10 support the municipal governments.
which are expensive just in proportion
ms the criminal proclivities are vast
ana tremendous. Who supports the
aimshouses and police stations and all
tue machinery OF municipal govern
ment? The taxpayers.
But La the glorious time of which 7
speak grievous taxation will all I'm We
ceased. There will be no need OF sun
porting criminals: there will be no
criminals. Virtue will have taken the
place of vice. There win be no orphan
asylums, for parents will be able to
leave a competency to their children:
there VIII be no voting OF large sums Of
moneys for somsnpunicipal improve
ment. which moneys. before they get
TO the Improvement. drop into the pock.
cts Of those who voted them; no oyer
and terminer kept up at vast expense
TO the people, no impaneIing OF jsries
TO try theft and arson and murder and
SANDER and blaekmsIl; better facto.
ries; grander architecture; finer eoui.
page; larger fortunes: richer opulence.
"A morning without clouds"
Church Music.
In that better time also coming to
these cities the churches or Christ will
be more numerous. and they will be
larger, and they viii I've more devoted
TO the service of Jesus Christ, and they
VIII accomplish greater influences for
good. Now II Is often the case thar
churches are envious OF each other
and denominations collide with each
other, and even ministers Of Christ
sometimes forget the bond Of brother.
hood. But In the time of which I
speak. while there will be lust ms many
OF opinion as there are now.
there VIII be no accrbity. no hypercrit
icism. no exclusiveuess.
In our great cities The churches are
not today large enough 10 hoId more
than fourth OF the population. The
CHURCHES that are built-comparativ
few Of them are fully occupied. The
average attendance In the churches OF
the United states today is nor 400
Now, In the glorious time OF which I
speak there are going 10 tie vas,
churches, and they are going 10 be-
all throrSed with worshipers. OF.
what rousing songs they will sing,
Oh, what earnest sermons they will
preach! OBJ. what fcrvent prayers
they viii osrerl Now, In our time
what Ia called q fashionable church.
is a place where few people, having
attended very carefully to {! cir toilet.
come and SIT down they do not want
to be crowded. they like whole sea,
to tbemselves-and then. II they have
any time left from thinking of their
store. and from examining the style
or the hat In front OF them. they sit
and listen 10 tho sermon warranted
TO hit no mans sins. aud listen TO
music which Is rendered by n choir
warranted TO sing tunes that nobody
knows! And then. after an hour and
hnif OF indolen, yawninr. they 60
home refreshed. Every man feels bet.
Ter after he has hndo sleepl
In many OF the churches or Christ
n our day the music Is simply mock.
Try. have not cultivated ear nor q
voice. yet no man can do my
'inging for me. have nothing TO saw
against artistic music. The So or IS
pay to hear one OF the great queens
" song is good investment. But
Shsn the people assemble in religious
,onvocauons and the hymn is read
md the angels OF God step from their
hrone TO catch the music on their
wings, do not let us drive them away
~ our Indifference. have preached |
churches where vast sums OF money
we're employed to keep up the music. |
mo IL was as exquisite as any heard on
arth. but / thought at the same time. |
or all matters practical, would pre-
er the hearty, outbreaking song Of |
he backwoods Methodist camp meet
ne.
conversational Singing.
Let one OF these starvelIng fancy
ongs sung In church get up before the
hrone OF God. How would II look stand.
ne amid the great doxologies OF the re-
leemedf Let the finest operate air
nat ever went up from the church OF
,hrtst get many hours the start: II Will
'e caught and passed by the hosanna
4 the Sabbath school children. I know
church where the choir did all the
ingng save one Christiancman, who.
hrough perseverance OF the saints.
vent right ON, and afterward a COM
nittee was appointed to wait on, him
no ask him IL he would not please to
top singing. as he bothered the choir.
Let those refuse to sing
Who never knew our God
hut children OF the heavenly King
Should speak their Joys abroad
Praise We the Lord. Let everything
nth breath praise the Lord" In the
iorious time coming in our cities and
4 the world hosanna will meet hosan-
and halleiuiah haileluiah. - ei>