Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-05-09


shore verify believed she was destined to 60
to pieces. But by Gods blessing he has
worked her out of danger and into deep
water, and he has made his annual voyages
and brought back good report, and to-day
she stands secure, trim in her sails and des-
tined to sail on, freighted with blessings for
millions yet unborn. se T. ~
Yea, let this building rise. Lay its
foundation deep. Make its walls thick and
strong. Invoke the highest architectural
taste to its aid. Let judgment arrange its
interior. Provide an elegant room for the
AdUocdte, and line the walls with books,
Cunning and looking behind him) and sit
this valuable man upon its throne ofpower,
and let him write the words Of truth, so
berness and wisdom. Provide q room for
missions where the honored Secretary Of
the Board may meet in council and
plan for the universal empire of the
Son Of God. And, sir, Cooking behind
him) provide for my young friend the
Sunday-school Secretary and let nothing be
lacking for the children who viii hereafter
be born. Secure all conveniences and let
Methodism mark this day in its calendar as
white and while you and l live that our
children may realize the hope which this
project inspires. Voice: ssGo on."] /
cannot dc it, sir.
Another hymn, first read by Bishop Nc
Tyeire, was sung commencing:
.'From all that dwell below the skies,
Let the Creators praise arise"
followed by the second
ADDRESS BY BISHOP wIeHrMAN,
part Of which was as follows:
1t has been committed to me on this oc-
casion to utter few parting words. am
the mouth-piece of this large assembly, and
in offering in their behalf thanks and
praise to the Giver of every good and per-
feet gift, am sure / represent the feelings
of every one present. There are those who
can see order in the gas-lghts Of q city's
streets, but cannot see any order in
the stars that move in the midnight
heavens. We can see to-day traces of
Gods providence in permitting the destruc-
ton that occurred here to make way for the
beautiful building about to be erected. GHe
called attention to the fact that the exist
ence of the magnificent buildings adjoining
| where the new one will be erected were
there providentially.1 You all, my breth-
rem, my felloW-citizens and friends, have the
security, in the history of the past, that
this cornerstone we have Just laid shall
and beautiful and fertile lands of Tennes-
see; worthy of the church whose cherished
| institution it will be; and / stand IS the
representative, in speaking these parting
words, of the whole church Methodistic
of the South. From this parent spot there
will go out, week after week, day after day
and hour after hour, influences that shall
touch thousands of hearts and minds East,
icent thought. 1t is something before which
my spirit stands awed to think of the
mighty, rushing, far-reaching tides of in
fuence that are to go out from this spot, as
common center, on which we stand and
| sit to-day; influences that shall continue as
long as time endures and that
shall encompass the world (voice,
| ''Amen."); influences that shall stretch their
| fostering arms around the children of
the country and train them up in the fell
| lowship of the Church of the living God;
influences that shall sustain all that is just,
right and valuable in government, in law, in
social order; influences that shall uphold all
that is sacred and valuable in religious
truth and grace. Oh, ye millions Of the
coming future of our country you will hail
with joy the proceedings Of this day; the
! laying Of this corner stone; the removal of
the old building, the erection of q suitable
new building, for this great center Of the
enterprise of the church; for the fine leaves
of the Sunday-school papers and the broad
leaves of the Christian AdUOcdte.
And for that coming future return this day
thanks to God for what we see, for what we
hear, for what we believe, for what we feel;
for the building that will rise upon this cor
ner stone that we have laid to-day. God
help the work. May its influence be as
wide as the circumference Of the
grand and noble Southern coun-
try, though the ploughshare of war
has gone over it. Oh God, grant this re-
construction may be the right reconstrue-
ton, over which the smiling heavens shall
open the voice Of the future returning
thanks to God"
Voices-"Amen! Amen!'
The exercises concluded with prayer by
DR.. Lovick Pierce, singing the Doxology,
and the benediction by Bishop Early.