Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-08
GOOD MUSIC FOR
TEMPLE PROMISED
F0RETAsTE OF FUTURE Joys
RECEIVED
Volunteer Chorus, Exoellently Trained
by oroanlst and Quartet Of Fore-
most Singers, to Furnish Mel
ody for New Church

Members of the Temple Baptist
church yesterday had a foretaste Of
the music that is to be so great an
attraction at the Auditorium when It
Is dedicated next month. In few
churches of this city is the pastor so
enthusiastic a believer in the efficiency
Of music to reach his congregation as
IS Rev. DIR. Robert ]. Burdette. A
true lover of good music himself, his
aim has ever been to furnish the best
talent procurable for church work;
and with this object in view that part
of the Temples worship has ever been
of the highest.
When the Temple church moves into
the great Auditorium ON Fifth and
Olive streets November II the musical
part OF the services will be second to
none in the city. For months a vol
unteer chorus has been trained by
Prof. Kingsley, the musical director
and organist, and the originally rough
material has become polished to a de-
gree seldom found outside of the ranks
of professionals. Then, too, the mon
ster pipe organ installed by the Au-
dltorum company will be at the dis
posal of the church, and with its tall
ented player, Prof, Kingsley, will form
no small place in the church music.
But in addition to these features a
quartet of professional singers has
been secured to render solo and quar-
tet work. The members are such well
known musicians as Mrs. Robert l..
Smith, Miss Harriet Longstreet and
Messrs. Paul and Guiverson. OF these,
possibly the best known is Mrs. Smith,
who for the last two years has sung
at the First Christian church. The new
Quartet sang three times yesterday,
winning mora friends oh fif11a
Command Overlooked
In the morning Dr. Burdettes theme
was Home and Hospital" his text
being Luke 14:23: go out into the
highways and hedges and compel them
to come in, that my house may be
filled" He said: "The church of Christ
is essentially evangelistic. 1t is a
missionary church. The great COM
mand laid upon it is Go ye, therefore,
and make disciples of all nations, bap-
tizing them in the name of the Father,
and of the Son and Of the Holy Spirit,
teaching them to observe all things
whatsoever 1 have commanded you.
"The church is false to its own great
mission if it in any wise neglects
evangelistic work. But often there is
danger lest, in the intense devotion
and absorbing zeal Of proclaiming the
word of extending the gospel invita-
tion, men forget an equally important
part Of the great commission. Go ye
out into the highways and hedges
And we gladly and enthusiastically do
that. We dot the vacant lots with
gospel tents We deploy skirmishing
groups along the sidewalks, we make
the city streets musical with the sweet
est melody in the world, the invitations
of Jesus Christ to the sinful and the
wretched, we do what we ought to do
what we must dove seek out men
who will not come and compel them
to hear the words of salvation. And
then we forget that the command of
the Master of the house is to compel
them to come in
Become Fishers of Men
'In the dawn of it's great evangel-
stic success The Lord added to the
church daily thoses that were being
saved I will make you to become
not throw the fish he takes back into
the sea. He brings them home. After
the multitude of fishes were taken
in the nets on the right side of the
boat Jesus said to the fishermen,
Bring of the fish which We have now
taken Very humiliating had it been
for those disciples to have made ans
wer, oh, we didn't bring any ashore.
1t was a wonderful catch, though,
Eord.' So 1t was, and the crown Of
success lies in the paragraph, The
other disciples came in the little boat
dragging the net full of fishes. So
when they got out upon the land, they
see fire of Goals there, and fish laid
thereon, and bread
THE spirit of Christ in all evangel
istic work is bringing souls into the
fellowship and companionship of the
people of God. The true shepherd
leaves the ninety and nine and goes
out into the wilderness after the lost
sheep and seeks until he find it, And
then he layeth it on his shoulders,
rejoicing and cometh home with it.
Then there is joy in heaven. The
shepherds pleading voice and still re-
main without the fold are yet lost
sheep Aren't they? What better,
otherwise. is the fold than the wilder
ness? I see a man leap to his feet In
the revival meeting and hear him
shout I'm saved!' Another soul
saved! echoes the preacher.
Long Before Repentance
IT tell you, there was long inter-
val, an interval of hard tramping over
lonely and dusty roads, of~longing and
thirst. and pinching hunger. and of
days of weariness and nights of dam
ger between the time the prodigal said,
I will arise and go to my father
and the glorious hour when he put on
clean clothes and good shoes and sat
down at table in a pleasant home and
ate to the full Of the best and choicest.
They didn't make barbecue for him
out on the trail. The feast was pre-
pared in his fathers house, The place
for penitent sinner is in the church
Of God.
THE blessing of Christ the healing
one, Christ the helper. upon the hos
pital. Roar of an explosion down the
street. Crash of the falling wall. A
man is hurt, broken bones and bleed
ing wounds. Send in the call for the
ambulance. Hurry him to the hos
ptal. Here he is In the tenderest care.
the gentlest surgery, the best nursing.
Sanitary environment, clean bed, snowy
linen, nutritious food. He never was
In such a nice place in his life. One
day an attendant says TO him, "You
must go now.' 'What!' Surely He
can't stay there. That is a hospital,
not home. And after all, he wouldn't