Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-03-31


then Il third voice Will break in nnt
make the trio. Then off in tho distance
a woodpecker will beat time, like TIN
drumstick tapping upon the sheepskin
Then a great wave of harmony, lik'
Handels 'Halleluiah Chorus" will rol
over you. Then sudden silence. Agar
the music will start, and new concer
will be masterfully rendered, eacf
birds voice not much In itself. bW
each an essential part OF tho grea
woods chorus.
An Insparatfon.
1t is wonderful 70 realize how quicl'
~ musical conductor knows whe.
any Of his musicians are not doing az
they ought TO do. I once read Of
great orchestra Of hundreds OF pieces
being gathered together. When every
musician was doing his part, and the
sounds rose and fell like voices Of
many waters, tho piccolo playc,
thought he would stop and zee II the
lender would miss him. No sooner do
no stop than the leader pointed his
baton toward the silent man and said
"rlay. Play. You are an essential
part Of the piece. Do you hear me-
Play" SO. in the great musical chorul
for the salvation OF the world. Goo
bids us each to sing and take our part
as each bird Of the woods has hit
singing part. Sing! Sing To-day II
Christs nnue sing, as the song biru
in the springtime. Sing your part II
the Song OF Moses and the lamb"
Like the singing birds, we should u 4
only sing because we have an assent :
| part in Gods great chorus, but becau a
each song bird inspires other sol 8
birds 10 sing. A little canary in {
room plonc may not care TO MARBLE
But it is different when two or three
blrtlcages arr hanging in the windows
through which the sun Is shining. Then
one birds note will inspire the other
birds. One birds song will make the
other birds sing. So men and women,
singing Christs songs, Will inspire
! other men and women to sing them.
Men and women pray better and often
or IL they pray together They love
God more and are more willing to
/ y
/ love and serve him in groups, as the
/ little company gathered in the upper
Chamber, to await the coming Of the
Holy Ghost. They are more willing
10 go ont into the byways and hedges
and carry the gospel to the blind, the
deaf. the dumb, the crippled and the
poor, if they 20 forth as Christ sent his
I alone
on. my brother and sister, in Gods
great chorus of redemption. will you
not sing and inspire your ncighbors
and loved ones TO sing also?
In Christs Name.
During the dark days OF the Amer
itan civil var, after the two opposing
armies had been watching each other
for months upon the opposite banks
OF the Potomac river, there came a
night Of strange song, which will nj
ways be remembered by those who
were participants in the scene The
moon was shining brightly The sur
face OF the river was rejecting the
Rights not only OF the cainpfires Of the
two armies. but also the starry lights
heard were the going forth of the relief
guards and the call of the sentries
AIS we'll along the Potomac" While
the stiffness OF death seemed to pre-
vaii. a northern soldier was writing Il
his mother. AS he wrote he became
very honesick for the sight OF the old
farm. He softly began 20 sing the
lS y-hf IAI 10
wrote when he WAS n helpless, SICK
fricndless, lonely exile. He sang the
words all Americans have sung hun
Lred times AS the homeSiCi boy sane
the men IN the next tent took up thu
refrain. Then the song went from
company to company, regiment TO regi
ment. brigade TO brigade. until it leap
ed across the river. and the Coufeder
, ate army sang IL as well rs the Fed
eral army. Then the war hounds
which had been growing in rage anC
showing their white teeth and tuggin!
, at their chains. turned and went Int
, their kennels and lay down to lister
, to the music.
AS thatonc homesick boys song fOunt
ia echo In the song OF his company
( end in the song of his regiment and il
,he song of his army, and IN the SOM
I OF the great host which were lyin,
upon the opposite side OF Virginia
bank. shall not our Chr!st's song In
. splre others to sing? One bird cal
: make n whole forest sound with inspir
6 ing songs. Shall not we inspire thos
T in our homes and stores and churche
{ 10 sing? Sing in Christ's name. Sin
, as the song birds sing. Sing as tn
psalmist bids us sing Let every
. thing that hath breath praise tn
, Lord" Sing! Sing! Triumphsn J.
T., and everlastingly sing. Sing. for III
, time of the singing Of all Christians n
[ we'll as of birds has come.
y Our lives nre songs. God writes the word
: And We set them TO music At leisure,
And the song Is sad or the song il glad
AS We chooHe to fashion the measure.
We must write the song. whatever til
words.
Whatever its rhyme or meter.
c And If II IL sad wa must make II glad,
And II sweet we must make II Rweeter
, copyright, 1904 by Louis Kopsch.