Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-05-01
Nm NEW TABERNACLE.
.cEs GRAPHIC REVIEW OF
THE BUILDING.

of Jordan by tho lsraelites-
ne u.py Disconragements In Building
l"' Structurc-Stones from Sinai
the ,,ons-A Church for All.
-. .honsand persons were present al
~ s,' 'iar of the new Brooklyn Tab.
|Ne V',o'N md many thousands We're
|rnatl,' .wsy Text, "What mean We by
|urH%" '.ones?. (Joshua iv. 81.
N TSo Jordan, like the Mississippi, has
u an the ore side and flats on the
I.'' s '' Here and there a sycamore
|'fg' ,, If Here and there a willow
paul. im,o if. 1t was only little over
;. deem i'm December as / waded
s,a,, il. but in the months of April
row., war fine SHOWS on Mount Lebanon
" . and flow down into the valley, and
tl,c Jordan ovcrflows its banks,
n if is wide, deep, raging and inn
. ~" At Ibis season OF the year l
v. the tramp of 10000 armed men
dawn to cross the river. You
N.Y. ,yi,y do they not go UP nearer the
nj fba river at the old camel ford?
/ !, ,,r friends, it is because it is not
| T., t ,a 90 around when the Lord tells us
-, ahead. The Israeiitcs had been
,,r around forty years, and they had
'%ab Of 1t. | do not know how it is
I'M Won. MY brethren, but | have al
ar. get INTO trouble when ! went
'snd, but always not into safety when
| ventabcad.
Tb n snreads out the Jordan, rag
,orrr,.:. much of il snow water just
M, down from the mountain top: and
.@o some of the Isracites shivering at
nidra ai plunging in, and one soldier
=. 10 his eomradc, ''Joseph, can you
,imm Aad another says: 'If we
!, qcross ;I.c stream we will get there
IN wei clothes and with damaged
[mor, and The Canaanitcs will slash us
niores with their swords before we
n, the other bank But it is no
no ia halt The great host marches on.
The priests carrying the ark go ahead,
oeople follow. l hear the tramp of
/, rrcat multitude. The priests have
Nv come within stones throw of the
,ter. Yet still there is no abatement
the food Now they have come
thin four on five feet Of the stream;
t there is no abatement of the flood.
hi prospect! 1t seems rs if these
raeiiteS that crossed the desert are
" gons 20 be drowned in sight of
naan But Forward" is the cry.
r,Ginmand rings al! along the line of
lost. ''i9orward.." Now the priests
We come within one step of the river.
il time they lift their feet from the
id groand and put them down into the
GIN stream. No sooner are their
theNe than Jordan flies.
l lDp right hand God piles up Il
ai mountain OF floods; on the left,
water i.o"s off toward the sea. The
at river for hours hnlts and rcars.
back water not being able to flow
ftbC passing Isr;eltes, pile wave on
ygntil perhaps a sea bird would find
NdiiieGlty in scaling the water cliff
|ythe priests and all the people have
g@cr on dry land. The water on
hit band side by this time has
ld the sea; and now that the mirac-
= passage has been made, stand
iml sec this stupendous pile of
Ml@p. God takes his hand from
rg.NE floods. and like hundred
anCi, they plunge and roar in thun-
|0s nGmph to the sea.
loTalc thcy to celebrate this pas
81 Shall it be with music? | sup
S iAe trumpet and cymbals We're all
fhout before this. Shall it. be with
|iefS waving? Oh, no; they are all
edand Torn. Joshua cries out. :sJ
ltei yot how to celebrate this-build
Monument here to commemorate the
eA and every priest puts a heavy
nc on his shoulder and marches out,
drops that stone in the divincly APP
lled place. l see the pile growing in
snl III breadth, in significance: and
allef years, men went by that spot
saw this monument, and cried out
10 another, in fulfilment of the
VNlecy OF the text, what meant We
these Stones?'
''>sed be God, He did not leave our
tch IN the wilderness! We have been
lleflnS about for year and half
Fsaiplhg in the Academy of Music,
yOl n. and the Academy of Music,
York And some thought we would
gE reach the promised land. Some
I'VE had better take this route and
sss mat, Some said we had better go
n ana some said there We're sons of
N IN the way that would eat US up,
Veiofc the smoke had cleared away
!" inc SKY after our tabernacle had
ntso ,1med people stood on the very
VI me place and said, ''This church
never again be built" We came
M VI 10 the bank of Jordan: we looked
Upon N inc waters. Some of the SYM
~ mat was expressed turned out to
saoM water melted from the top of
'" ra Some said, ''You had better
~ ~, IN; You will get your feet wet. -
"" a,, %aded in, pastor and people, far
n anu farther, and in some way, the
~ only knows how, we got through;
:, p..lsht go all around about this
o M i ,pi erected by your prayers and
ma.', and sacrifices. and cry out in
90 "o ,, OF my text, "What mean We by
Ne Stoncs??"
al' outrage to build house like
70 ~ ~ vast and so magnificent. unless
i. " some tremendous reasons for do
Diy IL 4'u So my friends, l pursue you
u" with the question of my text,
80 Ne snI of these trustees and of
bnt, I'u . and of all who have con-
h, tu III the building of this structure,
or a' , mean We by these stones?' But
ntas sct your answer to my question
ria, W. inpt me and point to the me-
..r wa at the side of this pulpit, and
por @Npialn that unusual group of
losg" jus what mean you by those
belovo5h 10y permission of the people of
lVNcQ CHARGE I recon II a, ,,icitod tho