The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-01-09

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blocks Of stone broueht from AldxSndtia,
from Athens, from ,rhehes, from Baalk,eoi,
Il Marbles yeinesf md ttfttsd, lqnd striped,
and inferl6ced, and the whole building
adorned with depths Of blue, and whitcness
ofsnow, and glow of fire, until all terms
Of magnifcence are depreciation and
years Bfter your most extravagant dreams
struggle to rebuild It, But after all can
not forget that 1t is destroyed church,
and that ono day that building, which had
been dedicated to God was transferred to
that religion which has Mohamn,ed for
Its prophet One day, centuries ago, lO0,,
600 people had fed between Its walls from
the devastating war Of the Turk, but all
! in vain, for Mohammed II, on horseback
and followed by infnriate mobs, rode into
that church, the hoofs clattering the sacred
| floors, while the oonqheror shouted tho
| victory Of superstition and invoked Allah,
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stupend0us pile In dedication. What q
dissertation. and what worldwide despair
| But that which the nations now most 4
need IL hero, leader. y champion. an
incarnated God, to turn all the mosques
Of superstition and all the basilicas Of sin
into temples Of righteousness, and 10 no
dedicate thia world, so long given up 10
wickedness and sin, 60 the God who In tho
beginning pronounced 1t very good. Such |
hero, such leader, such champion,
such an inoarnated God we have He |
comes riding In upon the white horse of |
eternal victory, and We can In more ex- |
allied sense than that which the soldiers Of
David felt cry out. "Thou art worth lO.-
900 Of u.s."
The Mighty Chorus.
The world has had other copquorors, yet
they subdued only nation or continent,
but here Is one who Ia to be Conqueror
Of hemispheres. Other physicians have
CURED sufferings, but hsre is Doctor who
gave sight to tb0es who were born blind
and without surgery Strengthened the
crooked back and changed the nu,nbness
OF paralysis into warm circulation md
who will yet extirpate all the ailments Of
tho world, until the last cry Of the worlds
distress shall change Into song Of con-
vaesoenoe. Other kings have ruled wide
rea ms, but here 10 King that will yet
reign In all the earth a. he now reigns In
heaven. Thore have been other historians
who told the story OF nations, but hero 10
one who tells us of things that occurred
before the world was. There have been
other generals who commanded men, but
here was General who commanded seas
and hurricanes There have been other
prophets, but here is one out of whose life
and career Moses and David and jeremiah
and Ezekiel and Micah and Malachi and
Zechariah dipped their inspiration. There
have been other merciful hearts all up and
down through the ages, but here Is one
who loves us with an everlasting love and
whose mercy antetates the birth of the
irst mountain, and the wash of the first
sea, and the radiance of the first aurora,
and the chant Of the morning stars at the
,reation, and will continue after the last
'ock has melted in the final confiagration,
md Atlantic and Pacific oceans have roll
ID out Of their beds, and the last night
hall have folded up Its shadow, and our {
Iord shall have cried out In the same ,
words that sounded through tho night of
Johns Punishment on Patmos II am
Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the i,
nd, the first and the last" Then all the /
nightiest Of heaven will gather around Z
he incarnated God Of whom preach,
ach ono saying 1t for himself, but all to.
ether uttering 1t In mighty chorus,
Thou Son of David, thou Son of Mary,
hou Son of God, thou art worth 10000 Of
SIP
"ClinE to the Cross" :
But must not close without commend. r
,g to you this wonderful Christ here and a,
ow as your pardon for all sin, and your ]
place for all grief, and your triumph in I,
II struggle. Down at Norfolk, Va, q -.
w days ago, a gentleman was telling mo n,
one Of our warships in Cuban waters q
efore 1t left northern harbor some ~, ~
hristian ladies at much expense and with 81
ne taste bought and furnished for that &c
ar vessel pulpit from which the chap. o.
I'm might read the service and preach 70
lille on shipboard The pulpit was made In
the shape Of cross, and 1t was beauti- he
lily damasked and tasseled. Tho ship got az
to the battle before Santiago, and tho
ssels Of the enemy began to sink, and RI
cir crew were struggling in the waters, -
hen, from this ship speak Of the officers y
ID sailors began to throw over chairs, "
Anks, tables, to help the drowning save 10
After awhile everything 70
ovable had been thrown overheard ex- L.. l.,
pit the pulpit in the shape of cross. ii,
ter objection by come that 1t was too q
autiful and valuable to be cast into the M Il
,ters, the cross was dropped into the
:, One Of the drowning men seized 1t, -
ii let 60, and another seized and tho ,