The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-11-21


emphasizes that great truth that we be.
licve in tho ministry, that We believe
in Gods ministry commanded and scnt
forth 10y ri i'm as His servants. WC be-
licvc in perpetual miuistry--thut the |
time will never como whom we will not |
have ministry. Grand and good mcu |
lived in the past and they lived in this |
section OF the State. Thcy arc gone !
and they arc sleeping with their faith |
crs- strong in body aud strong in mind, |
who rs they moved about among tho |
people won the love Of tho people aud |
hey had the confidence Of the people. |
But before they died younger men
were called in the ministry. And |
when these who sit behind mo today
are aged servants Of God they need not
fear The same Cod who called them
into the ministry will call other men
INTO the ministry, and tho building Of
Lhis house emphasizes that great Truth
that VIC believe in tho ministry Of God,
tEat we believe and that we have faith
in the ministry, and tllcu faith in tho
future. We love to bring up tho
things Of the past, we sometimes ain ost
worship somo Of the things and some Of
the people OF the past, but we believe
in the present and we have faith in the
future. Building this house here means
uaJ the pcO Ilc-thC pastor OF this
church and the people OF this town
wh0 have assistcd-bclicvc in the fu-
urc, believe in the future OF this com
nunity, that people will always bc
lcrc and that people will bo born here,
chat this place will grow, and if this
house is not filled full next Sunday
with Il congregation, that this house
will be filled with worshippcrs in the
lays to come. n few years ago you
did not have any special need for this
church. But the people Of tho town
believed in the future Of this place and
Ihcy put money in it. And now there
arc homes all around here. The hill
sides arc dotted with houses and they
arc still going up, and tho very fact
that they have contributed to the build
ing of this church emphasizes that they
elicvc in tho future Of this church.
We believe in the final, the future
progress and success and triumph Of
| tho principles Of the new testament,
that there will always be II people who
will always be ready for the new tcsta-
mcnt TO be opened and read and prar.
ticCd by the people here ut this place.
The Lords house, think Of il as the
lords house. l.ctit be foryou sacred
place and hallowca SNo; TO those ~
| you who are members ot this particular
| church let me say, come 10 !. Nt;rH. l;,I
not an opportunity slip. rae ;!g"H may
| como when yNU VII! moi .lANr tNr
strength to walk 10 the hou<r =. ,,r5.
Every now auG them Nc" nr,. w;;h
| some who are not aNlc ~ come, y few
| days ago received y message t!>Nnl All
| aged pair, 50 years old ana over. to
| come to sec them. rs | sat there and
| talked to them II while, just before |
| left the old man said, "lirinm in the
Bible and let Ms have Worship. Wife
| and | cannot go to church these days.
| W. did love to 90 when we had the
strength. wish now had gone every
time bad tho opportunity, but never
expect IN 90 there again" Come to
the house Of God, my friends, for the
time will surely come when you cannot
70 there. Let this bc for you IL sacred
place. Let no bitterness come here.
BE kind and Considcratc one with an
other. Let no angry words ever be
spoken in these walls. Let no bitter
thoughts ever rise in your hearts when
you cross that threshold. Make it fol
you Il sac"cd place. Let it be for YOU
u very door Of Heaven. The plac,
t Of Christ, your brother, where, like
Jacob OF old, You sec angels dccenainp
3 and ascending. When you come her,
! may you come with worshipful, pray
! crful spirit, praying Cod to open you
Q heart to receive the word Of the Lord
= as he opened the heart OF Lydia by tn
y | wnysidc.
I"Thrre Oh eaglcr' wings we soar,
Il And sin and scuse modest no more;
II Heaven comes down our souls to gree
l. And glory crown the mercy seat"
+ n sacred Place let it he for you an
= others. Here we shall sec some Of til
- best people that we will ever know i
@ this world. Here you ought to max
:. friendships that will list longer than lii
il itself. Here tender and strong tie
a should bind you to other hearts. Th
- Is the place where families will NEE
IS where the father and mother will com
4 and lead their children, even to til
"a smallest. And here the little ones wi
y he taught better and higher and holit
.s things. This should be Il sacred place
- And here the young bride will be le
y and lives will begin to grow together an
- new hOpes and new homes will be form
/. ed. Here some day you will bring IL
y coffin form Of your loved one, and hel
y in this place, within these walls, con
n fort will come oyour heart when trol
q ble and trials and sorrows like storI
d have swept over your souls. 1t will |
II here within these walls that God wi
~ say, BE still and know that | am Go,
II
, iievc in God, believe also in me, III
Is Lords house-for you it must be,
a must be Il sacred place, hallowed spo
~ The Lords house we call -it--make
q His. Let it be His always. Let it /
# given to Him; He is worthy of thi
n, lie is worthy of the best that we ha,
w and the richest that we can bring. l.
% us take care of it, let us keep it in orde
Is let us heautify 1t, let us keep it ope
,r aud say to the people of God aud to Il
4 strangers in your midst, welcome, we
T. Come. ior this is the Lords house al
~ here He emeets bis people Here we pr
49, pare place for Him while He is pr
49, pairing places for US yonder. 1 90
nf prepare place for you-mansion
~ mansions in the skies, the house n
u made with hands, eternal in the he
% vens. God be thank and be praise
-. that we can do this much when we r
!. member what he has done aud what 1