Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-04-27

beneath 1t are TWO IaDIeS OF stone
which [ had brought from Mount
Sinai, where the law was given. Three
camels were three weeks crossing the
desert to fetch them. When at Cairo,
Egypt, l proposed to the Christian
Arab that he bring one stone from
Mount Sinai, he said I'VE can easier
bring two rocks than one, for one must
balance them on the back of the
camel" and I did not think until the
lay of their arrival how much more
suggestive would be the two, because
The law was written on two tables of
stone. Those stones marked with the
words Mount Sinai" felt the earth
quake that shook the mountains when
The law was given. The lower stone of
The wall is from Mars Hill, the place
where Paul stood when he preached
that famous sermon on the brother
hood of the human race, declaring,
GOOD hath made of one blood all ma
/ TONS Since Lord Elgin 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 | obtained by special per-
mission from the Queen of Greece, a
most gracious and brilliant woman,
who received US us though we had been
| old acquaintances, and through Mr.
/ TricOupis the prime minister of Greece
and Mr. Snowden, our American minis
ter plenipotentiary and DR.. Manatt
our American consul, that suggestive
tablet was sawed from the pulpit Of
rock on which Paul preached. Now
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 all who shall gaze upon them.
Thus you have my answer to the ques-
ton, What mean you by these stones?'
But you cannot divert me from the
question of the text as [ first put it. I
have interpreted these four memorials
on my right hand, but there are hun
dreds of stones in these surrounding
walls and underneath US, in the founda-
TONS and rising above US, in the
towers. The quarries of this and trans
| atlantic countries, at the call of crOWbar
and chisel, have contributed toward this
structure. What mean We by these
stOneS?'
You mean among other things that
they shall be an earthly residence for
Christ Christ did not have much of a
home when he was here Who and
where is that child crying? 1t is Jesus,
born in an 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 d sailors
rough overc0at thrown over him? 1t
is Jesus the worn out voyager o Je
sus! 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
half good enough for thee.
Oh, come in, and take the best seat
here. Walk up and down all these
aisles. Speak throughthese organ pipes
Throw thine arm 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. Here
proclaim Righteousness and make treat
les 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,
30 king! live for ever!''
THE TEMPLE OF a LIVING LORD.
Is it not time that he who was born
in a strangers house and buried in
strangers grave should have an earthly
house? Come, in O Jesusl not the
corpse of a buried Christ, but radiant
and triumphant Jesus, cOnqueror of
earth and heaven and hell.
He lives, all glory to his name,
He lives, my Jesus, still the same.
Oh, the sweet joy this sentence gives
know that my Redeemer lives.
Blessed be his glorious name for everi
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
contributed something toward the build
ing 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 de-
nominations of Christians may his
tongue falter and his cheek blanch
and his heart stop Ny friends, if
there is any church on earth where
there is a mingHng of all denomina-
lions it is our church | just wish that
John Calvin and Arminius if they
were not too busy, would come out on
Inc battlements and see US.
Sometimes in our prayer meetings [
nave heard brethren use the phrases of
l beautiful liturgy, and we know where
they came from; and in the same pray
ar meetings [ have heard brethren
make audible ejaculation, "Amenr'
Praise We the Lord" and we did not
have to guess twice where they came
from. When q man knocks at our
church door, if he comes from a sect
where they will not give him a certifi-
cate, we say, Come in by confession
of faith" While Adoniram Judson
the Baptist, and John Wesley the
Methodist, and John Knox the glo-
rious old Scotch Presbyterian, are shak-
ing hands in heaven, all churches on
earth can afford to come into close
communication, cone Lord, one faith,
one baptism. y
Oh, my brethren, we have had
enough of Big Bethel fights Four
teenth New York regiment fighting
the Fifteenth Massachusetts, regiment.
Now let all those who are for Christ
and stand on the same side get shout
der to shoulder, and this church, in
stead of having a sprinkling of the
divine blessing, go clear under the
wave in one glorious immersion in the
name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost.
[ saw little child once in it's dying
hour put one arm around its fathers
neck and the other arm around its
mothers neck, and bring them close
down toits dying lips and give last kiss.
Oh, [ said, those two persons will stand