The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-04-06

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following words.
"Ihe glory OF this latter house shall be great
er than that OF the former saith the Lord OF
hosts, and in this place will give peace saith
'he LORD Of hosts."-Haggai, 20.
ABSTRACT OF THE SERMON
=, II was the eye of the prophet that saw
the greater glory of the second temple
winch consisted not in the beauty Of the
workmanship, nor the greatness OF the
structure, but of that good work which
should go from it.
choose these words because they may
meet our case. We come back from our
temporary absence to this, our beautiful
and improved sanctuary, whose walls have
90 often redounded with the voice of those
who were dear to us, and one who minis
tered to this people for years has passed
out from among us and now is ministering
with saints above.
1t Is right for us that this day should
mark an epoch in the history of our church.
We may claim those words, for 1t is an
object of love for us, and ''the glory of the
latter house shall be greater than the for
mer
What shall be the manifestations to show
that There must be greater manifcs-
tation OF that spirit of love and holiness
among those who are bound together to do
the Masters work, which is the raising of
persons to Christ. How then shall the
Masters work be carried on?
|. Because being divine, and not human,
it must be carried on by divine help. The
prince may bnild his chapel in his palace,
and call in his attendants and although
there may be much to admire in the beauty
and splcndor of art, yet if it has none of
the spirit of God, and no inspiration at
tends it, it goes for naught, because this is
all mans work.
The church is for the people, and Gods
instrument is the devotion of His children,
and they cannot adopt their own method
and faith and call themselves church;
nothing can embody that save the salvation
of souls and the sending of His gospel to
the heather. The day is coming when
these churches will be free to all, and it is
now true that to the house of God all are
welcome, and we say to all, this is for you,
and to 1t we bid you welcome, and say to
none stand here or stand there, and let no
one remain away from it because he has
not helped build or does not help maintain
it. The gospel is free, and will you blind
your eyes and condemn yourself by re-
manning away?
III. ITO make the most perfect display
of the character of Christ"
The church as a church must be unin-
peachably pure, and while it places the ten
commandments upon its walls, must not
have lotteries or gambling ut lis fairs nor
bring discredt upon itself by its promises
to pay VIII ch will not be fulfilled, thereby
bringing discrcdit upon itself. Dcniance
is the first character of a Christian church.
Some churches make their pretenslons to
only live to grow, and as this sentiment be-
comes known they lose their christian
force and influence, therefore the true
spirit of Christs church is to grow and in
crease in the strength of Christ and this
should be the proper object of every chris
tian church.
The power of the Church depends upon
the purity and earnestDess of the christian
character.
Paul, the first great preacher of men
spoke the key note to this when he stood
before Agrippa making his defense, a man
who saw in Jesus of Nazareth n master
worth living for, worth dying for, and
when is seen in our lives greater sympathy,
greater love for each other, greater firm
ness in time of adversely, then shall we
gain in numbers.
The best proof of Cbrists resurrection is
the exhibition of his resurrection, and
dihst thCNN UiOOlSy lhOlllt tuC great tut-
my to Christians, could not stand. No
better day than this could be taken than to
give some of the first fruits of our church.
A day set apart and celebrated by religious
Nt'fsrE9rcssS eng. singing Of anthems, and
Let us therefore insure OURSELVES richer
future and greater success BY making this
Christian character ours, when through the
state is corruption and some of our first
mon heinz 'toipfpI With II ex,tI, IN,
certain sense our people arc without help,
then the church is the help of the
nation, aud when vice Is sappng
the very heart-strings of the nation
where else can we look for relief save to
the church, and although we are tainted
with the word, the church is the abode of
the most high. Here let us erect standards
of justice and holiness, let not our I'M
worthness blind us to the fact that we are
to be the instrumentalities to draw men
higher. AS we love men who are diving by
our side let us rise TO our work and under
the shield of our almighty rescue them.
Five years ago to-day began to preach
Christ 70 you. Never did realize the re-
sponsibility resting upon me SO greatly, for
the work consists wholly in holding up
Christ who is the way, the truth, and the
life. The aim we have in view is not to
raise men to worldly distinction but to
make them Christlike. Then | give you
my hand, this day we celebrate and renew
my purpose to teach Christ, and l beg of
you rs you hope for the love of Christ in
your homes, and the spirit of God in this
church to give meyour hearty cooperation.
The exercises were closed by singing
hymn $3.50,
"All hail the power OF Jesus name"
in which the congregation Joined, after
which the bencdiction was pronounced by
the pastor.
TIE CHOIR.
Sopranos Mrs. Geo A. Mietzke, Miss
Ella Olmstead.
Al tos-Miss Clara Ruggles, Miss Fanny
Eastman.
Tenors-Mr. Henry Bailey, Mr. c, A.
Parkhurst
Bassos-C0l, Aldacc Walker, Mr.. o. w.
Currier.
Geo. A. Mieizkc, organst and director
OF music.
THE ORGAN.
The organ was built in 1860 by Nlessrs. |
Il, ~ e. G.. Hook of Boston, and has never |
been tuned or repaired, showing the spen- |
did workmanship of the builders. But we |
live in time when progress is made in all |
branches of industry and so in organ build
ing. The magnificent music hall organ in
Boston has furnished a model to many
builders, and they have not been slow to
initiate and improve, giving more variety
to the different registers of the organ. The
trouble with the organ in the church has
been the sameness of quality and disagree
lDleness OF tone of some stops, this has
been changed entirely by ''voicng," very
aborlous process, but which has been sue
accomplished by Mr.. N. L. Bach,
IN experienced tuner, who spent week
working till nearly eleven O'clock every
light. A new stop, the trumpet" has
'een added making the organ very
powerful; with this addition, the organ
sounds like new instrument. A variety
If effects can be produced wb::ch were for
merry impossible, But one of the great
improvements is the extension of the key
)Oard. 1.-THE work heinz done nv Mr. u II