Telegram-herald., 1891-04-27
THE NEW TABERNACLE



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la IS<ases - ia = great gHioa mast
isss n Shieh cisegynasa Of al dsuomina-
tsos. Of chrastiass participated. vas held
IA she alIsennoa- six thouzand pessous
were pses>as az sa>a ce ttse .srvscus, sad
ns@ay thousands were taensd away. Text.
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fas Jordan, hks sas Mississippi has
biszxs On shs enc sfds and Aass on the
s<ssr- Hsxe sca there . sycamore sAaA-
0vs Il HsFs aad tssFe swiiisw elps into
ss. II was ss.y lltsls over waist dep Ia
p~osnn<e a. v.ded through IL. bus la tie
months Of April and Nay sbs saows on
Aoans Lsasnsa th&w and fss down iHto
shs valley. and tuea the Jordan Overdose
TIA BANKS. Thea II u vide. deep. rsgisS
yeAr hear the tramp u fssty Thousand
armed men coming down 70 cross The river
You SAY, why do they nos 20 up nearer the
rise Of the river at the old camel fcras All.
my friends. is 10 because 1. % not safs to "a
aroand When the Lord tell. as 70 20 ahead
The Israei,t,s had been gazing arcual forty
years. and taeY had enough OF it. do not
know how 10 IL with you. my brethren, but
have always got iato troae Die when went
around. bat always got iato ssfesy when I
wenE ahead
There spreads out the Jordan, q raging
torrcnt. much Of il snow water Just come
down from the mountain top; and ses
SONG Of the lsraelites shivering z, the idea
Of psoEgiEg in. AID one soldier says to his
eonrade. Joseph, can you swim" And
another says: IF we get across the stream
We viii get there with wet clothes and
with damaged arrnor. and the Csnaanites
will slash as = pieces with their swords
oefors we Get up tie other bank" Hut it
Is 10 time to half The great host marches
on.
The priests carrying the ark 20 ahead,
the people follow. Ihear the tramp of the
great multitude. The priests have now
come within Q stones throw Of the water.
Now they have come within four or five
fecs of the stream, but there Is no abate-
nens Of the 1ood. BAD prospect! It seems
~ II these lsraelites that crossed the desert
are now going 20 DO drowned In sight OF
Canaan But "Forwardr' is che CRY. Tho
command rings all along the line Of tho
host Forward Now the priests have
como within orc step of the river. This
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ground and put them down into the rag
ing stream. No sooner are their feet there
than Jordan flies.
On the right hand God piles mp great
mountain OF floods; on she left, the water
flows on toward the sea- Tho great river
for hours halts and rears. The hack
wssers. not being able 70 iiow over the pass
Ing Israelitss. pile wave on wave until per-
haps q sea bird would ind some difficulty
In scaling the water elf. Now the priests
and ali the people have gone over on dry
land. The water on che left hand side by
thia time has reached the sea; and now
.hast The miraoulous passage has BEEN made.
ssand beck and soe this ssupendous pils Of
waters leap. God tskcs his hand from
thai wall Of foods, and like hundred eat
arsces they plunge and roar in thunderous
triumph to tho sea
TIE noNuMUf AT JORDAN.
How arc they to celebrate this passagss
Shall 10 be with nusiei I suppose the
trumpes a,ad eymbals were all worn out
before thiA Shall IL be with banners wsv-
ing' Oh. no; they are all faded and torn
Joshua cries out. II will tell you how 70
esiebrste this-build . monument here TO
commemorate the event." and every priest
pats q heavy stone on his shoulder and
marches out. aud drops that stone in the
1ivinely appointed piaec. ! 80 tho pile
growing In height, In breadth, In signifi-
eanoe; aud, in after years. men went by
shas spot and saw this monument, and
sricd out one to another, Ia fulfiilment Of
tho prophecy q the text. "What meant ye
BY thcse stonesr
Bl<zsed be God. he did not leave our
church In the wilderness. We have bcea
wandering about for year and . half
worshiping In the Academy Of Music,
Brooklyn. and the Academy Of Music, New
York And s,rne Thought We wouk. never
reach tho prc missed l,p.l- Some said wa
had better take this route and Others that.
Some said vo aad better 20 back. AMI soma
said theirs were sons Of Anak IN tho way
that would Eat rs mp end bsfere tho
sr.oke Rad cleared away from the sky after
our tsbernscls had been consumed. people
ssosd GA she very site Of no place sad said,
This church will never agsia be buii..''
We osnnr down 20 she b<nk Of Jordan. We
iooked or upon the waters Some OF tho
synprttY that was expressed tsraed out
To DO snow water melted from the top Of
Lebanon Some said. You had better not
70 In; you will gee your feet wet" But
re waded In. pastor and people. farther
and farther. and In some way. the Lord
only knows how. we got through. and To-
night I 90 all around about this great
house. erected By yoar prayers aud sympa-
thies and sacrifices. and cry ous In the
words Of nv text. What mean re By these
sfonesf''
IL IS An outrage - build house like this.
% vast and 80 magnificent. unless there
te some tremendous reasons for doirx IL.
snsl 50, my fvieads. parsue you tonight
vita the question o. my text. ard de-
ssand OF these trustees and Of these elders
and ot al Who have contributed in the
buiidinx If has structure. Nv est mean 70
b. these stoncs'" Dat before | get POUR
answer 60 my question you interrupt me
and point 70 The memorial wall sc the side
ef th= pulpis. aud SAY. Explain that an
usual xroupef memorials. What mean yeu
By these ston~syr BY permission Of the
people az my beloved charge recently
vi-is-<i the Hclv Lands. aud having Ia
mind sy day and nlxhs darsrg nv absences
this rsssng kouse 20 prayer. hethcugss
nsysrsf. "wsstcsn 10 20 make tina. pises
silza.<lcsnt spd glorious.
On the morning Il Deeemscs che 81
we were at the feet II the most sacred
mountain Of all the earth. Mouus Calvary.
There Is no more sicutt II the lcralisy
shan ~ Nsaas wasasngto, or Most Blsns.
On THE hiuff OF this n,cvrsssn. which y
the snaps a ths human skaa. snd 30