Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-12-21
THE DEDICATION.

Church. last Sabbath, were ofthat charac-
ter to elicit the attention, AMI merit the
appreciation of every body. As previous
ly announced, there were present the fol-
lowing ministerial brethren: E. O..
Haven, IL. D., of Evanston, ILL.,; /. C.
Pershing. D. D., of Pittsburgh, Pa;
Rev'ds L. C. Buckles and N. L. Brake
man, former Pastors, and j. L. Boyd,
present preacher in charge. After the
usual morning exercises, the Rev. E o.
Haven preached sermon which did not
fail in touching both head and heart and
with all the pa,hos which flowed
from the speaker, we take pleasure in
saying that it was one of the most logical
and best analytical discourses we have ever
listened to-
The text was from the familiar words,
" w hat shall man give in exchange'for
his SOUL and the subject was the value
oil "a human being. He first presented an
elaborate discussion of the nature Of val
ue, referring il to six sources Uusetul-
hCoS, sSsAiSisS, shLltu lthoI, dSSOCEttlOu,
pernanency, und danger of loss All
these elements were carefully explained
! and largely illustrated. He then proceed
ed to show that in man all these elements
perfectly united-even that of scarcity, be-
cause if u man lost himself he could never
be recovered. After showing that soul
comprehends much more than life, and
showing that Satan's maxim, "All that
a man hath will he give for his life" was
wrong, he said the value OF man could
be proved by another line of thought, and
gave these additional proofs as follows
l. This earth would be of no value but
for man. Come even say that it would
not exist but Tor man, but that he did not
Claim
2. The history of God, judging from
the few chapters we have OF it in the BIZ
bic, proves it.
3. The rcstlessness Of man without
christianity the JOY and rest in Christ
prove it.
He then showed the relation of this
great subject to the building and dedica-
tipn of churches, and urged upon all not
TO undervalue humanity, and not to I'M
dervalue themselves, but adopt the scrip
tural standard and live up it.
And further, we do not hesitate
to say that, in the speakers considera-
ton of man, his value, &c, none could have
left the house believing that man was an
improved ape.
At the close of this sermon, the speak
er, assisted by [. G. Pershing, extended to
the audience the pri ,ilege of contributing
toward the payment of the debt on the
house. and with the assistance of the form
er Pastors, succeeded in raising upwards
of $1,000
The evening sermon was preached by
Rev. l. {. Pershing, from l Corinthians,
) chap, II, Il, Il and IA verses, the sub
ject embracing the degrees of glory to the
Christian in the eternal world The
speaker clearly showed how the christian
could di!fcr in glory, and yet each
ones measure of happiness be SO
fall that he cogld contain no more He
set at naugh the absurd idea that de- rees
of glory were inconsistent with perfect
happiness in Heaven. His appeal to the
unconveried to strive for this higher life
al / 10 the christian 10 labor fer his meas
are Of aar!iness, vas so pathetic, and HI
sermon through ut lilled with such deep
pathos aud eloquent strains, that few could
hear that were not thrilled and deeply i'm
pressed with the force of his discourse.
al the close Of the sermon. the speaker
and f. 0. Haven again extended the op-
portuiiity 10 the audience for further do
notions, who, assisted by the parties as
before, succeeded III swelling Tie amount
raised in the forenoon, TO the aggregate
of IS, .23 o. \ SUN sufficient, We
understand, when paid, TO entirely ex-
tinguish the present Indebtedness, and
secure fund sufficient to remodel the
tower, and purchase ii respectable bell,
chandelier, and put stained glass in the
windows
The amount necessary to extinguish the
debt having been raised, the Rev. j. L.
Boyd, in behalf of The trustees, presented
the building to Rev. E. O. Haven to be
dedicated IL The service and worship Of
Almighty God which service was per-
formed according to the Ritual of the
Church.
During the whole of the services. the
audience room was filled with very az.
tentive and orderly congregation. The
cheeifulness with which the sum necessa-
~ was given, Is fact-worthy of note, and
speaks more forcible than lang uage can
tell, or pen coald write, of the truly be
Devolent spirit that pervades the town of
Plymouth. fhe fac, that this society has
a fund sufficient to pay its debts, seemed
to give pleasure, as well to members of
| other churches, and to those who made
no profession, as well as those specially
| interested, from which fact we infer that
the prosperity of one institution cannot
fail to add to the prosperity of another.
| NiSolutioY1 of partnershiu