Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-01-02

ei ani lelicairi o. lho service 'i
lhe true Goi, aui lls Iai'on MAS
pn slsr us and happ!, Mh.n oar
iillle ohurch lhuughl ol bai.lins a
house. in this place la which q
wor,h 4 Go,i, d.siiruil'rs ahd h's-
eouagsn eats were IN te mel aimos'
al every step. Ssme hed bai &c
eentiv moved h. lAis place ani Ia
making nuW settlements had a de-
manl iur all lAoir resoarces Ia slNr
them another start In business
They wanted houses tor themselves
and families a. liVo In, They lel'
the need ~ friends settling among
strangers "a all thgm Ia all their
imn0rlal I ardert kings, An some
may have thought lFom the ombaF.
easements thrown, around them, ahd
the difficulties la their way that
they were acting lhc part olenIhnsi'
asls or RECKLESS big"is la nHieilS',
ing such = work, Yet they felt u
to DO their duty 10 bni.i a house ioT
God. aud lac la, given lhom friends
aud money, aud will continue Ia add
strength aud ability moro and
more, IL they will ihitll these obii,
cations anl the trusts committed
To their care, nnd no one will loo ih'
iured by the undertaking, Bnl on
tho contrary our church Viii be
strengthened aud encouraged, lhe
church IL general enlarged and lh's
town aud community greatly in
proved, ps nothing adds more Ia
tho Improvement aud good name
OF n town or country, and Is caicn
lated to induce settlements by siran'
gers, than good churche.. May
this church with it, iolly spirc, ns II
beacon light, long stand, with n
generous influence inviting the
stranger 10 his homo. aud publish,
ing to tho weary soionrner that God
has pleasure herein. Hero may
the servant of the Most High be
honorcd, and the name Of our God
be exalted. Here may the shouts
of returning prudigais and n great
multitude redeemed 20 up to tho
Holy OF Holes, "thut the dead II
alive and the lost is found" the
church respond Not INTO us, oh,
Lord! not unto us, but unto thy
name Of glory.
We proceed TO notice tho next
proposition in our subject. That
in building II house, God would be
gloritied,
The promise was, | will fill this
house with glory saith the Lord OF
hosts. God is said to he gloriticd
BY his creatures in praising, admir-.
ing or honoring him; acklowledg'
ing his pericctions, cXaIting his
name and trusting in him rs our
rightlnl sovereign.
The captive Jews on their re-
turn, wanted that confidence in
God, which is necessary on all &C.
casions, but especially, when work
of such vast Importance was to be
carried forward and completed on
the same spot, where the glory OF
former days had shonc with such
celestial brightness. They paused
in view of the magnitude OF the
work, feared their success, and
want of ability, Say they, who is
left among you that saw this house
in her first glory, and how do you
see it now? Is it not in your eyes
in comparison of it, as nothing
But God informed them by The
voice of the prophet, that he would
be glorilicd. For thus saith the
Lord of hosts, "yet once it is n lit
tie while and | will shake the heav-
ems and the earth, and the sea and
the dry land, and | shake all ma
tions. and the desire of all nations
shall come, and | will fill this house
with glory saith the Lord Of hosts.
A work Of great consequence 10
Israel and generations who should
come after them was to be carried
forward. 1t was an undertaking OF
vast proportions, and would be at
tended with great labor, Men skill
ed in architecture, endowed with
great wisdom, master workmen,
were alone qualified to superlntend
and erect the building Such work
men were selected, not by human
foresight, but by the great Archi-
tect Of tho universe. God would be
glorifed in carrying on and finish
ing this house, He therefore chose
such workmcn as were alone able,
"to help, aid and rebuild the Tcm-
ple," workmen whose minds were
iflumined by the light of heaven,
who stood at the very threshold Of
all light and knowledge and receiv-
ing their Instructions from the pure
fountain of infinite wisdom. They
worked, and all who were placed
under them. The temple arose and
when the work was b-ing finished
and their labors ended, they brought
forth the head stone thereof, crying,
gracel grace unto it'll Thus God
was glorified by exalting his name
above every name, and making it
known to all who should turn their
attention TO Mt. Zion that the Lord
liveth, and that there was God in
Israel mighty to save and strong to
deliver. Well may the poet con-
templating what had been accom-
plished have sung:
GAN hail TO the morning that bids MS re-
joice,
The tenples eOmpleied-eKalt high each
voice;
The carsiOne is finished our labOrs are
oer,
The sound Of the gavel shall hail US no
more," sc.
Ali il was time Of joy and re-
ioicing, and a world of interest was
felt and shadowed forth on that sa-
cred mount. Previous to that time
when the poor captive Jews were
called upon to sing one Of the songs
of Zion, they responded, how can