The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-03-18

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God has spoken TO man in divers ways.
He has proclaimed His command
ments through the lawgivers OF Is
rael, exhorted and warned His peo-
pie through His prophets and lastly
He has spoken directly to mankind
through His only Son, Jesus Christ
lie has moreover left on creation
the impress Of His Almighty Power,
Thousands Of voices proclaim His
glory; voices of heaven and OF earth:
the glowing nmiaaries which shine in
the firmament. the blue tints OF the
clear sky, the rolling clouds belching
from their rended flanks the s~dden
electrical sinuosities of lightning, the
roaring peals Of thunder and the fur
les Of tempest and storm the leaves
Of trees; the calyx OF flowers; the
teachings Of Gods mnisters a faith
er's voice; the sting at remorse: the
testimony Of an upright conscience.
These voices OF nature and of grace.
Voices within ana without us. voices
above and around us. each and All
have meaning for pure. attentive
and sensitive soui
The heavens bespeak Gods glory
and majesty Let His voice resound
IN your ears. Hearken to it with rapt
attention and let Il move your hearts.
Yet. beside those voices Of heaven
and earth. Of soul and conscience.
there is another voice. which religion
has brought forth and has eonsecratad
to the praise and the service Of Az
migty Cod. It Is The voice Of Tie
Catholic church bell.
Today's ceremony OF The blessing of
bell purchased with the contribu.
tions large and small chiefly small
from Catholics and non-casholic cit
izens Of chickasha. would offer an
eloquent orator favorable opportun
lty 70 elate and review through the
lapse Of christian ages The origin. ma
tnre. uses and blessings Of church
bells.
The invention Of small bells is hlde
den among the secrets OF antiquity. II
was very probably due 10 natural
causes. Their tankle was heard far be.
yond the time Of Christ ana their evo.
luton into large church bers Il tba
product Of christian times ana influ.
ences: FOR they seemed 10 serve ma.
turally either as a prelude. an accom-.
naniment or srand finale 70 sacred
services.
ID the description OF the high priests
yestments given In the book OF EA9-
dus, we observe that the high priest
was instructed to wear appended 10
his sacerdotal garb small golden bells
IN order 70 fix the attention Of ths
worshipers to his presence in the
sanctuary OF course. thss prescrip-
ton Of the Jewish liturgy for the
priesthood according 10 Aaron ike
all other matters Of discipline of Ne
old dispensation was ahrogated with
the Institution Of the priesthood ae.
cording TO Melchisedech b. our eser.
nal high priest Jesus christ Yet
might the ringing Of the small bell or
chimes at the sanctus. the consecra.
ton and the communion Of the Mass
not be considered as a practical sur.
viyal OF the Mosaic rite since thereby
the attention Of the christians is cali
ed 70 the most important acts Of the
priess during the sacrifice Of the New
Law?
Aside from the ordinance Of small
beils to be attached to the ephod Of
the high priest no mention is made II
the old Testament during sacred
functions IN pre-christian times. n
all their great feasts Of JOY Or sorrow.
the isrealites sounded the blare OF
clarions. Il was with q blast Of TRUMP.
cts that the people Of God started aut
on their conquest Of the promised
land. that the assembled tribes OF Is.
rael uttered their cali to battle: that
the solemnities OF the God OF Jacob
We're celebrated IN Jerusalem and that
al the beginning OF each year was held
the feast OF the tfampets. so called on
account Of the special use Of trump
cts that was prescribed However
bells Of relatively small size were b
miliar 70 the principal nations OF an.
tqulty. At their sound the Romans
proceeded to their baths and business
Coming down to the Christian era.
we find no ordinance OF bells in the
various books Of the New Testament
nor in the writings OF the earlier
Fathers Of the church. The first al
lusion to bells appear IN a few manu-
scripts Of Italy Of the beginning of the
sixth century; whilst the first unmis-
taxable examples Of "Campana" for