Telegram-herald., 1891-04-27

bald shis che r>a for mere worldly Fefcr&n,
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riatforn On which % re..e ESSAYS asd paiip-
sssesrsl szssaalsit sonz bat . pises fee -
Srenense.s WORK OF soGI sssaEx u.
had r.xasr De the means II this ceuryA Of
Azssa. one sol prepared Tor . fyfet ee-z-
gity taae ave Thousand seals prepared for
uzs-e worldly success. IA ehnsrses az Ia
Tao classes. al cennuEisies Il 80 etszses,
all -As race n two cizsscs--aesieYers Asa
uabeasevers. IL aaSment TIE namnes of
the cas sGs3 s1asrsct from TIRE EaEn Ger Il
the oSber va sails seis church. aud toward
thGs sapre<1s 1Ed s.eTasi iae2 &C daalcase
a., oeF se1zaozsz, a. ear zoaSs. al car
prayess, Ell cur Sxeb2ta hAsdsnakies =.
We sTant % throw de.sctsGa Into tse ene-
nays r@azs- We wat 70 make them cssher
surrender urcondiion4lly - chrsSr Or eese
~ in ro1t. scattering the wsy with
canteess, blankets aaa kDapsacas- We
want 20 popal2fixc IaF.ss We v1uld
Ike 20 tell ehe story Of BIS love
hege fAatsi men would feel that rAcy
lid rather die tazG 1--we another hour
without his sympathy anu love snd mercy.
We want 70 roass up an enthusiasm for
hfr1 greater than Was felt for Nathaniel
Lyon wien he rode along tie RANKS;
xrcsser than was exhibited for Wellington
when he came back from Waterloo. great
er thas was expressed for Napoleon when
be stepped ashore ;rosa Llln We really
believe IN this place Christ will enact the
same scenes thai were enacted by him
when be landed in the orient, and there
will be such an opening OF blind eyes and
unstopping OF deaf ears sad casting out Of
uncls.n spiyits-sech siienciD2 bessormed
Gennesare.s "a shall make this house
memorable I've hundred years after you
aud l are dead aad forgotten. Ga, my
friends. se want bat one revival In this
church, that beginning now and running
on TO the day when the chisel OF time, that
brings dowa even 81. PaEl's and the Pyra-
mids, shall bring this house into the dust.
TfET BUILT. ECT ENTERED NOT
Oh, that this day Of dedication might be
the day of emancipation of all imprisoned
souls. Ny friends. DO no. make the blan-
der Of the ship carpenters In Noah's time,
who helped 70 build the ark. but did not
get into it. God forbid that you who have
been SO generous In building this church
should lot get under its saving influence.
"Comc thou and all thy house into tho
ARK" Do you think man is safe out Of
Christi Not one day. not one hour, not
one minute, rot one second. Three or four
years ago, You remember, a rail train broke
down bridge on the way to Albany. and
after the catastrophe they were looking
around among the timbcrs Of the crushed
bridge and the fallen train aud found the
conductor. He was dying, and had only
strength to say one thing, and that was,
lot ha As t., ka i'm O.
there come to US tonight. from the eternal
word. voices OF God, voices OK angels, voices
of departed spirits, crying: Lift the warn
lag. Blow the trumpet. Give the alarm
Hoist tho flag for the next train"
Oh, that tonight my Lord Jesus would
sweep his arm around this great audience
and take you all to his holy heart. You
will never see so good n time for personal
conservation rs now. what mean 70 by
these stoness" We mean your redemption
from sin and death and hell by the power
Of an omnipotent gospel.
Well, the Brooklyn Tabernacle is erected
again. We came here tonight not to dcl-
icase 1t. That was done this morning. To-
night we dedicate ourselves. In the Epis-
copa, and Methodist churches they have
a railing around the altar. and the people
como and kneel down at that railing and
get the sac-amental blessing. Well. my
friends, 1t would take more than q night
to gather you in circles around this altar.
Then just bow where you arc for the bless
ing. Aged men, this Is the last church
that you Will ever dedicate. May the God
who conforted Jacob the Patriarch, and
Paul the aged, make this house to you the
cato of heaven; and when, in your old
days, you put on your spectacles to read
tho hymn or the Scripture lesson, may you
get preparation for that lard where you
shall 10 more see through glass darby.
Nay tho warm sunshine Of heaven thaw
the snow of your foreheads!
Men in midiife, do you know that this Is
the place where you are going TO get your
fatigues ros5ed and your sorrows appccsed
and your souls saved, Do you know that
at this ALTAR your sons and daughters will
take upon themselves the vows of the Chris
tian, and from this place you will carry
out, some OF you. your precious dcadt Be-
tween this baptismal font and this com
munion table you will have some Of the
tendercst Of iife's experiences. God bless
you, old and young and middle aged.
The money you have given TO this church
today will be, hope, the best financial in.
vestn,ent you have ever made Your
wor'y investments may depend upon the
whims Of tho money market, or the hon
ssty OF business associates, but the money
you have given TO the house Of the Lord
shall yield 700 large percentage, and de-
clare eternal dividends long after the
noonday sun shall have gone out like a
spark from a smittcn anvil and all the
stars are dead.