Milford chronicle., 1891-05-01

Oh the sweet JOY TINS sentence gives
know that my Redeemer lives.
EVERY DENOMINATION HAS CONTRIBUTED.
Blessed be his glorious name forever
Again. if any one asks the question of the
text. "What mean We by these stonesg" the
reply is we mean the communion of
saints. Do YOU know that there is not a
single denomination of Christians in Brook
Ivn that has not contributed something to-
ward the building of this house? And if
ever. standing in this place, there shall be
a man who shall try by anything he says
to stir up bitterness between different de-
nominations of Christians, may his tongue
falter. and his cheek blanch, and his heart
stopi NY friends, if there is any church
on earth where there is a mingling of all
denominations it is our church. l just
wish that John Calvin and Arminius, If
they were not too busy, would come out on
the battlements and $50 Us.
Sometimes in our prayer meetings have
heard brethren use the phrases of beau
tiful liturgy, and we know where they
come from; and in the same prayer meet
ings have heard brethren make audible
ejaculation, "Amen" praise ye the Lord"
and we did not have to guess twice where
they came from. When a man knocks at
our church door, il he comes from d sect
where they will not give him a certificate,
we say: Come in by confession of faith"
While AdOniram Judson the Baptist, and
John Wesley the Methodist, and John
Knox the glorious old Scotch Presbyte-
rian are shaking hands in heaven, all
churches on earth can afford ia come into
close communication: Some Lord, one
faith. one baptism" Oh, my brethren,
we have had enough of Big Bethel lights
the Fourteenth New York regiment fight
ing the Fifteenth Massachusetts regiment
Now, let all those who are for Christ and
stand on the same side go shoulder to
shoulder, and this church, instead Of hav-
ing a sprinkling Of the divine blessing, go
clear under the wave in one glorious i'm
Ipersiop in the name OF the Father and OF
the Son and of the Holy Ghost.
I saw a little child once, in its dying
hour, put one arm around its fathers
neck and the other arm around its moth
er's neck and bring them close down 70 its
dying lips and give o last kiss. Oh, said
those two persons will stand very near TO
each other always after such an interlock-
ing. The dying Christ puts one arm
around this denomination OF Christians,
and the other arm around that denomina-
ton Of Christians, and he brings them
down to his dying lips while he gives them
this parting kiss MY peace leave with
you. My peace / give unto you"
How swift the heavenly course they run,
Whose hearts aud faith and hopes are one.
HEAVEN WILL BE TRULY CATHOLIC.
heard a Baptist minister once say that
he thought in the millennium it would be
all one great Baptist church; and l heard
q Methodist minister say that he Thought
In tho great millennial day it would be all
one great Methodist churchi and have
known Presbyterian minister who
Thought that IN the millennial day 1t would
be all one great Presbyterian church, Now
/ think they are all mistaken, think the
millennial church will be composite
church; and just as you may take the best
parts Of five or six tunes, and under the
skillful hands Of a Handel, Mozart gF
Beethoven eptwlne them into one grand
ana 0gerpowering symphony. so; suppose
in the latter days Of the world, God will
lake the best parts Of all denominations
Of Christians, and weave them into
enc great ecclesiastical harmony, broad
as The earth and high rs the
heavens, and that win be the church Of
the future. Or, as mosaic is made up Of
Jasper and agate and many precious
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and feet squire in St. Marks, or mosaic
hoisted in colossal seraphim in st. Sophia
so / suppose God viii make, after awhile,
one gresrt blending Of AL ereeds, and all
faiths and all Christian sentiments, the
amethyst, and the jasper, and the ehalce-
dony Of all different experiences and be-
lief, cemented side by side in the great
mosaic OF the ages; and while the nations
look upon the columns and architraves Of
that stupendous church OF the future, and
cry out, "What mean ye by these stonesT
there shall be innumerable voices to re-
spond, 1--WE mean the Lord God omnipo-
tent reigneth."
Still further, you mean by these stones
the salvation Of the people we did not
build this church for mere worldly reforms
or for an educational institution, Or as q
platform on which to read essays and philo-
sophial dispositions, but a place for the
tremendous work Of soul s3virg. Oh.
had rather Be tha means int ehpfeh Of