Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-04-08

& IL We write IL O. 511ac8 Eberc0 -
tnmbling abou. our ears. The casing from
die stssple rsfsiss down upoh the roof; the
shingles from the roof rastles down upon the
pavement; the psws and pulpit are thrust
out Of doors; the windows are thrown open
% the rain; thss walls begins to totser before
the pick and crowbaf; the very fosndation
will soon be laid bare M6nths Ag the dead
were r.Inosed from the surrounding graves
which time ard affection fad haIiowed, to u
resting.piaee which the hammer of the aue-
tioneer Is not likely TO di.turb. Yet hos.
unlikely was what We noB witness, when the
builders of this house worshipped within its
walls and one by one were we're laid TO rest
under their shadow
II is but one hundred and thirty years
since Jonathan Edwards declined the cali o.
An inIaut church Of English Prisbyterians in
New j ork, because, ION account Oh the small
meas ol the society he did not think there was
a rational prospect Of answering the good end
proposed, by his settling there as minister.
II 10 only ninety years since the site OF the
Brick Church was given By the city TO the
congregation, because in an enterprise so
large and remote from the center OF popula-
ton, help was needed from the public teas
nry T. hat little triangle has stood like a
breakwater, breasting and dividing the waves
Of worldly business, and keeping amid the
rush Of waters bridgehold between earth
and heaven But so furious has become the
tide Of business at that point, that when the
yard Of the Brick Church was fenced in that
the dead might be quietly disinterred, every
inch Of that enclosure was covered on the in
slant with the placards Of Amusement trade
and travel.
A feeling Of melancholy comes over US, az
we gaze upon the demolition of house oil
God that has so long stood to witness for His
truth; that has been the scene of powerful,
demonstrations of His spirit; that has been
who are no more among the living But this
demolition comes not by law Of decay, but
by law of progress. New wants have
arisen; q new city has sprung up, whose cen
ter Of population is far north Of the site u
the Old Brick; and the chnrchspiritual does
not die Only the material edifce perishes
the living stones are transported to another
site, more eligible for present usefulness, and
there another house Of God will gather rising
generations for His worship 49,"
The dead in Christ, who had long slum.
bered in the sold Brick church-yard, have
gone 10 be living cnurcn IN Ills presence
Joined to "the general assembly and church
Of the tirst-born whose names are writ in
heaven" The survivors of the band tina,
worshipped in that house, lose neither their
identity nor their efficiency as church by
reason of this demolition Their venerable
pastor, with slight renewed, and undated
sigor, still breaks to them the bread of life
Only the material passeth away that which
is spiritual abideth. "a
Even SO shall it be in the end Of the world
when Christ, having no further use for this
material structure, shall lay it aside.
THE claud-clapp'dto towers the gorgeous palaces,
The solemn ten Piles, the great globe itself,
Yea, all which 1t Inherit, shsil dissolve
"But he that doeth tie qciU of God abid
eth for erer." To him all change shall be
progress all demolition shall be enlarge
ment; and dash shall bring in the life ever
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