Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-11-02

Why. each temple should have day
when it is publicly dedicated TO the
deity for whom ii is built. When the
Solomonic temple was to be at last
dedicated the king made the service
one of national import. He assembled
in one place all the officers and men
of state. and on that occasion he sac
rificed 10000 sheep and 22.000 oxen.
The rivers of blood which flowed from
that altar signify to Us how great an
occasion that dedication must have
been
When 4 few years ago the famous
Cologne cathedral was dedicated all
Europe sent its representatives to meet
the king of Prussia at the spot This
cathedral was begun in 124S. 1t was
begun in the name of the Father. Son
and Holy Spirit. The work. however.
was not completed in the thirteenth
century. nor the fourteenth. nor the fif-
teenth. nor the sixteenth nor the seven
teenth. nor the eighteenth. At last. in
the nineteenth century. the work was
finished. Then came the dedication.
All. tnat must have been a wonderful
sight when st. Peters at Rome was
! dedicated. If the Catholic world could
have been so wrought up over the coro-
nation of Pope Plus N. surely it must
have been more enthusiastic over the
dedication of that wonderful struc-
ture which was designed by Michael
Angelo and brought to successful
completion by a long line of succeeding
| architects.
The Dedication
Now. my brother. it is right and prop
| er that every temple should be public
| ly dedicated. When are you going to
publicly dedicate your temple. your
| physical body. to the service of Jesus
! Christ? This body is priceless treas
! ure which we should offer him. How
| precious it is but few can fully appre-
| ciate unless they lose part of their phys
ical anatomy. Some years ago | was
| being shown through factory. My
| guide was one armed man. After
showing me room after room filled with
machinery he at last pointed to re-
volving wheel as he said, That is
where | lost my arm Well" | said
to him. Il guess you do not miss it
much. You have an easy position now.
and your pay is bigger than it was be-
fore" Eyes, | know" he answered.
'but l would gladly give it up if l
could. for then had my arm. A man
does not know how much he loves his
arm until it is gone All. yes. this
body of ours is no small gift to dedi-
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ried for us many burdens: the foot-it
walked for us many miles; the tongue
it has expressed for us many want.
When are you going to dedicate this
body, this old body of yours. to Jesus
Christ? Do you not want to give it to
Christ. SO that he may give it divine
regeneration?
| | never wish to hear a man make a
sighting remark about his physical
body. Never say. as do so many. "Oh,
| do not care what becomes of my body
after | am deadr' You should care,
my brother You should care, in the
first place. because that body has been
good friend to you. ane. secondly. be-
cause that body. if it be Christ's now,
is to be ''sOwn in corruption and raised
in interruption" a gloritied, immortal
spiritual body. fit for the companion
ship of the angels and the redeemed
Speak no i'll about your body Re-
member also. my brother. you should
not compel your loved ones to do with
your body what they do not want to
do. Il shall be cremated.' l heard a
man say some time ago. l turned to
him and said: Friend, you have not
any right to demand that your loved
ones shall cremate your body If they
wish to do it all right. But if they do
not wish to do it then let them have
the sweet yet sad comfort of going out
to your grave to plant few forgetme-
nots where sleeps the mortal part of
one whom they have dearly loved.'
The body is more than flesh. though it
crumble into dust. At the end of an
earthly life it shall be raised. new
and heavenly body, for the life eternal.
Trifle not with it! Abuse it not. De-
spise it not. 1t is the temple Of the
Holy Ghost!
copyright, 1903, by Louis Klopsch.l