Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-05-15

two clasSes-believers and unbelieyers. To
augment the number OF the one and snhtrace
from the number OF the other we built this
church, and toward that supreme AMI etAr-
nal idea we dedicate ali our sermons. all our
songs, all our prayers, all our Sabbath hand.
shakings. We want tn throw detection into
the eneIny's ranks. We want to make them
either surrender unconditionaily 20 Christ or
else ny In front. scattering the way with
canteens blankets and knapsacEs We
want TO populariZe Christ We would
like TO tell The story of His love here until
men would feel that they had rather die than
live another hour without His sympathy and
love and mercy. We want TO rouse M an
enthusiasm for Him greater than was felt
for Nathaniel Lyon when he rode alone the
rauks, greater Inan was exhibited Tor - Ell
ingJon when ne came BACK from Waterloo:
greater than was expressed for Napoleon
when he stepped ashore from Elba greatly
believe in this place Christ will enact the
same scenes that were enacted by Him when
He landed In the orient, and there will be
such an opening of blind eyes and unstop-
ping of deaf ears and casting out OF unclean
spirits-such silencing bestormei Gennesa-
Tets as shall make this house memorable five
hundred years after you and / are dead and
forgotten. Oh my friends, we want but one
revival in this church, that beginning now
and running on to the day when the chisel of
time, that brings down sven ST. Paurs and
the Pyramids, shall bring this house into the
dust.
Oh, that this day Of dedication might be
the day Of emanci patton of all imprisoned
souls. NY friends, do not make the blunder
IL the ship carpenters in Noah's time, who
helped to build the ark, but did not get into
{. God forbid that you who have been SO
generous in building this church should not
Ill thy house into the ark" Do you think a
nan is safe out of Christ? Not one day, not
,ne hour, not one minute, not one second.
Three or four years ago. you remember,
all train broke down bridge on the way to
Albany. and after the catastrophe they were
Ooking around among the tlmbers Of the
rushed bridge and the fallen train andfound
jhe conductor. He was dying and had only
strength to say one thing, and that was,
Hoist the flag for the next train So there
sOme to US tonight, from the eternal word,
7oices of God, voices of angels voices of de-
parted spirits CRYING: Lift the warning.
Blow the trumpet. Give the alarm. Hoist
he flag for the next train"
Oh, that tonight my Lord Jesus would
weep His arm around the great audience and
AXE you all to His holy heart. You will
never see good time for personal conse-
Grafton as now. "What mean ye by these
stones?' We mean your redemption from
sin and death and he'll by the power ortan
omnipotent gospel.
Well the BROOKLYN Tabernacle is erected
again. We came here tonight not to dedi-
cate it. That was done this morning. To-
night we dedicate ourselves. In the Epis-
COpdI anu N6GuOu1SU LLGH udNS d
railing around the altar, and the people come
and kneel down at that railing and get the
sacramental blessing. Well, my friends, it
would take more than night to gather you
in circles around this altar. Then just bow
where you are for the blessing. Aged men,
his is the last church that you will ever
dedicate. May the God who comforted
Jacob the Patriarch, and Paul the aged,
make this house to you the gate OF heaven;
and when, in your old days, you put on your
spectacles to read the hymn or the Scripture
lesson, may you get preparation for that
land where you shall no more see through
glass darkly. May the warm sunshine of
heaven thaw the snow off your foreheads!
Men in middle life, do you know that this is
the place where you ara going to get your
fatigues rested and your sorrows appeased
and your souls savedS Do you know that at
this altar your sons and daughters will take
and from this place you will carry out, some
of YOU your precious dead? Between this
baptisrnal font and this communion table you
will have some of the tenderest Of Efe's ex-
periences. God bless you, old and young and
middle aged. The money you have given to
this church to-day will be, hope, the best
financial investment you have ever made.
Your worldly investments may depend upon
the whims Of the money market, or the hon
esty Of business associates, but the money
you have given to the house Of the Lord shall
yield you large percentage and declare eter-
nal dividends long after the monday sun
shall have gone out like q spark from q
sInitten anvil and all the stars are dead.