The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-04-16
Heavenly Voices.

Written for the occasion of the Dedi- cation of the First Congregational Church of Southern Pines, North Caro- lima during the hours of uncertainty as to war with Spain, in the interests of the suffering people of Cuba.
 By General H. B. Burlington, IL. D. Dedicated to the President of the United
 States.) And To, heard voice from Heaven that "rhe Tabernacle 9 g, of God with man doth And deep within the chambers of my soul, Some huttering spirit seemed to take It's Driving from thence the form of breeding
 Care And whispering softly, In accents sweet, He dwelleth here who dwelleth every
 where" And whence Thy mission, Heavenly car So fraught with blessing to my inmost soul? And why to human heart bring such re-
 lief, And make of earth Thy dwelling place? And what tn extremest breadth of Thy
 desire, In thus absorbing thought of all but Thee? And for response, this messenger divine But pointed calmly to the upper skies Where Heaven above seemed filled with
  Despatched as messengers the earth around ;
 (2J As if some plaintive cry appealed to God, And God, Himself, were sending swift re-
 lief. About me, as gazed, swift feet were gath
 ering near This sanctuary now to dedicate; And glory, as of Lebanon appeared;- While "the pine tree, the fir tree, and the
 
 Beautifed together, uniting all, To make this place divine and glorious. But why this place alone, o messenger, So humble in Its sphere, be visited, And the boon of Heavenly presence be
 vouchsafed, While o'er so many distant famlshed lands, And from the islands of adjacent seas, So many cries go up, 70 Lord, how long?'
 (4
 Quicker than thought, the messenger had Sending through quivering sky, while yet
 i'll view, One clarion call to sons of Pilgrim sires,- Arise; Sa shine for thy light Is fully come The glory of the Lord who fully ransomed
 thee
 Bids thee fuIAll thy promised destiny" And then, each blade of springng, gleaming
 grass,
 Which waking Nature freely spread around. Seemed glittering spear point; and my Caught the outsretched reach of Columbia s
 shores, Twlxt oceans vast, from lakes to gulf, but Where all stood, waiting some divine be-
 hest.
 Silence o'erspread the wide extended land ;- All hearts beat hard,' with panting breath
 suppressed; And altars many, their offerings free be-
 slowed
 Of life and treasure, if 'twere the will of
 God:
 While Peace, herself in calm, sublime re. Placed ali her trusts in aid divine How vast those trusts, Eternity alone Can give dimensions, value, sterling For by no sordid sense of loss and gain, Which politicians make their guage of Is Heaven to measure its response to prayer: But when an arming people fear but God, Embracing all the earth, in charity, Though sore the straln,-there cometh vic. tory. And while we meet, this day, to dedicate Another shrine to worship of our God,- We know that not within its walls, alone, But in each soul where Heavenly grace be found Shekinah's presence is as freely shown, And ever waiting, every soul to bless. And so, while Heavenly messengers may speed Throughout the land, to quicken patriot zeal: And earth may tremble,-natons stand aghast At rise of freemen never seen before- This land, If proved to be "Immanuel's land" (6) Can banish wasting war, forever more. II, Revelations 21:3; 2, Psalms 114:4; 8 Isaiah 50:25; 4, Psalms 6:3; 5, Isaiah 50:1; 6 Icaiab