Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-05-02

contributed IN tho building OF tns
structure, "What mean We by these
stones2" But before / get your answer
to my question you interrupt Inc, and
point to the memorial wall at the side
of this pulpit, and say, Explain that
unusual gnoup of memorials. Whes
mean you by those stoncs2" by per
mission of the people of ny6oloved
charge l recently visited the Holy
Lands, and having in mind by day and
night during my absence this rising
house of prayer, bethought myself
''What can do to mako that place
significant and glorious"
On the morning of December the
Sd we were at the foot of The mos
sacred Inoanta;n Of ell the Garth, Elount
Calvary. There is no more doubt o.
the'loc:lIty tllan of Mount Washington
or Mont Blame. On the bI11 of Iii:
mountain, Which is the exact shape o.
the human skull, and so called in thu
Bible 1.-The place of q skull" tllcro i:
room for three crosses. There saw {
stone so suggestive ] rolled it down tho
hill and transported it; It's attic tel
Of. this wall a white stone with erin
son veins running through 1.-THE white
typical q purity, the crimson sasses
two of the blool that paid the price Of
our redemption. We place it ut tho
top of>the memorial wall, for above ell
in this church for al time, in sermon
and song and prayer, shall be the sacri
flee OF Mount Calvary. Loo; ut it.
That stone was one OF the rock, rcnt at
the crucilxicn. That heard the cry,
sit is finished" Was ever any church
on earth honored with sucli memo
rial2
MOUNT sI,iAI AND MARS EII,I,.
Beneath it are two tlblcs Of stone
which I had brought FROM Mount
Sinai, where the law was given. Three
calnels were three weeks crossing the
desert to fetch them When 1T Cairo,
Egypt, proposed to the Christian
Arab that lie bring enc stone from
Mount Sinai, lie said I'VE can easier
bring two rocks t.l;u one, for one must
balance them on the back of the
camel" and did not think until the
day of their arrival how riuc;i moro
suggestive would DO the two, because
the law was written on two tables of
stone. Those stones marked with the
words Mount Sinai" felt the Garth
quake that shook tho mountains when
tho law was given. The lower stone OF
the wal! is from BARS Hill. the place
where Paul stood whom he preached
that famous sermon on the brother
hood OF the human rice, declaring,
..God hath made of one blood all ma
tons. Since Lord Elgia took the
famous statuary from the Acropolis,
the hill adjoining Mars Hill, the Greek
government makes it impossible to
transport to other lands any antiquities,
and armed soldiery guard not only the
Acropolis but Mars Hill.
That Stone l obtained by special per-
mission from the Queen of Greece,
most gracious and brilliant woman,
WHO received us rs though we had been
old acquaintance, through Mr.
Tricoupis, the prime minister of Greece,
md Mr. Snowden, our American minis
ter plenipotentiary, and Or. Manatt,
cur American consul, that suggestive
tablet was sawed from tho pulpit OF
rock on which Paul preached. Nov
you understand why we have marked
it The Gospel" Long after my lips
shall utter in this church their last mes
sage, these lips of stone will tell of the
law and the sacrifice and the gospel.
This day present them to this church
and to al who shall gaze upon them.
Thus you have my answer to the ques-
ton, What moan you by these stoncsT
But you cannot divert Inc from the
question of the text as l first put it.
have interpreted these four memorials
on my right Land, bet there are llun-
drcds of stones in these surrounding
walls and underneath us, in the founda-
tons, and rising above us, in the
towers. The quarrics of this and trans
atlantic countries, ut tho call of crowbar
and chisel, have contributed toward this
sfr1,cturo s.T7hat mean We by these
stones2"
You menn among other things that
they shall he on earthly residence Tor
Christ. Christ did not have much Of q
home when he was here. Who and
where is that child crying? 1t is Jesus,
born in m clubhouse. Where is that
hard breathing? 1t is Jesus, asleep on
q rock. WHO is that in the back part
of the fishing smack, with a sailors
rough ovcrcoat thrown over him2 1t
is Jesus the worn out voyagcr. O Jc-
susl Is it not time that thou hadst q
housel Wc.give thee this. Thou didst
give it to us first, but we give 1t back
to thee. 1t is too good for US, but not
half good enough for thee.
Oh, come In. and take the best seat
here. Walk up and down all these
nisles. Speak throughthese organ pipes.
Throw thine urn over US in these
arches. In the flaming of these .brack-
cts Of fire speak to US, saying, Il am the
light of the world" o king make
this thine audience chamber Hero
proclaim righteousness and make treat
les. We clap our hands, we uncover
our heads, wo Lift our cnsigns, we cry
with multitudinous reclamation until
the place rings md the heavens listen,
20 king! live for ever!'
TIE TEMPLE OF a LIVING LORD.
Is it not time that he who was born
in a strangers house and buried in q
strangers grave should have an earthly
housed Como, in 0 Jesus! not the
corpse of a buried Christ, but aradiant
and triumphant jesus, conqueror Of