Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-05-02

Calvin and Arminius, If they were not too
busy, would come out on the battlements
| and see US.
Sometimes in our prayer meetings have
heard brethren use the phrases OF a beautiful
liturgy. and we know where they come from;
and in the same prayer meetings ! have
heard brethren made audible ejaculation,
"Amenf "Praise We the Lordn and we did
not have to guess twice where they came
from. When a man knocks at our church
| door, if he comes from sect where they
will not give him certificate, we say:
| .iCome in by confession of faith While
Adoniram Judson, the Baptist. and John
Wesley, the Methodist, and John Knox. the
glorious old Scotch Presbyterian, ara shak-
| ing hands in heaven, all churches on earth
can afford to come into close communica-
ton: IONS Lord, one faith, one baptism. =
| Oh, my brethren, we have had enough Of Big
| Bethel fghts-the Fourteenth New YORK
regiment fighting tbs Fifteenth Massachu-
sets regiment. Now, let all those who ara
for Christ and stand on thu same side go
/ shoulder to shoulder and this church, instead
/ of having q sprinkling of the divine blessing,
I go clear under the wave in one glorious I'M
| merton in the name of the Father and of the
1 Son and of the Holy Ghost.
saw a little child once, in its dying hour,
! put one arm around It's fathers neck and the
i other arm around its mothers neck and
| bring them close down to its dying lips and
give a last kiss. Oh, said, those two per-
sons will stand very near to each other al
ways after such an interlockiDg. The dying
| Christ puts one arm around this deaomina-
/ ton of Christians and the other arm around
, that denomination of Christians, and He
/ brings them down to His dying lips while He
gives them this parting kiss: MY peace |
leave with you. Ny peace give unto you.
/ How swift the heavenly course they run,
and aff and hAnaz ma
! heard Baptist minister oacs say that
/ be thought in the millennium it would be
/ all one great Baptist church; and l heard
| a Methodist minister say that he thought
| in the great millennial day it would be all
/ one great Methodist church: and | have
known a Presbyterian minister who
| thought that in the millennial day it would
be all one great Presbyterian church Now
4 I think they are all mistaken. l think the
! milennial church will be a composite
/ church; and just as you may take the best
I parts of five or six tunes, AMI under the skill
/ full hands of Handel, Mozart or Beethoven
entwine them into one grand and overpower-
4 ing symphony, so, I suppose, in the latter
days Of the world, God will take the best
parts of all denominations of Christians and
: weave them into one great ecclesiastical
harmony, broad as the earth and high as the
heavens, and that will be the church of the
| future. Or, as mosaic is made of jasper and
/ agate and many precious stones cementet
/ together-mosaic thousand feet square in
st. Marks, or mosaic hoisted in colossal
seraphim in st. Sophia's-so l suppose Col
( will make, after while, one great blenilnT
! of all creeds, and all faiths. and ali Christian
sentiments the amythest and the jasper, and
I the chalcedony of all different experiences
and belief, cemeted side by side in the great
mosaic of the ages: and while the nations
/ look upon the columns and architraves of
! the stupendous church Of the future, and
cry out, what mean We by these stonesF'
there shall be innumerable voices to re-
1 spond, "We mean the Lord God onnipotent
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 platform
on which to read essays and Philosophical
dispositions, but place for the tremendous
work of soul saving. On, had rather be
the means in this church of having one soul
/ prepared for joyful eternity than fiva
| thousand souls prepared for mere worldly
success. All churches are in two classes, all
communities in two classes. all the race IL
two claSSes-believerS ant unbeileyerS 10
augment the number of the one and subtract
! from the number OF the other we built this
church. and toward that supreme and etec-
nal idea we dedicate all our sermons, all our
| songs, all our prayers all our Sabbath hand
shakings. We want to throw detection into
| the enemy's ranks. We want TO make them
either surrender Internationally to Christ or
/ else fly in 'front.' scattering the way with
/ canteens blankets and knapsacks. We
want to popularize Christ We would
| like to tell the story of His love here until
/ men would feel that they had rather die than
/ live another hour without His sympathy and
| love and mercy. We want to rouse up an
enthusiasm for Him greater than was felt
| for Nathaniel Lyon when he rode along the
/ ranks; greater than was exhibited for Well
ington when he came back from Waterloo;
/ greater than was expressed for Napoleon
| when be stepped ashore from Elba. Wereally
! believe in this place Christ will enact the
same scenes that were enacted by Him wden
He landed in the orient and there will be
such an opening of blind eyes and nnstop-
ping of deaf ears and casting out of unclean
spirits-such silencing bestormei Gennesa-
rets asshau make this house memorable five
hundred years after you and are dead and
forgotten. Oh, my friends. we want but one
revival in this church, that beginning now
/ and running on to the day when the chisel OF
| time, that brings down even st. Paurs and
/ the Pyramids shall bring this house into the
| dust.
Oh, that this day Of dedication might be
! the day of emancipation Of all imprisoned
/ souls. My friends do not make the bIunder
/ of the ship carpenters i'll Noah's time, who
4 helped to build the arl.. but did not get into
! it. God forbid that you who have been SO
| generous in building this church should not
4 get under its influences. Come thou and
: all thy house into the ark" Do you think a
man is safe out of Christi Not one day, not
one hour, net one miEute, net one second
/ Three or four years ago. you remember, a
| rail train broke down bridge on toe way to
! Albany, and after the catastrophe they were
1 looking around among the timbers of the
T-1Sha6 hridrn nd thp faliGr train fOtr1lH
the conductor. He vas dying, and had only
strength to say one thing, and that wss,
! Hoist the flag fer the next train" So there
come to us tonight, from the eternal word,
| voices Of God, voices of angels, voices of de-
/ parted spirits, crying: Lift the warning.
! Blow the trumpet. Give the alarm. Hoist
the flag for the next train"
! Oh, that tonight my Lord Jesus would
sweep His arm around the great audience and
take you all to His holy heart. You will
Hever see no good time for personal conse-
| Grafton as now. what mean We by these
| stonesp We mean your redemption from
/ sin and death and he'll by the power OF an
omnipotent gospel
Wei, the Brooklyn Tabernacle is erected
| again. We came here tonight not to Gedi-
cate it. 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
sacramental blessing. Well, my friends it
would take more than a night to gather you
| in circles around this altar Then just bow
where you ara for the blessing. Aged men,
| his is the last church tnat you will ever
dedicate. May the Col who comforted
| Jacob the Patriarch, and Paul the aged,
make this house to you the gate OF heaven;
and when, in your old days, you put on your
spectacles to read the hymn or the Scripture
| lesson, may You get preparation for that
| land where you shall no more see through
| glass dsrkiy. May the warm sunshine OF
| heaven thaw the snow off your foreheadsl
| Men in middle life, do you know that this is
the place where you are going to get your
| fatigues rested and your sorrows epDeased
| and YOUR souls saved? Do you know hat at
! this altar your sons and daughters will take
| upon themselves the vows Of the Christian,
! and from this place yo7 will carry out, some
/ of YOU, your precious dead? Between this
/ baptismal font and this communion table you
/ will have some OF the tenderest of life's ex-
periences. God bless you, old and young and
middle aged The money you have given to
| this church to-day will be, | hope, the Rest
! financial investment you have ever made.
Your worldly Investments msy depend upon
thu whinls of the money market or the hon.
esty of business associates, but the money
| YOU have given to the house of the Lord shall
| yield you large percentage, and declare eter-
nal dividends long after the MONDAY sun
shall have gone cut like spark from q
smitten anvil and all the stars are dead.
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