Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-06-03
TIMBREL OF JUBILEE.

Illil11IGl1G VI u u DIdIlI'
MOSES AND MIRIAM ON THE BANKS
or THE RED SEA-
a Dag Of Rejoicing at the Brooklyn Tabor
znasle-Dr. Talmago's Eloquent and In
sptrlng; ser,non-A New Departure by
the;ThankfuI Pastor.
BRooKLyN. May ss.-This was one Of
the greatest days in the history Of the
Brooklyn Tabernacle. The music, in
strumcntal and congregational, was of
the5most joyous type; the hymns, the
prayers aud the sermon were celebratlvo
of the entiro c1tinguishment of the float
ing'debt of $4,000. accumulated from
the: disasters which required the build
/ ingsof three immense churches. Text,
Exodus xy. 20, 81: "And Miriam, the
5prophetess, tho sistor Of Aaron, took q
timbrel in her hand, and all the women
went ont after her with ti1nbrels and
with dances. And Miriam answered
them, Sing yo to the Lord, for ho hath
triuinphed gloriously: the horse and his
rider hath he thrown into the sea-"
4 Sermonizcrs arc naturally SO busy In
getting the Israelites safely through the
parted Red sea and tho Egyptians sub
merged in the returning waters that but
i littlo time is ordinarily given to. what
the dlor,l's people did after they got well
up high and dry on the beach. That
was: the beach Of tho Red seq. which is
Lat IFS greatest width 200 miles and at its
least width 10 miles. Why is the adj
jectiyo red" used in describing this
waterY 1t is called the Red sea because
the mountains on It's western coast look
us though sprinkled with brick dust, and
the water Is eolored with red seaweed
and has red zoophyte and red coral.
This soa was cut by the keels OF Egyp-
tan, Ph~nician and Arabic shipping. 1t
was-no insignificant pond or puddle on
thesbeauli OF which my text calls us to
stand heur upon 1t tho sound OF a
/ tambouline, for which the timbrel was
only another nnme-an instrument Of
music made out of II circular hoop, with
pieces OF metal fixed in the sides of 1t,
which made juggling sound, and over
| which hoop piece OF parchment was
distenled, and this was beaten by the
knucklcs Of tho performer.
The Israelitcs, st;lnling on the beach
of the Red sell. were making music on
their. deliverance from tho pursuing
Egyytians. and hear the lsraelitish men
with tleir dcop bass voices, and hear
the:timbrel of Miriam as she leads the
women in THOR jubilee, Rather lively
instruments, you say, for religious serv-
ice; the timbrel or tambourine. But l
.think:G God sanctioned 1t. And rather
think VIC will have to put little moro
of the festive into our religious services
| and drive out the dolorous and funereal,
andsthe day may como when the ,tilnbrel
will resume Its place in the sanctuary.
But that which occupied the attention
of all tho-1nen and women Of that Israel
itish host was the celebration Of their
/ victory. They had crossed. They had
.triumphed. They were free.
hi ore wonderful was this victory and
defeat than when the hosts of Richard
..ovassaamethe hostsof Saladin at Azotus,
HID E6pc otlsndi!
sSas set nee, isessr.sssd ssts,rf s.s
Northumberland was driven back at
Branhan Moor, than when at the battle
of Wakefield York was slain, than when
at Bosworth Field Richard was left
dead. than when the Athenians under
Nliltiades at Marathon put the Persians
to fight, for this victory of my text was
gained without sword or catapult or
spear. The weapon was lifted and
FRUSTRATED sea- "And Miriam, the proph-
etess, the sister of Aaron, took timbrel
i IN her hand, and all the women went out
!, after her with tinbrels and with dances.
And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to
the Lord. for he hath triumphed glori-
ously; the horse and his rider hath he
thrown into the sea.
GLORIOUS TRIUMPH.
Brooklyn Tabernacle today feels much
az Moses and Miriam did when they
stood on the banks of the Red sea after
their safe emergence from the waters.
By the help of God and the generosity of
our friends here and elsewhere our S14O,-
600 of floating church debt is forever
gone. and this house, which, with the
ground upon which it stands, represents
S41O,OOO, this day reconsecrate to God
4 the Father, God the Son and God the
Holy Ghost. A stranger might ask how
could this church get into debt to an
4 amount that would build several large
churches? My answer Is, Waves of de-
struction. stout es any that ever rolled
across the Red sea Of my text. ----
Examine all the pages Of church his
tory and all the pages of the worlds his
tory and show me an organization. sa-
cred or secular, that ever had to build
three great structures, two OF them de-
stroyed by fire. Take any OF your big
eest life Insurance companies, or your
biggest storehouses, or your biggest
banks, or your biggest newspaper estab.
lishments and let them have to build
three times on the same foundation, and
it would cost them struggle If not
demolition. My text speaks of the Red
sea once crossed, but one Red sea would
;. not have so much overcome us 1t was
: with us Red sea after Red sea- Three
Red seas Yet today, thanks be to
God. we stand on the shore, and with
organ and cornet in absence Of timbrel
we chant, "Sing ye unto the Lord, for he
Z hath triumphed gloriouslyi the horse and
g his rider hath he thrown into the sea-"
But wny-the great expense of this
structure? My answer Is the immensely
5 of II and the frmness of it. 1t cost over
s34 900 to dig the cellar before one stone
was laid, reaching as the foundation doet
from street to street, and then the build
/ - - -, ~, .ty,1 ctad in q yyay