Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-25
REALISTIC ROARS
ILLUSTRATE TEXT

"And the beasts of the field shall
praise thee" read Dr. Robert j. Bur-
dette of the Temple Baptist church
yesterday morning. AS if in answer
the deep rumbling roars of two Nubian
lions echoed through the great Temple
auditorium. To say that such realism
surprised the audience would be to put
it mild. Later on DR.. Burdette eX-
planned that the lions were the ones
which had been used last week in the
Auditorium stock company's produc-
tion of Theodore" You are the first
congregation in the world to see that
text Illustrated he said.
A musical program of no small merit
| was DIR. Bruce Gordon Kingsley's con-
tribution to the Palm Sunday service.
A magnificent organ overture from
"Rienzi" THE Palms." sung by Ro-
land Paul; a duet by Miss Longstreet
and Mrs. Harrison and an anthem by
the chorus comprised the musical
features.
Pastor Burdette preached on Com
pulsory Praise taking for his text
Luke 1897: IF these should hold their
peace the stones would Immediately
cry out"
1T is an echo of the prophecy of
Habbakuk-'F'or the stone shall cry
out of the wall and the beam out of
the timber shall answer it, The soul
of man is formed for praise and God
must be glorified in all his works.
When the Son of God comes to his
own he must be received with acclama-
tions of joy, with Inscriptions of praise.
Sing, o heavens, and be joyful, o
earth: break forth into singing, o
mountains cries Isaiah, wilderness
and cities; the inhabitants of the rock,
from the tops of the mountains
John in his vision hears the voices
that rest not night or day saying,
Holy, holy, holy And he hears the
voices of angels about the throne, Ten
thousand times ten thousand and thou
sands of thousands saying, Worthy
is tho Lamb" And every creature
which is in heaven and on earth and
under the earth, and such as are in
the sea and all that are in them he
heard saying, Blessing and honor and
glory and power be unto him that
sitteth upon the throne and unto the
Lamb forever and ever Man comes
nearest to the angels and closest to
God when he unites his voice with the
songs of the angelic host, and earth
and heaven praise with one voice the
Father and the Son.
King Thrice Presented
Thrice was the King presented to
his people. once in the cradle at
Bethlehem, he that was born king of
the Jews was heralded by the an
thems Of the angelic host Again at
the fords of the Jordan he was pre-
sented and proclaimed by his herald,
John the Baptist: The kingdom of
heaven is at hand make ye ready the
way of the Lord. And the third and
last time in the lesson of today, when
he enters the city of the great King
as its rightful king.
AT the first the angels of God sang
their songs of joy and peace and glory
to man. Now men shout their praise
to heaven. 'Hosanna in the highest
There never was gathered a cOngre-
cation for praise that there did not
come into it some one to criticise;
some one to find fault some one to
object to the tone of the meeting. And
there were men In that great con-
course of worshipers that welcomed
Jesus into the city and the temple who
protested: 'Hearest thou what these
are saying? Teacher rebuke thy dis
ciples.' There are people today who
find fault with religious enthusiasm;
who condemn revival meetings with
their natural excitement; who find
fault with the sermon; who criticise
the preacher and dispute with the
brethren: the people whose axiom Is.
Whatever Is Is wrong AS 1t was
in the days OF Christ, They watched
him that they might accuse him. The
reply of Jesus was a rebuke to the
fault-fnders: If these should hold their
peace the stones would Immediately
cry out If men should refuse 10
praise God majestic mountain and
singing river, laughing meadow and
the shouting sea would fiji the dome
Of the sky with the voices OF praise 10
their Creator"