The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-29
A TIMBREL OF JUBILEE.
A Great Day in The History Of Tai
mase'S Tabernacle.

the Church From the Cloud of Debt
That Hung Over it-His Text Taken
From Exodus.
Brooklyn, May 2s.-This was one Of the
greatest days In the history of Brooklyn
tabernacle. The music, instrumental and
congregational, was of the most Joyous
type, the hymns, the prayers and the
sermon We're celebrative of the entire ex-
tinguishment of the floating debt of s140,-
600, accumulated from the disasters which
required the building of three immense
churches. Text, Exodus XIV, 20, 2l; And
Miriam, the prophecies, the sister of
Aaron, took timbrel in her hand; and
all the women went out after her with
timbrels and with dances. And Miriam
answered them, Sing We to the Lord, for
he hath triumphed glorlously; the horse
and his rider hath he thrown into the
sea-
Scrmonizers are naturally so busy in
getting the Israelites safely through the
parted Red sea and the Egyptians SUBJ
merged in the returning waters that but
little time is ordinarily given to what the
Lords people did after they got well up,
high and dry on the beach. That was the
beach of the Red sea, which is, at its
greatest width, two hundred miles, and
at IL least width twelve miles. Why is
the adjective "rcdn used in describing
this wateri II Is called the Red sea ber
cause the mountains on its western coast
look as though sprinkled with brick dust,
and tho water is colored with red sea.
weed and has red zoophyto and red coral
This sea was cut by the keels Of Egyptian,
Phmnician and Arabic shipping Tt
frot n L.
on the beach of which my text
calls US to stand. ! hear upon il the sound
OF n tambourine for which the timbrel
was only another name An instrument
OF music made out of circular hoop, with
pieces of metal fixed in the sides of it,
which made O jingling sound, and over
which hoop piece Of parchment was dis
tended, and this was beaten by the
lInuckles OF the performer. The Israelites
standing on the beach of the Red sea
were making music on their deliverance
from the pursuing Egyptians, and hear
the lsraelitish men, with their deep bass
voices, and | hear the timbrol Of Miriam
as she leads the women in their jubilee.
Rather lively instrument, YOU say, for re-
ligious servIce--the timbrel or tam
BOURNE But think God sanctioned il.
And rather think we will have TO put q
little more of the festive into our religious
services and drive out the dolorous and
funeral, and the day may come when the
timbrel viii resume its place in the
sanctuary But that which occu-
pied the attention of all the men
and women of that Israelitish
host was tho celebration Of their victory.
They had crossed. They had triumphed.
They were free. More wonderful was
this victory and defeat than when the
hosts Of Richard overcame the hosts Of
Saladin at Azotus, than when at Bannock-
Nasu. aIf.vsI 4 - =
the Earl of Northumberland was driven
back at Branham Moor, than when at the
battle Of Wakefield, York was slain, than
when at Bosworth Field, Richard was
left dead, than when the Athenians un-
der Miltiades at Marathon put the Per-
slams to fight, for this victory of my text
was gained without sword or catapult or
spear. The weapon was lifted and pros
trated sea. "And Miriam, the prophecies,
the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her
hand; aud all the women went out after
her with timbrels 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 they stood
on the banks Of the Red sea after their
safe emcrgence from the waters. BY the
help of God and the generosity Of our
friends here and elsewhere, our one hum
dred and forty thousand dollars of float
ing church debt is forever gone, and this
house, which, with the ground upon
which it stands, represents four hundred
and ten thousand dollars, | this day re-
consecrate to God the Father, God the
Son and God the Holy Ghost A stranger
might ask how could this church get into
debt TO an amount that would build sew
eral large churches. My answer is,
waves of destruction, stout as any that
ever rolled across the Red sea of my text.
Examine all the pages of church history,
and all the pages of the worlds history,
and show me an organization, sacred
or secular, that ever had 20 build
three great structures, two of them de-
stroyed by fire. Take any Of your biggest
life insurance companies, or your biggest
store houses, or your biggest banks, or
your biggest newspaper esta blishments,
and let them have TO build three times on
the same foundation, and 1t 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. IL 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 cornet, IN abb
sence Of a timbrel, we chant Sing We
unto the Lord for he hath triumphed glo-
riously: the horse and his rider hath he
thrown into the sea- But why the great
expense of this structurel My answer is,
the immensity of il and the firmness of it.
1t cost over thirty-four thousand dollars
to dig the cellar, before one stone was
laid reaching as the foundation does from
street to street. and then the building of
the house was constructed in way, we
are told by experienced builders, who had
nothing to do with it, for durability Of
foundation and wall such as characters
ICES hardly any other building Of this city.
To the day Of your death and mine, and
for our children and grandchildren after
US it will stand here house Of God and
gate Of heaven.
For me personally, this is time OF
gladness more than tongue or pen or type
can ever tell For twenty-four years I
have been building churches in Brooklyn
and seeing them burn down until / felt /
could endure the strain no longer, and
had written my resignation as pastor and
had appointed 10 read IL two Sabbaths
ago and close my work IN Brooklyn for
ever, ! felt that my chief work was yet
20 be done, but that could not do it With
the Alps on one shoulder and the Hilna-
layas on the other. But God has inter-
fered and the way Is clear, and am here
and expect 20 be here until my work
on earth Is done. Why should ]
want 20 60 away from Br0Ohyn7 I