The Washington times., 1902-09-29
TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH. THE
FRLI7TON OF 90 YEARS, IS BORN

be the stone, the altar, the temple. tn
Son OF Man or the church now repre-
senting him. We need the presence. in
spiration and protection of the church.
| Cities are the raised alphabets o.
our civilization. The beautiful librar!
IN this city is the visible memory of th'
ages. the symbol OF the thought of cen
turtles. Here is the church spelling hors
and salvation, there the saloon spelling
individual shame. When this building
and others like it crumble, the people
IN a few generations will lapse into bar
barism. The pride and hope OF this age
is that We have Christian civilization,
| a Christian nation insAmerica, and a
fair and goodly capital.
The compass Is the most important
piece of metal in that floating island of
steel. a war vessel. II that needle is
lost the ship is derelict. Strip the
vessel of thousands of other things, but
leave the needle and it will direct the
ship safe into port. This church is a
needle pointing heavenward The re-
vulsion Of generation will send our
people back to the caves of earth IL God
be not in the lives of the people and
the hope of heaven does not bear them
up.
Was Exiled From Home.
God is nearest TO those who need him
most. II ever a man needed God it was
Jacob, an exile from his own home, a
stranger to all homes, confessed vio-
lator Of law and right Too often there
is tendency in the church to ignore
the calls of the needy and favor and
help most those whoNneed GOD the least.
Thank God for power that can take
the wasting human currency Of the world
and mold 1t into his likeness. The prob
len Of the world is it's lost, not the wise
but the ignorant, not the virtuous, re-
spected and prosperous, but the de-
graded, outcast, and detected ones.
"Nearness to God costs. Jacob, be-
friended in the dream, must raise the
stone and anoint it with the olive oil
he had saved for food, and he must re-
turn thirty years later and build
tabernacle. Our civilization has cost at
every turn. Hitch your wagon to
STAR but sell the brakes; there must
be no impediment; sacrifice must be
made. To have their house at the base
Of the ladder to heaven, to have the win
dows Of heaven open upon them, people
of
THE responsibility for the future well
being of the republic which has cost SO
much rests upon the church."
At the morning service Miss Matte
Wade rendered a soprano solo, and in
the afternoon Mr.. Roderick baritone
solo.
Mr.. Macfarland Presided.
Hon. H. B. Macfarland presided at the
in the afternoon. He con-
graduated the congregation and the city
on the beautiful new edifice. He said:
1.-The Significance of this event is as
deep as life itself. For this is the
opening of door of spiritual oppor-
tunity.. This is to be a meeting place
for the Eternal Spirit and the spirits
CT men. 1t is to be constant invita-
ton and constant satisfaction. For
here are to be the bread of life, the
water of life. of which If man eat
and drink he shall hunger no more, |
neither thirst any more.
The hunger of the heart. the thirs,
Of the soul. can be satisfied here as
they cannot be satisfied in the exchange |
Dr. the college or the library OF the |
laboratory. Here the strong may 20 |
rom strength to strength rejoicing.
Here the weak may find that sympathy |
which the world denies and that courage
which the world cannot give. Here the
.atherhood of God, without which there
ian be no brotherhood of man, will be
set forth. Here all his children may
ind what their souls need. The Father
of Light, with whom is no sr..dcw of
will give perfect gifts to those
who ask him.
"Out of the strife. the distress and the
as out of the success of