The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-27

than five thousand souls prepared for mere
worldly success. All churches are in two
classes, all communities in two classes. all
the race in two classes-believers and unbe-
levers. To augment the number Of the one
end substract from the number Of
the other, we built this church.
| and toward that supreme and
eternal idea We dedicate all our sermons, all
our songs, all our prayers, all our Sabbath
/ handshakings. We want 10 throw defec-
ton into the enemY's ranks We want TO
make them either surrender Internationally
TO Christ, OF else fly IN rout, scattering the
way with canteens, blankets and knapSacks.
| We want TO popularize Christ. We would
like to tell the story of his love here until
men would feel that they had 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 be came back from
WaterlOo-greater than was expressed for
Napoleon when he stepped ascore from
Elba. We really believe in this place
| Christ will enact the same scenes that were
enacted by him when he landed IN the
Orient; and there will be such an opening
of blind eyes anu unstopping OF deaf ears,
and casting out Of unclean spiTlts-such
sileucing besrormed Genneserets as shall
make this house memorable five hundred
years after you and | are dead and forgot
ten. o, my friends, we want out one re-
vival in this church. that beginning now
and running on to the day when the chIsel
Of time, that brings down even st. Paul's
and the pyramids, shall bring this house
into the dust.
o, that this day of dedication might be
the day of emancipation of all imprisoned
souls. My friends, do not make the blum
der Of the ship carpenters in Noahs time,
who helped to build the ark but did not get
into it. God forbid that you who have been
so generous in building this church, should
not get under its saving influence. "Come
thou and all thy house into the ark" Do
you think a man is safe out of Christi
Not one day, not one hour, not one
minute, not one second. Three or
four years ago, you remember, a rail
train broke down a bridge on the
way 10 Albany. and after the catastrophe,
they were looking around among the tim
bers of the crushed bridge and the fallen
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 comes to us to-
night, from the eternal word, voices of God,
voices Of angels, voices OF departed spirits,
crying: Lift the wsruing Blow the
trumpet. give the alarm. Hoist the flag
for the next train.
o. thsf tonight nv Lord Jesus would
sweep lbs s-1c around this great audience,
snd iske you 81 70 lis holy heart. You will
never ses 50 good a time for personal conse-
Grafton IS DOW. Nv bat mean We by these
stoassT We mean your redemption from
sin, and death. and bell, by the power of an
omnipotsnf CTlsnel.
Vel, the Brooklyn Tabernacle is erected
again. We came here tonight not to
dedicate IT, That was done this morning.
Tonight We dedicate ourselves. In the
Episcopal aid Methodist churches they
have q railing around the altar, and the
people come and kneel down at the railing
and get the sacramento blessing Well,
my friends. it would take more than a
night to gather you in circles around this
altar Then just bow where you are for
the blessing. Aged men, this is the last
church that you will ever dedicate. May
the God who 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 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 a glass
darkly. May the warm sunshine OF heaven
thaw the snow off your foreheads Men in
mld-life, do you know that this Is the place
where you are going to get your fatlgues
rested, and your sorrows appeased, and
your souls saved. Do you know that at
bulo aiOesA NOuA Bulls 1ilu Wall TAKE
upon themselves the vows OF the Christian,
ard from this place you will carry out.
some OF you. your precious dead?
Between this baptismal font and this
communion table you will have
some Of the tenderest of life's ex-
periences. God bless you, old and young,
and middle-aged. The money you have
given to this church to-day will be- hope,
the best financial investment you have ever
made Your worldly Investments NAV de-
pend upon the whims of the money market;
or the honesty of business associates; but the
money you have given to the house of ire
Lord shall yield you large percentage, and de-
clare eternal dividends long AFT ter the noon
day sun shall have gone out like spark
from a smitten anvil and all the stars are
dead.