Telegram-herald., 1889-10-21

BzooxLYs. Oct. 3o.-Ths Rev. T. De Wit
raluage, D D. preached at the Academy q
N1slc this morning. Lls fFst sermon after ths
iastr1cIlon = tie ezlyu IabeTnacls y
lre. H.s audiences was ~ vast SIZE, and pub
Dc interest was aoraLnaTy. Tbs opening
syEln vas.
God moves 10 mysterious wzy
HIS Wo1ders u perform
He planls hls footsteps ~ ne SEA
AMI rides uplu the storm
Dr. Talmages subject vas The Baptism q
FIRE and be took as bis text Acts IL, "a
None q these things move me" lie said
NOT CAST DOWN
Bot, Paul, have you not enough affection
10 move yoai Ars you not al exile from
FouF native landi With tie most genial and
owing nature have you not in order 70 TO
Tree Tor missionary journeys given yourself
10 cehoacyI Have you not turned away
from tho magnificent worldly successes that
woGld have crowned your lllustrious geniusi
Have you not endured the sharp aud sting
ng neuralg.as Ike thorn in the heshi
Have You rot been mobbed on the land and
shipwrecked On the sea, the Sanhedrim
against you, the Roman government against
you, ali the world and al he'll against youi
"What OF tharF says Paul None Of these
things move men IL was not because he
was hard nature. Gentlest woman was
never more easily dissolved into tears lie
could not even bear TO see anybody cry, for
in the midst Of his sermon when he saw some
one weeping her sobs aloud, What mean We
TO weep and 70 break mine hearti for | an
ready not % be found only, bot also 70 die at
Of
What, then, did Paul mean when be said:
None OF these things move meF He meant:
'Iwlll not be diverted from tho work 70 which
have been called By any and AL the adver-
sites and calamitiesw
think this morning express not only my
own feelings but that OF every man, woman
and little child belonging to Brooklyn Taber-
naclo, or that was converted there, or com
.orted there, or blessed there, when look to-
ward the blackaned ruins Of the dear and
,onsecrated spot, and with an aroused faith
in a loving God, cry out: None Of these
things move mel"
When l say that, do not mean that we
have no feeling about it. Instead Of standing
here today in this brilliant auditorium, it
would be more consonant with my feelings
10 sit down among the ruins and weep at the
L
lem, let my right hand forget her cunning!"
Why. let me say to tho strangers here today
IN explanation Of the deep emotion Of my
aock. We had there in that building sixteen
years Of religious revival. | believe that a
hundred thousand souls were born there.
They came from all parts of tho earth, and
we shall never see them again until the
books are oparcL Why, sirs! our children
e..
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
Sunday morning at 3 o'clock | saw our
church in flames, | said: THAT Is the last 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 as hard for You to
give up Your loved ones as for Us 10 give up
ours. Why, Ike the beautiful vines that still
cover some Of the fallen walls, our affections
are clambering all over the ruins. and |
could kiss the ashes that mark the place
where it once stood Why, now that /
think OF it, l cannot think of it rs
an inaninate pile; but rs a soul q mighty
soul, an indestructible soul ! am sure that
majestic organ had a soul, for we have often
and when the soul of that organ entered
heaven think Handel and Haydn, and No
Eart ard Merdelssohn, and Beethoven were at
the gates 70 welcome it. 50 | do not use the
words Of my text in a heartless way, but in
the sense that we must not and will not be
diverted from our work by the appalling dis
nsters which have befallen us. We will not
turn aside one inch from our determination
to do all we can for the present and everlast-
ing happiness of al the people whom we may
be able to meet None OF these things move
mel None of these things move you'll"
When l looked out through tho dismal
rain from the roof of my house and saw the
church crumbling brick by brick and timber
BY timber, l said to myself: Does this mean
that my work in Brooklyn is erdedl Does
this terminate my association with this city,
where have been moro than twenty years
glad in all its properties and sad in oil its
misfortunesi And a still, small voice came
10 me. a voice that il no longer still or small,
but most emphatic and commanding through
pressure Of hand and newspaper column and
telegram and letter and contributions, saying
"Cfo forward.'
~ APPEAL FOR AID.
/ have made aud now make appeal 70 all
Christendom 70 help uA We want all Chris
tardor,, ~ helm and I will aclznowledVe tha