The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-06-05

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the balcony, amid the cheers Of the crowd Captain
Rynders afterwards came forward and delivered one
Of his usual humorous and patriotic illusions, st tho
conclusion Of which the sercnade was continued
When we left the st. Nicholas, the crswd were
slowly dispensing.
The Attorney Street Methodist Professions
Church.
OPENING AND RE DEDICATIoN.
| The above named very neat Methodist Church was
opened for worship and rededicated yesterday
morning. Before 10 o'clock it was filed with Q
highly respectable congregation, and each member
seemed pleased with the improvements which had
been made in the building.
At half past ten o'clock, the Reverend Rue
Hankes, pastor Of the church,) accompanied by
the Reverend Thomas H. Stockton, Of Baltimore,
ascended to the reading desk whilst many lay
brothers occupied seats inside the sanctuary.
When all had taken their seats, the Reverend Mr..
Stockton read, from page No. 24l of the hymn book.
the hymn beginning with
Stand up and bless the Lord.
This was given by the choir in very fine style.
the majority of the congregation assisting.
The Reverend gentleman then offered mp prayer
for the church, its ministers, members, the servants
assistants, and the congregations of all other
churches Of the Christian denomination.
After prayer he read, from page No. 366 OF the
And viii the great eternal God
| When the singing of this fine hymn was ended,
Mr.. STOCKTON came again forward, and said -
| We read in the one hundred and thirty eighth
Psalm and in part Of the secondaverse, the words:
Thou hast magniAed thy word above all thy
name." My friends is there any scene on earth 90
sublime as this isl With certain qualifications q
There is not one. The architectural programme may
be much more magnificent The instrumental ao-
cessories may be far more attractive the assemblage
organization may be much more imposng-but in
reality there is such other this Is to be
met with in all the world. ! speak Of 1t a. Of one
and philosophy? What the courts Of judicaturc
the schools, with their various ends, aims, views
and the many conflicting opinions which divide
whilst they degrade them? What, say are they al
to this congregation, rendered dgned With liberty,
spirit, and freedom of thought, and made glorio1s
by the very greeting Of God himself2 Do not mis-
the cry, from heaven to earth, Of Hear thou tho
word of the Lord" It is the Bible--the only
sensible, nfallibe, and divine authority from
God to earth. For it is the only one which II
sensible in every line the only one infallibe in al
its decisions and the only one which is divine from
its very origin. In order to make my demonstrar
tice the facts that there have been other authorities
which claimed on earth the distinction due to the
Bible, but that they have all been Withdrawn,
leaving the The. Bible alone supreme. infalble an
alton Of Adam to the close Of the first Christian era
prophets and fathers. They received their authority
BY appointed, foreold and reliable modes. such a.
dreams by night and outward svisible signs
by day. In this sense they were looked
upon as infallible, but do not mean to say they
as an amanucnsis of the Holy Ghost. Then, and
then only, did they stand before the world as the
nfallbe representatives Of God. During this period
| also the angels and archangels Of the Lord MANI
Il tested themselves OF
| and a rapidity of disappearance, which exceeded
the quickest volition Of thought. They came az
men, and they acted for O moment men, but they
came with the bloom of eternal beautyon their cheeks
the music of eternal truth their tongue and with
glory greater than that Of sunbeam on their
pinions. They were the authorized messengers Of
God, but after them came one greater than they.
The one only begoten Of God, who, in his own per
son, filed and fulfilled the mission Of the messenger
OF God, and coming as Christ, the Supreme, tha
Archangel, the one having in his hand the supcrin
tendence of the creation and of the redemption Of
man. Then, my friends, what is the Bible2 Il is
pre- eminently the book Of Christ The Old Testa-
Christ without the flesh, and the New Testament il
history Of the manifestation Of Christ in the flesh.
He was the God who talked with Adam In the sin
less groves Of Paradisethe God Of Noah, Of Jacob,
Of Abraham, and he who spoke to Moses from the
burning bush, and said, am" Of him we know;
Of the Father we do not know anything at this
time. II was he who announced the law from tho
top Of Sinai, and II was he who inspired the pro-
for the Lord has spokcn.T II was he and he only.
for st. John has declared, "No one has seen God"
From this point the reverend gentleman went
on, in q most eloquent STYLE. to show that
God, the One, the Son, and the Savior, who
confounded the doctors in the temple, and mani
tested his Father by his death for the croao
| Of Calvary, had left o of salvation In tho
Bible, by the observing Of which al--young and
old, little boys and girls, widows and orphans
might see him and their angel relatives, after dying
| the death Of the Just.
| Mr.. STOCKTON made feeling allusion TO the time
| which had elapsed since he last preached 10 tho
brethren In this circuit. t twenty three years
ago, and since that day beloved daughter had gono
to the Lord but above ALL his desire to again
behold her. he wished that he would be able BY OBJ
| serving the law to see God himself
The congregation was greatly affected.
subscription was then taken up, for the purposo
OF defraying the expense Of improving and paying
of the debts Of the church. ~ -
II appeared from the financial statement that tho
cost for repairs and alterations amounted to 400.
OF this sum the trustees had paid 50 900, leaving
balance due Of % AGO. The subscription turned out
very handsomely, and q great many members put
down their names for donations varying from go
| to 800.
At the conclusion. the choir and congregation
sang dedication hymn, composed, by request, By
Rev. Ruel Hankes. IL was given to the air of The
"Old Hundred":-
Great God, into this temple come
| Make II Thy constant homo;
| Write on these walls Thy name divine,
And let them with Thy glory shine.
Then TO our King our songs raise,
| In nobler, higher, loftier praise;
| Our haleiujahs-let them ring
with haleiujahs angels sing
! The congregation dispersed after bcnedicton.
Williamsburg city News.
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dry goods store Of Mcssrs Tiffany .cdgers corner q