Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-04-30

Again, II any one asks the question of the
text: "What mean We by these stonesg"
the reply Is, we mean the communion OF
saints. Do you know there lie not single
denomination Of Christians In Brooklyn
! that has not contributed something toward
the building Of this house? And If ever,
standing In this place, there shall be n man
who shall try by anything he says, TO stir
up bitterness between different denomina.
lions OF Christians, may his tongue falter
and his cheek blanch, and his heart stopl
My friends, II there is any church
I on earth where there is ming.
ling OF all denominations, IL is our church.
just wish that John Calvin and Arminius,
II they were not too busy, would come oui
on the battlements and see us. Sometimes
IN our prayer-meetings l have heard
brethren use the phrases Of beautiful
liturgy. and We know where they came
from; and In the same prayer-meetings
have heard brethren make audible ejacula-
ton, "Amcn ~ "Praise ye the Lord ~ and
we did not have to guess twice where they
came from. When man knocks at our
church door, II he comes from u sect where
they will not give him a certificate,
we say, "Come in BY confession Of faith"
While Adoniram Judson, the Bapt ct,
and John Wesley, the Methodist, and John
Knox, the glorious old SEQ CHI Presby terrain,
are shaking hands In heaven, all churches
on earth can afford TO come into close COM
oHt, lsOTu Onc IhltU, one
baptism" oh my brethren-we have had
enough Of Big Bethel fiehts-thc 18th New
York Regiment fighting tho 18th NIassachu-
sets Regiment. Now let all those who are
for Christ and stand on the same side, 60
shoulder to shoulder, and this church
tins n, of having ...Gr. fprnkiing Of
under the wave in one glori.
Gus immersion In the name of the Father,
and OF the Son, and OF the Holy Ghost I
saw a little child once, in its dying hour,
put one arm around its fathers neck, md
the other arm around Its mothers neck,
and bring them both down to It's dying lips
aud give last kiss. Oh, said those two
persons will stand very near to each other
always after such IN mterlocking. The
dying Christ puts one arm around this
denomination OF Christians, and the other
arm around that denomination OF Christians,
aad he brings them down to his dying
lips, while he gives them this parting Kiss:
my peace l leave with you. My peace
give unto you."
Well, the Brooklyn Tabernacle is erected
again. We came here tonight not to ded-
icatc 1t. That was done this morning. To-
night we dedicate ourselves. In the Epis-
copal and Methodist Churches they havea
railing around the altar, and the people
come and kneel down at that railing
and get the sacramental blessing.
We'll, my friends, it would take more than
night to gather you in circles around this
altar. Then just bow where yoI are for
the blessing. Aged men, this is the last
church that you will ever dedicate. May
the God VINO comforted Jacob the Patri-
arch, and Paul the aged, make this house to
you the gate of heaven; and when, in your
old days, you put OH your spectacles to
read the hymn or the Scripture lesson, may
YOU get preparation for that land where
J OIL shall no more see through q glass
darkly. May the warm sunshine Of heaven
thaw the snow off your foreheadS! Men in
mid-life, do you know that this is the place
where you are going to get your fRtigues
Tcssed, and your SORROWS appeased, and
your souls saved? DO YOU know
That at this altar your sons and daughters
will take upon themselves the VOWS Of the
Christian, and from this place you will
carry out some OF you, your precious doady
Between this baptlsmal font and this cons
munion table you will have some OF the
tenderest OF lifc's experiences. God bless
YOU, old, and young and middle-aged. Tho
money you have given to this church to-
day will be, hope, the best financial inv
yestment you have ever made. Your
worldly investments may depend upon the
whims OF the money market, or the honesty
OF business associates; but the money you
have given to the house OF the Lord shall
yield you large percentage, and declare
eternal dividends long after the MONDAY
sun shall have gone out like spark from q
smitten anvil and all the stars are dead.