Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-01

\ on mean among other things that they
shall b. an earthly residence for Christ.
Christ did not have much OF home when
he was here Who and where Is that child
crying? IL j. Jesus BORN In an Clubhouse.
Where is that hard breaihngg 1t /. Jesus.
asleep OH rock. Who IL That in the back
part Of the fishing. smack, with "A sailors
rough overcoat thrown over himy IL IL
Jesus, the WORKOUT yoyager. q Jesus !!
10 II not time thou hadst n bousrY
We give Thee this. Thou didst give
it TO us first. but we give IT back
10 Thee. 1t is too good for MS, but
not half good enough tor Thee. Oh come
III and take the best seat here. Walk up
and down an these aisles. speak through
these organ-pipes. Throw thine arm over
us in these arches. In the flaming OF these
brackets OF fire speak 10 ms saying: IL am
the light OF the world" q King. make
this thine audience-chanber. Here proclaim
righteousness and make freaiiey. We clap
our hands, We uncover our heads. we Int
our ensigns. we cry with multitudinous
reclamation until the place rings and the
heavens listen: 30 King! live forever!
l. IL not time that He who was born In n
strangers house and buried in strangers
grave should have an earthly housey Come
In. q Jesus. no: the corpse OF "A buried
Christ, but "a radiant and triumphant jesus,
ronqueror Of earth, and heaven and hell.
lie lives. all glory 10 his name,
Ito lives, my Jesus, stiil the same
OBJ, the sweet Joy this sentence gives
know that my Redeemer lives
Blessed be Ills glorious name foreyerl
Again, il any one asks the question OF the
text: "What mean We by these stones!"
the reply ~, we mean ibe communion OF
saints. DO You know there is not single
denomination Of Christians In Brooklyn
that has not contributed something toward
the building of this housey And II ever,
sfa IN thp~a !! nm an
who shall try by anything he says, 10 stir
up bitterness between different denOmina-
tons OF Christians, may his tongue falter
and his cheek blanch, and his heart stop !
NV friends. IL there IL any church
on earth where there is ming.
ling OF all denominations, IL IL our church /.
! just wish that john Calvin and Arminius,
IL they were not too busy, would come out
on the battlements and see us. Sometimes
in our prayer-meetings l have heard
brethren use the phrases OF a beautiful
liturgy. and we know where they came
from: and in the same prayer-meetings |
have heard brethren make audible eIacula-
ton, Gamer! ~ Praise ye the Lord ~ and
we did not have 10 guess twice where they
came from. When man knocks at our
church door, II lie comes from sect where
they Will not give him certificate.
We say, "Come in by confession Of faith
While Adoniram Judson, the Baptst,
Knox, the glorious Old SEQ Oh Presbyterian.
are shaking hands i'm heaven, all churches
OIL earth can afford 10 come into close COM
munication: zone, Lord, one faith, one
baptism" Oh my bretbren-we have had
enough OF Big Bethel tghts-thc l4th New
York Regiment lighting the 18th Massachu-
sets Regiment. Now let all those who are
for Christ and stand on the same side, go
shoulder to shoulder, and this church
instead Of having sprnkIing OF
tie Divine blessing, go clear
under the wave in one glori-
ous immersion in the name OF the Father,
aud OF the Son, and OF the Holy Ghost.
saw little child once, in its dying hour,
put one arm around its fathers neck, md
the other arm around its mothers neck,
and bring them both down 10 lts dy Ing lips,
and give u last kiss. oh. l said those two
persons will stand very near 10 each other
always after such an lntcriocklDg The
dying Christ puts one arm around this
denomination OF Christians and the other
arm around that denomination OF Christians,
aud lie brings them down TO his dying
lips, while he gives them this parting Kiss:
any peace | leave with you. My peace
give unto you"
Well, the Brooklyn Tabernacle is erected
again. We came here Tonight not 10 ded-
icate il. That was done this morning. To-
night we dedicate ourselves. In the Epis-
copal and Methodist Churches they have a
railing around the altar, and the people
come and kneel down at that railing
and get the sscramenial blessing.
Well. my friends, il would take more than
u night 10 gather you in circles around this
altar. Then Just bow where yoI are for
the blessing. Aged men. th, is the last
church that you viii ever dedicate. May
the God VINO comforted Jacob the Patrl-
arch, and Paul the aged, make this house TO
you the gate OF heaven; and when, in your
old days, you put on your specticles 10
read the hymn or the Scripture lesson NAV
you get preparation for that land where
you shall no more see through glass
darkly. May the warm sunshine OF heaven
thaw the snow off your forcheads! Men In
mid-life, do you know that this II the Place
where YOU are going 10 get your fatigue.
rested, and your SORROWS appeased, and
your souls saved? DO YOU know
that at tins altar your sons and daughters
W i'll take upon themselves the vows OF the
Christian, and from this place you will
carry out. some OF you. your precious dead?
Between this baptlsmal font and this COM
muniOn table you will have some OF the
tenderest of LIES experiences. God bless
YOU. Old and young aud middle.aged. The
money YOU have given 10 this church to-
day will be- | hope, the best financial in.
vestment you have ever made. Your
worldly investments may depend upon The
whms OF the money market, or the honesty
OF business associates; hut the money you
have given 10 the house OF the Lord shall
yield you large percentage, and declare
eternal dividends long alter the MONDAY
sun shall have gone out like spark from a
.mitten anvil and all the stars are dead.
Teacher-Correct. Woman is in the
feminine gender. Now the sentence
speaks OF young woman in fashion
able attire. What gender is attire.
Bright Boy-Masculine.
She-My poor dear father knew
Washington 80 intimately, and | mysel
was born on the 22d of February, SO O
course / feel like--like- He (help
ing her ouD-Like relic.
Amateur--Why is it that all English
actors have such a long stride? Re
formed actor-Methinks the reason O
it Is that the railroad ties are placed
further apart in England than here.
Her levity aside is thrown
The world she deems sham.
In fact, she has SO pious grown
She won't cat deviled ham
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