Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-10-22

the visible church that We learn 10 OK.
claim, 20, come and let us worship and
fall down before our Maker" NeIy few
lovers of the church and church goers find
their way down to death. The profound
yearning that brings them TO church at
last leads TO the satisfaction Of the soul.
ut was here I learned TO love Christ"
many a redeemed spirit will say,
The cultivation Of the conscience was
next alluded to. Ever since Christ drove
the money changers out Of the church, il
had been regarded as place Of admoni-
tion, There are those 10 whose consci.
enees church says nothing.
It's effect in shaping the aims and un.
folding the purposes OF life was another
OF the offices of the church dwelt upon.
II stands as memento of God in the very
heart of secular business; not gratifying
merely artistic taste. but il is perpetual
hymn of praise to the Son of God, and in
lts strength and beauty encouraging men
to face the battle of life, and from il the
modest flower may catch the inspiration
Of beauty and noble effort The best
things OF life come by our sacrifices, the
richest feelings from the largest offer.
ings at is more blessed to give than TO
receive"
That part of the speakers argument in
behalf OF the advancement Of taste in
erecting church edifiees by the Congrega-
tionalist Church was particularly happy
and forcible, The Puritan fathers were
respectfully alluded TO for their simplicity
OF taste, but no evidence was given that
their descendants could not with propriety
contribute to the warmer sentiments Of a
more cultivated and refined age in the
erection of house of worship, twill not
do TO despise the moral uses of material
beauty. The day is past for Israel TO
dwell in tents or barns. There will be
time for that when the necessity exists.
The essence of Puritanism was not hatred
of beauty, but love of Christ. Hardness,
severity and dogmatisms could hide them
selves where there is the utmost SIMPLE
ity OF forms. We should exclude nothing
that would make our church policy more
attractive. Practical Christianity may
dwell in palace. The oordiality of the
Congregational denomination towards all
religious denominations was appropriately
noticed, and most happy allusion made
TO the bowling of one of the towers on the
Catholic Church in town towards the
Bethany Church whilst being erected the
past year. Ii protested against sectarian-
ism, and had no Shiboleth 10 utter, ind
no Proorustean bed on which to lengthen
or shorten mankind. The oldest, wealth
lest and most numerous Church in New
England could afford TO be liberal.
The close of this great sermon-great in
its conceptions, great in its intellectual
power, great in its majesty of religious elo-
quence-was an effort worthy the mature
mind of one of the most eminent divines
of the day, and we shall not do ii injustice
by attempting any synopsis of it. His
beautiful portraying of the offices Of the
organ filled the magnificent editice, even
as the vibrating tones of that mighty in-
strument, and left an audience exceeding
twelve hundred people impressed that
there was reallye majesty and a beauty in
the new house of worship this day dedi-
Gated to the living God.
! differentiation of the Building for
Dedication, d. Taft, Esq.
Chairman OF Building Committee.
lO,-Dedicatory Prayer, Rev Mr..
Buckham.
| ll.-Anthem,
! 12.-Benediction, Rev. NJ. Tenny,