Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-04-14
TABERNACLE PULPIT.
ANNIVERSARY GER.
MON PREACHED BY DR.. TALMAGE. ,


Subject of the Discourse. 1.-THE Thre
Tabernaeles. story of Trials and Tri
unphs''-seview of the History of tn,
Doctors Church.
BROOKLYN, April 3.-This is festiva
day at the Tabernacle DR.. Ialmage i
celebrating the twenty-third anniversary
of his settlement in Brooklyn In white
flowers embedded in green at the back o.
| the pulpit stool the inscription. 'lS69 and
1892. DR.. 1almage's subject was, The
Three Tabernao les. "A Story Of Trials and
Triumphs,'' and his text. Luke tx, 30
lat us make three tabernacles"
Our Arab pu,.ies were almost dead with
fatigue, as. in December. 1859, we rode neal
the foot of Mount Hermon in the Holy
Land the mountain called by one "a
mountain of ice, by another "a glittering
breastplate Of ice, y by another THE Mont
! Blanc Of Palestine" Its top has an al
most unearthly brilliance. But what
must it have been in the time to which my
text referss Peter and James and John
were ON that mountain top with Jesus
when. suddenly. Christ's face took on the
glow of the MONDAY sun, and Moses aud
Fliiah. who had been dead for centuries,
came out from the heavenly world and
talked with our Saviour. What an over
whelmng three Moses. representing the
law: Elijah representing the prophets. and
Christ, representing all worlds.
Impetuous Peter WAS so wrought upon
10y the presence of this wondrous three,
that. without waiting for time to consider
how prepostcrous was the proposition, he
nred ont, let Us make three tabernacles
lone for thee. one for Moses and one for
Elijah Where would they get the mate
rial for building one tabernacle, much less
material enough to build two tabernacles,
and still less. how would they get the
material for huilding threes Where would
they yet the hammersi Where the gold?
Where the siivery Where the curtainsg
Where the costly adurnments? lIermou is
barren peak and to build enc tabernacle
in such place would have been an under
taking beyond human achievement, and
Peter was propounding the impossible
when he cried ont in enthusiasm, Let us
build three tabernaces."
And yet that is what this congregation
has been called TO do and has done. The
first Brooklyn Tabernacle was dedicated
in 1870, aud destroyed by fire in 1872. The.
second Ign Tabernacle was dedicated
in 1871, and destroyed by fire in lSS9. The
third Brooklyn Tabernacle was dedicated
in April. 1851, and IN that we are worship
ing today What sounded absurd for
Peter to PROPOSE when he said on Mount
Hermon. in the words Of my text. 'iet as
build three tabernacles, we have not only
done. but in the mysterious province Of
God were compelled to do
Unjust CRITICISM
We have been uninstly criticised by
people who did not know the facts, some
times for putting so much money in church
buildings, an sometimes for not giving as
much as we ight TO this or that demon
national project, and no explanation has
yet been made Before | get through with
the delivery of this sermon and its publica-
ton and dist ibution, | shall show that no
church on earth has ever done more mag
Efficiently and that no church ever con
quered more trials and that no member
ship ever had in it more heroes and hero
ines than this Brooklyn Tabernacle, and !
mean to have it known that any individual
or religious newspaper or secular news
paper that hereafter casts any reflection on
this church's fidelity and generosity is
guilty Of IA wickedncss for which God will
hold him or il responsible
One year il was sent out through a syn
dictate Of newspapers that this church was
doing nothing in the way OF liberalty
when we had that year raised $4,000 in
hard cash for religious uses. There has
been persistent and hemisphere lying
against this church. We have raised dur
my passionate, for church building aud
church purposes, Sg9S, eco, or practically
a million dollars. Not an Irish famine,
or Charleston earthquake. or an Ohio
fresliet, or Chicago conllagration but
our church was among the first TO
help. We have given free seats in the
and evening services to 10000 |
strangers year, and that in twenty years |
would amount To 4,sO0,oO0 auditors. We |
have received into our membership $3.50 |
members. and that is only a small portion |
Of the number Of those who have here been |
converted to God from all parts of this |
land aud from other lands
Under the blessing Of God and through |
the kindness Of the printing press my ser
mons now go every week into every neigh |
in Christendom, and are regularly !
translated into nearly all the great Ian |
guagcs Of Europe and Asia The syndi.
,ates having charge of this sernionic pub
ication informed me few days ago that
my printed sermons every week, in this |
md other lands, go into the hands of 25,-
sO,000 people. During the last year, am
informed over 1900 differ
mt periodicals were added to the list of
hose who make this publication, and yet
here are ministers Of the Gospel and reli-
sious newspapers that Systematically and
and continuously charge this
.hurch with idleness and selfishness and
,arsimonY.
| call he attention Of the whole earth to
his outrage that has been heaped upon
he Brooklyn Tabernacle, though a more
benevolent and splendid con
vocation of men and women were never
gathered together outside of heaven. /
nave never before responded to these in
Justices. and probably will never refer to
hem again, but | wish the people Of this
'ountry and other countries to know that
What they read concerning the selfshness
ind Incidence and lack Of benevolence and
ack Of missionary spirit ON the part of this
Is