The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-05-02

antiquities, and armed soldiery guard
not only the Acropolis, but Mars hill.
That stone l obtained by special per-
mission from the queen of Greece, a
most gracious and brilliant woman
who received us as though we had been
old acquaintance. That suggestive
tablet was sawed from the pulpit of
rock on which Paul preached. Now
you understand why we nave marked
it '"rhe Gospel" Long after my lips
shall utter in this church their last
message, these lips of stone 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
to the question, what mean you by
these stones?"
But you must not divert me from the
question of the text as | first put it. l
have interpreted these four memorials
on my right hand, but there are hun
dreds of stones in these surrounding
and underneath us in the foundations
and rising above us in the towers. The
quarries of this and transatlantic
countries at the call of crowbar and
cllStl nuNC contributed O"dTu IIlS
structure, what mean we by these
stones?"
You mean among OTHER things that
they shall be an earthly residence for
Christ. Christ did not have much of u
home when He was here. Who and
where is that child crying2 1t is Jesus,
born in an outhouse. Where is that
hard breathing? 1t is Jesus, asleep on
arock. Who is hat in the back part of
the fishing smack with u sailors rough
overcoat over him? 1t is Jesus, the
worn put voyager. o, Jesus, is 1t not
time hat Thou hadst n house? We
| give Thee this. Thou didst give it to
us first, but We give it back to Thee.
1t is too good for us, but no. good
enough for Thee.
Is it not time that He who was born
in a strangers house and buried in a
strangers grave should have an earthly
house? Come in, o Jesus! not the corpse
of u buried Christ, but a radiant and
triumphant Jesus, conqueror of earth,
and Heaven, and hell.
He lives, all glory to His name,
He lives, my Jesus. still the same,
o., the sweet Joy this sentence gives
know that my Redeemer lives.
Blessed be His glorious name foreverl
Again, II any n asks the question of
the text: what mean We by these
stones?" the reply is, we mean the
communion of saints. Do you know
that there is not u single denomination
of Christians in Brooklyn that has not
contributed something toward 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
the different denominations OF
Christians, may his tongue falteI
and his cheek blanch, and his hear
stop! My friends, if there is any church
on earth where there is a mingling OF
all denominations it is our church. ]
just wish that John Calvin and Armin.
ius, if 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 n beautiful liturgy, and we know
where they came from; and in the same
prayer meetings / nave heard brethren
make audible ejaculation, "Amenl
Praise We the Lord" and we did not
have to guess twice where they came
from. When n man knocks at our
church door, If he comes from u sect
where they will not give him q certifi.
cate, we say: "Come in by confession
of faith" While Adoniram Judson, the
Baptist, and John Wesley, the Method.
ist, and John Knox, the glorious old
Scotch Presbyterian, are shaking hands
in Heaven, all churches on earth can
N fpNr1 60 onn,n into n1ncn oparn,,nso a-
ton: "One Lord, one faith, one bap-
tism."
| saw a little child once, in its dying
hour, put one arm around it's fathers
neck, and the other arm around its
mothers neck, and bring them close
down to its dying Tips, and give a last
kiss. o, / said. those two persons will
stand very neal to each other always
after such an interlockfhg. The dying
Christ puts one arm around this denomi
nation a Christians, and the other arm
around that denomination of Christians
and He brings them down to His dying
lips, while He gives them His parting
kiss: 'My peace l leave with you. Ny
peace / give unto you"
How swift the heavenly course they run,
Whose hearts, and faith and hopes are one
heard a Baptist preacher once SAY
that lie thought in the millennium II
would be all one great Baptist church
and l heard a Methodist minister say
that he thought in the great millennia
day it would be all one great Method
list church; and have known a Prcsby
terrain minister who thought that in tn,
millennial day it would be all one grea
Presbyterian church. Now, l thinl
they are all mistaken. / think tn,
millennial church will be a compost,
church; and just as you may take tn
: best parts of five or six tunes, and un
der the skillful hands of a Handel, Mo
Fart or Beethoven, entwine them int
one grand and overpowering symphony
so, l suppose, in the latter days Of tn
world, God will take the best part o
all denominations of Christians an,
| them into one great ecclesiastic
al harmony, broad as the earth an,
high as the heavens, and that will b
the church of the future.
: Still further, you mean by these stone
the salvation of the people. We did nc
build this church for mere worldly re
i forms OF for an educational institution
, or as u platform on which to rea
essays and philosophical disquisition:
r but a place for the tremendous work G
soul saving. o, | had rather be tn
r means in this church of having on
soul prepared for II joyful eternity tina
+ 5000 souls prepared for mere world
success. All churches are in tw
. classes, all communities in two classe.
all the race in two classes-bs
= 1iaunro anl pnhaltauaro ITO arrpnnr
? the number of the one and subtrac
from the number of the other we bull
this church; and toward that suprem
Z and eternal idea we dedicate all GU
sermons. all our songs, all our prayers
0 all our Sabbath hand-shakings. w
] want to throw detection into tn
enemy's ranks. We want to make theI
{ either surrender Internationally t
Christ or else fly in rout, scattering til
8 way with canteens, blankets and knal
sacks. We want to popularize Chris
e We would like to tell The story of h
IS love here until men would feel tht
u they had rather die than live anothe
n hour without his sympathy and low
e and mercy.
h o, that this day of dedication migl
Q be the day of emancipation of all in
n prisoned souls. My friends, do NJ
G make the blunder of the ship carpel
It ters in Noah's time who helped to bull
the ark, but did not get into 1t. &c
n forbid that you who have been SO gel
e erous in building this church should NJ
k get under it's saving influence. Com
s thou and all thy house into the ark
a Do you think a man is safe out