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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, GA-. TUESDAY % i.T 4 lf®6 .m- 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 _ ScOVK, Bore. car*. Xy. SCROFULA ^/KIDNEYS THE moneys now tot waste nuiuscon- tmpui taining poisonous matter taken from theses- the lack of tufa tern. If ths Kidneys do not act properly this to tha system matter is retained and poisons the blood, effecting tho j Art tho gnat secretory organ* of\ .BLOOD. I In a peculiar morbid condition o/J tbe body. Me and through tbe I 11 tho system, caused directly by Kidneys Bow ths waste iluidecon- impurities In the blood or by * “ “ ‘ ‘ of suKccnt nourishment furnished through tho blood, usually . . , glands, aftsn mulling In causing headache, wealnsss,cain In ths small swellings, enlarged joints, abscesses, sore of back and loins. Rushes of heat, chills, with eyes, blotchy eruptions an ths face or neck, disordered stomach and bowels. BULL'S Zrytipelas ieakin to Hand is often mistaken SARSAPARILLA acts as a diuretic oa the torScrofuhasHcomesfromtheeamecause, Kidneys and bowolt, and direct// on the impure Hood. BULL'S SARSAPARILLA by. blood as well, causing tho great or- purifying the blood and toning up tho system gone ef the body to resume their natural forces the Impurities from the blood and functions, and hoalth Is at once restored. ^ cleanses tbe system through the regular P*. Joint Bplu—I hare gate Puix* tUragFA- channels. Tftos.iLiS^’soaavflu.ni. 633^1,1“,, BULL'S SARSAPARILLA. rmNcirxL office, BULL'S WORM DE8TROYER. . . W c»« Main Street, LoulivUlo. Ky. BULL'S SMITH’S TONIO 8YRUP.,} iipj5R BOTTM? THE POPULAR REMEDIES OP THE DAT. ' nn &5»r ftTUtSW.. KHBP THB BLOOD PPBJa. aort-fita U ana toaa A war tm fitil nit rt mat top col mmm ea - ohjninnoVof*dTiBMoT^hl?'. CONDITION POWDER ■ mail for 6n». In NUmm. Bit. i; 0. johtmoH *r- c mm * MAKE new, men | BLOOD. »thfrtn In the world. Witt positively euro or re- * box U worth ths oost of a box of 'o/i NkowsToo,,* ItU C t m t o nT Holt Ho* docOO-dljr wed fri mon wky uX r m esrtii wflF Inekshvns lagrllho It. la ottre* rhloktn cliolsra and nit dlssnsMoriiena, (•EIS !Sra « orany other kind.. It f ■ strictly amediotae to be gfren yfla Uintionthb paper. jpg f jg oriPinu, IICX HtAOACHB, I CONitIPATION, ILL rahOrchardWafer^^fe^^j §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.”