The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-10-21
vent and heard him and both were con-

went and heard him and both were con-
verted to God viii there be any power
in fifty million years to erase from the
souls OF those parents the memory OF
that man who by his friendliness
brought them to God? Matthew Grams
wick, an evangelist, said that he had
the names Of two hundred souls saved
through his singing the hymn: Arise,
my soul, arise!" VIII any of those
two hundred souls in all eternity for
get Matthew Cranswick? Will any of
the four hundred and seventy-nine wo-
men and children imprisoned at Luck
now, India, waiting for massacre by
the Sepoys, forget Havelock and Out
ram, and Sir David Beard, who broken
and effected their rescue? To some OF
you who have loved and served the
Lord. heaven will be great picture
gallery of remembrance. Hosts Of the
glori6ed will never forget you. Ah, that
Is a way of building monuments that
shall never feel the touch OF decay. I
do not ask you TO suppress this natural
desire Of being remembered after you
are gone. but only want you to put
your memorials into shape that shall
never weaken or fade. During the
course OF my ministry have been inti-
mately associated In Christian work with
hundreds OF good men and women. My
memory Is hung with their portraits
more accurate and vivid than anything
that Rembrant ever put on canvass:
Father Grice. Dewitt c. Moore, Father
Voorhees,, L. p. Hopkins, William
Stephens, John Van Rensselaer,, Cash
erie Dewitt, Dr. Ward and hundreds OF
others, all of them gone out of this life,
but hold the memory OF them and
will hold them forever. They can not
escape from me. will remember them
Just as they looked on earth, and | will
remember many OF you after the earth
has been an extinct planet for ages in
finite. o, what stuff the memory is for
monument buildingl
As in Egypt that December after
noon, 1882, exhausted in body, mind
and soul, we mounted TO return To
Cairo, we took our last look of the pyr-
amid ut Gizeth. And you know there is
something in the air toward evening
that seems productive of solemn and
tender emotion, and that great pyramid
seemed to be humanized with lips oi
stone; IL seemed to speak and cry out
"Hear me, man, mortal and i'm
mortall My voice is the voice
of God. He designed me. Isaiah
said l would be sign and q
witness. I saw Moses when he was
lad. | witnessed the long procession
Of the Israelites as they started TO cross
the Red Sea and Pharaoh's host in pur
suit of them. The falcons and the
eagles OF many centuries have brushed
my brow stood here when Cleopatra
barge landed with her sorceries, ant
Hypatia for her virtues was slain In
yonder streets. Alexander the Great
Sesostris, and Ptolemy admired my
proportions Herodotus and Pliny
sounded my praise. | am old, an
very old. For thousands Of years l have
!. watched the coming and going Of gener
: ations They tarry only little while
but they make everlasting impression.
bear on my side the mark Of the trowe
and chisel of those who more than fou
thousand years ago expired. Beware
what you do, o, mani for what you d.
, will last long after you are deadl IL yo'
| would be affectionately remembers
: after you are gone, trust not to an.
earthly commemoration. Ihave not on,
word to say about any astronomer VIII,
, studied the heavens from my heights o
any king who was sepulchred in m.
bosom. am slowly passing away.
am a dying pyramid, shall yet Ii
down in the dust Of the plain and thu
sands OF the desert shall cover me, o
, when the earth goes will go. But yo1
are immortal The feet with which 20,
climbed my sides to-day will turn h
dust, but you have soul that will out
last me and all my brotherhood o
pyramids Live for eternity! Liv
for God! With the shadows OF tn
! evening now falling from my side
| l pronounce upon you benediction
Take 1t with you across the Med
iterranean. Take II with you across tn
: Atlantic God only is great! Let al
| the earth keep silence before him
Amenw And then the lips Of grant
t hushed, and the great Giant Of Mason
ry wrapped himself again in the silenc
OF ages and as rode away in the gath
ering twilight, this course of sermon
was projected.
"wondrous Egypt Land Of ancient pomp IN
pride,
Where Beauty walks by hoary Ruins side,
I Where plenty reigns and stlll the season
. smile
And rolls-rich gift OF God -exhaustless Nile.