The Odessa herald. (Odessa, Del.) 1888-1892, 1891-05-02

give Thee this. Thou didst give it to us
first, but we give it back TO Thee. 1t 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 aisles.
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, i am the light Of the world.n
King make this thine audience chamber.
Here proclaim righteousness and make
treaties. We clap our hands, we uncover
our heads. we lift our ensigns, we cry with
multitudinous acelamntion until the place
rings and the heavens listen, 10 King live
foreverp
Is it not time that He who was born in a
strGnger's house aud buried in strangers
grave should have an earthly housel Come
In, 0 Jesus not the corpse Of buried Christ,
but aradiant aud triumphant Jesus, con-
lueror of earth and heaven and hell
he lives, all CORY to His name
He lives, my Jesus, stlll the same,
Oh, The sweet Joy this sentence gives
know that my Redeemer lives.
Blessed be His Drious name foreverl
Again, IL any one asks the question of the
text, "What mean We by these stonesq' tho
reply is we mean the communion OF saints.
Do you know that there is not single de-
nomination of Christians in Brooklyn that
has not contributed something toward the
building of this houseP And It ever, stand
ing In this place, there shall be a man who
shall try by anything he says to stir up Bit
ternes5 between different denominations OF
Christians, may his tongue falter, and his
cheek blanch, and his heart stopl My
friends, IL there is any church on earth
where there is a mingling of all denomina-
lions it is our church. just wish that John
Calvin and Arminius IL they were not too
busy, would come out on the battlements
asd see us.
Sometimes in our prayer meetings l have
heail brethren uss 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,
"Amenp "Praise ye the Lordp and we did
not have to guess twice where they came
from. When a man knocks at our church
door, II he comes from sect where they
will not give him q certificate, we say;
i'Come in by confession of faith.n While
Adoniram Judsoo, the Baptist and John
Wesley, the Methodist, and John Knox, the
glorious old Scotch Presbyterian, are shak-
ing hands in heaven, all churches on earth
can afford to come into close communica-
ton; zone Lord, one faith, one baptism"
Oh, my brethren, we have had enough of Big
Bethel flghts--the Fourteenth New York
regiment fighting the Fifteenth Massachu-
setts 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 sprinkling of the divine blessing,
go clear under the wave in one glorious i'm
merton in the name Of the Father and OF the
Son aud Of the Holy Ghost.
| saw little child once, in its dying hour,
put one arm around its fathers neck and the
other arm around its mothers neck and
bring them close down to its dying lips and
give n last kiss. Oh, said, those two per-
sons VII stsrd very near to each other al
ts'7s lhaap il,tsrleclirg. Tho dying
) Eik5Eez zaXa arm around this denomina.
don OF AZ; Hans, and the othet arm around
that denS. l4lation Of Christians, and He
brings them Cpwn to His dying lips while He
gives them tliis parting kiss ''My peace /
leave with you. My peace give unto you.
How swift the heavenly course they run.
Whose hearts and faith and hopes are one.
heard Baptist minister once say that
he thought In the millennium it would be
all one great Baptist church; and heard
a Methodist minister say that he thought
in the great millennial day it would be all
one great Methodist church; and l have
known Presbyterian minister who
thought that in the millennial day it would
be all one great Presby church. Now
l think they are all mistaken. l think the
millennial church will be a composite
church; and just as you may take the best
parts Of five or six tunes, and under the skill
full hands Of Handel, Mozart or Beethoven
entwine them into one grand and overpower-
ing symphony, so, 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 cemente1
together-mosaic thousand feet square in
st. Marks, 6r mosaic hoisted in colossal
seraphim in st. Sophia's-so | suppose God
will make, after while, one great blen1ing
of all creeds, and all faiths, and ali Christian
sentiments, the amythest and the Jasper and
the chalcedony of oil 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 ye by these stonesp
there shall be innumerable voices to re-
spond, "We mean the Lord God Omnipotent
reignethn
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
disquisitions, but place for the tremendous
work of soul saving. Oh, had rather be
the means in this church Of having one soul
prepared for a joyful eternity than five
thousand souls prepared for mere worldly
success. All churches are in two classes, all
communities in two classes, all the race in
two classes-believers and unbelieyers. To
augment the number of the one and subtract
from the number of the other we built this
church, and toward that supreme and eter-
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 he stepped ashore from Elba. Wereally
believe in this place Christ will enact the
same scenes that were enacted by Him when
He landed in the orient, and there will bt
such an opening Of blind eyes and unstop
ping of deaf ears and casting out Of unclean
spirits-such silencing bestormed Gennesa'
rets as shall make this house memorable five
hundred years after you and l are dead and
forgotten. Oh, my friends, we want but ont
revival in this church, that beginning now
and running on to the day when the chisel o.
time, that brings down even st. Paul's ant
the Pyramids, shall bring this house into th,
dnst.
Oh, that this day of dedication might b.
the day Of emancipation of all imprisoned
souls. My friends do not make the blundeI
of the ship carpenters in Noah's time, who
helped to build the ark, but did not get into
| it, God forbid that you who have been SC
! generous in building this church should MOI
get under its influences. "Come thou and
| all thy house into the arlS.n Do you think @
man is safe out of Christi Not one day, moi
| one hour, not one minute, not one second
Three or four years ago, you remember, &
rail train broke down a bridge on the way Il
| Albany, and after the catastrophe they were
looking around among the timbers of the
crushed bridge and the fallen train and fount
the conductor. He was dying, and had only
| strength to say one thing. and that was
Hoist the flag for 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
takeyou oil to His holy heart. You will