Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-24

rthCh OF cpmIlon uccNllNuhLipn. Al pIbhu
which was halleluiah set up in pipes and
banked in keys, waiting for musicians
manipulation, that would lead the congre-
gatlonal song as an nrchangel might lend
heaven. Glorious pglni When it died
down Into the ashes Of that fire, perhaps
its soul went up, where Handel and Haydn
began TO play on IL. The most superb au-
dicncn room that ever guzod on or ever
expect TO sec until ] enter the temple OF
Tho sun. On one memorial wall OF that
building, stono which ! hrd rolled down
from Mount Calvary, where our Lord
died and two tables Of stone that were
sawed Off from Mount Sinai and brought
on camels across the dosort by my arrange
ment, and part Of Paul's pulpit, which
the queen Of Greece allowed me- from MFRS
hill Architecture so chaste, so grand, 30
appropriate no suggestive so stupcndousl
ono Of the doxologies Of heaven alighted.
Well perhaps we thought too much Of IL.
when We think too much OF Our children,
tho Lord takes them, and when We think
too much Of our church the Lord sum
mnrily removes ii.
suppose another reason for the depnr
turo Of TINT house was that II had dono
sts work, Church buildings, like indiyld
uuLs, accomplish what they were built for
and then 20. One person lives 90 yenrs,
another 40 years, another three years, and
when Cod takes an individual, whether ND
90 or 40 or years, his mission is end.
ed This last church stood three years,
and any person who knows what multi
tudcs have there assembled, and WHAT
transactions for eternity have there taken
place, will admit that 1t was we'll to build
II, even II we had known nt tho start that
It would only last from 1891 to 1904,
Another rpAson why think this last
church went down was TO keep mo humble.
Tho Lord had widcbed my work through
Chrlstendom, and with two receptions tho
week before the contlngratlon, the one o
city reception presided over by our mayor,
and the other national and international
reception presided over by one Of the chief
mon OF the nation, who had recently step
ped from the presidential cabinet, aud the
occasion honored by addresses and letters
and cablograms from men Of worldwide
fame In church and statTfTand the whole
scene brilliant beyond description and1td<
compliment 10 myself, who wns brought
up farmcr's boy, thorv was danger that
might become pulled up and my soul be
weakened for future work. did not yct
feel any STRINGS Of that sort, and had
only felt u humble gratitude for whn5thnd
boon said and done by friends transntlgn-
tic and clsatlantic, but / had ordered full
reports of the meeting laid naido for future
pcrusal and | had engaged tho ncctcst
stoncgrupher know of to tRl.n down every
word, from tho opening duxalogy Of tho
first reception to tho bcnediotion OF tho
last reception, and some time, when less
busy, / would take In all tho cloqucnco
and kindness and splondor OF TINT mcmora-
bic week, What might have been the re-
upon others the whitening effect of human
praise A cold chill Of tho worlds neglect
is no more destructive than the sunstroko
! from too much heat Of popular approval,
The disaster may have been needed, and
| IL came 10 close upon tho adulntion TINT
| il acted ms an everlasting prevention. In
| the light Of that awful blaze OF that Sab
bath In May, 1894, no self sufllclency could
stand u second
| Another reason for the frcs, think, Is
that somehow, and In way that know
not, my opportunities arc to widen. After
each OF the other fires now doors woro
open. prayorfully expect that such win
be the sequence Of the Inst conlngrntion,
| WIN the Brooklyn Tabernacle 10 rebulltP
know not. What or when orwhorc shall
DO my work l cannot even guess, nor
have the least anxiety. Nothing but an
such repetition rs l have for the last ~
days glycn 10 tho words Of tho ps,llmlst,
"Tho Lord rcigneth; let tho earth rciolcc. Z"
have safely arrived on tho Pacific coast.
A startling question WIS nskcd me just be-
fore reached hore l was in deep slumber
In u section OF IA aloopuR car when the
curtain WINS pushed back, and venerable
lady seized hold of me and ahrieked, "Who
nro YOU and what arc you doing hcrep' IL
was q sudden calling Of the roll OF passen-
gers, and did not feel like answering to
my name. Tho question WAS repeated I'm
mor earnestness, with louder voice l
could not at first understand why tho In
tcrrogation az to my identity, hut after
gathering my senses together mildly
suggested that perhaps she hnd mistaken
my plnco for her own, This was no doubt
the case, and sho made quick retreat.
The fact is that tho sections and bcrths OF
u sleeping car nrc very much alike The
now mode OF hanging the number OF tho
berth In largo figures on tho outside of the
drapcry OF tho shopping place III great i'm
provcmont but midnight perambulntlon,
even under the beat OK circumstances, a
MON or lcea confusing. The mistake that
tho venerable lady made is n mistake that
thousands OF people make, for they think
some ono olso has their place Most OF IN,
struggle In the world is In trying TO get
some ono else's berth. Better 90 back con
tcntcd and tako the place assigned you. In
trying TO gct some ono olse's place wo may
losc our own without getting his. can
not jecr ut the old lady's mistake, for that
night on the Southern pnciilo railroad
bcthoueht myself that there nrc during
every presidential campaign ut least 100,
600 people trying TO get tho bcrths OF On,
100 600 present occupants
Goodby, my friends all overt On th,
other side OF the world viii think q
those who have put mo under obligation
and tho first hour have pNssod Tho lati
tude md longitude farthest away from
homo and begin 10 return / will count
| tho NAlnka nnn llnNa Illl.L ninr,h iAnL..u..