The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-11-01

in explanation OF the ueep emotion OF my
flock, we had there in that building 1G yenrs
thousand souls were born there. They came
from all parts of the earth, and we shall
never SEQ them again until the books are
opened. Why, sirs! our children
were there baptized, and at those
affairs our young men ind maidens took the
marriage vow, aud out of those gates We
carried our dead. When from the roof of my
house last Sunday morning ut 3 o'clock i
saw our church in flames. said: "Thnt in
the Inst of the building from which We buried
our De Witt on that cold December day when
it seemed all Brooklyn wept with my house.
hold. And it was just us hard for you to
give up your loved ones aa for US to give up
ours. Why, like the beautiful vines thut still
cover some of the fallen walls, our affections
nrs clambering all over the ruins and could
kiss the uslIes that mark the place where it
once stood. Why, now that think of it,
cannot think OF it rs an inunimate pile. but
MS q soul, q mighty soul, an in'lestructble
soul. am sure that 44jestic orgun had q
soul, for we have often heard it speak
the soul OF that organ entered heaven
] think Handel, and Hnyn, md Mo.
zart. and Mendeissolil. and Beethoven were
Mt tho gutes to welcome it. So | did not
use the words ofmy textin hcGrtless way,
) but in the sense that we must not and will
,
pulling diansters which have befnllen ~ We
will not turn inside On" 's,"i .:om our de.
termination T.. .. aIi We can for the present
ans usting happiness of nll the people
.!hom We may be able to meet. "None Of
these things move me. None Of these things
move you"
When ] looked out through the dismal
-ain from the roof Of my house and saw
the church Prpmbling brick by brick and
/ timber by timber, snil to myself: docs
this mem that my work in Brooklyn is
ended? Does this Terminals NY associntion
with this city. where have been more tlian
20 years glad in all its prosperities. und Sad
voice came TO me, voice that il no longer
still or small, but most emphatic and com
handing. through pressure ofhantl. nnd news.
paper column, and telegram, and letter, and
contributions. saying: $50 forward"
] have made and now make appeal to all
endom to help, and | will acknowledge tbs
recent of every contribution, great or small
with my own hand. We want to build larg.
er and better. We wauti il Il pationai church,
in which people of all cleeds and all nations
may find home. The contributions alpeady
sent in make II small lsnrted church forever
impossible Would not I've sorry specta.
Gle tor angels ind men II, 10 IL church built by
Israeites and Catholics, as well ~ al tho
styles of people commonly calledeyangslieAl,
should instead OF the banner of the Lord
UOd Almighty raise n fiuttering rag of small
sectarianism? II We had $500, 900 We would
put them I'll in one great monument to the
mercy of God. People nsk on all sides about
what we shuli build. answer, it depends
on the contributions scnt ip from here and
from all the ends OF the earth. say now to
all Tbs Buptists, that We shull llavs e
1t bartislery. l shy to all Episcopalians,
We shall have ~ our services as heretofore at
our communion table portionHo' the liturgy.
lsay to the Cutholics, We shall have n cross
say to the Aethodists, We mean 10 sing
there like the voices Of mighty thupderings:
Isay to all denominations We niean to
preach religion us wide az heaven and M
good az God We have said we had a totnl
loss. But there WINS one exception. The only
things we s;lyed we're tho silver communion
chalices, for they happened to be in another
We are TO I've in communion with al Christen.
dom, Il believe in the communion of suiatsl"
think. il all the Brooklyn Hrtmen ind oil
insurance companies should search among
those ruins on Schermerliorn street, they
would not find splinter large us the tip end
OF the little finger marked Will, bigotry. And
as it il snid the exhumed bricks of the walls
Of Babylon have on hem tho letter N, stand.
ing for Nel,uchat!nezznr. ldeclnre to you that
if we ever get II new cliurcl, the letter We
should like to have On every stona and every
imber would be the letter Z, for that would
stnBd both for Christ aud for Catholicity.
The last two gords uttered in the old church
on Friday night. sayne Of you may remember,
were "liaileluiah! Ame&"
The two words TINT uttered now as most
expressive Of my feelings in this our frat ser.
vice after the Baptism Of Fire IRE "Hallelu.
jnl;! Amcn'' 'None Of these things move
me-
We a,s kept in this mood by two or three
considerations. Tic first is, TINT God rules.
IN what way the cliufci. f,,ok fire ] do not
know. 1t has been charged Sn the light.
nings. Well, the Lord controls the light
Bings. he managed them several thousands
81 yearS before our electricions were born.
The Bible tgdicates that, though they fnsh
down the sky rsctlessly, God builds for them
u road to travGi.
IN the Psalms it is said: HHe made o way
for the lightning aad the thupder. Ever
since the time Of Bonjumip franklin the
world has been trying to tame the ljghtnings,
ond they seem to be quite well harnesssd,
but they occasionally kick over the traesa.
Eat though We cannot master great natural
forces. GSd con md does, and that God 10
our Father a.:., lest Friend. and this thought
give US confidence.
We are also reinforced W Il, increased
consolation that comes from cO.fraterA;t5 of
sorrow. The people who, during the last 10
years, sat on the other side OF the aisle,
whose faces wero familiar to you, but to
-Mh0m you had never spoken-you greeted
them this week with Smiles mud tears you
said: "WelD. the old pluee 70 gope." You
did not want to seem TO cry, and no Won
swept the sleeve near the corner OF ths
~, sad prstsnded it was the sharp Wind