Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-10-17

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vas the lord Of this earth; be was iss hiRh-prie
he- siSaa1e his Adslity 10 hn God, On, What .
chzAge comes on; immediately be Is expulled
from That garden q dslighe, aid the Whole world
gImmedistsIy you perceive slie virgin tie Sekip.
combining he acl q tls sosI and DE 5ody I i
Cain and All ffem e , $500 g: as b
come into the world, and thry wishimg . sGts
rior consciousnes Of their tsns .. ion and ~
Rsdeemsf II You descend ia sEe tds y az
patrarch, yoa viii Ind that among tbcae p<.rse.
WIRING IN adsiity . God these two shIngs were
aways comMeed: Thus the insance of the text,
the very words which he uttered, but by an extss-
eal ace ne counmenofzted and manifested out
wsfdly the sentiments with which That soul was
became the PSc.sef q J .s
INTO one setecs and chosen people He watched
over their city and conmeaded their economy;
and you win recellect with what pfeciden and
ward acts and ceremonies by which they were to
render him homage and worship him. Hence the
instituton Of sacfnces; hence the ceremonial law;
q tate the whole sustensnce Of the jewish system
Nor ID It simply In these, bat In specific eases
Matter cannot be consecrated without God; that
Is not worthy e be offered p Ged, OF be formed
stdesstion of the tabesnacls 81 his chosen people
The Dimensions, the ehssacfsr a the msteri nj
that be himself psescsibed were ne form snd sub,
sisis, which before we're pioisSe ana, sna snsss
mon, and might have been appeopriated TO anv
secniar use, became sacred In his esiimation Fox
nexlecting duties, outward duties that were due
q were 20 every parent, he panished with death
the sons Of Aaron for the neglect Of reverence for
their sacred Offering. Thai same tabrrnscle he
Psoleetsd was the pledge Of HIS people. He
and a far as matter can be 20 called. holy. a.
the very end 70 which 1t was set apart Thus
when En u his rage did put forth his uuconse-
Grated hand and banished that ark OF the covenant
| ment for The rash proclamation which he had
taken. And why was all this, beloved brethren
All this isof the creternal ORDER and all this 10 OF
Gods own appointment and institution. Did he
not also prescribe the erection and form Of the
only temple which before be came 10 Christ on
the whole earth had ever been erected to the
honor o. his name Did he not 60 into detail in
iaaE sss form And did he not on the day
had merely thought what be should say 10 g cd;
but In the language Of the Sculpture by cofpbln,
ing The outward act VITA the inward sentiment,
Prostrasing himself before the altar upon his
knees, and with his hands and eyes npiifted 10
Heaven, made the prayer which 10 30 beautiful,
invoking the Gcd Of his father, and the God OF his
offended by the matter Of which the temple WA
constructed a. mere matter, God was pleased with
the oder, for Il was known to have been done by
/ his own direction, and be made himself visibly
Presen, In the cloud Of incense that HIled the
Il has ben utged before Chat God chooses no,
one sPos - ~ e9fth more than another In which
e % Ss ,w1S,o 60 But We know that he chose
Of his people until they should have Accomplished
the period OF the preparation for the Introduced on
Of the comiag Of the Divine Son. When the
children q islael were in captivity In Egypt and
longing for the waters of Babylon, we And thai
they understood from the Divine teaching sthaI
there were spots selected apart in which God
lswfal to adore Ged everywhere, tis nevsftbeis.,
lawful In every place and IN every eircumssance
that be chooses his5nscenyy; and the homage
and the PRAYER that NE efFeFed to him in tiiai
place are more acceptable than eisewheref WHY
es. was 4 that the eaptives suspended their harp
On the willow 20 long for the waters Of Babylon
| Why was II that they could not ding the cong q
theory would Be that there : 20 Sra, p IS y.
the honor o. God. Why was II that Daniel. h.
inspired phfophet OF the Lord, though he OF
/ couese was In communion With bis Creator
down his head in the DIRECTION Of the Soly
mountain thrice every day? III this, dear be.
loved brethren, we behold throughout the ancient
tTestament-tha uniform rule, God prescri bi no
the combined worship and alteration Of both so,,I
and body. We behefd him not only in the instI.
hutfons to which have referred, but accompany,
Ing them in their history, and marking his sense
which bad been onceconsecssted in his honor and
\ 10 the glory Of his name need not dwell upon
the Christian religion In regard to this doctrine
synagogue; that In the transition our Divine "a.
vionr dees net seem TO have given any special di-
rection az 70 the manner In which he should b<
ESsshipPed But He has delegated this 70 those
thqn 70 teachWhat he had taught, and he inspired
them with the Holy Ghost 10 enable them 10 nc.
sompiish the mission which he had appointed
msnt which somesmes have been invoked a. ss sd.
vslse to the erection Of churches, adverse to the
attainment, sdyesss TO heir conservation. One
w9 the words Of our Saviour at the well Of ia
him must adore him IA spirit and in Truth. -
Why this of coufse, th church feachesl but n
doe. not apply 70 appEobation more than pure
nsriian woman indisr that sbs va r. a., ~ ~
prsphetig and she being Samaritan drslred 10
learn whether Jerusalem o. Mount Catherine
c ssr that & seses end
nee 70 De cassed pesPemaliy And this wss the
nature Of the answer 70 gnify still more intesely
that the spirit, which b his spirit communicated
- 10 the pasage In 81. Paul, In which he sdnon,
Fishes his convefs that God f. not resssictsd 10
house made BY hunan hands, the resson Of this
lso - OBVIOUS: To- had been Pagan, they had
Empire we know hat temples were buiIt every.
where, and they were built especially Tor the GOD
Whom the people falsely adoFod, and that n God
represented In status or Aguse.O he TAUGHT his
Idsciples thatthis vss net the mode Of bonorino
The true So! II We ascend to the period when
the church began 70 spread in the empire we -
bold from the beginning that the nrst temple III
we car socsiii W. the private house Of the new
convert 10 the fsith Nexfhe cayerps Of the earth
were the churches--the sul5tesranean churcbes of
re great esPiel OF the worlds now called eaas-
sosabst and IN Which YOU can wander for miles
and miles, and b<hnld from one point to another
evidences VI the place II which the holy m
were celebrated In that period Of Roman Der.
secutioa. ~ econ - tilst pefsccntion was re-
snoyed, you behold Immediately Christia IN Temples
sring g were from the earth, IN, every country
where the name q chkstiam have beer, made
Known: Nov, net 10 refer to Asia, Africa. and
other place.. yon cast your eve over Europe. YOU
VIII beheld those wonders Of human cotnbii,ed
e1ort In the great c1Shedfuls aud noasstsries.
which shall raise their towers and tAeir spires up
the very clouds Of heaven g II II the 5sine 81
Shs,ss, I'd y TIE q P.sge. MD q
Of me people Thsss have ben TIE 90 uoea ueners
marked 10 the psogres o. felieion every vSspe.
and eyerywhere encouraged ~ q p Sal =
"a thls day my beloved friends, We have m
osnef se.fimonys IL b dime thai N The churck Il
ChrisS there are many attain, and MANY fsa,,le.
oecense the people q that church hive errss3
from the unf&ePGe and o,,a >n,l1