Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-27
HIS EVENINGS DISCOURSE.

DEVICES IMMENSE UNION lHeCllilP,
Six Thousand People Listen to Each of the
Sermons, and Thousands were Turned
Away-eWhat Mean We by These
Stones" the Evening Text.
Special TO the Gazette.
BROOKLYN. April 2G.-SermCn of Rev. 7.
Dewitt Talmage in the New Brooklyn
tabernacle on Clinton avenue this evening,
the building having been dedicated IL the
morning at 10 30. \ great Union meeting
IN which clergymen of all denominations Of
Christians participated was held III the al
ternoon. Six thousand persons We're pres
ent at each OF the services and many thou-
sands were turned away. Text: What
mean We bythese stOneS2' Joshua ", 3.
The Jordan. like the Mississippi, has
bluffs on the one side and flats on the other
Here and there sycamore shadows It.
Here and there willow dips into 1t. IL
was only little over waist deep IN Dece1n-
Der as waded through il. but il the months
Of 1April and May the SHOWS on Mount
1B4non thaw and flow down into the val
Fgy. and then the Jordan oyerfowS It's
banks. Then il IS wide, deep, raging and
impetuous At this season of the year l
hear the tramp of 10000 armed men com
do they not 90 up nearer the rise OF the
river II the old camel ford! All my friends.
IL is because il IS not safe 70 90 around when
the Lord tells US to 90 ahead. The Israel
ties had been going around tolty years, and
they had enough Of ii. | do not know how
il is with you. my brethren, but have al
ways got into trouble when ! went around,
but always got into
SAFETY WHEN WENT AHEAD.
There spreads out the Jordan. raging
torrent, much OF it snow water Just come
down from the mountain top; and see some
of The lsraeliteS shiyeriug II the idea OF
pluugng in. and one soldier says to his
comradc, "Joseph, can YOU SWIM And an
other says: If We get across this stream
We Will Get there with wet clothes and with
damaged aIIuur. and the CanaaniteS Will
slash Us TO pieces with their swords before
we get up the other bank But 1t Is no
time halt The great host marches on. The
priests carrying the ark go ahead. the peO-
pie follow ! hear the tramp Of the great
multitude The priests have now come
within a stone ; throw Of the water. Yet
still there is no abatement Of the Hood. Bad
prospects! It seems as II these lSraeiIteS
that crossed the desert are now going 10 be
drowned in sight of Canaan. But For
ward :" IS the cry. The command rings all
along the line Of the host "t'orward.i
Now the priests have come within one step
OF the river This time they lift their feet
from the solid ground and put them down
into the raging stream. NoSooncr are their
feet there than Jordan f;eS On the right
hand God piles up i
GREAT MOUNTAIN OF FLOODS;
on the left. the water flows on toward the
sea. The great river, for hours. halts and
rearS The black waters, not being able 20
How over the passing IsTaeiiteS, pile wave
on wave, until perhaps sea-blrd would
ind some difficulty il sealing the water
4 st1' 10
have gore over on dry land The water on
, theseN hand side by this time mas reached.
thSEfa and now that the miraculous pas
ksG,. has been made. stand back and see this
EsUupendous pile Of waters leap. God takes
his hand from that wall of foods, and like a
! hundred cataracts they plunge and roar IN
thunderoUS triumph 10 the sea.
How are they to celebrate this passage?
Shall il be with music! ! suppose the trum-
nrt ana cymbalS were all worn out before
this. Shall It be with banners waving?
Oh, no: they are all faded and torn. Joshua
cries out: i will tell YOU how to celebrate
this: Build monument here to comlnem-
crate The event. and every priest puts
heavy stone on his shoulder and marches
out and drops that stone in the divinely ap-
uoiuted place ! see the pile growing III
height. in breadth. in significance: and, in
after years. men went by that spot and saw
this monument. and cried ont one 10 an
| T..
text:
WHAT MEAN YE BY THESE sToNES:n
Blessed be God. he did not leave our
church in the wilderness! We have been
wandering about for year and half wor
shipping in the academy Of music, Brook
lyu and the academy OF music, New York
And some thought we should never reach
the promised land. Some said we had bet
ter take this route and others that Some
said we had better go back, and some said
there were sons Of Auak in the way that
would eat US up; and before the smoke had
cleared away from the sky after our taber-
rac!e had been consumed, people stood on
the very site Of the place and said: This
church will never again be built. We came
down to the bank of Jordan: we looked of
upon the waters. Some Of the sympathy
that was expressed turned out 70 be snow
water melted from the top of Lebanon.
Some said: You had better not so in;
YOU will get your feet wet But we waded
in. pastor and people, further and further,
and in some way, the Lord only knows
how. we cot through and Tonight
! go all around about this great house. erected
by Your prayers and sympathies, and sacri-
fees. and cry out in the words OF my text:
What mean We by these stones.2 1t Is an
outrage to build 4 house like this so vast,
and magnificent, unless there be some ire
Inerdous reason for doing il; and so my
friends | pursue YOU tonight with the
question OF my text and demand OF these
trustees and Of these elders ana of all who
have contributed in the building of this
structure, What mean Ee these stoneS!'
But before get your answer 10 my ques-
ton YOU interrupt me and point TO
THE MEMORIAL WALL
nj the side of this pulpit, and say, ''EX-
plain that unusual group OF memorials,
what mean YOU by those stones2" By per-
mission of the people Of my beloved charge
] recently visited the holy lands, and hay
inc in mind by day and by night during
my absence this rising house of
prayer ! bethought myself, What
can l do 10 make that place significant
| and glorious on the morning of Decem-
her the 81 we were at the foot of the
| most sacred mountain of all the earth,
| Mount Calvary. There is no more doubt
| of the locality than OF Mount Washington
/ or Mont Blanc On the bluff of this
/ mountain which is the exact shape of the
| human skull and so called in the Bible,
| the place of a skull" there IS room for
| three crosses. There l saw stone SO
| suggestive l rolled it down the hill and
| transported IL Ii is at the top of this
| wall. white stone with crimson veins
running through ii, the white typical of
| no Snurpsrivn of n