Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-04-27
IN a Characteristic Sermon by the Pastor, Rev. T..
De Witt Talmags-as Chooses Happy Text
and Discoursss on It BlOqusntly-1hs
Church Of the Millennium.
.p.etaL r.L.nam o h Regisler.

bluffs ON one side and flats on the other.
Here and there a willow dips into 10. 1t
was only a little over waiSt-deep in
December as / waded through it, but in
the months OF April and May the SHOWS
ON Mount Lebanon thaw and flow down
into the valley, and then the Jordan
oyernows its banks Then it is wide,
deep, raging and impetuOuS. At this
season of the year hear the tramp OF
forty thousand men coming down TO
cross the river. You say, why do they
not 20 up nearer the rise OF the river at
the old camel ford? Ahl my friends, ii
IS not safe to 20 around when the Lord
tells MS 10 20 ahead The ISrealiteS had
been going around forty years, and they
had enough Of il. do not know how
il is with you, my brethren, but have
always got into trouble when l went
around, but always got into safety when
went ahead.
There spreads out the Jordan, a
raging torrent, much OF il SnOw-water
lust come down from the mountain-top;
and see some of the lSraeliteS Shiver-
ing at the idea of plunging in, aud one
soldier says to his comrade, Joseph,
can YOU SWIM" And another says:
"Ifwe get across this stream we will
get there with wet clothes and damaged
armor, and the CanaanlteS will slash us
to pieces with their swords before we
get up the other bank But ii Is no
time 20 halt. The great host marches
ou The priests carrying the ark GO
ahead, the people follow. hear the
tramp of the great multitude. The.
priests have now come within a stones
throw of the water. Yet still there Is
no abatement of the flood. Now they
have come within four or five feet OF the
stream; but there is no abatement OF
the flood Bad prospect, II seems as
N these lSraeiiteS That crossed the desert
are now going TO be drowned in sight OF
Canaan. But "Forward.' is the cry.
The command rings all along the line OF
the host. Forward
THE NEW TABERNACLE.
How are they 10 celebrate this pass
age? Shall il be with mnsic? l sup
pose the trumpet aud cymbalS were all
worn out before this Snail it be with
banners waiving2 Oh. no; they are all
fadded and torn. Joshua cries out; Il
will tell you how 90 celebrate this;
build monument mere TO cOmmemo-
rate the event." and every priest put
heavy stone on his shoulder, and march
as out and drops that stone in the di-
viuely-appointed place. see the pile
growing in height, in breadth, in Signit-
canoe: and, in after years, men went 10y
that spot and saw this monument, and
cried out one 10 another. in fultilment
Of the prophecy Of the text: What
mean We by these stones?
Blessed be God. he did not leave our
church in the wilderness. We have
been wandering about for a year and a
half worshipping in the Academy Of
/ Music, New York. And some thought
we would never reach the promised
land Some said that we had better
take this route and others that. Some
said we had better 90 back, and some
said that We were sons OF Anak IN the
way that would eat MS mp: and before
| the smoke had cleared away from the
| sky after our Tabernacle had been con
sumed people stood on the very site ot
1.-The place and said. This church
Twill never again be built We
lcamc down TO the bank of Jor-
Idan: we looked of upon
waters. Some OF the sympathy that
was expressed turned out to be snow
water melted from the top Of Lebanon.
some said: you had better not 90 IN;
YOU will get your feet wet But we
waded in. pastor and people, further
land further, aud in some way the Lor1
only knows how, We got thrOugh' ana
tonight 20 all around about this great
house. erected by your PRAYERS and
,vmpathieS. and sacrifices, and cry out
/ In the words OF my text; "What mean
We hv these stOnes?' IL is an outrage
/ M build a house like this 50 vast, and
so magnificent, unless there be
some tremendous reasons for doing II;
land so my friends, l pursue you
tonight with the question OF my text,
and demand of these trustees and OF
these elders and of all who have con
tributed i'm the building of this Struct-
ure. ''What mean ye by these stones
| But before | get your answer TO my
|ouestion YOU point 70 the memorial wall
m the side of this pulpit and say TO me,
/ "Explain that unusual group OF me-
MORALS. What mean ye by these
stones ?" By permission OF the people
of NV beloved charge l recently visited
the Holy Lands, and having in mind by
lday and night during my absence
| this rising house of power,
II bethought myself, "What
can do TO make that place significant
and glorious" On the morning OF De-
Irember the third we were at the foot OF
/ the most sacred mountain OF all the
earth. Mount Calvary. There is no
more doubt of the locality than OF
Mount Washington or Mount Blanc.
| On the bluff of this mountain which is
I the exact shape of the human skull,
and so called In the Bible The place
LOT skull" there is room for three
crosses. There | saw stone so Sug-
gestive ] rolled il down the hill, and
| transported it. IL is at the top OF this
wall. a white stone. with crimson veins
running through it, the white typical
OF purity. the crimson suggestive of the
blood that paid the price OF our redemp-
tion. We place ii at the top OF the
memorial wall, for above all in this
church for all time. in sermon, and song,
and prayer shall be the Sacrifice Of
Mount Calvary. Look at it. That
stone was one of the rocks rent at the
Crucifxion. That heard the cry, 1T
is finished" Was any church on earth
honored with such memorial?
SOME MATTERS OF HISTORY.
Beneath il are two tables of stone
which | had brought from Mount Sinai
where the Law was given. Three
camels were three weeks crossing the
desert TO fetch them. When at Cairo,
Egypt, | proposed to the Christian
Arab that he bring one stone from
Mount Sinai, he said, I'VE can easier
bring two rocks than one, for we must
balance them on the back Of the camel,
and did not think until the day OF
their arrival how much more suggestive
would be the TWO because the law was
written on TWO tables of stone. Those
stones marked with the words mount
Sinai" felt the earthquake that shook the
mountains when the Law was given. The
lower stone Of the wall is from Mars HILL
the place where Paul stood when he
preached that famous sermon on the
f brotherhood of the human race, declar-
ing. God hath made OF one blood all
nations" Since Lord Elgin took the
famous statuary from the AcropoliS. the
hin adjoining Mars Hill, the Greek
. Government makes it impossible 10