Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-04-27

btranger 8 grave should have an earthly
house2 Come, in o Jesusl not th
corpse of buried Christ, but radian
and triumphant Jesus, conqueror o
earth and heaven and hell.
He lives, all glory TO his name,
He lives, my Jesus, still the same.
Oh, the sweet Joy this sentence gives
know that my Redoemer lives
Blessed be his glorious name for ever
Again, if any one asks the question o
the text, What mean ye by thes
stones" the reply is, we mean the com
munion of saints. Do you know tina
there is not single denomination o
Christians in Brooklyn that has no
contributed something toward the build
ing of this house2 And if ever, standing
In this place, there shall be a mar
who shall try by anything he says tC
stir up bitterness between different de
nominations of Christians, may hi,
tongue falter and his check blancI
and his heart stopl My friends, il
there is any church on earth where
there Is a mingling Of all denomina
tions it is our church. 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 came from; and in the same pray.
er meetings l have heard brethren
make audible ejaculation, "Amen p
Praise ye the Lordl" and we did not
have to guess twice where they came
from. When a man knocks at our
church door, if he comes from a sect
where they will mob give hiin q certifl-
cate, we say, "Come in by confession
of faith" While Adoniram Judson
the Baptist, and John Wesley the
Methodist, and John Knox the glo-
rious old Scotch Presbyterian, are shak-
ing hands in heaven, all churches on
earth can afford to come into close
communication, zone Lord, one faith,
one baptism"
Oh, my brethren, we have had
enough of Big Bethel fights-the Four
teenth New York regiment fighting
the Fifteenth Massachusetts, regiment.
Now let all those who are for Christ
and stand on the same side get shoul-
der to shoulder, and this church, in
stead of having sprinkling of the
divine blessing, go clear under the
wave in one glorious immersion 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 its dying lips and give last kiss.
Oh, l said, those two persons will stand
very near to each other always after
such an interlocking The dying Christ
puts one arm around this denomination
of Christians, and the other arm around
that denomination of Christians, and
he brings them down to his dying
lips while he gives them this 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
ALL ARE ONE IN CHRIST,
l heard II Baptist minister once say
that he thought in the millennium 1t
would be all one great Baptist church;
and heard Methodist minister say
that he thought In the great millennial
day it would be all one great Methodist
church; and have known a Presby-
terian minister who thought that in the
millennial day it would be all one great
Presbyterian 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 un-
der the skillful hands of Handel, Mo
zart or Beethoven entwine them into
one grand and overpowering symphony,
so, suppose, ia 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 up of jasper and agate and many
precious stones cemented together
mosaic a thousand feet square in st.
Marks, or mosaic hoiSted in colossal
seraphim IN st. Sophia | suppose
God will make, after awhile, one great
blending of all creeds, and all faiths,
and all Christian sentiments, the anne
thyst, and the jasper and the chal
cedony of all different experiences and
belief cementod side by side in the
great mosaic OF the ages, and while
the nations look upon the columns
and architraves OF that stupendous
church of the future, and cry out
"What mean ye by these stones"
there shall be innumerable voices to
respond, I'VE mean the Lord God
omnipotcnt reigneth."
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 institu-
ton, or as platform on which 20 read
essays and philosophical dlsqulsitions,
but place for the tremendous work Of
soul saving. Oh, had rather be the
means In this church Of having one
soul prepared for joyful eternity
than Ave 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 unbelievera