Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-05-29
A GREAT DAY
IN TIE HISTORY OF TIE BROOKLYN
TABERNACLE
A Sermon in Celebration Of the Exduguishmsn.
Of tbs Church's Great Dabi-A
Powerful Discourse.


the greatest days in the history or
Brooklyn Tabernacle. The music, In
strumeutal and congregational, was OF
the most joyous type, the hymns, the
prayers and sermon were celebrative Of
the entire extinguishment Of the float
ing debt Of SI4o,OO accumulated from
the disasters which required the build
ing Of three immense churches. Text:
Exodus 1920 2l: "And Miriam, the
prophecies, the sister OF Aaron, TOOK
timbrel in her hand; and all the women
went out after her with timorelS and
with dances. And Miriam answered
them. Sing We 10 the Lord, for be hath
triumDhed glOriOurly; the horse and his
rider hath he thrown into the sea"
SermOnizers are naturally 80 busy 10
getting the Israelites safely through
tue parted Red Sea, aud the Egyptians
submerged in the returning waters,
that but little time is ordinarily given
to what the Lords people did after they
cot well up, high aud dry, on the beach.
That was the beach OF the Red Sea,
which is, at its greatest width, TWO hun
dred miles, and az its least width,
twelve miles. Why is the adjective
RED" used in describing this water?
II is called the Red Sea because the
mountains on its western coast look as
though Sprinkled with brick dust, and
the water Is colOred with red seaweed,
and has red zoophite and red coral.
This sea was cut by the keels OF Egyp-
tian, Phoenecian and Arabic shipping.
IT WAS NO INSIGNIFICANT POND
or puddle on the beach OF which my
text calls Us TO stand. / hear upon IL
the sound OF tambOurlne, for which
the timbrel was only another name. An
instrument of music made out OF cir
cular hoop, with pieces OF metal hxed
flo the sides OF IL, which made Jlngllng
sound, and over which hoop piece OF
parchment was diS,eGded, aud this was
beaten By the knuckleS OF the perform
er. The IsraaliteS, standing on the
beach OF the Red Sea, were making mu-
sic on their deliyerance from the pur-
suing Egyptians. and hear the lSralit-
ism men, with their deep bass voices,
and ] hear the timbrel of Miriam, as she
leads the women ia their jubilee.
Rather lively instrument, you say, for
religious seryice-the timbrel or tam
BOURNE. But / think God sanctioned
it. And rather think we will have TO
nut a little more of the festive into our
religious services, and drive out the do
lorous and funereal, and the day may
come when the timbrel will resume its
place in the sanctuary. But that which
occupied the attention Of all
the men and women Of that Israelitish
host was the celebration Of their vic,
tory. They had crossed. They had
triumphed. They were free. More
wonderful was this victory and defeat
than when the hosts Of Richard over
came the hosts of Saladin at Azotus,
than when at BannOckburn, Scotland
was set free, than when the Earl or
Northumberland was driven back at
Branham Moor, than when at the battle
of Wakefield, York was slain, than
L1lpyf Nl,oswOrth Field, Richard was
left dead. than when the Athenians I'M
der Mutades at Marathon put the Per-
SLAMS 20 flight, for this victory Of the
text was gained without sword or cata-
pult or spear.
THE WEAPON WAS A LIFTED
and Frustrated sea. "And Miriam, the
prophecies, the sister Of Aaron, took
timbrell in her hand; and all the women
went out after her with timbrels and
with dances. And Miriam answered
them, "SiUg ye TO the Lord, for he hath
triumphed gloriously; the horse ard his
rider hath be thrown into the sea-"
Brooklyn Tabernacle to-day feels
much as Moses aud Miriam did when
they stood on the banks Of the Red Sea
after their safe emergence from the
wsters. By the help OF God and the
generosity Of our friends here and else
where, our $4,000 OF floating church
debt is forever gone, and this house,
which, with the ground upon which IL
stands, represents $4,000. l this day
re-consecrate 10 God the Father, God
the Son and God the Holy Ghost. A
stranger might ask how could this
church get into debt 10 an amount that
would build several 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 the church history, and all the pages
OF the worlds history. ana show ice an
organization, sacred or secular, that
ever had TO build three great structures,
two OF them destroyed by fire. Take
any OF your biggest life insurance COM
panles. or your biggest stOrehouse, or
your biggest banks, or your biggest
newspaper establishments, and letthem
have TO build three tunes on the same
foundation, and it would cost them n
struggle, II not a demolition. My text
SPEAKS OF THE RED SEA
oncs crossed, but one Red Sea would
not have so much overcome US.
1t was with us Red Sea after Red Sea.
Three Red Seasl Yet, to-day, thanks
be to God. we stand on the shore, aud
with organ end cOrnet, In absence Of
timbrel, wo chant: "Sing ye unto the
Lord for He has triumphed gloriOuslY;
the horse and rider has he thrown into
the sea-" But why the great expense
OF this structure? Ny answer is, the
immensity OF il and the frmneSs Of II.
IL cost over S34, 600 90 dig the cellar,
before one stone was laid, reaching as
the foundation does from street 20
street; aud then. the building OF the
house was constructed In a way, we
are told by experienced builders, who
had nothing 10 DO with It, for durabtl-
itv OF foundation and wall such as
characterlzeS hardly any other build
ing in this city. To the day Of your
death and mine, and for our children
and grandchildren after Us, il will
stand here q House Of God and n Gate
Of Heaven.
For me, personally, this Is time OF