The Irish standard., 1891-11-21

plest justice tnat we recognize His
authority-that we pause from time to
time to praise God and adore Him.
We must obey. The sun. moon and
stars in the heavens revnlve IN their
regular orbits. The grain Of wheat.
that you put in the soil obeys the laws
of nature, otherwise it would not full
fill it's mission. God hasleft you free 60
| violate laws or TO follow them out. He
has granted you free will. Il the tree
or the plant violate laws 1t dies. So. too
man cannot violate laws with impunitY.
If not in this world then in another the
souIsmust suffer for the violation of
Godh law.
This life is only preparation for the
life TO come. 1t is a solemn duty for us
that we follow Gods laws. We know
them aud must seek them out and
question our own conscience regarding
them.
We must attend regularly this temple
to find out the purposes for which we
live----.to learn and TO better understand
Gods laws. We are the children OF
reasgn and must be subservient to
Gods will. 1t is our duty 70 suppress
passion. Our fellow beings are not our
Legislators; God alone is our Master.
Wefeel that we are dependent beings
andNneed help from our Creator. We
are weak. How powerless we are in
avoiding evil or how slightly we endeav-
or sometimes to avoid it?
There are times when our hearts are
pressed with sadness; times when all
nature seem against us; times when
our passions seems to overcome us. Is
there no remedy here? Yes, in the
reaching out of our souls to che Great
Master. Y our temple is a house OF
prayer where you may speak to God
about5your trials and troubles. 1t is
the rule OF life that the soul naturally
reaches cut towards God iii all troubles.
perssvere in prayer. Woe to the man
on hesmorning of each day who will
not gojINn bis knees and say ( adore
Thee! " oe to the man VINO will not g0
on his knees when the shadows of night
come and say / thank Thee! Woe to the
man, when Sunday comes, who does
not wend his way to church and thank
God for the blessings of the week.
What is life? Nothing. The music of
religion lifts your soul upwards-the
light Of Heaven shines upon it. Breth-
rem, religion effaced and there would
be nothing left to give us joy,
hope and happiness. What greater
gift could I wish you than the gift of
hope and of love?
There is happiness in the lessons and
inspirations Of this temple. IF all the
earth were conspiracy against you
you would still have heaven to look to.
Your happiness is assured it you bo but
practical Christians. Go back to your
homes from this beautiful temple de-
rermined to lead better lives. Come
here regular each Sunday and do not
pass 1t always during the week days
without visiting it from time to time.
Let us not forget that solemn truth
that we are accountable to God for every
act and thought. Life is passing away
swiftly. We are going somewhere, bur
rving off. Whittier are we going? That
is the question for all to ponder upon.
God, our Master, i, to be our judge and
to Him we must render an account of
our every act. Each one Of us will be
judged singlY-bY his own record. God
grant tnat we may so live that at the
close of our lives we may be admitted
to the temple of our Creator and Mas
ter, there to live in happiness for all
eternity.
Il congratulate you from the bottom
of my heart upon the success OF your
acknowledgements and people. In
your trials and struggles in bad years.
when such have come to pass, you have
always escaped better than other sec
tions Of the West. You have some !
times complained, but it was passion
there was nothing real about it. You
have one Of the finest churches IN Min
nesota lit is one of the best. You have
had a good year; try and be cautious,
be temperate aud take care of your
families. Ia conclusion, let me express
the hope that temperance organiza-
ton, such as once existed in Graceville,
Will soon flourish here agaia-that the
stalwart men Of Gracsvllle may become
soldiers in the cause Of God and hu-
manity.''
While our space is somewhat limited
at this tims we cannot close without
giving brief descript tion OF the church,
its cost, etc. The ediice is 48x13o feet
in length, fronting north on Stoddard
avenue, and was built by j. a. Gilman,
OF Minneapolis. Inside OF the church
proper Just "a 9ntioned is the sanctuary
3Ox3l feet. while outside is the chapel,
122x32 feet and sacristry 2Ox2O. The
ceiling IS 81 feet high and there i 9
gallery 4ox26 The spires There are