The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-05-07

above all in this church for Ill time. IN |
sermon, and song, and prayer, shall be !
Sacrifice OF Mount Calvary. Look at it.
That stone was one of the rocks rent ut
the crucilixion. That heard the cry; 1T
is finished" Was any church on earth
honorcd with such memorial?
Beneath it are two tables of stone
which had brought from Mount Sanai
where the Law was given. Three cam.
els were three weeks crossing the desert
to fetch them. When at Cairo, Egypt,
| proposed to the Christian Arab that
he bring one stone from Mount Sinai, he
said, ave can easier bring two rocks
than one for we mast balance them on
the back Of the camel" and | did not
think until the day of their arrival how
much more suggestive would be the two
because the law was written on two ia
bles OF stone. Those stones marked
with the words "Mount Sinai" felt the
earthquake that shook the mountains
when the Law was given. The lower
stone OF the wall is iron, Mars Hill, the
place where Paul stood when he preach
Ell that famous sermon OH the brother
hood Of the human race, lcclsrinc, "God
hath made Of one blood all nations ="
Since Lord Elgin took the famous stat
uary from the Acropois, the hill adioin-
Ing Mars Hill, the Greek government
makes II impossible to transport to other
lands any Egyptian antiquities, and armed
soldicry guard not only the Acrop Ills
but Mars Hill. That stone | obtained
by special permission from the Queen of
Greece, most gracious and brilliant
woman, who received us as though we
| had hppn Old mi n IL
MIR. Tricoupls, the prime minister of
Greece, and Mr.. SnowJen, our American
minister plenlpotentiary, and DR.. Ma
matt, our American consul, that suggcs-
tive tablet was sawed from the pulpit of
rock Oh which Paul preached. Now , on
understand why we have marked it
The Gospel" Lon. after my lips shall
utter III this church their last message,
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. Thiis
You have my answer to the question,
"What mean you by these stoncs:"
But you must not divert me from the
question OF the text as first put it. !
have interpreted these four memorials
on my right hand but there are hun
drcds of stones in these surrounding
walls and underneath lis, in the iOunda-
lions, and rising above us III the towers
The uuarrlCs OF this and transatlantic
| countries at the cali of crOwbar and
cnlscl have contributed toward this
structure. "What mean yc by these
stones:"
You mean among other things that
they shall be IN earthly residence for
Christ. Christ did not have much of a
home when lie was here, Who and
where is that child crying? II is Jesus,
born i'll an clubhouse. Where is that
hard breathing? 1t is Jesus, asleep on Il
rock. Who is that in The back part OF
the lishing-smacll, with a sailors rough
ovcr-ront thrown over him? 1t is Jesus
the won-out vOYagcr. O Jesus! IS it
not time that thou hadst house? We
give Thee this. Thou didst give it to us
| first, but we give it back to Thee. 1t is
too good iorus, but not half good enough
Tor Thee. Oh! come in and take the best
seat here. Walk up and down all these
alsles. Speak through these organ pipes.
Throw Thine arm over us in these ar
rhcS. In the flaming Of these brackt Is
OF fire speak to us saying. Il am the
light of the world." @ King! make this
Thine audicncc-chambcr. Here pro-
claim righteousness and make treaties.
We clap our hands. we uncover our
he It's, we lit our cnslynS, VIC cry with
multltudnous acclamation lutil the place
rings and the heavens listen: 30 kim!
1--we tor evcr.'
Is it not time that he who was born in
Il strangers house and buried in stran-
gers grave should have an earthly
house? Come in, y Jesus! not the corpse
OF buried Christ, but radiant an
triumphant Jesus, cOnqucrJr OF earth,
and heaven and hell.
He lives, all glory to his name,
lie lives, my Jesus, still the same.
Oh, the sweet JOY this sentence gives
know that my Rcdccmcr lives.
Blessed be His glorious name forever.
Again, If any one asks the question OF
the text: "What mean yc by these
stoncs:' the reply is, we mean the COM
munion Of saints. DO you know that
there IS not denomination OF Christians
III brooklyn that has not contributed
something toward the building of this
house? And If ever, standing i'm this
place, there shall be a man who shall
try by anything he says. to stir up bitter
ness between different denominations of
christians, may his tongue ialtcr and his
cheek blanch, and his heart stop! My
friends, il there Is any church on earth
where there is a mingling of all dcnomi-
nations, it is our church.
Just wish that John Calvin and Ar
minus, II they were not too busy, would
come out on the battiements and sec us.
Somctimcsin in our prayer meetings have
heard the brethren use the phrases of
beautiful liturgy and We know where
they came from; and in the same prayer
meetings | have heard brethren make
audible ejaculation, Amen" 'praise
ye the Lord"" AID we did not have to
guess twice where they came from.
When Il man knocks ut our church door,
II he comes from a sect where they will
not give him certificate we say:
"Comc in by confession Of faith"
While AdcHiram Judson. the BAPTIST
and john Wesley, the Methodist. and
John Knox, the glorious old Scotch Pres