Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-10-21
EXERCISES

ms o. tine Lord doing, it D. marvellous M eyes.
let US be- glad and rejoice, and give the glory to
Ills name.
Unto thee, O Lord. do lin up my soul,
D my God trust in Thee.
. satisfy us early with Thy mercy,
That We may rejoice and he glad all our days.
Let Thy work appear unto Thy -er,ant-,
And Thy glory unto their children
And let the beauty of the Lord our God he uponus
Establish Thou the work Of our hands yea. the
work of our hands establish Thou it,
Therefore, now Jet it please Thee To bless the
house Of Thy servants,
That it may continue forever before Thee,
For Thou o Lord, God, hast spoken it.
And with Thy blessing let the house 0l Thy ser
want be blessed forever.
Then will | go unto the altar Of God. unto Cod
my exceeding JOY
Yea, upon the harp will praise Thee, o God.
my God. ANFN.
3.-lnsoAtion. .......... Rev. Mr. llazen.
4.-Reading Scriptures, Re, Mr. Carpenter.
Chrou. ls-E iob. 10. E-G.
5.--Authem, ............................
6.--pmyer,. ........... Rev Mr. Copeland
dedication Hymn, BY Rev. J. K Lord
hen Con the primal light unsealed,
And hound ia spheres IL. golden lars,
Through all the glowing vault there pealed
The chorus Of the morning stars;
When CmRisr was born, those notes ag,in
Rang through the sapphire -sprinkled space
Judea hill-sdcs caught the strain,
and earth gave hack to heaven the praise
And when the promised age Of gold
Sees iairer lnnd- and brighter skies
Spring from the ruins Of the Old.
Sill lo4drr shall the anthem rise.
Meanwhile, along these vall- where now
Our first glad sacrifice we bring.
Tint song slall echo I'LL we bow
10 sing with angels near the kINo
s-Seunon. ........ Rev DR.. W II Lord,
Pastor of the Church
The text was selected lrom the 1874 Psalm
fourth and fifth VERSES.
~ will not give sleep to mine eyes or ,lum.er TO min
eyclids III hud out place nr the iord. hahtatlo
ior The mighty God of jacob"
\ brief reference 70 David as a king, states
man, a poet and warrior, were the opening
remarks Of this eloquent and most able and ap
propriate discourse. The palace was nothing t.
David nothing else was sale unless Gods hous
was built IT, find place in our hearts for tn,
God of Jacob, was our high privilege and duty
Dan, H.. ,,,. ,l.. .,l,ris,.I A., tbe tomnle re.n
luton like that Of the King Of Israel, had pro
,ir,sd ,l,. church ,,bicI, VA. today dedicated
tt r,.,,l, ~ ,b,. ,,r,,e,. and home. or yc,r an,
of slerifces of cultivated religious sentiment
The Intelligence and generosity which had giyei
tbi. cbur,L IN the state and T., the C,,n,rentiou
had far it, s,le olert the promotion of the glor,
of fine Rel.,mer Grateful aJorntion was ex
pr,..ed In tbis building. lie who dwelleth in
temple bpilt without hand. does not need n ten,
plo b,ilt with bonJ. hut Christ loves ,h. hoh;
t,,;,n a., ho,ntiG,l s.,,l and a heortir.l ho,so
when il ex,res.es no, only the wealth but IN
lave of the church
lie next proceeled tn sneak of the uses of tb
material tennle f. moral and snir;tpal nur,,,se.
Its lowest ,yns the intellectual cnlture tbnu,,l
and taste II expre,ssea. bu, il illustrated Bisbo
Buffers argument of the nece,sity for n yisibl
church. No thoughtul nnn could look upon
from ,yithout even If he never entered il with
ont nskino far what pnrpoSe i this heautiGl
building erected The sneaker WAS very elr
ouent and inpr,ssiye. in pontinr ont the NOR,
and religious influence. of such impressions. iii
nllusim, to the crumbling ruins in Venice wber
e,Iung rresooes and shafts sinking into the sea
unclaimed a lesson more eloouent than words. WA
we'll annlied IN enhance the benutv of his them,
Tho eIeg,pt decorations of tbe edifee were dive
u1on in happy detail. all standing as appropriat
evidence that God delights to dwell with men, an
that lie should he worshiped in the beauty of h,
liness He had laid the foundation Of His ten
ple in JASPER and Sapphire we must not worshi
in less beautiful temple The church edifC
was an argument which addressed itself ina maI
ner to lie comprehended, to minds that could II,
at first grapple with the evidences Of revealed
ligion. acknowledged and embraced by those
maturer wears and culture.
Another of the uses of the church was Il
cultivation of reverence. which should not he col
fined to the attendance upon worship. hut shoul
lac n habit Of the soul. Nothing is more certai
than the moral degradation Of him who nev,
feels reverence or love. The church is the scho,
of reverence Nature knows not God it bansl
es him behind A system 1t is in the yisib
church that we learn to exclaim, o come and |,
us worship and fall down before our Maker" ver
few lovers of the church and church goers fin
their way down to death. The profound Year,
inc that brings them to church at last leads
the satisfaction of the soul. "lt was here
learned To love Christ =" many a redeemed spir
will say
M, .,.,..i,n 81 tho oons.;ence vos next n
,,daI - Erar since Christ drove the none