Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-01
WORD OF THE LORD
DE-. damage on the DIVINITY ana
Power Of Chns;.
WILD THEORIES or us6elIsF


BsooxIYS. April ss-Rev. Or. Tai
mag today rs,@eLcd his twenty -foortk
snE.svrs>ry ssrraon. Subject, "A Brook.
iyn PAsDorat-.' Tho occasion WAS az
unusually interesting one. and tho great
sasissnee ~ss sizaoly impressed durina
the servless over the pulpit IN flowers
w-re sae ngares ''l-do' and ''ls93." II.
tsxt was ksvelatioa Nv. & "And round
about ths shrous were four and twenty
s~fs. and u,,oa the seets saw four and
twenty sltsrn-'
Ths texs ! choose chiefly fos the nu-
e:1--ls IL ui-ntsnns-narnely, -four and
twenty. That was tho number II elaers
seated Aroant the throne Of God, but
thai u tbs numh~r q years seated
Afound nv nrsukiyn ministry. and ev.
cry palpit ~ . thsous Of bLsslny or blast,
ing. a thsoas II god or evil And today
la tta.s my tweGty fourth anniversary
sermon ~ years CONS and st around
me, ant they speak ogt Ia a "Reminiscences
of glaanos.s ani tears. rwonsy-foui
years ago arrived Ia this city 10 shep,
herd such . nocx a. NIGH. come, and
ih..L DAY carried IL on rly arms the 10,
f4nr son who ia two weeks from today
vii help ordain Ia The so~r.l ministry
hoping that Be- viii 10 preaching long
sftor NY poor work ~ don-.
AAxyxLOCs work.
We have received INTO our mem bcrshir
yer 5000 souis. but they. l think. srv
only small portion % the multitude,
Who, oosa.ns frosa al parts Of the earth.
have ia cur house OF Cod been blessed as.i
saved. Although We have as u church
raised 81. ioo.OoS for religious purposes.
yet 40 ars III tAs strange position " not
knowing v astAsr ia two UT three months
weshaa have any church Q, all. and VITA
audiences q GOO or !.OoO people crowd.
CT INTO this room and ths adjoining
rooms We are confronted With the Gues,
tto9 WHITTIER | shall go on with my work
hs'rS or ~ u some other field What an
awful necessity that we should have b.en
obliged 10 build three Immense churches
two Of them destroyed by fire.
A psr~rTprshsrIsson Is abroad that fhs
sacacid! s-rty,acy 81 this church - past.
7hrOsgh po,traalisfsc and personal
fI-l~~is a tr-afhsrg spell has bern acort
sd ~ BAT before 80 ut ar ssascidi o,-
issa,ioas ,oAtch nl,sst promptly De met. q,
speedily fhts hOgss 81 God u-u GU a,o
s'UriIY rs,s c'st become q thsater or a
e0accrt hall TAe $50 rrisei clxssot
ccEcs! fodtrSg debi Of $4,000.
TsrOsgh fAs kiaela~ss 81 Eaoss e. uhom
49, are indebted - 40 sosLi set Us for
srsr free. I Gm glad 10 sry hat the cuse
90 no! Aor,iesA Ne are ddny On rsosspt
Of touching .,-at7'ce, = practical syr.Ta-
a. . from 81 ci'ss.so OF ne community dni
fr0fa al ssc. iCas IF fis country. aJ.i IL
rs.I' bet tcs-sr,1og that ~ ~y o-rn hasi I
ssrri for contributions GRATEFULLY recei,s'i
EeGriT - ocsao s1isaCIasufs east. E.st,
rort.. All sofffh.
Oar trust i IA tho Lord who diviGei
the Red soa ani male the mountains
SKIP ike hIahs." With this paragraph
dismiss the financial sUh Jet and return
90 the spiritual. THIS morning tn great
he. * God : kindness obliterates every
thing. AMI II wanted - build a gr,an
do rot know Ia what forest would
hs-S ths timber. or frtn what quarry
would az the fJunIstion stone. or who
wouh opnssr-ict for me an organ with n
srrmolo foe tho only stop And 50 this
morning occupy my time IN bni1ing
ons grsat. massive. hieh. deep. brcal.
h-avsa Iaescirs, h..llelulLh. Ia tho 20
view Il the last ~ years | think IL Ray
b. useful 20 consider some q tho char
scteriS;ic- q Irookiyn yastorrte.
pESssrs ~ EKo.oKLys PGSTuRAr,.
In 'h~ arst place I remark tant =
Bruokiyn Passionate Is Away . di.h-ult
ptsto-a.e. No city under the san his
<-andcr array = pulyi. talent than
Erookiyn. Th- Methodists. tie lap
lists the Conzre-:atio;lalists. the Fps
corzil,ns. All the dcnOrninaions send
tier brightest hEhts here tie who
stands "A any pu'pit In Brooklyn preach
iu- may know that ~ stands within y
minutes walk u s..-r1ors which san
I'm. an HourA!oao. aud John NJ
haz,n. ard a George Whftgt.eli wDl.i
net b. asilsrne.i u, No CITY undsr shs
sun where a poor sermon u such dag
~ thn market.
Foss ~ years Brooklyn has be..r. snr-
charged with homletics. a. electricity
81 ci..1asnos. that struck every TIME e
sssshs.i frosa the Oh pUlptts which
quas,-i with Zoe powers u . Bs'b,ne.
and Cox. and a Spencer. AMI a spar
AM Nip.oa. sDd sr'ey. snd E.--rh-
-. uo. rrsr'iaring 'lis NAMES of ne uaIs,-
uihcsnt men nov rIsuuIng tAe BROOKLYN
Vuiyi.s ~ during al ia time thera
has h-,en something - ,ppenl - every
u,s,as tss~;s and % crafty every mans
prsssrsEsce.
se~. iss ne eav - al minister's - tlss
xr,epsi whs ara am A'ti0us Tor a R-rosiyn
- 90 shss 70 - s!~ays = dsfS~-ii paH-
surafe 70 mn shall cora AMI stssi1
t--farr sTv sudiencs IN almost ar ct srrh
n Brv-sslyn. - viii tlDi b-frre hnn rl.-l
w., as~- 5esrd tha nighsr~t themes
tu-s--rs-ed m toe mixh'iest wsv Ton
vii hsvv bshrr- Pm. n yrn 's'l In % A.
saLDrus. 20 ieSicisns n a 6dzst 4 vga