Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-04-30
THE NEW TABERNACLE.
o., TALMAeE's GRAPHIC REVIEW OF
THE BUILDING AND ITS PURPOSES.

The Passage Of Jordan by the Israelites.
The Many Discouragements in building
the New Strueture-Stones from Sinai
and Athens-A Church for All.
BROOKLYN, April 25.-Sermon Of Rev. I.
De Witt Talmase in the new BROOKLYN
tabernacle on Clinton avenue this even.
ing, the building having been dedicated in
the morning at 1890 great union meet
ing, in which clergymen of all denomina-
lions OF Christians participated, was held
IN the afternoon. Six thousand persons
were present at each of the services, and
many thousands were turned away. Text,
Nv hat mean we by these stoness" (Joshua
iv, o.
The Jordan, like the Mississippi has
bluffs on the one side and flats on the
other Here and there IA sycamore shad-
ows 1t. Here and there a willow dips into
1t. 1t was only little over waist deep in
December rs waded through il, but in the
months Of April and May the SHOWS on
Mount Lebanon thaw and flow down into
the valley, and then the Jordan overflows
its banks Then il is wide, deep raging
and impetuous. At this season Of the
year hear the tramp of forty thousand
armed men coming down to cross the river
You say, why do they not 90 up nearer the
rise of the river at the old camel fordg Ali
my friends il is becatfse it is not safe to 90
around when the Lord tells us to 20 ahead.
The israelites had been going around forty
years, and they had enough Of it, do not
know how it is with You, my brethren, but
have always got into trouble when went
around, but always got into safety when
went ahead
There spreads out the Jordan, raging
torrent, much of it snow water just come
Town from the mountain top; aud ! see
some Of the lsraelites shivering at the idea
Of plunging in. and one soldier says to his
eomrade, Joseph, can you SWIM" And
another says IF we get across the stream
we will get there with wet clothes and
with damaged armor, and the Canaanites
will slash us to pieces with their swords
before we get up the other bank" But it
is no time to halt The great host marches
on
The priests carrying the ark 20 ahead,
,he people follow hear the tramp of the
great multitude. The priests have now
come within stones throw Of the water
Yet still there is no abatement Of the food.
Now they have come within four or Ave
feet of the stream; but there is no abate-
nlent OF the food. Bad prospect 1t seems
As If these Israelites 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 "Forwardr Now the priests have
come within one step Of the river This
time they lift their feet from the solid
ground and put them down into the rag
ing stream No sooner are their feet there
than Jordan flies.
On the right hand God piles up great
mountain of floods; on the left the water
flows or toward the sea. The great river
for hours halts and rears. The back
waters, not being able to flow over the pass
ing lsracltes, pile wave on wave until per
haps a sea bird would find some difficulty
IN scaling the water cliff. Now the priests
and all the people have gone over on dry
land The water on the left hand side by
this time has reached the sea- and now
that the miraculous passage has been made,
stand back and see this stupendous pile OF
waters leap. God takes his hand from
that wall OF floods, And like "a hundred cat.
aracts they plunge and roar in thunderous
triumph to the sea.