The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1903-06-10

voices. For many month they have
basked in the sunshine on the evergreen
shores of life, and they have sung, as
only the redeemed can sing, the song of
Moses and the Lamb May we not be-
lieve that they watch with undated in
terest the services of this sacred hour
and in notes of triumphant ecstasy min
gle their voices with ours as we praise and
pray. And for what do these windows
stand? For the protection God gives to
trusting childhood, for the unsullied
purity of maidenhood, for the enthusi-
asm of young hope grounded in Christ.
Let us heed their voices as today they
call us to more consecrated devotion
and to a service more true.
Six.-Here at the east is the memo
rial window of Robert Allan. He was
known to but few of you. An invalid
when he came to us year and half
ago. he was with us in our work but lit
tie. Those who were fortunate enough
to know him were made better by his
gody influence. During his lifetime he
gave much of the savings of his industry
and fiugality to the church he loved In
this he taught a lesson to all whom the
Lord has blessed with money. He pre-
ferred to know that his money was going
into memorial of value to the church
rather than into an expensive column of
useless marble. Rest in the Lord This
was one of the loved texts of his life
Applied to Robert Allan it is singularly
appropriate because it tells of his faith,
so simple yet so profound Rest in the
Lord Trust in God. This is the great
thought OF the text and is the browning
symbol of this beautiful creation. Sat-
istied with whatever God ordains or per-
mits, content whatever lot see since
tbs my Lord who leadeth me trusting
God to make permanent the best en-
deavor of our life trusting Him to estab-
lish in the very heart of this people and
OF those who may come after them the
spiritual and moral power of all this edi-
flee stands for. He is the source of every
good purpose, the strength of every noble
effort. tie who prompts the desire, who
gives form to the purpose, makes way
also for the working out of the endeavor
and gives an abiding guarantee that that
thing has place in His plan of life and,
wrought out, shall accomplish His will.
We bring to our Lord today an Offering
that, with His blessing, will prove a last.
ing beretit to the wo Id and an ever in
creasing delight to the people of God.
In what shape shall we present it to
iliil! hCliItlhbCl VIC Nlsil w bC dSsuICu
of His acceptance and blessing. The an
swer may ne put into a single line 1T
should be presented as the product and
pledge of our love to Him. As the ex-
preston of n love to Him it should be
beautiful. There is no asceticism in the
church of the First Born. John the
Baptist represented the rigors of the Jaw
and the sorrow of repenting soul. 1t
is the glory of the church that it gives
that which makes sorrow and signing to
flee away. The Joy of heaven is the spirit
of her service. The beauty of the bride
is her clothing and adornment. The
gold of Opher, the periphery of Egypt,
the shittim wood of Arabia, the kings
purple from Damascus, the Odors of the
world, were some Of the strength and
adornment of the temple Solomon built
with which to honor his God and to
make His Name glorious. Surely He
who strews the earth with flowers and
fills the air with perfume, who paints the
arches of departing day with crimson
and gold, who makes the bril htness of
the dawning the symbol of his presence,
looks today with favor upon The pure
and simple adornments of this house.
But the most beautiful thing about this
place is the sweetness of the love it ex-
presses. The alabaster box of precious
ointment, worth more than fifty dollars,
that was broken at the feet of Jesus, was
costly and sweet, but infinitely more val
liable was the love that, out of the pow
erty of that cotter's home in BethanA
saved enough to buy that precious vase.
The odor OF these loving sacrifices fills
the world. Wherever the name OF Jesus
is preached this, done by Mary of Beth
any, is told also. If the beauty of this
structure shall be rivalled by our tender
love for Him so that this house shall be
true exponent of that love then indeed
will the influence of our monumental
love, our passion for Christ, endure long
after we have passed to our reward, and
these beautiful walls have crumbled into
dust. The second quality of the Offering
that shall express our love for Him is adj
equacy to the service required. This
building is erected tor cert ain purposes,
and so far as possible to secure definite
results. Whether or not these are Sc
cured certain it is that il our offering to-
day receives His blessing it must be the
best that we can give. To give less than
our best is to show an inferior love for
Him, is to deal falesly by Him and by
ourselves. In size and appointment this
building is suited to our present needs.
Now we must do our utmost to present
it to Him so He will approve and bless
our gift. This leads me to the third and
last point. The third quality of an ac-
ceptable offering is freedom from blem-
ish. My meaning will be found in the
appointments of the Jewish temple the
holy and most holy places were overlaid
with gold, while the priests in service
were clad in linen pure and white. These
| typified the purity of the place and the