The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-10

rain to the breast Of the producing earth.
The speaker TOUCHED upon the various
forms OF prayer and places o. worship
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that had, been in the past He spoke or
Abraham in the mountain top, or lsrael
In tho field. OF Jacobs vision. OF Hagar
at tho lonely desert rock, Of Moses IN inc
wilderness, OF the portable tabernacle IN
the desert of the glorious ediiicc OF lAlnS
Solomon. and OF the beauty Of the second
temple.
Yet when that rcsplendent second tenn
PIE lay in ruins, beneath the rect OF inc
Roman lcgions, when dcsolation ana &C. s
spoliation trod hard upon the heels OF
destruction, when tho ashes of the temple
and the bodies OF the dead lay mingled
In one awful horror, when tho golden YES
sells Of tho sacred service and the noble
sons OF a consecratcd priesthood were
carried away to grand Roman triumph.
to be borne amid the jeers and iihes OF
tho Roman rabble, then 1t was that there
rose In tho consciousness Of Israel a
nobcr ideal. then came the flesh Of
the Lord, tho heavens arc My throne,
and the earth is My footstool. where is
the homo that you can build for Me,
where Is the place of MY rest?
Tho visible universe is Gods house Of
worship, and in It not man alone but al
nature is forever ccholng tho fears OF His
praise. The heavens are the throne or
God. Every orb that wheels IN us IN
rrrlng circuit. .cNeTS pluIlSL liIhL 't'y'N''
in It's npeucablc path, every glorious
Constellation that flashes It's radiance to
bewilder the eye of man; sun, moon,
stars and worlds. all the sidereal hosts
tha- march and counternnrch on lne
these arc the stlpendons cathcd,als of
tic Most High, within whose world-cn'
bracing walls tho spheres roll out their
harmonics, az the anthem Of an angels,
choir that sing up to their Maker, And
the loyal earth beneath takes UP the
chorus and joins 10 IT lis million tongncd
refrain, Poised In tho endless sea or
ether Its every voice IS an harmotlous
note in the universal melody, its every
point u respondent gem OF the grand
mosaic Of the cozmc plan.
The Ideal Sanctuary.
Shall man attempt to add TO this divine
architecture? Shall he build With finite
limitations where God has built with II
80 much as for himself That man builds.
Not all the wealth of India, nor he gold
Of Onhs, nor all the marbles of the GUAR
rics nor tho precious gems from tho bow
sea, that arc the real value IN Il house
of prayer. These arc not tho things that
God desire, hut IAN humble heart and u
conritc. spirit And In the days Of the
destruction Of tho beautiful second tenn.
pie ana IN tho ensuing dispersion over
the face Of the earth, Israel understood
and built there the ideal sanctuary Of
God. not Of parlsllablc material, but or
The immortal spirit Ho laid its founda-
lions in tie depths Of an uncomfortable
faith: lie lpreared its wallis Of ilnwaYer-
Ing loyalty; lie ccmenteh II with the
blood OF martSrdon and tho tears nt
anguish; l,o rooted II over with reverent
devotion: he embcllishcd IL with count :
less gems Of sslf-sacriliec, and Of devoted
duty; he 1T It's lam, With the light Of
hope; he trod lis court With chaslened
spirit and age after age he worshippou
therein and filed It's spaces With the
voice Of earnest prayer, til Il seemed aB
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