Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-10-31

Jesus. think must have set that hight there g,
No: guess again. You say, my darling ~
he child that last summer put away TOT tne
resurrection, think she must have SET lhe
| lipht there In the window No; guess
again. Jesus set 1t there; and he WIZ keep !.
| burning until the day we put our IngeI on
| the latch of the door and go in TO De nome
forever. OH when my sight gets black In
death, put on my eyelids that sweet ointment.
| When In the last WEAKNESS i cannot take
another step, just help me put my loot On
that doorsil. When my ear catches no more
the voices Of wife and child, let me go righI
in TO have my deafness cured by the stroke
of the harpers whose fingers ny over ene
| strings with the anthems OF the free.
Heaven never burns down. The fires OF
the last day. that are already kindled in the
heart of the earth, but are hidden because
| God keeps down the hatehes-those INTERNAL
fires will after a while break through the
crust. and the plains, and the moihtains, ana
| the seas will be consumed, and the names
will fling their long arms into the skies; but
| all the terrors of burning world VIII DO no
| more harm to that heavenly temple than the
| fires Of the setting sun which kindle up the
window glass of the house on yonder hili
top. oh, blessed land But do not want
to 90 there until see the Brooklyn Taber-
nacle rebuilt. You say, "Will It be| fou
might as well ask me IL the sun will rise to-
put garIands on its head. You and l may
not do it-you and may not live to see 1t;
but the Church of God does not stand on
two legs nor on thousand legs.
How did the Israelites get through the Red
sea? l suppose somebody may have come
and said: "There is no need OF trying; you
will get your feet wet; you will spoil your
clothes; you will drown yourselves. Who
ever heard Of getting through such a sea as
thatr How did they get through 1t? Did
they go back, No. Did they 20 to the
righti No. Did they 60 to the left? No.
They went forward In the strength OF the
Lord Almighty; and that is the way we
mean IT, get through the Red sea. BY going
forward. But says some one: "1f we
should build q larger church, would you be
able with your voice TO fillitp Why, have
been wearing myself out for the last sixteen
years trying to keep my voice in. Give me
room where | can preach the glories OF
Christ and the grandeurs OF heaven.
Forward We have to march on, break
ing down all bridges behind us, making re-
treat impossible. Throw away your KNAPP
sack il il impedes your march. Keep your
sword arm free. Strike for Christ and His
kingdom while you may. No people ever
had better mission than you are sent on.
Prove yourselves worthy. III / am not fit to
be your leader, set me aside. The brightest
goal on earth that can think OF is country
parsonage hinluhL tnt nOunLtlnhs Dut aAu
not afraid 10 lead you. have some dollars;
they are at your disposal. / have good ply
steal health; il is yours as long as II lasts.
have enthusiasm Of soul; will not keep IL
back from your service. ! have some faith
in God, and shall direct 1t toward the re-
building Of our new spiritual house. Come |
on, then. | will lead you.
Come on, We aged men, not yet passed over |
Jordan! Give us one more lift before you 90 |
into the promised land. You men in middle |
life, harness all your business faculties to |
this enterprise. Young man. put the fire of /
your soul into this work. Let women conse- |
crate their persuasiveness and persstency to |
this cause, and they will be preparing bene-
dictions for their dying hour and everlasting /
rewards; and II Satan really did burn that
down, as some people say he did,
be will find it the poorest job he ever under
took.
Good-by, old Tabernacle. put my fingers
10 my lip and throw kiss to the departed
church. In the last day, may we be able TO
meet the songs there sung, and the prayers
here offered, and the sermons there preached.
iood-by, old place, where some of us first
elt the Gospel peace, and others heard the
asst message ere they fed away into the skies
iood-by, Brooklyn Tabernacle Of 1871 But
Welcome our new church. Il see il as plainly
IS though il was already builtD Your gates
wider, your songs more triumphant, your in
gatherings more glorious. Rise out OF the
shes and greet our waiting yision Burst
N our souls, oh day of our church's resur-
ection! BY your affairs may we be prepared
or the hour when the fire shall try every
mans work Of what sort II Is. Welcome,
BROOKLYN Tabernacle of 1901