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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, GA-. TUESDAY % i.T 4 lf®6
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TALMAGE'S SERMON
BREACHED YESTERDAY IN BROOK
LYN TABERNACLE.
Hot
k* Eloquent Dirln# Upon the flabject of "Oon*ro-
■fc CnUonol Bincinr." From WMe& Ho Teoooo
; That It Is as Much a Man'S Duty to Bin#
aa It la His Duty to Tray. Etc.
Brooklyn, N. T., May 2 —Bor. T. DoWItt
TaUnage preached this morning on tho .abject
of “congregational ringing.” Bervic.. wear
opened by tho congregation alnglng the hymn
^beginning:
“The moralng light I. breaking,
The darkness disappear.;
111. sona of men are waking
To penitential tosn.”
Before tho oertnon Dr. Talmage expounded
one of the Jubilant psalms of Darld, and then
took bio text from II, Cbron. T. 13; “It name
OYento paaa, as tbe trumpeters and alngere
icerc as one, to make one round to bo beard In
praising and thanking tho Lord.” Following
Is the sermon In mil;
_ Tho temple was done. It was the very cho
rus of all magnificence and pomp. Splendor
crowded against splendor. It was the dia
mond necklace of the earth. From tho huge
pillars crowned with lenTOa of flowers and
lows of pomegranate wrought out in burnished
metal, down eren to the tongs and snuffers
made out of pure gold, erery thing was as
complete as the God-dirocted architect could
make it. It seemed as if a virion from hearen
had alighted on the mountains. The day for
dedication came. Tradition says thst there
were In and aronnd about tbe temple on that day
two hundred thousand stiver trumpets, forty
thousand harps, forty thousand timbrels and
two hundred thousand singers; so that all
modem demonstrations at Dusseldorf or Bos
ton seem nothing compared with that.
As this great sound surged up amid
the precious stones of the temple, It must hart
aeemed like tho river of life dashing against
the amethyst of the wall of heaven. The
Round arose and God, as If to show that He
was well pleased with the music which His
children make in all ages, dropped into the
midst of tho temples cloud of glory so over
powering that tho officio ting priests wero
cbligtd to stop in the midst of the services.
There has been much discussion as to whero
music was born. I thick tbit tt the begin-
• Slug, wlion tho moruiug stars sang togothcr
and all the suns ot God shouted for Joy, that
the’ earth heard the echo. Tho clond on
Which tbe angels stood to celebrate the crea
tion was the birthplace of song. Tho stars that
glitter at night are only so many keys of
oeltttlal pearl of which God’s Angers play tho
music of tbb spheres. Inanimate nature Is
Hill of God's stringed and
wind instruments. Silence itself—
perfect silence—is only a musical
rest in God's great anthem of worship. Wind
among the leaves, insect humming in tho sum
mer air. the rush of billow upon beach, the
ocean far ont sounding its ovorlasting psalm,
the bobolink on theedgeof the forest, tho quail
Whistling up from tho grass, are music. While
Visiting Blackwell’s Island I heard coming
from a window of tho lunatlo asylum, a vary
oweet song. It was sung by one who had lost
her reason, and I have come to bellove that
even the deranged and disordered elements of
nature would make mnsio to our ears, If we
only htd sentences enough to listen. I sap-
jpoee thst ovon the sounds in nature that are
discordant and repuiaive make harmony in
God's car. Yon know thst you may come so
near to an oreheatra that tho sounds sre pain
ful Instead of pleasurable; and I think
that wo stand so near the deviststlng
rstonn end frightful whirlwind wo can
not hear that which makes to God's
esr and the ear of the spirits above ns a music
M complete so it la tremendous.
The day of Judgment, which will bo a day
of uproar and tumult, I suppose will bring no
dissonance to tho oars of those who con calm
ly listen; although It will bo at when somo
great performer la executing a boisterous piece
Zf music, ho aomettmes breaks down tho in
strument on which bo plays; ao It may bo on
that last day that the grand march of God,
played by tho Angora of tbnnder and earth
quake and conflagration may breakdown tho
world upon which the music Is exocntod. Not
only Is Inanimate nature full of music, but
Goa has wonderfully organised the human
voice, so thst in tho plainest throat and lungs
there arefourteen direct muscles which can
make over sixteen thousand different sounds!
Now, there are thirty Indirect mnaelen which
can make, It has been estimated, more than
one hundred and seventy-three millions of
sounds. Now, I say, when God hat so con
structed the bnman volco, and when ho has
Ailed tho whole earth with hsrraony, and
When bo recognised It in tho ancient temple, I
litre a right to como to tho conclusion thst
God loves music.
1 proposo this morning to speck about se
rved music, first ahn»lng you lt« Importance
nnd then stating somo of tho obotaclot to Its
advancement.
I drew the first argument for tho import
ance of sacred music from tha fact that God
commanded It. Through Paul he tells ns to
admonish one another in psalms and hymns
imd spiritual songs; through David he cried
ont: “(ting yo to God all yo kingdoms of the
earth.” And there are Hundreds of othor pas
sages I might name, proving that It is M much
a man's duty to sing as it Is his duty to prey.
Indeed I think there are more commands in
the Bible to sing than there nrc to pray.
God not only aaka Tor tbs human volco but
for tho Inatrumcnta of mualc. He asks for
tha cymbal and the harp and tho trumpet.
And I luppooo that, in the hut daya of the
ebureb, the harp, the flute, the trumpet, and
all the Instruments of muolo that have given
their chief aid to tbo tin nter and bacchanal,
will tc brought by their master* and laid
down at the fleet of Christ and then sounded
in the chuck's triumph on her way from suf
fering Into glory. “Prelso yo tho Lord!”
Praise him with yonr voices. Praise him
with stringed instruments and with organs.
I draw another argument for tha import
ance of this exercise from tho impressive'
nets of tho exorcise. Yon know something of
what secular music hss achieved. You know
it has made Its Impression upon govern
ments. upon laws, upon literature, upon
whole generations. One Inspiriting national
nir it worth thirty thousand men as a stand-
log army. There comes a time in the
battle when one , bogie is
worth a thousand muskets. In
Aha esilier part of onr civil war the govern
ment proposed to economise in bands of mode
and many of than wore sent home, but tho
generals in the army seat word to Washing
ton; “Yon are making a vary great mistake,
we ore laUIngback, and falling back. Wchavo
not coougk mule." Thenthe government
changed its mind; more hands of mule wore
lent to the field and tha day of ahamsAil
defeat terminated. I have to toll yon that
no nation or church can afford to severely
economise In music.
Why ahoold wo rob tha programmes of
worldly gayety when wa have ao many ap
propriate soots and tunes composed in our
own day, u well u that magnificent inheri
tance of church pelamedy which has corns
down fragrant with tho devotions of other
generations—tunes no more worn
than when onr groat grand
fathers climbed - np on them
from the church pew to gluryt Dear old aonto,
how they need to sing? When they were
cheerful onr grandfathers and grandmothers
used to slag “Colchester.’' When they wero
very meditative, then the meeting house rang
with. "South Street" and ‘St. Edmond*.”
When titty atm ck through with groat tender-
neat, they sang “Wwietoek." Wero they
wrapped I a visions ot the guiry of the church,
thty sang “Zion.” Were tney overhams with
the lotc and glory of Const, they saogi’ArieL"
And in those deys then wero certain tunes
married to certain hymns, sod they hare
lived (a pates a groat wntle, these two old
people, and w* hare no right to divoreathsm.
“What God hath Joined together let no min
pat tennder.” Bern u ire have been amid
this great wealth afcknreh mule, augmented
by the compositions of artists is oar day, wa
sight aat to ba tempted eat of the sphere of
Ckririlan harmouysnd try to eeok eaooate-
crated eonnde. It !i absurd for a millionaire
to steal.
Btny of yon are llluetratlou af what (acred
•eng can do. Through it yon wore brought
into the kingdom of Jeans Christ. Ton stood
out agaieit the warning and tho argument of
the pulpit, but when iu the sweet srorde of
f-h*il« Wesley or John Newton or Toplady
tbeloTcofJceus wueung to your soul, then
you surrendered, is armed castle that could
not bo taken by a host, lifts Its window to lb'
ten to a harp's tbnlh
There was a Scotch soldier dying In Now
Orleans and • Scotch minister camo in to giro
him the consolation of the Gospel. Tho man
turned over on his, pillow and said: “Don't
talk to me about religion.” Then tho Scotch
minittor began to sing a familiar hymn of
Scotland that was composed by David Dioken-
ecu, beginning with the words;
He song it to tho tnne of Dundee and every
body In Scotland know* that; and a* ho began
to ring tho dying soldier tamed over on hit
pillow and said to tho minister; “Where did
you learn that?” “Why,"replied the minister,
“my mother tsnght mo that.’’ “So did mine,”
said tbs dying Scotch soldier, and the very
foundation of hb heart was upturned, and
then and there be yielded himself to Christ.
Ob, it has an IrmistabiO'power! Luther's
sermons hare been forgotten, but hb “Judg
ment Hymn" sings on through tho ages, and
will keep on singing until the Mast of tho
archangel’! trumpet shall bring about that
very day which the hymn celebrate*. I would
to God that those who hear me today, would
toko these songs of salvation as meaaagea from
heaven; for. Just as certainly as the birds
brought food to- Elijah by tho brook Ohorltb,
fotheso winged harmonies, God rent, sre
flying to your son! with tho bread of life.
Oyi n your mouth and take It, O nuugry Ell-
I have also noticed tho power of sacred song
to sootho perturbation. Yon may have come
In here with a great many worrimenta and
anxieties, yet perhaps In tho singing of ths
first hymn yon lost all thoao worrimenta and
anxieties. Yon have read' in tho Biblo of
Haul, how ho waa sad and angry, and how ths
b<T David camo in and played tho evil spirit
out of him. A Spanish king wss melancholy.
Tbe windows were all closed. He sat In the
daikncss. Nothing could bring him forth
until Franell came aud discoursed music for
three or four days to him. On tho fourth day
he looked up and wept and rejoiced, and tho
windows wero thrown open, aud that whioh
all tho splendors of tho court oould not do, the
power of song accomplished. If you hare
anxieties nnd worrimenta, try thb heavenly
charm upon them. Do not alt down on tho
bank of tbe bymu, but plunge in that tho
devil of care may be brought out of yon.
It also arouses to action. Do you not know
that a singing church is always a triumph
ant church? If a congregation is silent, it is
curing thO'CXrrclsa or partially silent
tho silence of death. If when the hymn is
given out you boar tho faint hum of hero and
them a lather and mother in Israel white tho
vast majority are silant, that minister of
Christ who is presiding needs to havo a very
strong rcnstiiiitlon If ho does not get tho
chills. Ho needs not only tbo grace of God
but nerves liko whalebone, It is .amazing
bow somo pcoplo with voice enough to dis
charge all their duties in tbe world, whon
they como Into tbo house of God havo no
voico to dlschargo this duty. I really believe
that if the church of Christ could riso up
and sing as It ought to sing, that where we
have a hundred souls brought into tho king
dom of Christ there would bo a thousand.
How was it in olden time? Cgjotsn said;
' Luther conquered ua by his songs." -
But I must now speak of somo of ths ob
stacles In tho way of the advancement of
this (acred music, and ths first li, that it has
Wen impressed into the service of supor-
etition. I am far from believing that music
ought always to be positively religions. Ba
nned art has opened places where music has
been aocularlied, and lawfully so. The draw
ing-room, tbs musical club, the orohutra, tho
concert, by tho gratification of pure taste and
the production of barmleoa amusement and
the improvement of talent, have bocorao very
forces in the advancement of our civilisation.
Music hss as much right to laugh In Bnrrey
gardens aa it has to prey In hi. Paul's. In the
kingdom of nature we havo the glad fifing of
tbo wind aa well aa tho long metre pialm of
the thunder. Bnt while alltbla la so, erery
observer has noticed that this
art. which God Intended for tho lm-
E rovcmcnt of tho car and ths volco and the
c-d and tbo heart, has often boon impressed
into tho servioo of error. Tsrttnl, the musi
cal composer, dreamed ono night that aatan
snatched from his hand an Instrument aud
played upon it something vorvswoot—a dream
that has often been fulfilled in onr day, the
voice and tho instruments that ought to have
liccu dovoted to Christ, captured from tho
church and applied to purposes of sin.
Another obstacle has been an inordinate
frarsf criticism. Tho vast majority of peo
ple singing in church nevor want anybody elso
lo hear them slug. Everybody is waiting for
somebody else to do his duty. If wo all sang
then ths inaccuracies that aro evident when
only a faw sing would ho drowned out. God
asks you to do aa woll aa yon can, aud then, if
you get the wrung pitch or keep wrong time,
Uo will forvlvo any deficiency of tho
car and imperfection of tho volcos. An
gels will not lough if you should
lose your place in tho musical scale, or como in
at tho close a bar behind. There nro three
schools of singing I am told—tho Gornnn
irhool, tho Italian school and tho French
school of singing. Now, I would like lo add a
fourth school, and that i< tho school of Christ.
The voice of m contrite, broken heart although
it may not lie able to stand hnman critlclam,
makes hotter music to God's oar than th,o most
artistio performance when the heart is want
ing. I know it la easier to preach on this than
t is to practice, bnt I slug for two muons—
Hitt, because I llaalt and next because I wsnt
to encourage those who do not know how;' I
havo but veiy little faculty in that.direction amt
no culture at all, yet 1 am resolrod to slug
though every noto should go otf liko a
Chinese gong. God has commanded it and
I dare not be silent. Ho calls on the,
beasts, on tho cattle, on tho dragon*, td-
pralso him, and wo ought not to bo behind the
cattle and tho dragons.
Another obstacle that baa been Inthe way
of tbo advancement of thia holy art has boon
so much angry ditcauion on the subjoctof
music. There are thoao who would hare this
cxcrciso conducted by musical instrument!ts.
Jn tbo asms church there are those who do
not liko musical Instruments, and ao II is or
gan and no organ, and than is a fight. In
another charch it is a question whether tha
music shall bo eoadnetad by » precentor or by
a drilled choir. Some want adriUedcholrand
seme waat a precentor, and there Isa fight.
Then there are those who would liko In the
church lo have tho organ played in a dull,
lifeless, droning way, while there ’ arff others
who would Ilka to have it wreathed into fan-
taatica, branching out in jots and spangles of
sened, rolling and teasing In marvollout con
volutions aa when Inpyrotechnic display yon
think a piece la axhaastad, it breaks out
la wheels, rockets; Mac lights and
serpentine demonstrations. Some would
have the organ played in almoit
insudlabls sweetness, and otbeif would hare
it full of Staccato panacea that aaka tbo eudi-
eaco jump with great aye* and hair on end at
though by a vision ortho witch of Endori end
he who tries to please all will eorceed in
nothing. Nevertheless you are to admitthe
fact that this oontert which Is going on, in
hundred! of ths churches of tbo l/nltod States
to day, la a mighty hindrance .to the advance-
ment of this art. In this way scores and
e cores of churches are entirely crippled as to
all Inllornca and tho music la n damage rather
than a praise.
Another obstacle lo the advancement of this
art has been ths erronaoaa notion that this
part of the service could ba conducted by at
delegation. Chorebea hare said; “Oh, whsr
an easy time wo shall have. Tha mloliter
will Ait the preaching sod tho choir will do
the singing and we will have nothing to do.”
And yon know no well aa I thst there are a
grist mnltilnda of churches all throogh I’ll,
land when tbe people are not expected to
sing. Tho whole work is dona by delegation
of fear ar Six or tea psrsoes, and ths and Isaac
an siieaL In inch a charch la Syracuse, aa
old eider persisted la singing, sad so the oholr
appelated a committee to go nnd aek theequire
■I ha would not stop. Yoa know that inn great
mnliitnds of ths ohnrohes tho ohoir are ex
pected and do all tha singing, and the groat
mass of the people are expected to bo silent,
and if yon utter your voice yon are interfer
ing. There thty stand, the four, with opera-
glass dangling at their side singing, “Book of
Agee, dels for me,” with tho same spirit that
tho night before, on the stage they took their
part in tho “Grand Dnoheas” or “Don Glo-
vent.”
My Christian friends, havo we 'a right to
delegate to othen the discharge of this doty
which God demands of tu? Suppose that four
wood thrashes proposo to do air tho oingiag
come bright day when ths woods aro ringing
with bird voioca. It to decided that four wood
thrushes shall do all the ringing of the for
est. Let all other volceejkoep silent. |How
bcantUtally the four warblel It la really fine
music. Bnt how long will you keep ths for
est still? Why, Christ would como Into thst
foiett and look np aa he looked through tha
olivet, and ho would wavo hi* hand and aay.
“Let everything that hath breath praise tbo
Lord," and keeping time with ths stroke of
innumerable wings there would be five thoa-
rend bird voices leaping Into the harmony.
Snppoaa this delegation of musical performers
were tiled in heaven; suppose that roar choice
spirit* should try to do tho rioging of the up-
per temple.
Hash now, thrones and dominions and
principalities. Darld, bo still, though yon
were tho “sweot singer of Israel.” Pool, keep
quiet, though you have come to that crown of
rejoicing. Richard Baxter, keep still, though
this is the “saint’s ovorlasting rest." Fonr
spirits now do all the olnglng. B-t how long
would heaven bo quiet? How long? “Halle-
Iqjabt” would cry somo glorified Methodist
from undor ths altar. “Praise the Lord!"
would sing tbs martyrs from among the
thione. “Thanks bo into God who givoth ns
the victory!” a groot multitude of redeemed
r pitilt would cry—myriads of voioca coming
Into tho harmony and the one hundred and
forty and four thousand breaking forth into
< nc acclamation. Stop that load singing!
Step! Ob, no; they cannot hear me. Yon
might aa well try to droipi tha thunder of tho
eky or beat back the roar of tha sea, for every
Mill! In heaven has resolved to do its own
sioglng.
‘Tot tl
Who never know our Guu,
But children of the Heavenly king
should spesk their Joys abroad.
•Hie hill of Zion yields
A thnnrnnd tacrad sweets.
Before we roach the heavenly fields
Or walk the golden streets.
"Then let our songs abound,
A nd every tear he dry:
We’re marching through Emmanuel’s ground
To falter worlds on high.”
Alas, that we should havotriod on earth
that which they cannot do in heaven, and In-
f trad of |olnlDg all our voioca in tho praise of
the Most High God, delegating, porhsps, to
uncensecrated men and women this most sol
emn and most delightful service!
Nt w, In this chnrch, wo havo resolved upon
the plan of conducting tho music hy a pro.
center. We do It for two reasons; ono is that
by throwing tbo wholo responsibility upon tho
Hints of tbo people, making tbo groat multi
tude the choir, we might ronso more heart!-
mas. The congregation coming on tho Sab-
bitlh day feel that thoy cannot delegate this
part of the great service to any ono ole, andso
thoy themselves assume it. Wo havo glorious
congregational alnglng horo. Pcoplo have
come niuny miles to hoar it. They aro not
sine about tho nreaohlng, bnt
they can always depend on tho
singing. Wo havo hoard the sound
coming up liko “the volco of many waters,”
hat It will bo dono at a bettor rato after a
while, when we shall roaltzo the height and
tho depth and .the immensity of this privi
lege.
Another reason why wo adoptod this plan.
Wc do not want any choir quarrels. You
know very well that in soorss of tbe churches
there hao boon perpetual contention In that
direction. The only cbnrch fight that evor
occurred under my ministry was over a ms-
lodcon in my first settlement. Hava yon
never been in eburch on ths Sabbath day and
heard the choir aing and you said: “That Is
splendid music.” Tho next Sabbath you wore
in the church end there was no oholr ot all.
Why? Tho loader waa mad or his assistants
were mad or tboy were all mad together.
Somo of tho choirs aro made up of our
best Christian people! Some of the warm-
cat friends I havo ever bad havo
stood up In them, Sabbath after
Sabbath, conscientiously and successfully
leading the praiso of God. But tho majority
of tho choira throughout tho laud aro net
made up of Christian people, andthres-fourtbs
of the chunk fights originate in tho organ
loll. I toko that back and say nine-tenths.
Mauy of onr churches are dying ofobnlrs.
I.ct us aa a chnrch give still mors atten
tion to tho music. If a man with voico
enough to ring keep silent during this oxer-
clrc, he commits a crime against (led and in
sults tho Almighty.
Music ought to rush from tho audience like
tho water from a -ock—clear, bright, spark
ling* If all the other part of tho church ear*
vices Is dull, do not hare tho music dull.
With so many thrilling things to sing about,
away with all drawling and stupidity 1 Thorn
is nothing that makes mo »o nervous as to alt
iu a pulpit end look off an an audlonce with
their oyno three-fourths closed aud their lips
almost shut, mumbling tho praises of
God. Durlug my rcocnl absence I preached
to a large audience nnd all tlic mnsio thoy
mnde together did not equal oncokylsrk!
I’i oplo do net sleep at a coronation. Do not
let us sleep when wo como to a Savior's crown
ing. In eider to a proper discharge of this
duty, let us stand up save aa ago or weakness
or ratiguo excuso us. Seated In an easy pow
wc rauaot do Ibis duty half so-well as when,
upright, wo throw onr whole body lots It. Lot
onrseng bo like an acclammstlon of victory.
You bare a right to sing. Do not surrender
your prerogative.
We wont to route oil our families upon Ibis
subject. Wo want each family of our cougre-
{ latiou to lie a ringing school. Childish potn-
rncy, obduracy end intractability would bo
toothed If we had more ringing in tho bouse-
held, and then our little once would be pre
pared for the greet congregation on Sabbath
day, their voices uniting with onr
voices in tho praises of the
Lord. After a shower tkore
uo acores of streams that eomo down tha
mountain ride with voice* rippling and silvery,
pouring Into one river, and thoa rolliog in
united strength to tho so*. So I would have
all tbo families in my chnrch mnd forth tbo
into battle, ho stood at the head of them tea
day and gave out the loux metro doxolsgy to
the tnne of “Old Hundred,” and that great
host, company by oompaay, regiment by regi
ment, battalion tiy battalion, Joinod la Ik*
doxology:
“Pratio Ood, from whom oil blessings How,
Pntoe lltm, stt crtaluras here hslow;
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host,
Praise Father, Sou and Holy Ghost!”
And while they sang they marched, and whll*
they marched they fought, and whllo thoy
fought thoy got the victory. O men end
women of Jens Christ, let us go In tori lour
conflicts ringing the praise* of God,- and then,'
instead of falling baolc, aa we often do, from
defeat to defeat, wo wiU be marohing on from
victory to victory,
THE CHURCH IN THE HOUSE.
A Berrlce of nome-Wonhlp tor Erery Sunday Jin
tho Year.
_ By Ext. Charles F. Dnxs, D. D„
Pastor of tbe Chnrch of the Strangers, New ToriL
F1IIST SUNDAY IN MAY.
■hall havo assembled, lot
or seme other person ap-
(It udll promote attention and roreranoo If, at
the elate or every prayer, every member of too
family repeat “Amen.’')
THE LESSON FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT.
(The leader should announce
to that each worshipper may op
ft)bow the reading:?
Isaiah i. 11-20; hymn, Prayer.
[Then may follow a prayer appropriate to too me-
too. tho Scripture lessons, and the oticunutanoea of
the family; or to* leader may read from eomo of
SSs^iSSSSSbff'■“* u “ n "‘ u " Udb *
(The Epistle and toe Gospel (breach day thoi
be announced, so that all tha dually may turn
the paaaagn and accompany tha reading:]
The Rputle-I John vVt-12. Tho Gospel fit. John
xx, liKb Hymn: Tbo btsoonne.
(Then may be mad too, following oe any other
abort discourse. The reader may enlarge upon any
orntonoo, or.lntmdnc* other matter. Tbo pore-
Text; “Instant In prayor."—Romans xll.
12.
Two characteristic* of prayer, urgenoy and
pcncvcrcuce. -A man may be very prowlm
once, and never again. Instant means press*
ing. (Soo Luke xxiii.. 23, and Acta xll., 6,
marginal reading.) In Ifatt. vii., 7, tho Master
says: “Knock and it aba!I be opened.”
There ia a door. There is something in tide
we muat have. We must be inaido. Dangers
are crowding at outside.
We cannot opon tho door. It ia opened
from inside.
But only to thoso*who knock. WoHomotimea
touch tho door with tips of Angora as if to
satisfy cariosity. That Is not the way to pray.
‘•Knock.” ‘Tress,” that is, be instant, crowd*
ing your strength nnd woight against tho door.
Keep doing so. Porsovcre. Sot all year
prayers ho the pressing of yourself against
n city’s door. Do not pray by fits and Marts.
“Continuing instant
1. Bccauso the Iloly^cripturo, which tenohea
Because, thereforo,
ter. •
3. Because our sins, sorrows, dangers, needs,
“continue instant.”
I. Bccauce our I*ord love* to bo sought
earnestly and constantly, for that shows that
tho suppliant (a) la In earnest, and (b) boliovos
that tho Lord can be moved hy prayor. A
sense of his own wants, and faith in oar Lord’s
ability and (willingness, are indispensable to
any man’s successful prayor.
r>. Because, it is tho soul s post aro of safety.
The mau who rosts his wholo weight against
mercy’s door cannot ho sinning.
G. Because, it shall bo openod. Oar Lord
pledges it.
[Alter this, or any other short discourse, a hymn
or several hymns may be sung, as the family iu*y
find acrcenb c and profitable. After which all may
unite In a prayor Including thanksgiving.*
■ (Tba Lord s Prayer aboaut ba used aone
o, p
voice of prayer and praiaa. pouring it Into tbo
great tide of public worship that rolls ou aud
on to empty into the grout, wide heart of Qod1
Never can we hato our church sing as it ought
until cor families slag as they ought. r
There will be a great revolution on this sub*
jf ct in all our churches. Ood will oome down
by his spirit and rouse up the old hymns and
tunes that havo not bceu more than half
bwske since the time of onr grandfathers. Tbe
feilrut pews id the church will break forth Into
music, and when the conductor takes bis place
on the Sabbath day, there will be a great host
of voices rushing Into tho harmony. My Chris
tian friends, if we have no taste for thi*
m i vie c ot) earth, what will we do in Heaven
where they will all »ing and sing forever? Let
mu i rophf-sy in regard to anj one here wb?
hss no dclfybt in the worship of Heaveo, if
you do not sing tbo praises of God on earth I
do not believe you Will ever Bing them in glory,
I would that our singing today might bo like
the Saturday night rehearsal for the Svhhsth
morning in tho skies, and might begin now hy
the strength and by tbe help of God, to dir*
charge a doty which none of us have fully per
formed.
Gome, now, clear your throats and get re* ly
for ibis doty or yon will nevor hear tho eml
of this. I never shall forget hearing a French-
nmn singing tbe Marseilles hymn on ths
Chimp Elyscea, Faria, just beforo tha listtlo
of Kecan. I never saw such enthusiasm ba
ft re or since, as ho sang that national air.
Obt bow tbe Frenchmen shouted! Have y<Hi
ever in aa English assemblage heard a band
play “God ftare tho .Queen.” If yon have
you kaowsoakothiagaboutthoouthuMasoiof a
national air. Now, I tell you that these
aongs wo sing Sabbath by KvSHath are the
national aim of Jeans Christ and of the king
di-ni of heaves. When UremwetPssrmywent
read:!
Tltr. SMOKING FLAX.
By Bot. Dr. Maclaren, of Liverpool, Bug.
The l’rophet (Isaiah vlil., 3) represents
Christ as tho fosterer of luelpient and imperfect
good. “The dimly-burning wick he shall not
quench.
A process is begun in tbe smoking flax,
which only needs to be carried on to lead to a
brilliant flsme. That represents for us, per
haps, not so mnch the beginnings of a not irro-
parablo evil os tbe commencement of a dim
and imperfect good. Now, then, who are
represented by this “smoking flax?” In all
men there is something which corresponds to
this dim flaroo that needs to be fostoredln
order tfl hlaxo brightly abroad. Thero Is no
man out of hell but has in him something that
wants to be brought to sovereign power in
thislifo in order to make him a light In tho
world. You have conscience*! at tho (oast; you
have convictions, you know you have, whlob,
if you followed them out, would make Chris*
thins of you straightway. You havo aspira
tions after good desires, after purity and noble-
ntsa of living, which only noed to be raised t*
tbo height and the dominance In your lives
which they ought to possess, in order to rove-
lutlonlxe your whole course. Thero it a apark
in every man which, fauned and earod fur,
will .change him from darkness into light.
Fanned and cared for it needs to be, and fan*
tied and cared for it can only be by a Divine
power coming down upon It from without, lie
from from whom all sparks have died out fa
not a man, but a devil* And for all of ua the
exhotUtion comes: “Thou bast a law within,
testifying to God and to daty;’** listen to li
ai d care for It.
Then again, In a narrower way, the words
may ho applied to a elsas. There are some of
ua who have fn us a little spark, as we bolieve,
of a Divine life, the feint beginnings of a
Christian character. We call ourselves Christ's
disciples. We are, bnt on! how dimly tbo flax
hums. They any that where there is smoke
there is fire. There is a deal more smoke than
(Ire In tbe most of Christian pooplo. And If it
wcto not for such thoughts as this about that
dear Christ that will not lay a hasty hand
upon some little, tremulous smirk, and by one
rash movement extinguish it forever, there
Would lie but little hope for a great many of
us.
Whether, then, the dimly-burning wick be
taken to symbolize the lingering remains of a
better nature which atill abides with all sinful
men yet capable of redemption, or whether it
to taken to mean the low and Imperfect and
Inconsistent and feeble Christianity of ua pro
fessing Christiana, tho words are equally
blessed and equally true. .Christ will neither
despise nor so bring down Ilfs bind apm it as
to extinguish the feeblest spark. Look at Ills
ife on earth; think how lie bore with those
blundering, foolish, selfish disciples of His; hew
patient the Divine Master was with thair alow
learning both of Ilia meaning and catching of
his character! Remember hew, when a man
came to Him with a very imperfect goodness
the Kvangcliat tell* us that Jeans, beholding
him, loved him. And tako out of these blessed
etorka this great hope, that howsoever small
men •'despite tho day of small men," tho
Unstfstdocs not; and liow»oever man may
esy “8ucb a little spark can never be kindled
ioto flame: the fire bout, yon msy aa well let
i* elcn* * lie never ray* that, bnt by patloat
tending nnd fostering, and continual csro and
whe trial ment will nourish and uuturelt un
til it baps into a Maze.
How do you mako “smokiug flax” bure ?
You give It oil, you giro it .air, and you tike
a*ay therbamd portions/ And Christ will
give yoo, in your feebleness, the oil of Hb
Hutiit, that you may burn brightly as one of
the candle sticks iu Hb temple; and He will lot
air Ir, snd take away charred portions bf the
wise diectrJire of eearow and trial sometimes
in cider that the smoking flax may become tbe
ahinlrgUxbt. But by whatsoever means it
tray be, be sure of thb—that He will neither
despise nor neglect tbe feeblest I nr 11 nation of
gV«jd after II ito, but will nourish it to perfec
tion and to beauty.
ANGOSTURA BITTERS art Indorsed by all
the leadieg physicians end chemists, for their
purity and wbslseomtuts* Beware of coun
terfoils end ask your grocer and druggist for
genuuin* article, prepared by Dr.J.G. B.
. , . ... DYSPEPSIA
Sfcnttt Vit tilt a«d net, t/H a Mtr h ¥arhbh appetite; faint, gnawing feeling
cleanse ImpunUtt of the blood. By in- at pit of the stomach, heartburn, wind in tbe
ryularrty ln Hi aetion or lusnsnsmas -stomach.badbnath,badtastoinUomonth,
of its functors, tho bio poisons tho blood, low spirits, gsntral prostration. Than is
causing Hnndiei. tallow compMhn, weak no form of discuss more proiaient than Dyt-
5710, bilious diarrhaa, a languid, weary pepsia, and it can in all cases fit traced to
fasting, and many other distressing tymp- an enfesbled or poisoned condition of the
toms generally termed liter troubles. These blood. BULL'S SARSAPAHIUA by iteansina
art rtlitnd at ones by tho use ot BULLS and purifying tho blood, tones up the dines-
SAHSAPARiLLA the groat blood resolrcnt. tire organs, end relist Is obtained at onet.
Dm, loan Bute.-! hate been ftw a number ot Dm.jomr lttou-I have no hsaiuu
BsnseveMtyaflUeted wItaamercerisltMadaehe that I behove your Samspariixa ic
3d a doll, haavy bain In my liver. Three bottles medicine manufactured for iba core
f BotfW Bamaparilla gave me more relief hypblUs. and many other cutaneous
“ “ ixKtixm., Ky. *
have examined the rre- , JAMES MOOBE, LootsvIUe, Ky«
“ire°u£«mbi7euSS T S Joww Btrr,t» — I procured one
4 well ealeu lated t o pro- N vxxU 8z -uupa attxa for my eldest am
fHSS _
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CONitIPATION,
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§31
i in sou • o w to wky e r
Southern Normal School and Baatnees College
(KmsMUImC la I mil timit N.msl Stb.ol (SIX. fioalh. Tout nnu.nu.MMd fl .«*
i»r wMk, tniliuiinc Trills Bc.nL TSIllro. itoosl Boriu. Stiorl-ll.ni.
Wrltlnjr snd KjMntloa Kill:!:. <00.00 pars for wnnpl.ro ItmliiM* CnnraOnrluJ.ro
BmH, xvttios .nd Dtplwu. For Irtr. .wwj C.ul.>ni fidl lulomallon tOStas MKI.L A
WILLIAMS,ltowusxGro.s,Jiy. ,vc«UMMislVaputawlapcBsUth.pans,
Bust to* OMUUtatkm. mart-wkrt-
A ConfMl.rstc Ntrlkcr*. Itomsrki.
From Ike Vicktburi tic,rid.
About tm ntv-fivc jresre ago the soalh went
on * strike ond.r Grand Muter Dsvls. Then
Undo Bom .track, ted tbe «outhere .trike af
ter vecn ofinffcln* was ended. It U not
nlraoant for a. to refer to thst I rest strike, for
w* took part In Itsod tost, father sod broth
ers snd rortune by it. Wo only refer to It
now to were the follow, til ovtr the anion
who io on .trike* not to collide with Undo
Rso. TbcymayUko.brp.il with the cov
entors now end then snd not get hnrt very
badly, bat If Unrle Bern ever goto sftor them
In earnest they will with they bad n*v|r cons
on .strike against hint.
Consumption.
Notwithstanding tin great number who
yestlr sneeumb to this terrible snd fstol
i liana*, which I* drily winding Ito fatal rolls
aroond thpuands who *r* Unootkdwro of It*
deadly pmcnce, Dr. Pltrce’s “Golden Mcdlrol
Discovery" will cleanse snd purity tho blood
ofKroftiaHiX impurities, snd core tubcrrnlsr
conaufliprion (which to only scrofnlous dtocaw
of tbo longs). Bend 10 cento lnntsmpn nnd
get Dr. Pierce’s complete treatise on ronsnmp-
tlon snd kindred sffwtion*, with nnm,roni
testimonials of carat. Addrtre, World’. Dto-
penury Medical Assodrilon, Buffalo. N. Y,
Mllk. niiBA to having built for honolf, at
K.nncbunkport,Mr., acre,tummercottage.
"The Coe* Beef Toole of tho Ltiblf Co., com
Mned tall to with Cocos, quinine snd non, form,
s moll valuable adjunct to to* practice of modi-
tin*. From too experience w* hare had with ft,w*
arc funCA In .peak in faror of It, udloncommsod
Ua are. Beef, Iron and qnlnlne cannot ho anrptmtd
Sr any Mbw tore. IntradlsilU to or OKI ofttodtoi
peneotory, for inrigorttiag sn tnflmbtod ayriem.
end when ooeb renwdlesoon beohtolnedeomMnod
from «) tellable * boroe »«J‘»*blJ , «. ‘ f
thoprefcmtoktoprironlrethoremoto the foltori
oalent.”—Prolemor C. M. Wllktawc, M. P, Editor
tltolt.l and Antglckl Booord, * 1
Tbose who ore hort Informed osprimt ox-
Frsridtnt Arthur cannot tori hot » fire day.
II wu ci.rcn o ciocx yimcruay uuioro in.
wet given to the |ury. Tho principal wit
.yalnat McCoy wu Calvin Young, who
with Deputy Marahal Kollctt when he
nOHM'OMF* ACIO| pbohphaTk
In ConetlpsUon.
Dr. J. N. JioMnson. Medina, QMo, toys: "In
csHSofindixettioo, constipation snd nervon*
prostration, He results are trappy."
“Revenge is mine, at lent! At lari!" and
-aye. to It Is 1 her* Intredared a toborosn Into
the family of my enemy. fla,hn, hm''-Th*Bam-
bier. _ " '
“«ls*l Ttrttns* VarMalhsr*.”
ot.ly. Addnto Dr. Sulabeck Wl
s»
'W
TO DE BENTkWCEIt TO DEATH.
Joint. McCoy Fonnd (Inllty of Murder In
tho First Degree,
J.rnc. VcOcy, tho murderer of Deputy Mar-
th.l Krlli-jt, hw been fonnd guilty of murder
In tbo Arab degreo, and will bo sentenced to
death.
The cue began Tureday morning bit, and
It WM 0l*ven o’clock ycitcnlsy before the one
M * “‘ * witnem
wan
■■ r-,-,
•hot down. Young’s testimony wet vary
atrong ngrinat McCoy. II. testified po.itiyoly
that McCoy waa tbe mm who killed Captain
KollotL Thljwaa not only hia teuimony In
the final trial of the cues but It wsi the aim#
ts he gave In before Cummlaiionor Haight ia
the commitment trial lad at tho coroner’s la-
quest.
Tiie prudent hotuewife well-know, the im
portant* of tending her huiband to each day’,
bualnctu, armed against tu annoyance, snd
vexation., by scop of Gofloo for breakfast. It
be encounter* tho vorionaworrlreof lifojiaadi-
copped by n b*4 COffoo at s staiter, she know*
that tonr look* and more tour temper will greet
heron bto return st night To prevent ill
each dlasatrou. occurrence* the turret metho l«
to to tare Levering’. Coffee. It to widely snd
well known, snd Its purity and unourpuiod
drinking qualities h*vo>*uMiihed It in ovory
household where It hai Icon Introduced.
Tin moeqnltoto an already beginning to ap
pear upon the New toney ooari, sod they defy the
LEMON ELIXIR.
A Ctiristlsn Editor's Kiperlenco.
If 7 ftooVkeeper mud ftxeaan both use U la gins*
cf csIoatl.p11!*,«c.
A Fromlnenft Minister Writes.
be. Mortar—Dear ,lr: After ten ycan of great
■uttering from IndlieMlua or dyspepsia, wlrii greri
nrrnma pierimtloa. and blllwuuML dlaoreered
bldney* and eo-nstpstlou. I here bean cured hr
four tittles of your Lcmoa Kllair, aud ant now s
well ^ yn g R. chnrch. Bonth.
No. -a Tatnalt HI., Allint i. ri*.
t*" bo;ut -
BotTON to a.ited over tbo report that it*
pulpit fbvorito, tbe Iter. IJbiUlpo Brooks, to to bo
elected oaotriHl bbhopor the dloooto of Pens-
,) Irani*.
SCOTT-B ItMVLMION OF PDItK
od Idler fill, with IfyphophosplUM*.
In I.ong Trouble, snd Idiot,r* lufbM-u.
Dr. tf. K Rumoui. MMtH. Ind.. up “I Bag
Bust'. Emulsion tu eieelUnt remedy to lot*
trouble., and ei;scial!y In strumous cblldre*.
sm-yit taluablo remedy Is chroaie riagre of (*«!•»*
nfsntum.”