Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-27

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Mars Hill. the Greek government makes
it impossible to transport TO other lands any
Egyptian antiquities, anparmed soldiery
guard not only the Acropolis hut Mars Hill.
That stone obtained by special permission
from the queen of Greece. a most gracious
and brilliant woman, who received US as
though we had been old acquaintance, and
through Mr.. Tricoupis, the prime minister Of
Greece, and Mr.. Snowden, our American
minister plenipotentiary, and DR.. Manatt,
our American consul. that suggestive tablet
was sawed from the pulpit of rock on which
Paul preached. Now you understand why
we have marked it ''the Gospel" Long
after my lips shall utter in this church
their last message, these lips of stone will
will tell of the Law, and the Sacrifice and
the Gospel This day l present them to
this church and to all who shall gaze upon
them. Thus you have my answer 10 the
question.
WHAT MEAN YOU BY THESE sToNEs?'
But You cannot divert me from the ques-
ton of the text as l first put it. l have
interpreted these four memorials on my
right hand, but there are hundreds OF stones
in these surrounding walls and underneath
us, in the foundations, and rising above US
in the towers. The quarries Of this and
transatlatic countries al the call of crowbar
and chisel have contributed towards this
structure, What mean We by these
stonesI'
You mean among other things that they
shall be an earthly residence for Christ.
Christ did not have much OF home when
he was here. Who and where is that child
cryinga 1t is Jesus, born in an clubhouse.
Where is that hard breathing 1t is Jesus,
asleep on a rock. Who is that in the back
part of the tshing-smack with a sailors
rough Overcoat thrown over him! II IS
Jesus the worn out voyager. . Jesus! IS It
not time that thou hadst house We give
thee this. Thou didst give it TO Us first,
but We give it back to thee. II is too good
for us, but not half good enough for thee.
Oh. come in and take the best seat here.
Walk up and down all these alsles. Speak
through these organ pipes. Throw thine
arm over Us in these arches. In the flaming
of these brackets of fire speak to US saying:
Il am the light of the world Q King.
make this thine audience chamber. Here
proclaim Righteousness and make treaties
We clap our hands, we uncover our heads,
we lift our ensi%nS, we cry with multitude
nous exclamation until the place rings ana
| the heavens listen
20 EIEGi LIVE FOREVER
Is it not time that he who was born in 4
strangers house and buried in strangers
grave should have an earthly house! Come
in o Jesus. not the corpse of buried
| Christ, but radiant and triumphantJesus
| conqUeror of earth, and heaven and he'll.
He lives. all glory to his name
He lives, my Jesus, still the same;
Oh, the sweet JOY this sentence gives
know that my Re L emer lives.
Blessed be his glorious name for ever.
| Again. if any one asks the question Of the
text: What mean We by these stones"
the reply is. we mean the communion of
of saints. Do YOU know that there Is not Z
siuple denomination of Christians in Brook
I'm that has not contributed something to-
ward the building of this house, And if
ever, standing in this place. there shall be Il
man who shall try by ANYTHING he says. to
stir IN bitterness between different denom-
nations of Christians, NAV his tongue
falter and his cheek blanch, and his heart
sion, NV friends. if there is any church
on earth where there is a mingling of all
denominations, it is our church. | lust
wish that John Calvin and ArIninus, if they
were not TOO busy. would come out on the
battlemeuts and see us. Sometimes in our
mr., v,ar meetings have heard brethren use
The nharses of n beautiful liturgy. and we
know where they came from; and in the
g. me nravor meetings have heard brethren
make audibIe ejaculation. Amen - Praise
We the |, ord - and we did not have to guess
twice where they came from. When man
knocks at our church door, if he comes
from sect where they will not give him 4
certificate, we say:
COME N By CONFESSION OF FAITH. >
While Adoniram hudson. the Bantist.
and John Wesley. the Methodist. and John
I[noy the uloriolIs old Scotch Pres byterian.
are shaking hands in heaven. all churches
On Garth cam afford To come into close COM
nunication: "One Lord. one faith. one bap-
tism :, oh nv brothen-we have had
enouph of Biz Rethel tfohts-the 18th
New York REGIMENT fighting the 18th
Massachusetts regiment Now let all those
1yho are for Christ and stand ON the same
side ,ro shoulder TO shoulder. and this
church instead of having a sprinl,linp of
tho divine blessing 90 clear rnder. the
Iravn in ono olo,.ious immersion i'm the
,oTne of the Father. and of the Son. and of
tho TroIv Ghost saw n LITTLE child once
in it's dyfnG honr mt one arm around its
ra+hpr.S necl, and the other arm around its
mother,s neck and bring them close down
n its dvinG Inns and give a last kiss. Oh.
7 sai5 those two nersons will stand very
non. 70 e,ch other always after such an in
teriocl,;nc The DYING Christ puts one arm,
.,ol1nd This denomination of Christians
"r5 tho other arm around that denorpina
tion of Christians and he brincs them down
~ nc dI,incr Inns While he pivps thorn His
nartinG kiss NV neace leave with Won.
Nv na9rn rive INTO Won :,
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