Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-05-15
tie human race, declaring God hath made


Of one blood all nations"
Since Lord Elgin took the famous statuary
from the Acropolis, the hill adjoining Mars
Hill. the Greek Government makes it impos-
sible &c transport to other lands any antiq-
uitles, and armed soldiers guard not only
the Acropolis, but Mars Hill. That stone
obtained by special permission from the
Queen OF Greece, most gracious and bril-
liant woman, who received US as though we
had been old acquaintance, and through
Mr.. 1rlcoupis, the Prime Minister OF Greece,
and Mr. Snowden, our American Minister
PlenipOtentiary, and DIR. Manatt our Amer
lean Consul, that suggestive tablet was
sawed from the pulpit of rock on which
we have marked it The Gospel" Long al
ter my lips shall utter In this church then
last message. these lips of stone will tell of
the Law, and the Sacrifice, and the Gospel.
ms day present them to the church and
70 all who shall gaze upon them. Thus you
have my answer to the question, What
mean you by these stones%
But you cannot divsrt me from the ques-
ton OK the text as first put it. have in
terpreted these four memorials on nv right
hand. but there are hundreds of stones in
these surrounding walls and underneath US
N the foundations, and rising above us u
the towers. The quarries OF this and trans
atlantic countries at the call Of crowbar and
chisel have contributed toward this structure.
What mean ye by these stones?'
shall be an earthly residence for Christ
Christ did not have much of a home when
He was here. Who and where is that child
lying! tt Is Jesus, born IN an ouUnouse.
Where is that hard breathing?' 1t is Jesus.
asleep on a rock. Who is that in the back
part of a fishing smack, with a sailors
rough overcoat thrown over HIM 1t is
Jesus, the worn out voyager 0, Jesus! is
it not time that Thou hadst house? We
give Thee this. Thou didst give it to us
fret b|,% acrix hao oh TO 10 %oo
goo,k for us. but not half good enough for
Thee. Obi 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,
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 reclamation until the place
rings and the heavens listen, 20 King! live
foreverr
Is it not time that He who was born in
strangers house and buried in a strangers
grave should have an earthly house? Come
in o Jesus! not the corpse of a buried Christ,
but radiant and triumphant Jesus, con-
queror of earth and heaven and hell
He lives. all cory to His name,
He lives. my Jesus still the same,
Oh. the sweet Joy this sentence gives
Blessed be His glorious name forever!
Again, il any one asks the question Of the
text, "WhaJ mean : g by these stones" the
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 house? And If ever, stand
ing in this place. there shall be a man VINO
shall try by anything he SAYS to stir up bit
terness between different denominations OF
Christians, may his tongue falter, and his
cheek blanch, and his heart stop! Ny
friends, If there is any church on earth
where there is a minglng of all denomina
tions it is our church. 1 just wish that John
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 beautiful
liturgy. and we know where they come from;
and IN the same prayer meetings l have
heard brethren made audible ejaculation,
"Amen" ''Praise We the Lordw 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 a certificate, we say:
Come in by confession Of faith" While
Adoniram Judson, 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 fights-the Fourteenth New York
regiment fighting the Fifteenth Massachu.
sets 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 a 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 and 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 it's 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 denOrnina-
ton Of Christians, and the other arm around
brings them down to His dying lips while He
gives them this parting kiss: my peace I
leave with you. My peace give unto you.
How swift the heavenly course they rum
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 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 q Presbyter minister who
thought that in the millennial day 1t would
be all one great Presbyterian church. Now
think they are all mistaken. ! think the
millennial church will be g 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, I suppose, in the latter
days of the world God will take the best
parts of ali denominations of Christians and
weave them into one great ecclesiastical