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

aIe all mistaken. i think the millennial
church will be composite church; and
Just as you may take the best parts of
,lVe or six tunes, and under the skillful
hands OF Handel, Mozart, or Beethoven
ehtwllIe them into one grand and over
towering symphony, so. 1 suppose, in
lhe 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,
ana that will be the church of the future.
VI, as mosaic is made up of jasper and
agate and many precious stones ccmented
!ogethcr-mosaic thousand feet square
IN 81 Marks, or mosaic hoisted in colos-
SAL scraphin in st. Sophio-so I suppose
God VIII make, after awhile, enc great
blending OF all creeds, and all faiths. and
all CHRISTIAN sentiments, the amethyst,
ana llla the jasper, and the chacedony of all
uiHereht experiences and belief, ccmented
Sloe by side i'll the great mosaic of the
ages: and while the nations look upon
the columns and architraves of that stu
pcndous church of the future, and cry
out, What mean We by these stones?"
there shall be innumerablc voices to re-
spond, 1--WE mean the Lord God omnipo-
tent reigneth,"
Still further, You mean by these stones
INC salvation of the people, We did not
build this church for mere worldly re-
forms, or for an educational institution.
OF as a platform upon which to read es-
says and philosophical dispositions, but
place Tor the tremendous work of soul
saving. Oh, had rather be the means
IN TINS church OF having one soul pre-
pared for joyous eternity than five
Thousand souls prepared for mere world
~ success. All churches are in two
classes, all communities in two classes,
All inc race Ill two claSses-belcverS and
uhoellcvers. To augment the number of
tne one and subtract from the number of
the other we built this church, and to-
ward That supreme and eternal idea we
dedlcate all our sermons, all our songs,
all our prayers, all our Sabbath hand
shakings. We want to throw detection
into the enemy's ranks. We want to
make them either surrender uncondi-
tlonally to Christ or else ty i'm
rout, scattering the way with can
teens, blankets, and knapsacks. We
want to popularizc Christ. Wewould like
to tell the story of His love here until
men would feel that they would rather
die than live another hour without His
sympathy and love and mercy. We
want to rouse up an enthusiasm for Him
greater than was felt for Nathaniel Lyon
when he rode along the ranks; greater
than was exhibited for Wellington when
he came back from Waterloo: greater
than was expressed for Napoleon when
he stepped ashore from Elba. We really
believe in this place Christ will enact the
same scenes that We're enacted by Him
when He landed in the orient, and there
will be such an opening OF blind eyes
and unstopping of deaf ears and casting
out OF unclean spirits such slcncng.
bestormcd Gennesarets as shall make
this house memorable five hundred years
after you and l are dead and forgotten.
Oh, NY friends, we want but one revival
in this church, that beginning now and
running on to the day when the chisel
OF time. that brings down even ST. Paurs
and the Pyramids, shall bring this house
into the dust.
Oh, that this day of dedication might
be the day of emancipation of all inn
prisoncd souls. My friends, do not
make the blunder of the ship carpen-
tiers in Noah's time, who helped to build
the ark, but did not get into it. God
forbid that You who have been so gen.
erous in building this church should not
get under its saving influence. s'Come
thou and all thy house into the ark?
DO you think man is safe out of Christ?
Not one day, not one hour, not one min
ute, not one second. Three or four
years ago, you remember, rail train
broke down u bridge on the way to AL
bany, and after the catastrophe they
were looking around among the timbers
90 md Jo foIl
train and found the conductor. He was
dying, and had only strength to say one
thing, and that was, "Hoist the flag for
the next train" So there come to us
tonight, from the etcrn al word, voices
OF angels, voices of departed spirits, cry
ing: Lift the warming. Blow the
trumpet. Give the alarm. Hoist the
flag for the next tran.'
Oh. that tonight my Lord Jesus would
sweep His arm around this great au-
dience and take you all to His holy
heart. You will never see so good
time for personal conservation as now.
"What mean We by these stones?" We
mean your redemption from sin and death
and hell by the power of an omnipotent
gospel.
Well, the Brooklyn Tabernacle is
erected again. We came here tonight
not to dedicate it. That was done this
morning. Tonight we dedicate our
selves In the Episcopal and Methodist
churches they have a railing around the
altar, and the people come and knecl
down at that railing and get the sacra-
mental blessing. Well, my friends, it
would take more than a night to gather
YOU in circles around this altar. Thcn
just bow where you are for the blessing
Aged men, this is the last church that
you will ever delicate May the God
who comforted jacob the Patriarch, and
Paul the aged. make this house to you
the gate of Heaven; and when, in your
old days, you put on your spectacles to
read the hymn or the Scripture lesson,
may you get preparation for that land
where you shall no more see through
glass darkly. May the warm sunshine
OF Heaven thaw the snow off your fore
heads!
Men in midlife, do you know that this
is the place where you are going to get
yonr fatigucs rested and your sorrows
appeased and your souls saved? Do you
know that at this altar your sons and
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