The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-11-02
THE NEW TABERNACLE.
DR.: Talmage Breaks Ground for His
Third Church.
A Brief, Beautiful Address-Lcssons OF
the Occasion-Now ON the Border.
It win soon Be in the Centre
OF BrOoklyn-GIOWth OF
Gods Work.
Especial to the Tines-Dsmocrat.]

place the breaking ground ceremony
of the new Brooklyn Tabernacle on
Clinton street, one Of tho most beautt-
full streets tn America. Crowds gath
cred in and around the yard where the
ceremony was observed, aud neigh
boring pastors took part In the servi-
ces. The Rev, II. Dewitt Talmaee,
D. d.. made the following address:
s.That begins right which begins
with God. Thst begins wrong which |
begins without Him. From first cut
Of spade to last ring of trowel, from
deepest foundation stone to highest
pinnacle, from this hour when stand
Ing under the cloudy rafters, and amid
the jllunsined walls of Gods first tens
ple-the world, to the hour when the
people shall gather for dedication ser
vice under the roof of the new Brook
lvn Tabernacle, we want to put all
under tho Divine direction. sln the
beginning" says the opening passage
OF the best Of books, as though to Inn
press all ages that we ought to look
well to the Genesis of every tmpor-
tant work.
In the beginning of life, In the s0e-
ginning of families, In the beginning
of nations. in the beginning OF
churches. They who wait until the
corner stone of church ls laid walt
until the church architecture ts liked,
and The designs are determined aud
the employees engaged, and TO ASK
God to decide things then would oe 10
ask a miracle, That may be the rea-
son why so many auditoriums are
defiance of acoustics, aud SO many
buildings are cold aud unsympa'
thetic.
God could not answer the belated
prayers and make the church what II
ought to be without demolition OF all
that had been done. 1t Is useless to
ask the Lord to make the church
blessing to the people, 1t already lack
of ventilation has decreed asphyxta,
and disturbing echos are waiting Ia the
new corridors ready to spring out upon
sermon and psalm, and the modes OF
ingress and egress are a provocation.
In the beginning, aud while yet no
architectural plans are adopted, and no
craftsmen are engaged, and all is yet
undetermined, let US implore divine
guidance.
Rrooklyn Tabernacle now moves on.
Like the Israelites of old we are led by
La pillar of fire by night, and remem'
her that pillar conducted them to the
promised land. We put our church
here because it is as near as we can ge'
to the center of our congregation. we
were central when we planted our for
oer church where 1t was, but Brook
(lvn has moved on and moved up and
moved out, and so great and granc
are the prospects of our beloved city
that the church now on the utmos
citv limits will be far this side OF thu
center. and the tides of municipal lii
will meet the incoming tides OF ocean
We also plant our new church here
because It is a street of gardens ant
nmhrageous trees. The only time tha
God is represented as having walked
on earth at all, he is said to haV
walked sin the garden in the cool
the day." The world started with
Garden and will close with a garden
All up and down the Bible the churc
ia compared to garden. In the gar
dem of Gethsemane Christ wept, an
he appeared to Mary Magdalen in ih
costume of a gardener, and our Lord
, tomb was in the garden OF Joseph Al
mathea. What more appropriat
Mace could we find for our church tha
. street of gardens?
y AS we break the ground to-day for
. new church let me state what th
church will stand for: Evangelism
). liberty of conscience, Christian patr
otism. charity, righteousness towar
God and honesty toward man. Ma
:. II be a great place for the cure
R heartaches! May its windows look IL
ito the next world as well as this
Nav all the children baptized here b
come the sons and daughters OF Il
Lord Almighty May all the marit;
oaths taken at these altars be kept VI
\ til death does them part! May The
J., be a revival of pure religion he
which shall roll on without interru
tion until Christ descends through q
5, wide opening heavens! May the Lo
of Araham, and Isaac, and Jacob, al
Joshus, and Paul, and John Kno
. and John W esley, aud Hugh Latim'
n and Bishop Mc1lvaipe, take posse
IL sion of this ground and all that sh
n be built upon it!
= We have but one regret in breaki
ground on this spot, and that is, II
this Beautiful tree on my left must
D cut down to make room. The Il
On seems sad its, leaves are little tren
NJ lous, and there are voices within
III which become recitative, sayii
uWood man, spare that tree ~ WI
America greatly needs to-day is
~ -, more trees cut down, but more tr
IA planted. He who needlessly slay:
raj t.oo 10 an oeSassip The kingdom