Milford chronicle., 1903-10-30
TALN1AGE
SERMON
p
ny Rev.
FRANK DE WITT TALMAoE, 3D.,
PasfaF Of Jefferson Pack Presby.
= teTiAn chureh. Chicago


the body through sin and neglect and
plea for its consecration to Gods
service and to holy and upright living.
The text is I Corinthians vi. 10. know
ye not mat your body is the temple Of
the Holy Ghost?"
More than Westminster abbey is to
London or Notre Dame to Paris or the
Vatican to Rome or the mosque Of St
Sophia TO COlsIautiuoplt. more than
Diana's temple was 10 Ephcsus or the
shrine of Atlane to Athens. King Solo
mons temple was to the Hebrew heart.
1t was the one spot about which ua-
tonul pride and religious fervor cen
tered; it was the one place above ali
others which the lSraelite wanted to
see, as the MussUman devotce saws.
Let me, ] pray thee. worship once at
Mecca before l die" In it was the
Shechinah, the holy of holes, the re.
posftory of the covenantal ark. 1t was
Gods footstool. 1t was like frag-
ment Of heavens manifested glories.
Like the Tai Mahal Of India. whose
walls were once inlaid with gold ana
precious stones to the value of mil
lions upon millions Of dollars. the Solo
monte temple was famous not so much
for its size as for its intrinsic worth.
The weight OF the nails employed in
tile temple the book of Chronicles .
tells us, was fifty shckels OF solid F,
gold" .Ios2phUs the secular listo. /
rian. records that its walls were com /
posed entirely Of white slog,. tbat tbe |
walls and ceilings ..orp waiusro.p,i |
with cedar whiaL was covered wifi, /
tie pHre#t gold" So precious were the
haiesials ana utensils of this wonder,
Ili sanctuary that tie fame Of them
spread to foreign lands and excited
the cUpidity of Shisluk and .Iehoasl..
who journpyed To Jerusalem to plum
der it. All its glory and grandeur
however. were reduced TO ashes when
King NebHchadnpzzar. after stripping
Il OF its gold and removing its iewcled
vessels. applied the torch. and its spir-
It, after an earthly existence of III
years. EliJah-likc. ascpnded toward
heaven in Il chariot of fire. Can we
BE- mistaken in thinking that building
SO beautiful ard so exceptionally hal
lowed by the Divine Presence had 4 3
spirit? Victor Hugo. the author of v
The Hunchback of Notre Dame" I
thought that there must be spirit I'm
hat poem in stone" Is there not Il !
81 irit in,arEutpd in St. Paurs. the .
work Of Sir Christopher Wren? In o
lie ciaste architecture of the Church is
y tie Madeleine in Paris: In Ike 10
grandeur Of the cathedral Of Milan p
nd In st. Marks of Venice. WHY not. m
Len. in that magnificent edidce in
'-iicA God dwelt among men?
A Sacred Temple. NJ
Not alone in god and precious stones II
'as the temple of Solomon unique. II 81
'as great in its spiritual associations. ar
t5 very site had u sanc:i;y of its own. te
was so sacred in the eyes of king ed
nd people that when the temple was an
Ipcted measures were taken to avoid WI
'en the ordinary sounds of tools In pc
le book Of Kings we read. And the IL
luSe. when ii WIS building. was built WI
stone made ready before il was ev
Fought thitler so that there was nei sil
Ter hammer nor aX nor any tool of tu
on heard in the house while it was in hu
lilding." As the steel bridge today tel
sent from the foundries with each wi
rider and trestle and beam marked go
'ferehand for its position. so the col
mple's stones and beams were cut th'
I'd fitted together miles away from Ch
elr ultimate destination. When the to
mple's walls We're reared they rose GU
mid tho fnrnwaagfrra - Wr
ice. So sacred was the place that on na
Z day of the temples dedication. on ma
e day when the ark of the covenant as
rs placed within the holy Of holies. be
he glory of the Lord filled the house ing
the Lord" 1t filled all the house my
th Il bright cloud; it filled the house sin
III the same majestic symbol as that me
IiclI led the lsraeltes through the fau
sert, as that which the prophet saw be
'und the throne Of God and as that the
lich OvfrshadOwed our Lord when wa
talked with Moses and Elias ON the ten
'unt Of TRANSPORTATION. for
'Rul had i'm mind both the intrinsic ten
ue and the surprising sanctity of uen
SolomOnic temple In the compari- tho
OF the text. The physical body of lnol
n is temple in both senses Of the awi
rd. Paul was not one of those who ecri
pissed the flesh" as we term the Che
sh." He did not believe that bean
is only skin deep" and that 'ugli. II
S sinks to the bone" He believed Oric
t the connection between the body cate
the soul is so close that you can. or I
injure one without affecting the ktsr
ar. So Paul. I'm these words Of ny Bro
!. practically says TO all men and hre
men. BE careful what you 10 with my
hand; be careful how you misuse up!
foot; be cnreful that you do moi nuri
the tongue become dehled with ''''''
Sed words" Know We not than IL
r body is great cathedral. more satn
lentOus in its functions than thai ana
ii st. John the Divine. which the - Il
copalian church is erecting in New Pe
: city today? Know ye not thai man
body is the place where God cont
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