Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-08
DAY OF REJOICING.
TAIMACE CELEBRATES THE Elk.
ENDORSEMENT OF THE DEBT.
A Great Day In the History OF the
Brooklyn TaSarnacie--Dr. Tai
mage Speaks of the Rejoic-
ings Of Israel After the Pas
sage Over the Red Sea.

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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, u: And Miriam,
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 We 10 the Lord,
for he hath triumphed ~gloriously; the
horse and his rider hath he thrown
into the sea"
Sermonizers are naturally so busy in
getting the Israelites safely through
the parted Red sea and the Egyptians
submerged in the returning waters that
but little time is ordinarily given 10
what the Lord's 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 200 miles
and at its least width l. miles. Why
is this the adjective Red" used in de-
scrioing this water? 1t is called the
Red sea because the mountains on its
western coast look as though sprinkled
with brick dust. and the water is col
ored with red-weed and has red zoo
phyte and red coral.
This sea was cut by the keels Of
Egyptian, Phoenician ard Arabic ship
ping. II was no insignificant pond or
puddle IN the beach OF which my text
calls Us TO stand. / hear upon ii the
sound of a tambourine, for which the
timbrei was only another name. An in
strument Of music made out Of A elf
cular noop, with pieces Of metal fixed
in the sides of il, which made a jung
ling sound, and over which hoop a
piece Of parchment was distended, and
this was beaten by the knuckles Of the
performer.
The Israelites, standing on the beach
of the Red sea. were making music on
their deliyerance from the pursuing
Egyptians, and / hear the Israelitish
men with their deep bass voices, fad
I hear the timbrel of Miriam. as sne
leads the women in their jubilee. Ra-
Their lively instrument, you say, for re-
ligious ~service-the timhrel or tam
BOURNE. But i think God sanctioned
it. And I rather think we viii have
TO put a little more OF the festive into
our religious services and drive u the
dolorous and funereal, and the day
may come when the timbrel viii re-
sumo it's 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 were free.
More wonderful was this victory and
defeat than when the hosts OF Richard
oyercame the hosts of Saladin at AzO-
tus. than when at BannOckbuTn, Scot
land was set free. that when the earl
of Northumberland was driven back AT
Branham Moor, than when 1T the battle
of Wakefield York was slain, than
when at Bosworth Field Richard was
left dead. than when the Athenians
under Miltiades at Marathon put the
Persians 10 fight, for this victory of
my text was gained without sword or
or 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 We 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, l
this day consecrate TO God the Father,
God the Son and God the Holy Ghost.
A stranger might ask how this church
got into debt 10 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.
sacred or secular. thai ever had to
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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 10 build three times on the same
foundation. and it would cost them a
struggle, II not demolition. NV text
speaks of the Red sea once crossed,
but one Red sea would not have SO
much overcome us. Ii 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 absence of a iimbrel we
chant: Sing We unto the Lord, for he
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 immens-
ity of Ii and the firmness of it. IL
cost over $4,000 to dig the cellar. be-
fore one stone was laid, reaching as
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
had nothing to do with it. for dura-
biity OF foundation and wall such
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