The Penn's Grove record., 1889-11-02
REV. DIR.
The Brooklyn Divlne's Sum
day Sermon.
SUBJECT. .rhe Baptism of Fire"

~ &0H 4AAl2k1 Os O.s
preached ct the Brooklyn Academy Of MI.
sin his first sermon after the destruction Of
the Brooklyn Tabernacle by fro. His au-
dience was Of vast siza and public interest,"
was extraordinary. Tbs opening hymn war
God move. IN 9 mystsrious way
az wcndsrs % Pe1fofm-
Ard rides upon he Storm
DR.. Talmagss subject was .The Baptism
Of Fra and he said:
But. Paul have you not enough affection
sS mI nssa ysd iandi w XHS the boz most s1 genie esni.i fs sna
loving nature, have you not in order to be
free for missionary Journeys given yourself
to cslibacyf Have you not turned away
from the magnificent worldly successes that
would have crowned your illustrious geniuss
Have you not endured the sharp and singing
~neuralgiss, like q thorn in the aeshi Have
you not been mobbed on the land, and ship
wrecked on the sea; the sanhedrim against
you, the Roman Government against you, all
the world and all hell against youf
'What Of thatf' a y Paul. sNone of
these things move mer II was not becatse
he was a hard nature. Gentlest woman was
never more easily dissolved into teara He
could not even bear TO zee anybody cry, for
in the midst Of his sermon when he saw some
one weeping her sobs aloud, what mean ye
to weep and to break mine hearth for / am
ready not to be bound only, but also to die at
Jerusalem for the name Of the Lord Jesus"
What then did PAU mean when he said,
None Of these things move NOR BE meant,
i will not be diverted from the work to
which | have been called by any and all the
Universities and calamities."
/ think this morning ! express not only my
own feelings but that of every man, woman
and little child belonging to the Brooklyn
| Tabernacle, or that wa converted there, or
Tcornforted there, or blessed there, when I look
| tnxr~ M thH h1anya.nA r.xfxr - A. I1~~.-I
consecrated spot and with m aroused faith
in a loving God. cry out: None Of these
things move me-"
When l say that, I do not mean that we
have no feeling about 1t. Instead of stand
ing here to-day In this brilliant auditorium,
: would be more consonant with my feelings
o sit down among the ruins and weep at the
words Of David: aIf I forget thee, o Jerusa-
Iem, let my right hand forget her cunning"
Why, let me say to the strangers here to-day
in explanation of the deep emotion of my
lock, we had there in that building sixteen
years of religious revival. I believe that .
hundred thousand souls were born there.
they came from all parts Of the earth and
we shall never see them again until the books
IRE opened. Why, sirsi our children were
here baptized, and at those affairs our young
men and maidens took the marriage vow,
and out OF those gates we carried our dead.
When from the roof of my house last Sum-
lay morning at 8 O'Clock 1 saw our church in
flames, ] said: THAT Is the last Of the build
ing from which we buried our De witt on
hat cold December day when 1t seemed
al Brooklyn wept with my household"
And it was just as hard for you to
1--WE up your loved ones as for us to give
Up ours. Why, like the beautiful vines
hat still cover some Of the fallen walls,
,ver the ruins, and I could kiss the
shes that mark the place where II
oncs stood. Why, now that I think of
t. ! cannot think of II as an inanimate
,ile, but a. q soul, q mighty soui, ar
ndestructible soul I I'M sure that majestic
rgan had a soul, for we nave often heard II
peak and sing and shout and wall, and when
Fhe soul Of that organ entered heaven / think
Iandel, and Haydn, and Mozart, and Mem
ielssohn, and Beethoven were ut the gates to
welcome it So I do not use the words of my
text in a heartless way, but in the sense that
We must not and will not b diverted from
our work by the appalling disasters which
have befallen US. We will not turn aside one
inch from our determination to do all we can
for the present and everlasting happiness Of
all the people whom we may be able to meet.
None Of these things NOV me. None Of
these things move YOU"
When Hooked out through the dismal rain
rom the roof Of my house and saw the
huIch cruTbling brick By brick and timber
l y 1AnAVCAs ! ~ W u4yUokks 0O1 tu11 ukcntl
hat my work in Brooklyn q endedf Does
his terminate my association with this city,
yhere ] have been more than twenty years
| lad in all its prosperities, and sad In al its
nisfortunesr' And q still mail voice came
o me, . voice that Is NJ longer still or small
out most emphatic and commanding, through
pressure Of hand, and newspaper column. and
telegram and letter, and Contributions say
ing: Go forwardr
l have made and l now make appeal to all
| Hhristendom to help us. We want all Chris
-endom TO help, and I will acknowledge the
eceipt Of every contribution, great or small,
With my Own hand. W. want to build
hurch, in which people of all cresds and all
,ations may find a home. The contributions
,lready sent in make a small hearted church
orever impossible. Would not I be q sorry
pectacle for angels and men Il, In . church
,uilt by IsrAelites md Catholics, Is well as
u the styles Of people commonly called evan.
| elical I should, instead Of the banner Of the
ord God Almighty, raise q luttering rag of
nall sectarianismf II we had three hundred
lousand dollars We would put them all Ia
,e great monument to the mercy Of God.
People AK IN al sides about what We shall
build. ! answeE, it all depends IN the contri
buttons sent In from here and from The ends
that we shall havein Il Q baptistary. 1sayto
all E~piscopalians we shall have In our srvices
as heretofore at our communion tah1s por.
tons Of the Liturgy. lay 70 the Catholics
we shall have . cross over tho pulpit and
probably on the tower. I say 70 the Hstho-
lists We mean to sing there liza the voices
OF mighty thundsringh lay toall dencmi-
nations We mean to preach . religion Is
wide a. heaven and ~ good - God We
have said we had q total loss. But here was
one exception. The only thlngs We saved
we're the silver communion chaLlcest for theL
happened to DO in another building, and !
take that fact a. typical that Ne are 70 be
IN communion with all Christendom- II Do
lfeve in the communion Of satnt8F
! think, II all the Brooklyn flremen and all
Insurance companies should search among
those ruins on Schermerhorn street, they
would not f1nd . splinter large as the tip end
Of the little finger marked with bigotry. And
as it Is said hat the exhumed bricks OF tbs
walls Of Babylon have on them the letter y,
standing for Nebuchadnezzar, l declare TO
you that II W. ever get a now church the let
ter We should like to have on every stone
and every timber would be the letter
@, for that would stand both for Christ and
Catholicity. The last two words l uttered in
the old church ON Friday night, some Of you
The two words that I utter now as most
expressive of my feelings in this our first ser
vice after tho Baptism OF Fire. are Halle
nlani Ameni None Of these things move
/ MAJ
VIZ are kept In this mood by two or three
considerations The first IL that God rules,
In what way the church took Ere ! do not
know. IL has been charged on the light
ningz. Well, the Lord controls the light
nings. BE managed them several Thousands
Of years before cur electricians were born
The Bible indicates that, though they flash
down the sky r~eckleniy, God builds for then
. road 10 travel.
In the Palms II 4 said: 'He made a way
for the lightning and thunder Ever since
the time Of Benjamin Franklin the world ha,
been trying 10 tams the lightnings. and they
seam to DO quite well harnessed, but they
occasionally kick over the traces. Blu
though We cannot master great natura
forces, God az and does and that God 4
our Father and best Friend, and this though
gives Us confidence
We arc also reinforced by the Increase
consolation that comes from fraternity o
sorrow. The people who, during the last az
teen years. sat on the other side Of the aisle
whose faces were familiar to you. but b
l whom you had never spoken you greets
Essrzs$bia Msshr with Smiles and tears as 70
(ZTei, the old place Is gone" Yo'
-up<Se want TO seem to cry. and 50 you swep
<6l lave near the corner OF the eye an
preeendsd II was the sharp wind mad