Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-04-14


n be fulfilled. The next Sabbath morn
inc about O'Clock or just after midnight.
a member Of my household awakened me
- savin.r that there VIA "A str.' nge light in
t'.esl., :. a founders .rm had ieit the air
fnlI of elecfr.. ~. and from hor ~ to hor-
lion everything seemed 10 blaze. BIT that
did not disturb me. until an obssrv ition
taken from the cupola Of my house ec!ared
that the second Tabernacle was is. ling on
red wings.
/ secuted the idea and turned over ON the
pillow for another sleep, but number Of
excited voices called ne 70 the roof, aud
went up and saw clear defined IN the
night the fiery catalal,. e OF orr second
Tabernacle When saw that said TO
my family: II think that ends ny work In
Brooklyn. Surely the Lord viii not cad a
minister to build three churches in one
city. The building OF one church gener-
ally ends tie usefulness 81 IA pastor. row
can any one preside AT the buildiugof three
churchesg' Eut before twcnty-four hours
had passed we were con-. led 10 cry out,
with Peter Of my text lat H. build three
tabernaclosn We must have IA home
somewhere The old site had ceased o 5e
the center d our congregation, and the
center OF the congregation, as near as we
could lnd it, - where we LOW stand
Having selected the spot, should we
build on il a barn or tabernacle, heauti,
full ana comgiodioass Oar common sense,
as well a. orr religion, commanded the
latter ljut what push, what Industry,
what skill. wiint SELF sacrifice, What faith
in God were necessarily lnlptdinents aud
hindrances wiluu1t number wcgc thrown
II The way aud had il not been for tic per
severance OF our church officials, and tie
practical help Of maay people, AMI the
prayers OF millions Of good s0iiis in nj
parts Of the earth, and the blessing Of
Almighty God the work would net have
been done. Bnt IL is done, and all good
people who u, held the structure feel IN
their hearts. il they 10 not utter il with
their lips, flow amiable are thy taber
naoles. o Lord Of llosts.' On the third
Sabbath Of last April this church was ded
ioated, Dr. liainlin, Of Washington,
preaching an inspiring sermon, Dr. Wen
dell Prime, "a New York, Offering tie
aedicatory prayer and some fifteen clergy
men during the day taking part in the
services. Hosannahi
isJy-is92
How suggestive TO many Of rs ere the
words spelled out in flowers above tae pull
pit-.ISg' and "l89P'-fOr those dates
bound what raptures, what griefs, what
struggles, what triumphs. mention it as
matter OF gratitude 10 Gcd that in these
twenty-three years | have missed but one
Sabbath through physical indisposition,
and but three IN the thirty.six years
of my ministry. And now. having reach
ed this twenty-thirl milestone, | start
anew ! have in my memorandum
books analyses Of more SERMONS than |
have ever set preRclstd. and have
preached, ~ Hear rs can tell, about Z. 1850
During; these past years ! have learned
two or thre Things. Among others !
have learned that "all things wogk to
gether for good." Ny positive mode Of
has sometimes seemed To stir
the hostilities of all earth and he'll Feel |
ing called upon fifteen years ago TO explore |
underground New York city lie, that | |
might report he evils TO be coinbated, / took |
with me two ldcrs 81 my church and New |
York police commissioner and II policeman. |
and | explored and reported The horrors |
that needed removal aud the allurcments |
that endangered our young men. There |
came upon me an outburst OF assumed in |
dignation that frightened almost every |
body but myself That exploration put |
into my church thirty or forty newspaper |
correspondents from north, south, east and /
west; which opened for me new avenues in |
which to preach the Gospel that otherwise /
would never have been opened
Years passed on and preached a series
Of sermons on ADJUSTMENTS, and false
report Of what did say-and one Of the
said to have been preached by
me WAS not mine ia single word-roused
a violence that threatened me with poison
and dirk and pistol and other forms OF
extinguishment, until the chief Of Brook
lyn police, without any suggestion from |
me, took possession OF the church with
Jwenty-four policemen TO see that no harm
was done. That excitement opened many
doors, which entered for preaching the
Gospel
After awhile came an ecclesiastical trial
In which was arraigned by people who
did not like the way did things. aud al
though ! was acquitted Of all the charges,
the contest shook the American church
That battle made me more friends than
anything that ever happened and gave me
cbristendom and more than Christemdom
Tor my weekly audience On the denioli-
ion Of each church We got a better and
larger church, and not disaster not
,aricature. not persecution, not an as
'ault, during all these twenty-three years,
Dnt turned out for our advantage, an /
ought ! not to believe that Fall things work
together for goolg' Hosannahl
NOT NECESSARY TO PICK FLAWS.
Another lesson | have learned during |
hese twenty-three years Is that il is not
necessary to preach error or pick flaws in
he old Bible in order TO get an audience;
he old Book without any fixing up is good
'noHgh for me, and higher criticism, as it
$ called, means lower religion. Higher
criticism is another form Of iniideliIy. and
Is disciples will believe less and less. un-
il many Of them will land in Nowhere
md become the worshipers of an eternal ,
What is it," The most Of these higher
rites seem to be seeking notoriety by
'itching into the Bible 1t is such a brave j
hing to strike your grandmother The
Id Gospel put in modern phrase and with q
ut any Of the conventionalities. and ]