National Republican., 1875-12-06

| 4 dream. In this tenpiu-crouned enIence you
| hsye gathered. and now behold the fulhlimsnt
St stirred red your bosom ike that which hailed the
| welcome sea- ! bshold It in these kindilng
The hailoWed arches hung responsive to yoar r
solemn song. Were TO follow the tradi-
tioDs Of the occasion would recount the sacrices
eulogize the founders and builders Of this church
But while these walls stand what need Of lauda-
The Itself eg
| In words heeting az the wind, but
IN PKRPErUAL'NARBLE.
1t rises on this eminence, and at once before the
city and AL time i unfolds its massive argument
dullest ear. 1t will speak right on, and tell dis
tant generations Of the men, women and children
aid there are but two strong Of he
forgetfulness Of men-poetry and srchiteeture-
| and the day Is coming when We shall confess We
fragments OF her sculpture than ever from her
sweet singers and soldier historians.
,od1 ~ dnicn pears your names is ln me Gus %
| temples ponderous weight stands sentinel over
II, not more securely is Il guarded than does the
Itspeaks not for to day, but for all time. oh,
VINO can tell what strange audtencessit Will sd-
what changes and convuIsions It win calmly utter
Its commanding voice! Poetry and architecture
are the only strong conquerors of the forgetful-
| age, becomes poetry, and its eloquence song.
May not repeat the wards: Such q costly pile
sUc DEEDS ePie SDsns
and peoples. 1t celebrates, not the shock OF
tending hosts over trembling plains, but the VIC
erous virtue over greed and avarice and the earth
at the chariot wheels Of Achilles, but Of selfish
ness slaughtered and torn, and dragged In the dust,
while selfdenisl urges on the chariot, invinci.
clustering arch and foliaied capital, It bursts
forth in lyric strains Sing ye TO the Lord, for he
window it chants its plalntive requiem over some
chosen warrfor-the beauty Of Israel fallen In
the midst Of battle. Thus, men, women and
and speaks Of you. You need no words Of eulogy
hrst entrance into Gods house We should speak,
not OF man, but Of God. We should ask what
Coos sanctuary says Of himself God, our
guage was, mot unto US, but unto thy name.n
Oh. know that some earth-born motives have
bsckcned you to the work, but beyond and them
al, gliding them as the sun gilds the evening
clouds, there has stood
THE VISION OF cRUcIFIx
and ascended Saviour and offering your selEdeny-
ing gift as the martyr stephen offered his spirit,
oh! may be receive our gift. They crowned him
with thorns and nailed him to the cross, and
hailed him, in derision, one Jesus. We would
temple, built to hiEname, We have builded this
house for his habitation and the shrine has taken
shape nom the glorious being who condescends
His majesty and mercy have guided you as you
chose the enduring materials, and the majestic
proportions and the costly fabrics for his sanctu
sry. Every Christian Church should be arevela-
ton to the eye of what man knows Of God; should
tsks what man knows Of God and Of Gods att.
world. Its language should be, "Whom ye wor-
| ship him declare unto you." It should be an
nissiOned to opreach to men. Let US, then. inquire
/ what should perfect Christian Church tell man
SuiIIS this his once. 'e VIVA, should sburcS Ia SuIt
under the reign Of Christ proclaim Of God, our
II is astonishing with what vagueness this
| question has been answered In the thoughts of
man and in the temples which they have reared
siUng .n1 .b., .S aoH oi.en @ & ma
and the costly stones 70 be piled in the same
| form and robed In the same color, whether the
sanctuary be built to the God Of Love revealed
to the Christian or to the unknown God Of Heath
enism. How often on such an occasion as this has
the temple which enshrined God, as revealed In
the Old Testament, thought its sanctuary was
cursed with Guccessive evils and It's courts reeked
with the blood of sacrifices. How often has It been
church which breaches a new and better covenant.
II is true there are certain attributes of diety
ahieh must shape every temple, which would
and majesty and boundless wealth must speak 10
the enduring Material the clustering fabrics, the
sublime proportions. But
THE VOCAL FAME
should declare, too, what Is Gods attitude to
man, whether these strong attributes are ar
rayed against him or for him; whether they
must fown upon him IN Mrathiul forms and hues,
claims with clarion voice the White-robed en-
rugged law delivered at Sinai ana crystaiized in
Solomon's temple. fe are not come to Mount
Sinai; Sinai; ys y are come to Mount Zion; Ayayning
still more divided by the terrors and limitations
which wreathe the one and the other. The one
and let darkness envelopes It, and is made more
visible by the lurid flames which roll and burst
at the mandate of . rushing tempest: Above the
roaring of the flames, above the shriekng of the
tempest, the voice OF trumpet WAKES louder and
louder, and as the people already shake With
terror, the ground beneath them heaves.
What wonder that the Mediator himself is ap-
pallec and the hero who had braved an angry sea
and sngry kings and peoples exclaimed. al ex-
sss spo.sls. ye On Uhrssns are not came; Se are
come 70 another mount. The fire. the blscknsss,
are gone, and : city sparkles on its summit The
mount is the Mount Zion, and the city the heaT.
enly Jerusalem, and the light which shines in IL
borroWs its lustre from Heaven. An innumsrabie
multitude inhabit this city, which, lifted heaven
ward, sees the tenants Of Heaven and earth min
and spirits Of Just men made perfect, and the
Church Of the first born. whose names are written
IN nj Hs.vs5 but Wig sti walk ne earth the son.
Judge Of ALL But behold between him and
rail man stands Jesus, the Mediator OF the new
expect TO hear the wall Of the tempest, bat the
blast Of the trumpet.
But have these angels no voices and the re-
Yes, this B the Church, both militant and tri-
umphant, on which you are marching. The
cast sons Of men; and the voice which floats above
the homes Of that beautiful city, above the
nOs.snas Of s elssIol citizens voice that
ling, the precious blood of Christ which speaketh
6etIer things than the vengeance cry Of Abels
blood: And peace through the blood Of Jesus
Christ; peace on earth, good will towards men; q
Church built under the
REIGN OF CHRIST
should proclaim from turret to foundation stone.
should CLEAN with Joy asd gisdness. and sorrow
end signing should never ven the temple built
ana ihe temple Of the Old Tr".ament eham n
yawns as wide as that which, in the apostle vision
parted the mount Of terror from the mount Of
der If its temple expressed GODS rown upcu IN
mercy seat ali but high priests, and snotSer Al
but priests, and another barrier ali but the men
Of Israel, while another All but tRe children Of
bulloeks and goats was every day reddening the
courts Of the sanctuary.
But Christ has rent the vail Of the temple, and
the Mediator touches every penitert win his
pierced and loving hand. He has driven away
the bleating sacriness from the courts Of his sanc
-
is the one sacrinee, who forever has made peace
for the sons OF men. The controlling service Of
the JeWteh temple was TO propttfate the Deity; OF
the Christian Church TO proclaim God propitisted
The nrst represented man seeking God: the sec
ond God seeking man. The nrst sought peace:
the second dispenses peace already attained.
Peace II must proclaim through IT'S p1Ipit-peace
through It's diyinely appointed sacraments You
come font and the holy table not TO prop.tiate
Christ but 70 receive the pardon, the divine life
whie have been already purchased and are ready
20 DO tyen 70 the penitent believer. To proclaim
the Risd tidinKs of peace Is the very mission OF
this church. 10 this II owes its being. It stands
here as the herald Of Christ-as q white.rpbed
peace through Chr1st from the cause OF the law:
peace TO the troubled conscience; peace 10 the
soul tossed with tempest and not comforted:
peace 10 the surRtng, restless, struggling world
that through coming years and centuries will
ehafe and fret In the Capitals tLrbld Life. Stand
ing here as witness Of Gods love 70 man; 70
proclaim that God fs reconciled 70 man. and 10
pray man 10 be reconciled 70 God; beckoning TO
rs as an
ENVOY OF AMNESTY
ard eternal peace, what . monstrous contradIc-
ticD, II we bad draped Il In saekcloth and robed
II In mourning; IL 1t had froWnsd upon the city
10 some black, eomore exterior. and shaken over
II the rod Of terrible and exaspsrsted Deity: n
no whisper Of che glad salvation It breaches had
hoated from its walls. Il IS true that we have
sought 70 give expression here to those attributes
which must preside In every sanctuary Of the
Most High, and which grid with strength the
salvation We proclaim. In the enduring marble
quarried from the stone house, where IN the
noary ages past Il was laid up By the eternal