The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-10

at their baptism and hereupon shall be confirmed by the
that they may be enabled faithfully to fuid the same
and grow in grace unto their lives end. Amen.
,sna tt as ra tat wnosoeyer Shs receive in this
Christ, may come to that holy ordinance with faith
charity and true repentance and being filed with thy
grace anu heavenly benedic0n may, to their great and
endless comfort, obtain reisson of their sins and all
Other Gsra. benefits e SO Of hi his passion Amen
Grant y Lord that by thy holy word which shall be
read and preached in this place and by thy Holy Spirit
grating it nwardy in the heart the hearers thereof may
both perceive and know what things they ought do
and may have power and strength to fulfil the same
Amen.
Grant Lord that whosoever shall be joined together
~ this place in the holy estate Of matrmony may faith
fully perform and keep tho and covenant between
them made, and may remain in perfect love together
nnto their iyes end. Amen
Grant we beseech thee blessed Lord that whosoeyer
shall draw near to thee in this place. to give thee thanks
set forth thy most worthy praise confess their aims
unto thee, and to ask such things requisite and
necessary az wen for the body as for the soul may do
with such scadness of faith and with such seriousness
affection and devotion of mind that thou ayes accept
their bounden duty and service and vouchsafe to give
expedent for them all which beg for Jesus Chrsts
sake our most blessed Lord and Saviour Amen.
The Bishop then sat down in his chair and the
conservation paper was read to him by the Rev DR..
Spencer. and deposited the communion table af-
ter which the Bishop said =
Blessed be thy name lord that it hath pleased thee
TO put 1t into the hearts Of thy servants to appropriate
and devote this house to thy honor and worship and
grant that all who shall enjoy the benefit Of this work.
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Of to the glory of thy bessedd name through Jesus
Christ our Lord, Amen.
The services Of the day were then read by the diff
ferent clergymen present
At the conclusion of the morning prayer the sixth,
seventh and eighth Of the twenty-sixth Psalm
were sung with the Gloria Patria."
The communion service for the occasion then
commenced, the Bishop reading the following Col
O. most glorious Lord we acknowledge that we are not
worthy to offer unto thee anything belonging unto us yet
in hv Olnaa L.
cept the dedication Of this place to thy service and to
prosper this our undertaking; receive the prayers in
thee in this house. and give them grace prepare their
hearts TO serve thee with and god fear affect
them with an awful apprehension Of thy divine majesty,
ana deep sense OF their unwOrthness; that ap
preaching the sanctuary with lowlness and and
coming before thee with clean thoughts and pure hearts
with bodies undeaed and minds sanctifed they may al
ways perform service acceptable to thee through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen
The Epstle was then read by one of the clergy
men invited on the occasion -
BE ye not unequally yoked together with unbelevers
for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrgheous
And what concord hath Christ with Belia Or what part
hath he that bceveth with infdels And what agree
temple Of the living as cod hath said viii
them and walk in them and will be their God and they
shall be my people
The Holy Gospel was then read by the Bishop. as
| follows =
And the Jews Passover was at hand and Jesus went
up to Jerusalem and found in the temple those that sold
sitting and when he had made cOurge OF small cords
he drove them all out of the temple and the sheep aud
M nS out the nf ,sm G
take these things hence, make not my Fathers house
house of merchandise And his disciples remembered
that If was written The zeal of thine house hath eaten
| me up.
The Bishop then pronounced the benediction, as
| follows -
your hearts and minds III the knowledge and love of God
and Of His SON. Jesus Christ our Lord and the blessing Of
God Almighty, the Father the son and the Holy Ghost
be amongst you, and remain with you always-Amen.
The second and third verses Of the twentyfrst Se
lection of Psalms were then sung -
III wash my hands in innocence,
And round thine altar go
Pour the glad hymn Of triumph thence,
And thence thy wonders show.
Nv thanks I'll publish there and tell
How thy renown excels;
That seat affords my most delight,
In which thine honor dwcis.
The Bishop then ascended to the pulpit and preach
ed q short but eloquent sermon. He took for his
text the nineteenth chapter OF ST. Luke, forty fifth
and forty-sixth verses -
And he went into the temple and began to cast them
out that sold therein and them That bought saving unto
them- is written, My house is the house Of prayer;
but We have made it den OF thieves
He commenced by saying that the text contained
account of one Of Jesus greatest miracles and it
is remarkable that the miracle is mentioned by the
four Apostles. II WAS wrought. he had reason to
believe, at the commencement OF Jesus history and
it should increase their wonder when they that
the Lord used such forcible for efccting his
object, and at such early period of his public life
| This text, he thought was the most fitting one he
could preach from on that occasion. The sacred his
tOrians informed them that on the occasion Jesus
went into the temple and turned out those that sold
therein. The place where they sold their merchan-
disc was not exactly in the temple it on balco-
mics outside the temple and separated by low wall
from that portion Of the house where God was
shipped. At the time when Jesus entered the temple
the feast of the Passover celebrating, and
quently, the place was thronged with people. He
found upon his arrival that strife and confusion per-
vaded the Lords house, and he proceeded to drive
out the traickers and, ST. John informs US, made
thong of cords for the purpose. 1t is generally be-
cved that the thong was used only for the purpose
OF driving sheep. He then went on to say that then
the time had arrived when there would be distinction
between the Jews and the Gentiles, and on that
casion he broke down the wall that separated the
Jews from the Gentiles. The Gentiles were at lber
" to worship God, and were admitted by him into
his kingdom. On that occasion he showed no par
tality whatever to the Jews; and to make known to
them that the house Of the Lord was built for the
Gentles as well as the Jews drove out all the money
changers and Overthrew their tables. He then went
on explaining how it that Jesus used such forci
ble means to perform the miracle. 1t was very Gus
tomary in Jesus time for men to express themselves
by some outward and visible sign, and therefore he
conclusion that Christ had acted rather forciby they
should remember that it was the custom Of
the time In which Jesus came upon the
earth and that he acted only as he ought
to have done. He then alluded, in very elegant
terms, to the way in which the money changers
acted when they were expelled by Jesus. Not
at that time dared to arrest him in his work He
was great prophet, and from some natural motive
he seemed in their eyes to possess the language and
actions OF great prophet They readily perceived
that he, who was the son Of the Father in heaven,
had right to act as he deemed best. He then said
that the congregation might ask, what all that he
had spoken taught? He would answer them, and
would tell them that although ut the present day
the houses Of God were not occupied by trafickers
and money changers, still they sometimes occu-
pied by those who ranked next to them, he meant
noses and those whose minds were not with God
when they prayed. When any edfce is erected for
spiritual purposes it Is then publicly consecrated,
and from that time forth it becomes Separated from
ton to them, when they consider that they were
worshipping God in his own house They saw him
not but is not the soul sensible OF his presence Is
il not good then, to be in his holy house when they