The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-11-02

ttbrtnRs the message Is responsible only
for uttering the truth in love while
they Who hear are responsibl ble for re
ceiving and obeying the trnth, or for its
rejection. How many In this. house,
the cornef stone 6f-+1hieh wei Law to-
day will j as time rolls on hear themes
sages from God to guilty man Z When
all counted, what a vast assembly 2
How mapYiWill' so hear as to obey and
liver How many will hear and then
go forth 70 their farms, or shops, or
merc4qnpiseS % have the good seed OF
divine truth choked by the cares or
riches of this life@ and SO become un-
ltrqttfnlf Here shall stand the man OF
1 God and ffaithtnl hiAdnty, ,hegwill
proclaim the way of salvation through
a crucif1ed fRedeemer HE will pro-
claim the law which strips men of their
land tBring8 Them hum m6Iy Ito. tie
on Gods lmercy fhfotgh Christ
to ybeJclothed in His righfeousnsss-to to
fully acknowledge the truth declared
hyt tSt.iPauly that "there Is none other
men, whereby we can BE saved, but
only that of Jesus, Christ, s. The faith
tul minister will here hold up the cross
and bid the sin polluted and the dying
s look and lfve."l He51 will boldly
declare that God has FgiYenS to that
same Jesus who hung upon the cross,
"a name which lis above every name,
that at the name OF Jesus every knee
should bow and every tongue confess
that he is Lore, to the glory of God the
Father. .pS When men hearing this word
shall believe, and, come weary and
heavy laden with ain, heWill point them
tonthe Lamb of God that taketh away
the sin of the world that taking His
yoke upon them, hich is easy, and
His burden, which is light, they NAV
hnd rest unto their souls!p it8fl ;ff1ria'i
- Here, thin these consecrated walls,
VIII come the thfong of dsVout 'W0r-
Shippers, to send up their united voices
lniPraYer and praise. They will come
to meekly bow before the Lord of the
Promised 5a lHi5 Q asb6 dial n PRESENCE,
mnGi Has s MR RfHpIBs BanlsR ftRSs Il thdis 6is
mtnqs worldly thoughts, and world
~ themes, and rs they bow
before the Holy One will fix their minds
on Heaven, sttiving .to worship in
spirit and in truth Him f'twho Is a
spirit" and S@ho seeks such to, worship
Him. ~ Here will they OFT find their
Bethel; and! thoughin vision, they may
not see 2 ladder set up, whose top shalt
reach holaeavenJ and upon which the
angels lof God are ascending and de-
9cendtngI yet shall they find thelsweet
and who shall breathe into their souls
in answer to prayer that t'peaee Of God,
which passeth ali und
peacelof whichthe world knows MOTH
ing, which y can neither give nor take
Here in't this house devoted. to the sert
vice of the Great Eternal will be adj
ministered the sacraments of Gods
Gh1fch. Here Will GQdl y parents bring
theirlinfant children, and in baptism
dedicate, them to God. promising for
them, that 4they shall renounes the
devil, and all his works, thea vain
pomp and glory Of the'wOr1d with all
coYetous desires ,ot the same, and all
hesinful lusts of the flesh; and that
they shall lltkeep Gods holy will and
commandments, and walk In the same
all the days of their life. - - -
.-Hither-within these sacred wallis
VIII come those whom the spirit of the
Holy One shalEmove' TO fatify and re-
new the9 solemn vows made for them In
baphsm-yows made on earth but reg
istefed fin heaven, and Witnessed BY
angels. and men+NoWs binding them
INA 1fe-long service to Jehovah; maxi,
ing them TO lVrestleino simply with!
heshEand blood but against 1princi-,
gs;ii,ties g.;L, .and p2Yers, against Pifitlgsl!;
rulers OF. the darkness of this world'i-
with such wrestling to andinfevety'
hour of trial, they Will need to fake for
themselves "all Che panoply of God. o..
Here too will be gathered, from time
to hmef those who come to f6ed spfritu-
who gave Himself for the life of the
world; rememb bering the words Of
Jesus, how He said, Except ye eat the
flesh of the Son of Man, and drink HIS.
blood, ye have no life in you;" and
hgatn, "Do this as Oft as ye shall do it
in remembrance of me, !" they will gath
or as their Lord has hidden, .meeklyi
and in faith to receive tthe emblems Of
. Savior's dying love"-to take His
broken body. and shed blood as a
means Whereby Il they may aSerhdbt6
dwell in Him and Helm, them.'
Here, also, within this house of PRAYER
will come the young and blushing
maiden, leaning on the arm of him she
has accepted from laIn6nR am the sona
Of hep ito be life long partner Of all
her Joys and sorrows. They will come
to pledge before God their mutual love,
promising beforea4high heaven that
nothing but death shall part them = and
the priest of God shall, with the mystic
Hthose whom God hath Jbihed together,
let not man ppt asunder.n
! Here; too will come the stricken and
sorrowing ones of earth, as they bring
their dead in Christ to listen to the sub
lime strains of Inspiration bidding them
sorrow not as those who have no hope,
but to. restin the nllest assurance, that
Ythose who sleep In Jesus viii God
brin6 tith HIM lin the day whefl "tliiIj
mortal shall put on immortality, % and
Stdeath be swallowed up of victory"
Thus shall they be comforted as they
commt their Righteous dead 70 the
keeping of mother earth, "dust to dust,
ashes to ashes.1
Thus will it be thfopgh coming years.
Within the sacred walls here buiIded,
Will be uttered and oft-repeated, the
most solemn vows man can, make
vows whereby mortals enter into COW
enant with their Maker, promising obe-
diencs and servieei it61Hfn, who, OF
right can claim their every power, and
every act Of alteration. In the etrans-
actions within this house centre all the
deeply and profoundly solemn things
ofman's nature and beingsl Men will
'cpEne here to- tfansAEt bhsiness, the, S,fnlIl
inpott and extentof which may not be
known or realized, until there shall
some new heaven and a new eaFth,
the one that now Is having; been ihpfhed, !,
mp, and when "this morf9l shall have
put on Immortality. How many of
us fully realize the Sgrea mess or this oc-
-caStOn, and take In / the Ieugth and
breadth Of what we are dSIn63 How
many. QfussNEapt into :theI future, as
with seer's vision, gaze upon the vast
ness Of the interests which centre in the
Work OF ullding3 this hpQse OF God1lI
Who, among us, understands and real
ICES the Significance of this work. Fl
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. transactions here.
were to be bounded by time the case
would be different. II we had met to
lay the corner stone of some hall
of Fiusttea@Go ipIRea5 for 1uRu