Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-06-09
A DAY Of REJOICING.
rALMAoE CELEBRATES THE tx.
ENDORSEMENT OF THEDERT.
A Great Day In the History OF the
Brooklyn Tabernacle--Dr. Tai
mage Speaks OF the Rejoice
tngs OF Israel After the Pas
sage Over the Red Sea.

sage Cver the Red Sea.
Brooklyn, Special.-This was one of
the greatest days in the history of
Brooklyn tabernacle. The musical, in
strumental and congregational, was Of
the most joyous type-the hymns, the
prayers and the sermon were celebra-
tive Of the entire extinguishment Of
the floating debt of $4,000, accumulat-
ed from the disasters which required
the building Of three immense churches.
Text, Exodus XIV, %, 81: "And Miriam,
the prophecies. the sister of Aaron,
took n timbrel in her hand, and all the
women went out after her with tim
brels and with dances. And Miriam
answered them. Sing We to the Lord,
Tor he hath triumplled glOriOusly; the
horse and his rider hath he thrown
into the sea-"
SermOrizers are naturally SO busy In
getting the ~Israclites safely through
the parted Red sea and the Egyptians
submerged in the returning waters that
but little time is ordinarily given to
what the Lords people did after they
got we'll up. high and dry, on the beach.
That was the beach of the Red sea,
which Is at its greatest width 200 miles
and at it's least width 12 miles. Why
is this the adjective RED" used in de-
scribing this water? 1t is called the
Red sea because the mountains on its
western coast look as though sprinkletl
with brick dust, and the water Is col
Ored with red-weed and has red zoo.
phytc and red coral.
This sea was cut by the keels of
Egyptian, PhOenlcian and Arabic ship
ping. 1t was no insignificant pond or
puddle on the beach of which my text
calls us to stand. 1 hear upon 1t the
sound of II tambOurine, for which the
timbrel was only another name. An in
strlmcnt of music made out of q cif-
cular nOOp, with pieces of metal fixed
in the sides of it, which made a jing-
ling sound, and over which hoop a
piece of parchment was distcnded, and
this was beaten by the knuckles of the
performer.
The Israclitcs, standing on the beach
of the Red sea, We're making music OH
their deliverance from the pursuing
Egyptians. and l hear the %Israelitish
men With their deep bass voices, and
1 hear the timbrel of Miriam. as she
leads the women in their jubilee. Ra-
tller lively instrument, you say. for re-
ligious servicc-the timbrel or tam
BOURNE. But / think God sanctioned
it. And I rather think we will have
to put II little more Of the festive into
our religious services and drive out the
dolorous and funereal, and the day
may come when the timbrel will re-
sumo its place in the sanctuary. But
that which occupied the attention of
all the men and women of that Israel
itish host was the celebration of their
/ victory. They had crossed. They had
| triumphed. They We're free.
More wonderful was this victory and
/ defeat than when the hosts of Richard
ovcrcame the hosts of Saladin at Azo-
/ t,ls, than when at B~ann0ckburn, Scot
land was set free. that when the earl
of Northumberland was driven back at
Branham Moor, than when at the battle
Of Wakefield York was slain. than
when ut Bosworth Field Richard was
loft dead. than when the Athenians
under Miltiades ut Marathon put the
Persians to flight. for this victory of
MY text was gained without sword or
/ catapult " spear. The weapon was a
lifted and Frustrated sea. And Mir
lam, the prophecies, the sister of Aaron,
| took a timbrel in her hand. and all the
women went out after her with TIM
brels and with dances. And Miriam
answered them. Sing ye to the Lord,
for he hath triumphed %gloriously: the
horse and his rider hath he thrown into
the sea."
Brooklyn Tabernacle to-day feels
much as Moses and Miriam did when
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sea after their safe emergence from
the waters. BY the help Of God and
| the generosity of our friends here and
| elsewhere, our $4,000 of floating
| church debt is forever gone. and this
( house, which. with the ground upon
| which it stands, represents $4,000. I
| this day consecratc to God the Father,
/ God the Son and God the Holy Ghost.
A stranger might ask how this church
| got into debt to an amount that would
| build several large churches. My an
| swer is. Waves of destruction. stout
as 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
history, and show me an organization,
1 sacred or secular. that eve had to
build three great structures, two of
them destroyed by fire. Take any of
your biggest life insurance companies,
or your biggest storehouses, or your
| biggest banks. or your biggest news
paper establishments and let them
have to build three times on the same
foundation. and it would cost them q
struggle, if not demolition. My text
speaks of the Red sea once crossed,
but one Red sea would not have SO
much overcome lis. 1t was with us
Red sea after Red sea. Three Red
seas! Yet to-day. thanks be to God,
we stand on the shore, and with organ
and cor1let in absence of a timbrel we
chant: 'Sing We unto the Lord, for no
hath triumphed %gloriously. The horse
and his rider hath he thrown into the
sea-"
But why the great expense Of this
structure? My answer is, the immcns-
ity of it and the firmness of 1t. 1t
cost over $4,000 to dig the cellar. be-
fore one stone was laid, reaching us
/ the foundation does from street to
street, and then the building Of the
house was constructed In a way, we
are told by experienced builders who
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