River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-06-11

any other language, and is, therefore,
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HaIIelujah of Nature.
The first use of the word is at
the close of Psalm 104. This Psalm
is the finest poem on nature L
have ever read. 1t begins by call
ing On the soul to bless God,
and then ascribes to God the great
ness, honor and majesty which a
study of nature suggests to a re-
ligious mind The light is Gods
garment. The heaven is the canopy
which he has spread, and the
foundations of the ocean he laid.
He makes the clouds his chariot
and walks upon the wings Of the
wind. The thunder is his voice.
He made the springs which water
birds and beast. The grass for the
cattle, the trees for the nesting birds,
the hills for the wild goats, and the
rocks for the comics are the express
sion of his love and wisdom. He made
the laws which govern the sun and
moon. Even the darkness serves
benevolent purpose. In the midst OF
this beautiful scene man ''goeth forth
to his labor until the evening"
The HaIIeIujah of Providence.
The One Hundred and Fifth Psalm,
which also closes with "Hallelujah,"
deals with the history of Israel and
the Psalmist sees the footprints of
God in history as well as in nature.
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Abraham, made oath unto Isaac"
and confirmed the same to Jacob"
1t was God who protected his people
when they were but few in number"
1t was God who called for a famine
upon the land" when prosperity had
caused them to forget his laws. 1t
was God who sent Joseph into Egypt
and then Moses as the deliverer of his
people. 1t was God who sent the
darkness and turned their water into
blood. 1t was God who spread a cloud
over them for a covering and gave
them fire to give light in the night.
1t was God who opened the rock" and
quenched their thirst.
Fialelujah of Grace.
The One Hundred and Sixth Psalm
begins and closes with "Hallelujah,'
and the keynote of its contents is N
the first verse: Give thanks unto
the Lord, for his mercy endureth for
ever" He prays 20 visit me with
thy salvation" and he makes con-
fession of sin: 1--WE have sinned
with our fathers, we have committed
iniquity, we have done wickedly."
The saved sinner can sing this
"Hallelujah' of mercy more loudly
and sweetly than any other. And
Gods mercy fills him with song
because his justice has been satisfied
in Jesus Christ. Mercy cannot rejoice
against judgment because judgment
has been met and mercy made possible
through the atoning sacrifice of Christ.
"Hallelujah for the cross" is the song
of the redeemed. 1t comes to us
from heaven and will return with us
to heaven.
HaIeIujah of Judgment.
This appears in Revelation 1912.
"Hallelujah. Salvation and honor and
power unto the Lord our God, for true
and righteous are his judgments; for
he hath judged the great harlot, which
did corrupt the earth with her forni'
cation. And again they said Hallelu-
iah. And her smoke rose up for ever
and ever The Hallelujah of judg-
ment seems to shock soft, sentimental
natures who cannot endure the thought
that God could send one to hell. And
yet any one with spark OF nobility
of character must rejoice over the
apprehension and punishment of GER
tain criminals. When the papers pub
lished the fact that young man
entered a large room in Buffalo and
stood in line with those who were re-
ceiving the greetings of our beloved
president that he might murder the
man who was ready to greet him with
kindness, some theologians in New
England, who had been preaching that
there was no hell, were frank enough
to confess that there ought to be
hell for at least one man, for McKin-
lev and Czolgosch ought not to be
together in the same place. There
are creatures with the outward re-
semblence of men in Chicago whose
business is to ruin young girls and
sell them to houses of prostitution for
$50 and SIS, and these creatures ought
to be in hell, and will certainly go
there unless they repent. For such
men to escape hell unless they repent
would be cause for everlasting re-
greet.
HaIIeIujah of Sovereignty.
"Hallelujah, for the Lord our God
reigneth.'
God seems to be dethroned, but he
is not. The fact that he does not
strike dead monsters of iniquity in
human shape is proof that he is merci-
full When, therefore, / read in the
press of the orgies of those who lie
in wait for the innocent and seek their
destruction, l say: "HalleIujah: God
is merciful.' And when l read that
some monster has been overtaken by
retribution, / say with equal empha-
sis: "Hallelujah: God is just" When
1 hear a blasphemer revile God and
the Bible, l say: "Hallelujah: God is
merciful, or he would be smitten
dumb and when l hear the same man,
yet not the same, because he has been
transformed by the grace of God, prais-
ing God for the redemption through
the blood of Christ, as many one has