Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-04-02
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Sermon
BY Rev.
Frank De Witt Talnsge, D. d.

mon the preacher tells Of the power of
song as an influence on human life and
character and especially Of gospel song
rs Il means of winning men from sin
to righteousness The text is | Chrou.
vi, 81, and these are they whom pa
vid set over the service Of song in the
house of the Lord"
well remember Sunday once
spent upon the roof of the cathedral at
Milan. had been away from home
for many weeks and was very lonely
and homesck. Furthermore. | was
hungry for an old fashioned Christian
service Of the type of the American
meeting house. had been SO long
witnessing the European desccration of
the Sabbath that yearncd for Ae sim
pie service of my own home church,
entered the cathedral Of Milan that
morning hoping that my longing for
worship might be- eriticl; bat, alas,
none Of it was there. That huge ca
thedra is capable of holding 10000
worshlpeTs. Thousands Of people were
in the building that morning. but only
little handful We're scutcd about the
pulpit Most OF the people inside the
church were tourists wandering about
examining a statue here q tomb there,
beautiful column beyond. Sick at
heart. turned away and began to
climb the stairs which led up TO the
roof. Higher and hi@her | went until
/ seemed to have left the world behind.
Alone | was walking upon those lofty
heights amid the marble statues when
suddenly stopped short, Seemingly
from every whore and yet from no
where In particular the sweetest an
them was rising in the upper air.
Like the summer wind which kissed
my cheek | could not tell from whence
It came. Then as the voices rose and
fell and finally died away in a plain
tive whisper | said 10 myself. THAT
must have been like the singing at the
old temple Of Jerusalem" 1t seemed us
though choir loft was taking up the
refrain Of choir loft, and the great
Asaph himself, the chief of all the mu-
sicians and singers whom David APP
pointed, was leading in the service of
song.
Sitting there that Sunday afternoon
on that Milan roof | thought OF that
service of singers in Jerusalem 1900
years ago and of the singing Of the
long succession of all the generations
of singers that in the Christian church
nave won their trlumphs during the
past centuries. II seemed as 'heE
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AK ABOUT MUSIC
Today, God willing, ! want TO lead
you ava! from pulpit ana lecteIA |
want to lead You away FROM altar ana
chaAcel ana out OF the chUrch auuI-
forum ana have You sit with me as !
Vat that day upon the roof OF the Milan
cathedral all give your thoughts 10
Ne sweet sounds IN which the church
II all tunes has given praise to Gou
want to have little quiet TAX with
you upon the lhinehce OF gospel song
Ana after THIS tax Is eAdei want
you to go home and rcVcrently take
down your hymn DOCKS ana gather
your chlIureh about you ana 'e'ch the'l
to sing praises 10 Goa ana utter ID
tunelul words the loVe OF 'hflst 10Y
AL men, ana lH"Se are iHe! "H'I
David set over the service OF song III
me mousse OF lhc Lord
Now why Hld DAVID appoint mus