The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-05-09

Look at it, That stone was one of the
rocks rent at the crucifixion- That heard
the cry, "It is finished' Was ever any
church on earth honored with such me
morial7
THE MEMORIAL OF SINAI
Beneath it are two tables of stone, which
l had brought from Mount Sinai where
the law was given. Three camels 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, I'VE can
easier bring two rocks than one, for one
must 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 tables 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 from Mars Hill,
the place where Paul stood when he
preached that famous sermon on the broth
erhOod of the human race declaring, "God
hath made of one blood all nations"
Since Lord Elgin took the famous statu-
ary from the Acropolis, the hill adjoining
Mars Hill, the Greek government makes it
impossible to transport to other lands any
antiquities, and armed soldiery guard
not only the Acropolis but Mars Hill
That stone | obtained by special per-
mission from the queen OF Greece, a
most gracious and brilliant woman. who
received us as though we had been old ac-
quaintances, and through Mr.. Tricou pis,
the prime minister of Greece, and Mr.
Snowden our American minister plenipo-
tentiary, and DIR. Manatt, our American
consul, that suggestive tablet was sawed
from the pulpit of rock on which Paul
preached. Now you understand why we
have marked it "The Gospel" Long after
my lips shall utter in this church their
last message, these lips of stone will tell of
the Law, and the Sacrifice, and the Gospel
This day l present them to this church
and to all who shall gaze upon them.
Thus you have my answer to the question,
What mean you by these stones?"
But you cannot divert me from the Ques
tion of the text as first put it. Ihave in
terpreted these four memorials on my
right hand, but there are hundreds of
stones in these surrounding walls and un-
derneath us, in the foundations, and rising
above US in the towers. The Quarries of
this and transatlantic countries at the call
of crowbar and chisel have contributed
toward this structure what mean We by
these stones?'
You mean among other things that they
shall be an earthly residence for Christ.
Christ did not have much of a home when
he was here. Who and where is that child
cryin&f 1t is Jesus, born in an clubhouse.
Where is that hard breathing? 1t is Jesus,
asleep on a rock. Who is that in the back
part of the fishing smack, with a sailors
rough overcoat thrown over him2 1t is
Jesus the worn out voyager. o Jesusi 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 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 pipes. Throw
thine arm over us in these arches. In the
flaming of these brackets of fire speak to
us, saying, Il am the light of the world"
o King. make this thine audience cham
ber. Here proclaim righteousness and
make treaties. We clap our hands. we un-
cover our heads, we lift our ensigns, we
cry with multitudinous acclamation until
the place rings and the heavens listen, 80
King! live forever"
Is it not time that he who was born in q
strangers house and buried In a strangers
grave should have an earthly housei Come
in, o Jesusi not the corpse of a buried
Christ, but a radiant and triumphant Je-
sus. conqueror of earth and heaven and
hell
He lives, all glory to his name.
He lives, my Jesus, still the same.
Oh, the sweet joy this sentence gives
know that my Redeemer lives.
EVERY DISSEMINATION HAS CONTRIBUTED.
Blessed be his glorious name forever,
Again, if any one asks the question of the
text. What mean ye by these stonesf' the
reply is we mean the communion of
saints. Do you know that there is not u
single denomination of Christians in Brook
Iyn that has noNcontributed something to-
ward the building of this house? And if
ever, standing in this place, there shall be
a man who shall try by anything he says
70 stir up bitterness between different de-
nominations of Christians, may his tongue
talter, and his cheek blanch, and his heart
stopl My friends, if there is any church
ON earth where there is a mingling of all
denominations it is our church. l just
wish that John Calvin and Arminius, if
they were not too busy, would come out on
the battlenents and see us.
Sometimes in our prayer meetings have
heard brethren use the phrases of beau
tiful liturgy, and we know where they
come from; and in the same prayer meet
ings have heard brethren make audible
ejaculation, "AmenP'"Praise We the Lordp'
and we did not have to guess twice where
they came from. When man knocks at
our church door, if he comes from sect
where they will not give him certificate,
we say: Come inNby confession of faith )"
While Adoniram Judson the Baptist, and
John Wesley the Methodist, and John
Knox the glorious old Scotch Presbyte-
rian are shaking hands in heaven, ali
churches on earth can afford to come into
close communication: "One Lord, one
faith, one baptism Oh, my brethren,
we have had enough of Big Bethel fights
the Fourteenth New York regiment fight
ing the Fifteenth Massachusetts regiment
Now, let all those who are for Christ and
stand on the same side go shoulder to
shoulder, and this church, instead of hav-
ing sprinkling of the divine blessing, go
clear under the wave in one glorious i'm
mersion in the name of the Father and of
the Son and of the Holy Ghost.
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