Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1891-05-08

This day l present them TO the church and
to all who shall gare upon them. Thus you
have my answer TO the question, "What
mean you by these stonesr
But you cannot divert me from the ques-
ton Of the text as Hrst put It have In
terpreted these four memorials on my right
hand. but there are hundreds Of stones In
these surrounding walls and underneath US
In the foundations, and rising above us In
the towers. The quarriss Of This and trans
atlantic countries at the call OF crow bar and
chissd have contributed toward this structure.
what mean ye by these stonesy'
You mean among other things that they
shall ba an earthly residence for Christ.
Christ did not have mitch Of q homo when
He was here Who and where Is that child
crying' 1t is Jesus born In an clubhouse.
Where is that hard bresthingi 1t Is Jesus,
asleep on a rock. Who Is that In the back
part Of fishing smack, With q sailors
rough overcoat thrown over Himi II is
Jesus, the worn out voyaEer. o, Jesus is
10 not time that Thou hadst bousei We
give Thee this. Thou didst give 1t to us
hrst, but we give IL back to Thee. it II 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 through these organ ppes. Throw
thine arm over us In these arches. In the
flaming Of these brackets OF fire speak 10 US,
saying, ~ am the light Of the world o
King make this thine audiencs chamber.
Here proclaim righteousness and make
treaties. We clap our hands we uncover
our heads we lift our ensigns we cry with
mutitudinous acclsmation until the place
rings aud the heavens listen, 10 King live
toreverr'
Is 1t not time that He who was born in
strangers house and buried In a strangers
va ahn,,li ha FthlN hon uaap Coma
IN, o Jesus! not the corpse Of buried Christ
out radiant and triumphant Jesus, con-
lueror of earth and heaven and hell
He lives. eli CORY to His name.
He lives. my Jo.us, ttill the same
oh. the sweet Joy this sentence gives
know that my Redeemer lives.
Blessed be His glorious name forever !!
Again il any one asks the question OF the
text What mean We by these stonesY' the
reply Is we mean the communion Of saints.
Do you know that there is not a single de-
nomination OF Christians in Brooklyn that
has not contributed something toward the
building Of this houses And II ever, stand
ing in this place, there shall be a man who
shall try by anything he says to stir up bit
serness between different denominations OF
Christians, may his tongue falter, and his
cheek blanch, and his heart stopi MY
friends, IL there is any church on earth
tions ID is our church. | Just wish that John
Calvin and Arminius, IL they were not too
busy, would come out on the battlements
and see US
Sometimes in our prayer meetings have
| heard brethren use the phrases OF beautiful
liturgy. and we know where they come from ;
and in the same prayer meetings | have
heard brethren made audible ejaculation,
| "AmenF' Praise We the IIordm and We did
| hnx, - tuVin xxyha hav
from. When a man knocks at our church
door, II he comes from a sect where they
will not give him a certificate, We say:
| Come in by confession OF faith While
Adoniram Judson, the Baptist, and John
| Wesley, the Methodist, and John Knox, the
glorious old Scotch Presbyterian, are shak-
ing hands in heaven, all churches on earth
can afford to come into close communica-
ton: "One Lord one faith one baptism" )"
| Oh. my brethren, we have had enough OF Big
Bethel fghts-the Fourteenth New York
regiment fighting the Fifteenth Maseachu-
setts regiment. Now, let all those who are
| for Christ and stand ON the same side 90
shoulder to shoulder, and this church, instead
Of having a sprinkling OF the divine blessing.
20 clear under the wave in one glorious i'm
mertlon in the name Of the Father and OF the
Son and OF the Holy Ghost.
saw a little child once, in Its dying hour,
| pun Oue III hiOhilu It's nCSh ahu bhc
other arm around its mothers neck and
bring them close down TO its dying lips and
xive last kiss. Oh, said, those two per-
sons will stand very near to each other al
ways after such an interlocsiDg. The dying
| Christ puts one arm around this denomina.
lion OF Christians, and the other arm around
hat denomination of Christians, aud He
brings them down to His dying lips while He
gives thom this parting kiss: MY peace
cave with you. My pcace give unto you
How swift the heavenly course they run.
Whose hearts and faith and hopes are oae.
heard Baptist minister once say that
le thought in the millennium It would be
Ill one great Baptist church; and l heard
Methodist minister say that he thought
| n the great millennial dav IL would be all
,ne great Methodist church; aud l have
tnown Presbyterian minister who
thought that in the millennial day it would
% all one great Presbyterian church. Now
think they are all mistaken. l think the
nillennial church will be a composite
,hurch; and just rs you may take the best
parts of five or six tunes, and under the skill
,ul hands OF Handel, Mozart or Beethoven
,ntwine them into one grand and overpower-
ng symphony, so, | suppose, in the latter
laws Of the world, God will take the best
parts of all denominations Of Christians aud
weave them into one great ecclesiastical
harmony, broad as the earth and high as the
heavens, and that will be the church Of the
,uture Or, as mosaic Is made OF jasper and
agate and many precious stones cementel
sogether-moCaic thousand feet square in
st. Marks, or mosaic hoisted In colossal
,eraphim in st. Sophia's-so I suppose God
will make, after while, one great blending
II all creeds, and all faiths, and ali Christian
continents, the amythest and the Jasper, and
the chalcedony Of all different experiences
and belief, cemeted side by side In the great
mosaic of the ages: aud while the nations
look upon the columns and architrnves OF
the stupendous church OF the future and
cry out, "What mean ye by these stones r
there shall be innumerable voices to re.
Spond, 1--WE mean the Lord God omnipotent
relgneth."
Still further, you mean by these stones the
salvation of the people. We did not build
an educational institution, or as platform
on which to read essays and philosophical
disauisitions, but place for the tremendous
work of soul saving. On, had rather be
the means In this church OF having one soul
prepared for joyful eternity than five
thousand souls prepared for mere worldly
success. All churches are in two classes, al
communities In two classes, all the race IL
two classes-believers and unbeievers. Tc
augment the number OF the one and subtrac
from the number of the other we built thi
church, and toward that supreme and eter
nal idea we dedicate all our sermons, all oul
songs, all our prayers, all our Sabbath hand
shakings. We want to throw detection int
the enemy's ranks. We want TO make then
either surrender unconditionally to Christ o.
else fly in front, scattering the way witt
canteens, blankets and knapsacks. w
want to, popularize Christ We woul,
like 10 tell the story OF His love here unit
men would feel that they had rather die thai
live another hour without His sympathy an
love and mercy. We want TO rouse mp Al
enthusiasm for Him greater than was fel
for Nathaniel Lyon when he rode along th
ranks; greater than was exhibited for We'll
ington when he came back from Waterloo
greater than was expressed for Napoleo
| ,xhan he slammed ashore from Elha We raall