The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-04-29

thought myself, "What can / do
to make that place significant and
glorious?" On the morning of December
the third we were at the foot of the
most sacred mountain Of all the earth,
Mount Calvary. There is no more
doubt Of the locality than of Mount
Washington or Mount Blanc. On the
bluff of this mountain, which is the ex-
act shape of the human skull, and so
called In the Bible 'The place Of a
skull, !" there is room for three crosses.
There | saw stone SO suggestive l
rolled it down the hill, and transported
1t. 1t is at the top Of this wall, white
stone with crimson veins running
through it, the white typical Of purity,
the crimson suggestive Of the blood that
paid the price Of our redemption. We
place 1t at the top OF the memorial wall,
forabove all in this church for all time,
In sermon, in song, and prayer shall be
the Sacrifice of Mount Calvary. Look
at it. That stone was one OF the rocks
rent at the Crucifxion. That heard the
cry, at is finished" Was any church
on earth honored with such memorial?
Beneath it are two tables of stone
which had brought from Mount Sinai,
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, 1--WE can easier bring two
rocks than one, for we must balance
them on the back Of the camel" and I
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. These
stones marked with the words "Mount
Sinai," felt the earthquake that shook
the mountains when the Law was given,
The lower stone Of the wallis from Mars
Hill, the place where Paul stood when
he preached that famous sermon on the
brotherhood of the human race, declar-
ing, God hath made Of one blood all
nations" Since Lord Elgin took
the famous statuary from the Acrop-
oils, the hill adjoining Mars Hill,
the Greek government makes II inn
possible to transport TO other lands any
Egyptian antiquities, and armed sol
diery guard not only the Acropolis but
Mars Hill. The stone I obtained by
permission from the queen Of Greece, a
most gracious and brilliant woman who
received us as though we had been old
acquaintances, and through Mr.. Tri-
coupis, the prime minister of Greece,
and Mr.. Snowden, our American minis
ter plenipotentiary, and DR.. 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 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 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
dreds of stones in these surrounding
walls and underneath us, in the founda-
tions, 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 ye by these
stones?"
You mean among other things that
they shall be an earthly residence OF
Christ. Christ did not have much OF a
home when he was here. Who and
where is that child crying? II is Jesus,
born in an clubhouse. Where is that
hard breathingP It is Jesus asleep on
rock. Who is that in the back part of
the fishing smack, with sailors rough
overcoat thrown over Him. It's Jesus,
the wornout voyager o Jesus! is II not
time that Thou hadst a house? We
give Thee this. Thou didst give IL TO
us first, but we give II back to Thee.
II 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: ~ am the light of
the world" o Kingl make this thine
audience chamber. Here proclaim
righteousness and make treaties. We
clap our hands, we uncover our heads,
we lift our ensigns, we cry with multi
tudlnous acclamation until the place
rings and the heavens listen; 20 Kingl
live for everp' p'--
Is IL not time that he who was born
in n strangers house and buried in a
strangers grave should have an earthly
house? Come in, o DJesusl not the corpse
Of a buried Christ, but q radiant and
triumphant Jesus, conqueror Of earth,
and heaven and hell.
he lives, all glory to HIS name,
He lives, my Jesus still the same.
o the sweet 10y this sentence gives
know that my Redeomer lives
Blessed be His glorious name foreverl
Again. II anyone asks the question OF
the text: "What mean ye these stones?'
the reply is, we mean the communion
Of saints. Do You know that there is
not "a single denomination Of Christians
in Brooklyn that has not contributed
something towards the building Of this
house2 And II ever, standing in this place,
there shall be man who shall try, by
anything he says TO stir up bitterness
between different denominations of
Christians, may his tongue falter and
his cheek blanch, and his heart stopl
NV friends, II there is any church on