The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-10-10
ENGLISH OUTBREAKS
DEDICATED NEW HOUSE OF
 WORSHIP YESTERDAY.

Rev. Dr. Hartman of Baltimore on the
 GIories .of the Church-PecnIiar
 Character of Membership, Perpetuity,
 and Its Unparalleled Mission Three
 Great EIements-SIr. Sfeber, the Pas
 tor. Spoke on the '.Unity of the
 Spirit. ]. in the Morning.
 The final exercises connected with the dedication of the First English Lu- therans of their new house of worship, at the corner of Lawrence and Foster streets, were held yesterday. h the morning the regular Sunday morning service. followed by the administering of the holy communion was observed. The pastor, Rev. J Luther l.. Sieber, preached on the Unity of the Spirit taking as his text Philipidus, l., 2S-29. He said that the only true unity is the unity of the spirit, and all other un- ities, such as the unities of outward form, were not binding. He emphasized | LllC 51lCGGSclty HOls }tIlS fast in the faith of the Gospel and the unity of the spirit. He also spoke of the special aim of the church being the ransom of sin, as contrasted with that of schools of philosophy, theaters and such
 The dedication service began about 3:90 in the afternoon. The front of the church was banked with flowers and potted plants, which made a simple but tasty decoration. The building was well filled by the time the service began.
 After a short general service the ded- ication prayers were delivered and the building declared dedicated. Following the prayers the dedication sermon was delivered by the Rev. A. Stewart Hart man, D. D., of Baltimore. He was in troduced by the pastor Rev. MT, sieber. who told the congregation that Dr. Hartman was only able to be present by great effort, on account of the many synod meetings that are now being held. and which occupy much of his time. He is the secretary of the board of home missions of the Lutheran church in the United States.
 Dr. Hartman spoke from the text, Glorious things are spoken of thee, l o City of God,n Psalms, S7-SS. After extending the hearty congratulations of l the board of home missions to the church on its progress, and the boards $ best wishes for the future, he went on to speak of the peculiar glories of the ] City of God, the church. He contrast | ed the heavenly Jerusalem, ever extend- ling it dominions and glory, with the earthly Jerusalem, which time would ] decay and destroy.
 1 He began with the statement that no l period of time had ever been so full Of ! hostile forces and influences opposed to the church as the present. Militarism, lrationalism, and other current ideas in l a similar category were mentioned as examples of his meaning. Therefore, ] he felt that this was a good time for {, the people to strengthen the faith and review the church's strength.
 He then said the church was distinct from any other form of human organiz- ation. Its foundations were laid in the Garden of Eden just after the fall. Gods i promise to the woman regarding her seed was it's beginning. Long centur- li ies afterwards, when it had been through many trials, Christ came to re- new it and to renew Gods covenant. The writings of the prophets pointed to Jesus as the central sun of the moral universe. He was not the foundation Of the church, but the cornerstone in a growing institution. ...-.. l He then pointed out the glories of the church peculiar to itself. The first of lthese is the character of it's member ship. "The church is not a human or Iganization,'' said he, 'it is a divine or ganization. It was instituted in the dawn of history to oppose evil and de- stroy the. wishes of the devil. Its cit izenship is spiritual one. Christ promulgated it's laws. Tn the interview
 with Nicodemus he said, Ye must be born again."
 The next element mentioned by Di
 Hartman, was the churcll's assure stability and perpetuity Even from \ it's dark moments the church emerged