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Cfo* Jbotae (?an?tx. PUBLlHHCn rVEHY WEDNESDAY MORNINQ. -?V JAYNE8, 8HELOR, 8MITH A 8TEOK lt. T. JAYNKH, I ..".. , Pl)M ? I>. A. JJ M ?Tl I. J. W. KHBLORi } KVB- 1 FUM- 1 J- A. 8TKCK. SUBSCRIPTION. ?LOO PCR ANNUM. ADVERT? si NO RATCS REASONABLE. Communications of a personal oharaotor chargod for ns advertisement?. Obituary notices aud tributes of respect, of not over ono hundred words, l?dl be printed free of charge. All ovor that number must be paid for at the rato of on? cent a word. Cash to accompany jaanusoript. WALHALLA, 8. C. I w mm KN HA v. NOT. 99? looa. Power ot Music. [By Dr. Len C. Broughton.] It seems that with the introduction of schools for the training of the prophets, musi? was brought into prominent play in the work of the sanctuary. For example, thore wero four of these prophotic schools, ono at Bethel, ono at Naioth, ono at | Gilgal and ono at Jerusalem. In every ono of theso schools music was a part of the cirriculum. The apostles wero taught tho music used in tho service of tho temple. I think it was no bad practico. It ought to be a part of every school for the training of men and women for every department of Christian ser vice, to teach tho music of which they are to become so much a part. Not only is this true of tho school of j the prophets, but the school of what ever kind. I do not boliovo to-day that there should exist a school, whether it be of a religious character, or so-called secular, that does not give a prominent place to the train ing of peoplo in music. But if you will go with mo to the temple in Jerusalem I think you will get, perhaps, the best idea of music that you will find in the Bible. It is almost impossible for us to get a conception of it. David himself, who was a great performer and a sweet singer, and a matchless coin poser in tho temple at Jerusalem, bad an orchestra for leading the temple worship, with 4,000 pieces in it. Why, think over it ; 4,OOO pieces in ono orchestra. I went crazy al most hearing 1150 pieoes in ono or chestra. Ile also composed a wonderful chant which was accompanied by the orchestra of 4,000 pieces. I wish we had the tune to which they sang it. i should like to hear it sung in tho great temple with ita great Gothic walls and its mighty columns. But Solomon, who tried to out strip every other man, was the man who perfected music in tho temple worship. Listen to what he had : (This is given in part by Josephus in describing tho temple worship.) "A thousand dresses for tho high priest, linen garments and girdles of purple for the priests, 10,000; trum pets, '200,000 ; psalteries and harps of eleotrum, 40,000 ; all these wore stored in the temple treasury." MUSIC IN THE KEW TESTAMENT. But we have to skip over into the New Testament, as we cannot stay here any longer. In the New Testa ment music is not so prominently mentioned, not that there is any re flection upon it, but in the New Testament you must understand that music was in the midst of its glory in the temple, and sentiment was keyed to music. Here and there, however, we get insight into its use during those days. Take, for example, that of the father in the case of the Prodigal Son. The father there represents to us our heavenly Father. When the Prodigal Son, in rags, hungry, and careworn and discouraged, returned to his father's bouse, the father gave him a reception with music and dancing, not the dancing of volup tuousness, but the dancing of glory accompanied by music. Then again, in connection with tho text, when Jesus and his dis ciples celebrated that last blessed supper, and he looked out from that chamber to thc cross, and saw him self hanging upon the tree, it is said that they sang a hymn after the supper had been celebrated, and went out. Dow much the singing of that song had to do with the calming of His spirit, and tho steadying of His tired, worn-out nerves, nobody will ever know. Then in tho casO of Paul and Silas, when in prison in Philippi, they saug hymns and prayed, the door of the prison was made to swing open, the stocks fell from their feet, the shackles from their hands, and they walked out. Then, lastly, the glad hallelujah chorus heard by the inspired car of John upon the isle of Patmos, when the veil botween him and tho other world was rent, and for a time he beheld the inhabitants thereof. THH PRACTICAL VA LUX OK MUSIC. 1 in nst close ; suffer me, before I do, lo draw ono or two practical con clusions. What of tho practical value of musio? First, in the national life of our people, may I say, that thero is noth ing that so serves the purposo of in spiring and welding a people of a nation together as their national hymn. Do you believe it? If you do not, go with me into some foreign land and experience what I have experienced under the strains of our national hymn. One Saturday night I was sitting in my room in a hotel in the city of Amsterdam, the northern capitol of Holland. I was homesick and sad. Thero was not an American in the hotel, so far as I knew. While I sat by my window reading I hoard tho strains of music. A company of American men and women, who were staying at the same hotel, were sitting on the veranda, and broke out singing : "My country, 'tis of tlieo, Swoot laud of liberty." It never was H- sweet. I throw down my book, rushed across the hall, and in a short time was a part of the chorus. Suppose some Dutch man had come up to seo me, and insulted the stars and stripes? I would have licked a dozen of them right then. My blood throbbed with patriotism and my muscles became like steel. It is said that when the Japanese captured Metre Hill that more than to anything else was the capture of that battery due to the singing of tile national hymn of Japan. Right about half way up the hill, when the Japanese were being cut down like leaves, instead of giving the charge for an onward mai .li, the general in command took off his hut and started the national hymn, and it was caught up by the army, and tho men, with guns in hand and song in their hearts, climbed the cliffs and crags and captured tho battery. But I must speak of tho practical significance of music in religion. No man can do justice to this phase of tho subject, if he had a whole day, saying nothing of justice being dono in a moment. Music in religion ! Where is there a man whose heart his not been touched by the strains of music? I was never impressed with this more than when at North field this summer. Mr. Alexander was conducting a song service. Ile stopped in the midst of the singw ? of an old-time song and said, "Brother, tell me what song they were singing when you were con verted." One brother spoke up and said, "All hail the power of Jesus' name." Another said this ; another said that. They were getting up all over the great audience. I was sitting on the platform, and he turned to mo and said, "What were they singing when you were con verted ? I replied, "I will arise and go to Jesus." I believe the vast majority of men and women gave their heart to Christ while they were singing some hymn. Bow could we dispense with singing? Why should we not lay stress upon it? Why should w" not corne together to per petuate the old-time songs under which tho majority of the men and women, who are in control of the kingdom of Christ, were converted? HOW A SOLDIER WAS SAVED, I read somewhere this little, inci dent : It occurred during the great war between the States : When the war was over, two men met on tho Atlantic and met under very peculiar circumstances. They were seated upon tho deck of the steamer. After a while ono of them heard the other singing: "Jesus, lover of my soul, Lot mo to thy hosom (ly, otc." The other man, who up to this time had not formed the acquaint ance of this elbow traveler, ventured to speak to him and said, "Your voice strikes a very familiar chord in my heart. Were you in the late war? Ho said, "Yes, sir." "To what company did you belong ?" "I I was a Confederate eoldier in a cer tain company." Said he, "Were you at a certain place on a certain night?" "Yes, sir, I was there on sentry duty." The other gentloman said, "I know that hymn had a sacred plaoo in my heart and it was there that 1 heard it. I was a Uuion sol dier, and I heard you sing that song that night." He said, "Yes, I remem ber singing and 1 remember tho cir ouuistances which prompted mo to sing. I was on sentry duty aud 1 was sick, and something Baid to me, "This is your last night." I tried to pray, and thought of my loved ones. After a while I felt like I had to sing this song. Something whis pered "They will hear you, and shoot you." I first started to singing in a whisper, then I had to sing it aloud. "Now," said the other, "listen to my story. There were three other men with me in the wood that night. Wo had found you before you began to sing. We had our guns levoled and just as soon as you got up from behind the bushes we were going to fire at you. But all at onoe we beard you singing, and whon you carno to that part, 'Covor my defenceless head " With the shadow of Thy wing,' I said, 'Boys, you can't fire on a man whoso bead is covered with the wing of God.' " ? Henry Drummond was on the boat and afterward had the incident published, ami it fell into my hands. HOW JOSEPH PARKER WAS FOUND. Ono more story. Many, many years ago a temp?rance lec turer and preacher was traveling through Scotland. A man with his wife and boy came upon the train. The man was drunk and very ugly in his conduct. Ile abused his wife and cursed and swore. The temper ance lecturer and preacher tried to quiet bim, but hecouldn't. Finally ho began to sing to tho old drunkard, and he had enough of something left in bim to yield to song, became quiet and after a while vent to sleep. Occasionally bc would wake up and begin to curse, and again thc mun would sing and he would quiet down. Thus he kept bim quiet on the jour ney thc whole day until he was per fectly sober, wheo they reached his destination. Several yeera afterward this same temperance lecturer was in Edin burgh, and at the close of bis great address a handsome man came to bim with his wife by his side, ex tended his hand and said, "You do not know me. I am now an elder in tho great church over the way." The lecturer said, "Who aro you?" "I am the man that was drunk on a train many years ago that you kept q uiet by singing. When I reached home that night I was perfectly sober, and the singing of your song just kept throbbing in my heart. I gave up to God, and I have been a sober man ever since." Then the lecturer said, "Where is the bright little boy that was with you that day ?" Then the wife spoke up : "Mr. - let me tell you about him. That boy finished his academic training and is now in thc university and is being trained for the ministry -Joseph is." "Thank God," said the lecturer. But who is that "Joseph ?" Come with me a few years back, just a few years, for be is gone home now. We will take our stand close to Hoburn viaduct, in London, and will seo a great erowd of men and women and children from all parts of the great known world singing, as if going to a tire, Thursday at eleven, Sunday at ten-thirty and Sunday evening at seven. What a crowd. Where are they going? Who are they ? Presi den ls, kings and queens, tlx; rich, the humble and thc needy, all classes and conditions of men and women from all parts of the world. Where are they going? They arc going to City Temple to hear Joseph Parker preach. Oh, the power of song ! There is mino catarrh in this section of tho country than all other diseases put together, and until tho last few years it was supposed to bo incurable Pora great many years doctors pronounced it j a local disease, and proscribed local rom edies, and by constantly failing to cure With local treatment, pronounced it in curable. Science has proven catarrh tit be a constitutional disease, and it there fore requires constitutional treatment. I Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by P. I J, Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the i only constitutional cure on tho market. It is taken internally in doses from ten 'drops to a teaspoonful, lt acts directly on tho blood and mucous surfaces of tho system. 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