, 1874-11-09
TIE HoUsE OF THE LORD.
Dedication Of tic Dnpttst Church ut Hyd
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Inrtl.
The 11ydo Park Baptist Church. Of which tho
Roy. Edward c. DaylHs Ia pastor, vas yesterday
dedicated for tho service OF God. The ceremony
di1ered III nothing from tho wonted simple md
beautiful form used on auch occasions, but it
had It's peculiar Significance for the Daptists Of
Hyde Park, who, twelve months ago, could not
oyou dream that to-day they would 10 in possaa-
sion of church Of their own. The resident
CONT uumerlca.iy from Chicago, conveyed
thlthar by q special train which left tho
Illinois Central depot ut 2;a0 p. m. Thus eyory
were forced to stand up through LUCK Of accom-
mndhtior.
The church will eeat about GOO poraons. It III
n plain at,d neat structure. such Al il appropri-
Rto to tho rGaourcoa OF tho congregation at tho
present timo. Scrptural mottoos III frames mud
floral docorationH-a proagal display, euch
Perhaps aa cau bo made only in Hyde Pork at
thia soaaon-deooratod tho ohanuei aud tho
pulpit. "a.
voluntary by tho choir, tho Rev. DR.. Goodspecd
made III Invocation of Gods preaouoe aud blnsa-
inE, nl1a prayed God to accept tho oHerinEa Of
tho congregation. and to touch the lips of tloac
whp spoao With q holy Are, And smpart melody
to all who auug. The congregation thcn loiuod
in singing the hymn beginning
Light UP thia house With glory, Lord,
Enter and oaim Thine own;
Recelye the Aonaage of our souls,
Erect Thy tcinplc-throne.
Tho Rev. 1lr. Do Dapssto road The eighty
fourth Psalm, aud tho Rev. 7. hl. Ellis, Of tho
Alichgnn Avenue Church, mado brlet address.
He congratulated tho CONGREGATION upon having.
amid trials md suflerngs, sncceeded IN erecting
80 neat and modest building. There was
spooial Significance in the littlo church moro
thAn It suggested. He would hay that the Hyde
Park Daptists today stood at tho SOURCE Of what
foi MI pNnH I1fcr1nrn IT, rvou narGn1u
weavYing to sit at the noNrce OF II spring ona
desired rather to be farther down the stream
wloro tho machinery WAS. But after all, tho
ono sitting at the source aud training tho caurao
Of the stream. was tue chief instrument in what
was accomplished. They wero sitting at tho
source of grace, mud directing itH course. Ho
again rojolced with them in tho SUCCESS they
had achieved, and reminded thom that tho
Christ it was to instruct them in the way to tho
cross, that the Gospel would save them.
Prof. A. n. Arnold delivered short address
on tho subject. ''This IL tho House Of God"
1Io nsked, What was tue naturo OF that witness
for God which that house enbodied3 10 answer,
ho said it waB tlrst necessary to know what God
was. Three passages in Scripture doioed God
to bo Spirit, Light; aud Love. Exponnding
third attribute. trcachlug was only valuable
when it awakened love for God in mans heart.
One drop Of lovo was moro precious than a
whole ocuan of knowledge. Thosa tAree Gle
nleute, 8b1ril Ithhe, anu lose; Inht 20 lncorp0r-
ated IN tho human character, and to do TINT was
tho mnin objoct Of tho ohristnn religion. Ilo
expressed the hope TINT Gods blessing would
descend upon thu, church, its pastor and people,
and trusted that Its value as witnoss for God
would be seen III tue number Of men it rendered
goalitfe.
4 hymn was then sung BY the congregation,
and the Rev. L. NJ. Woodruff, OF Elsin. after-
ward Bpolse. Ills ramArds were brief, aud In
tho course Of thom be referred to the Rev. Mr.
Ellis saying TINT the source or beginning OF
things MAS not pleasant; that pleasure Was to bo
lad onlv by pushing on. Now the Church was
family, and the speaker always understood that
tho beginnings Of families were oau4os Of groat
Joy. [Lnuglitcr.l He had boon at aIt. Vernon
latoly, alld ha saw lady and her two daughters
looking for WaahinPtou's tomb that thoy
might rovaraace il. They wandered about for
while, and finally pulled up at a curious-1ookng
building. Thny wept tll8ro oopiouBly. aud their
tears were mono tho less sincere, or mono tho