The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-08-03
The 8utland Daily Glohe.
MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1874.


WOOdford.
DEDICATION OF THE ADVENT CHRISTIAN
CHAPEL.
The new chapel of the Advent Christian
Society at Woodford, was dedicated on
Friday week. The services were held in
connection with the Quarterly Conference,
and the church was well filled with atten-
tive hearers.
Thursday evening Elder A. w. Sibley
| of Sandy Hill preached an interesting dis
course.
Friday morning Mrs. Tower, Of North
Adams, Mass, preached an able sermon
from the text Psalms xxxvii 81. "The
law Of his God is in his heart; none of his
steps shall Slide
OBLIGATORY EXERCISES.
Singing-Hymn l44.
"God moves In mysterious way
Ills wonders to perform"
Scripture readings by Elder II. X. Flagg,
of Rutland.
Prayer by Rev. DR.. Hawley of the Ben
nington Methodist church.
Singing Hymn 80 read by Elder Dex
ter Moody, of Troy. N. Y.
.'IIere in thy name, eternal God,
We build this earthly house for thee"
OBLIGATORY SERMON.
Dedicatory sermon by Elder A. w. Sib-
ley of Sandy Hill, n. Y, from text:
Heb. iii; 4, "For every house is builded
by some man but he that built all things
| is God"
The Elder said the grand central truth
| of divine revelation is the fact of the ex-
| istence of an allwse, eternal Supreme Be-
| ing as the great first cause of all things:
| To blot this fact from the Bible would
make the world as dark, morally as the
universe would be literally if the sun were
| blotted out from the solar system. Infdel-
| ity is saying Good is everything and every
| thing is God" No age was ever stamped
| with ranker wickedncss than the present,
yet victory is sure to come in the end. The
| true principle of reasoning is from cause
to effect We can readily see that the
world did not make itself. The universe
| owes its existence to some cause outside of
itself. Whatever exists must either have
a cause either in or outside itself, or must
have been brought into existence by pre-
| existing cause. A cause is a real entirely.
a substance. Every effect must have had
an adequate cause. Something must have
existed from eternity. Design pre-supposes
designer. Intelligence in the result in
dicates intelligence in the cause. The mind
indicated in the book is not the book itself.
There is an obvious difference between the
works of God and the works Of man. The
| x;stnI 10,
| the mind of the maker before it was made.
1t is Just as obvious that the universe had
| an intelligent creator as that the book has
an author. The universe exhibits the high
est order of intelligence and power, so then
the cause that produced it must be an al
| mighty, self-existing being. Order is the
sure Indication of mind and intelligence.
The cause of an effect is not identical with
the effect The maker is always distinct
from and superior to the thing made. So
God is superior to all His works. The ra-
tional and scriptural argument includes the
prophecies and miracles contained in the
bible. The prophecies relating to Christ
given hundreds of years before, indicating
the tribe out of which He should come; the
place where He should be born; his riding
into Jerusalem; His betrayal making His
grave among the rich; his being numbered
with transgressors; also those concerning
Babylon, Egypt, Tyre, Medo-Persia, Ora
cia, Rome, all had literal tultllment and
demonstrated beyond doubt the divine
authenticity of the scriptures.
There is a God-all nature speaks,
Through earth. and air, and sea, and skies,
See from the clouds his glory breaks.
When earliest beams OF morning rise.
Twas God who hurl'd the rolling spheres
| And stretched tlp DOuuulpSS skies.
who formed the plan OF endless years,
And babe the ages rise.
Ere mountains reared their forms sublime,
AS the fair earth in order stood,
Before the birth of ancient time,
From everlasting thou art God.
The dedicatory prayer was made by FL
der Iligley, pastor of the church at Wood
ford, and the bcnediction was pronounced
by Rev. DIR. Bedding of Troy, N. Y
There remaining debt of about threa
hundred dollars on the building, an earnest
appeal to the pocket was made by Elder
Flagg of Rutland, and in very few min
utes the sum was made up, and the build
ing was dedicated to Christ free from debt.
The stock was taken SO rapidly that only a
few had an opportunity to subscribe. We
notice among the number the following
John White, IIoosick Falls n Y, sos 90