Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-05-01

f,isl,s :, lhat heard the cry, SIT is
il,| Was ever any church on earth
no WIN such memorial?
iIa'h are two tables of stone. which
~ iaau brought from Mount Sinai where
t t,,n Jaw was given. Three camels were
. thas w weeks crossing the desert to fetch
"a tlao " hen at Cairo, Egypt, proposed
s t ,,ie e Snfis.lan Arab that he bring one
soone IRON Mount Sinai he said, 1--WE
a aai .'sleI orlhg two rocks than one. for
o .'a must balance them on the back of
sno camel and did not think until the
| aas .. VI Chelr arrival how much more sug-
ss'..se would be the two, because the
~ lrs" vas written on two tables of stone
..hI NJ s. 10 marked with the words.
Mouh5 slnai'' felt the earthquake that
s s,;,1s '',e mountains when the law was
gwen. Inc lower stone of the wall is
from Mars Hill, the place whore panl
slood when he preached that lannon's
sermon on the brotherhood of tho hnm.n
race, declaring. God hath made Of one
blood all natons.''
Since Lord Elgin took the lannon's
statuary from the Acropolis. the hin adj.
joining Mars Hill. the Greek Goycrnmnn,
makes it impossible to transport to other
lahds any antiquities, and armed SOL
d!ery guard not only the Aeropolis but
Mars HILL That stone | obtained NV
special permission from the Queen of
Gfeece, most sagacious and brilliant
woman. who received us as though we
had bcen old acquaintance, and through
AR. lrlconpis Prime Minister of Greece
ana Mn. Snowdcn. our American Minis
Ter Pienlpo1entiary. and Dr. Manatt. our
American Consul, that suggestive tablet
was sawed from the pulpit of rock on
which Paul preached. Now you UNDER
stand why we have marked it .s,The Cos
pei Long after my lips shall utter in
TINS church their last message, these lips
OF stone will tell of the Law, and the
Sacrifices, and the Gospel. This day |
present them to this church and to all
VINO shall gaze upon them. Thus you
nave my answer to the question. s'What
mean you by these stones?"
Eut you cannot divert me from the
text as irSt put it. | have interpreted
these tour memorials on my right hand.
put There are hundreds of stones in these
surrounding walls and underneath us, i'm
the foundations. and rising above us in
the towers. The quarries OF this and
TRANSATLANTIC countries at the call of
cfOWbaf and chiSel have contributed to-
ward this structure. sWhat mean ye nv
these stones?
You mean among other things that
they shall be an earthly residence for
Christ. Christ did not have much of a
hon.e when He was here. Who and
where is that child crying? 1t is Jesus,
born i'll an clubhouse. Where is that hard
breathing? 1t is Jesus, asleep on a rock.
Who is that in tho back part of the fish
ing smack, with a sailors rough ovcrcoat
thrown over him? 1t is Jesus the worn
out voyager. o Jesus! is it not time that
thou hadst a house? We give thee this.
Thou didst give it to us first, but we give
it back to thee. 1t is too good for us,
but not halt good enough for thee. Oh!
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, saying, 81 am the light of the world -
King! make this thine audience cham
Der. 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, 80 King! live torever!"
is it not time that He who was born in
a strangers house and buried in stran-
gers grave should have an earthly house?
Come in, 0 Jesus! not the corpse of /;
buried Christ. but radiant and tri-
umphant Jesus, conqueror of earth and
Heaven and hell.
He lives, all glory to His name,
He lives, my Jesus, still the same.
On the sweet joy this sentence gives
know that my Redeemer lives
Blessed be His glorious name forever!
Again, if any one asks the question of
the text, ''What mean We by these
stones?" the reply is we mean the COM
munion OF saints. Do you know that
there is not single denomination of
Christians in Brooklyn that has not con-
tributcd something toward the building
OF this house? And if ever, standing in
this place, there shall be man who
shall try by anything he says to stir up
bitterness between different denom-
nations of Christians, may his tongue
faltcr, and his cheek blanch, and his
heart stop! My friends, if there is any
church on earth where there is a ming
ling of all denominations it is our church.
just wish that John Calvin and Ar
minus, ii they were not too busy, would
come out on the battlements and see us.
Sometimes in our prayer-meetings l
have heard brethren use the phrases of Il
beautiful liturgy, and we know where
they come from: and in the same PRAYER
meetings l have heard brethren make
audible ejaculation, ''Amcn!'' ''Praise ye
the Lord!" and we did not have to guess
twice where they came from. When q
man knocks at our church door, ii he
comes from Il sect where they will not
give him 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
shaking 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 Fourteenth New York Regiment
fighting the Fifteenth Massachusetts
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 q sprinkling OF the di-
vine blessing, go clear under the wave in
o,o rr)oriouc im,pnrS;nn in the name of