New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-25
REsUM1YG SERV1CES IN A CHURCH.

The Church of the Incarnation, In Madison
ave. near Thirty nftbst., was formally reOpened yes
terday with full religious services. the church was
occuned for the first time since the building was
injured by fire. The attendance was large and mem
bers OF the congregation congratulated one another on
rho enlarged and attractive audience The rector
The Rev Arthur Brooks preached the new structure
taking his text from Psalms ex1i, was glad when
they said unto me- Let 30 into the house oil the
Lord" He said in substance
This text will always have anew meaning to u.s. what
the Iraeljte felt when he went to Jerusalem TO enter
the Temple we feel today 1t is not the decorations Of
this building but the place Itself that we love. Around
it is gathered all that is best in nature. 1t has
character OF It's leading us to earnestness III our
work and to sympathy with our fellow men Other In
teress appeal in various ways our interest," too,
nxes upon feelings The desire for peace and calm,
the attraction ofmuual sympathy and oVea the things
OF which business takes no account Nothing
but family life and the ties OF honor kindred TO our
interest here As gather in the home circle, our
Father invites to gather here around His footsoo
The richest aroma OF all our life is treasured In religion
We may sing Of title TO mansions in the skies yet we
learn to value The mansions which religion gives US
here As our experience shows IN strange places
meeting these ties OF religious association have afford
ed us comfort. They tell to-day that
do not like TO 90 to church. The best answer
to that is feelings toimagine ourselves stripped
Of these associations to think how ourselves
ha ye been deprived them in calamity There
born IN us wishes and desires which God alone
satisfy sympathizlng saviour meets us here, and
we find what we can never find in any other place
We have come here with enlarged building and
prospect OF improved appointments What is 1t all for
That we may do work Anything that helps
us forward in duty Is for congratulatiOn.
All that do for church is Iu OF pleasure and
spOnsibly We have 1ow better appreciation or the
funct o: new church. The prosperity or tue lovers
Jerusalem Increase a Jealous spirit, and
in fxver N upW ia
TO do. This house is not ours, but Code; II Is
aud 10 the benefit OF the Gospels
70 tell strangers "there Ia place where you can find
home" The discussion OF legal rights is nothing com
pared the rlgntdOmg or our own hearts. Our owner
snip gives us no right 10 shut up promises OF God
anu peace or religion, but we must say to all men
'Come join US" In all spheres OF life sympathy is
can appreciate this. As we remember the oilers
OF hospitality which we received In our
precatc value OF religion and keep closer 20 Christ
in our services in Temple Enanu-El we felt
that sympathy which existed between the Jews and
Apostles before Misunderstanding separated them, ana
we have learned OF the movement OF religion with
others And last gain lessons 10 one OF the
objects of life To gather calamity
NAV obyiato the .need OF getting them from personal
experience. Who're the need OF patience better Illus
trated tnan IN our e1pernce what we have felt here
opened he need VI greater faith.
Because the prophes lived In tunes OF trouble We have
our glorious Advent TO read after year Because
Apostles suffered, they looked forward to the olty
whose founder builder Is God The processes of our
training will not be different from those OF our fathers
We are the Church to-day, and as We are faithful 1t VIII
What feel today, solomon ana Ezra felt
when they entered into their Temples In Jerusalem. We
do not separate the past OF sucn building as this
when enIer the new structure AroInd us are the
the devotion or those by whose ed
the5e walls first raised As God out Of the cradle
in Bethlehem brought tue hand tnat was to RUE the
Kingdom COME from all the vlclssitudes or those
who trust Him He viii snow the path that leads to the
building up OF HIS cause.