The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-12-26
eRRvIcHs OF DEDICATION.

ton, (24th) which was read by the clergy resp0n-
sively, the pastor leading
l. The earth is the Lords, and the fulnex thereof
The world, and they that dwell therein.
2 For he hath founded it upon the seas,
And established II upon he foods
8. Who shall ascend into the hill Of the Lord
Or who shall stand In his holy place
4. he that hath clean hands and pure heart;
Who hath not lifted up his soul to vanity,
deceitfuIly.
s. He shall receive the blessing from the Lord,
And righteousness from the God Of his salvation.
9. This is the generation Of t,em that seek him,
That seek thy face, u jacob
T. Lift up your heads, ye gatesi
AND be ye lift mp, ye everlasting DOORS
And the King OF glory shall come in.
8, Who is the King Of glorys
The Lord strong and mighty,
The Lord mighty Ia battle.
.. Lit up your heads, ye gatesl
Even lift them up ye everlasting docrs
:. And the King Of glory shall comein.
TO- Who is this King cf gorys
The LORD OF hosts, he Ii the kiag OF glory.
Now unto the King eternal, iamorta invisible. the only
wise God,
Be honor and glory through Jesus Christ for and
This was followed by fine chorus from Handel's
Messiah.
The Rev. DR.. osgood then read appropriate sclec.
tons from the Scriptures, after which the Prayer Of
dedication was offered up in an exceedingly impress
sive manner by the Rev. DIR. Lothrop, of Boston.
The choir then gave the following fine anthem Of
dedication (by Boyce) with great elect
have surely built thee house to dwell in, settled
place for thee to abide in for But will God indeed
dwell on earth Behold the heaven, and heaven of
heavens cannot Thee how much less this house
that lave builded Yet have Thou respect unto the
payer q Thy servant ard to his snpplication, Lord
my God that Thine eyes may be open toward this house
there hn Thou
SUPP caon Of Thy servant and Of Thy people Israel
when they shall pray toward this place and hear Thou
in heaven Thy dwelling place and when Chou nearest
forgive If there be in the land famine If there be pes
thence whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there
man, by thy people Israel which shall know every
man the plague O. his own heart and spread forth bis
dwelling place, hear and forgive Amen.
THE SERMON.
Rev. Mr. Bellows then assembled to the reading
desk and announced that the text of his discourse
would be found in the First Epistle of Paul to limo
thy, second chapter, third, fourth and fifth verses:
o. For this is good and acceptable 10 the sight Of God
our saviour
6. For there is God, and enc mediator between
God and men. the man Chris. Jesus.
Mr.. B. then sad-Blessed is the church whose
gates open for the first time to celebrate the So
viours birth, and whose consecrating assembly is
summoned by the bell that rings in the happiest
and most glorious day in all the year. "Lift up
your heads We gates, and be lifted up 70 everlas
ing doors, that the King of glory shall come in !"
The babe Of Bethlehem, king of glory even in the
Manager, come in thy early innocence and holy
beauty into the gates we have lifted up and within
the everlasting doors we have exalted! This place
profane until Thy spirit consecrates it, these pre-
partitions are unmeaning until Thy occupation in
terprets them. Because there was no home for
Thee in Thy infancy, Thou must have the choicest
room however hands and hearts can fashion it.
Because Thou vast born in a manager, Thou
shalt keep Thy birthday in ten thousand tenn
Piles. If there be any worth in peace, plenty
in prosperity, and if to know God the
father and man a brother and mortal-if these be
boons to Thee-to Thee belong the ceaseless praises
OF humanity. Let oak and cedarlet polished stones
and metals from the mines-let the finest OF the
wool and The silk of Damascns-let hammer and
saw-let teeming brain and sweating hands-let
plastic and pains taking labor and lavish wealth,
and patient care-let all unite to build up our graft
tude to show forth Thy praises, Saviour of man; to
give Thee back 1.-THE OF the bounty Thou hast heap
cd upon us. But pause Why Earliest Thou. Thou
son Of man and Of God that these invocations move
not Thy coming? In place Of the Fastening foot
step we hear only the reproachful voice e, saving;
And have we forgotten in the gladness OF this
Christmas morning, first to cry to Him whose sacred
majesty exceeds the sun of all created things, whose
glory is to be without beginning Of days or end of
years! TO Thee Almighty God, author Of our race,
TO Thee God the father of Jesus Christ, providence
of our lives, arbiter of our destines, orr
ginal of conscience, fountain Of reason,
of sorrows-to Thee, God OF this blessed Bible
God Of glorious nature-G0d of grace-God
OF ALTO Thee, Of whom all visible things are sha-
dows and all invisible things are dreams-to Thee,
maker of our body Father Of our sonls-to God in
finite, perfect, all good, all holy alone to Thee we
dedicate this temple in the name OF Jesus Christ
our only Lord We are not strange in the custom
Of this religious society. in making this Chrtstmas
morning Of public praise and prayer. The birth
day Of our Saviour has always brought us together
in worship, and in choosing 1t for the dedication Of
our church, we only continue to emphasize the re-
veienoe in which we have justly held it. II is how
ever, with particular JOY that we solemniZe this an
nversary because added to it and all the prominent
satisfaction we have in the completion and occupa
ton Of new religious horne Other Christmases
have found in the attitude Of grateful receivers Of
precious gifts from His only begotten Son: This
Almighty-a temple freshly created for His
| worship, and humbly we offer it as a
token Of gratitude for ali His mcrcies, and especially
we offer Him this temple, and may the great God ac.
1ept it for His child, and cause him to be born anew
in hearts. 1t is for others to say what success
has attended our efforts to sgnalze, perpetuate and
adorn our fame. II has been our conscientious aim
| to make building in which mean economy, super
fetal show, worldly artfce and fraud should not en-
tera building religious in its structure from corner
stone to dome; and, 1t . consummatc SKILL an I'M
failing taste unsparing devotion selfpossession
which neither ridicule or blame could disturb, and
zeal which neither sickness nor pain could impair
if these deserve fame, then indeed the modest archi
tect OF this Cnrlstan temple mas acnievedN. JUS
tice compels here TO name with honor the mason
whose difficult part II has been to erect those walls,
| and the mechanics in general connected with this
work Gratitude forces our thanks Offering that no
| accident has beialon any laborcr In the long
| progress Of this building. The only broad
| shadow cast upon our joy today-and how
| great a or, lis the absence of one
TO whose Devotion tate and zeal we owe 80 large
| Fart Of whatever succes that has attended us
| 1.-THE reverend gentleman alluded to the lsmented
Nicholas Dean, Esq. who was an active member Of
this congregation Erl He who looked forward with
more eaeerness than perhaps any one else to the
threshold and in his iereavcd home waits for his
burial in the house we arc now consecrating. God
sanctif Ia urto this house the precious memory Of
his loss. And now. my irethern, what s IL to which
the unitarian Christians direct all thiswhat moves
their gratitude on these great festivals Of the
Christian chnrch2 This question Is 80 immensely