The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-20

the fruits of your industry and materi- al blessings to than by raising fit monument to the God of all Goodness to gority Him in His own house by the daily oblation of that spotless vic tim which EleaZor foretold. Hence forth d clean obIation snail be offered up to Me from the rising of the sun to the setting thereof. ana thS5 you say in the words of the text: T have loved the beauty of thy house and the place where Thy glory dweIls"
 To this appeal you have responded right royalty. thus proving to God and man and the world at large that the Beaumont people have their hearts in beauty of Gods Holy House, whose corner stone they place today as a guarantee of their loving generosity.
 Twas David who first uttered this grand expression and 1t was caught up by his mighty son Solomon who re- aiized his fathers prophecy and raised the Temple of Jerusalem to whom on the day of the dedication the Lord himself hath said: T have heard thy prayer and thy supplication; have sanctifed this house which thou hast built and mine eyes and my heart will be there always"
 But these prophetic words did not stop there. These words come on through heDrew ages. singing out like clarion peol thro' the centuries, swelling like the tocsin clear and tell ing through all Christian times, awak- ening up mems energies. calling forth their sympathies, urging them to put in practice their love of God.
 The echo of Davids word has rung out through the ages, enlisting the grandest efforts of human genius, surging forward without let or him drance. stop or stay. through rich and affluent lands of Europe studded with glorious monuments of religious art, along Asia's tainted coast, on the blue mountain wales of China, on the slopes of the Orinoco throughout the vast re- public. rivaling them all today. though still in her infancy, the best and grandest productions of churchly mag nificence.
 A New Temple.
 We are gathered together for the solemn beginning of a new Temple given over by your hands to the honor of the living God,
 In this glorious twentieth century, basking in the effulgent sunshine of it's gorgeous. boasted, unrivalled enlight- enment-in the overwhelming exulta- tion of its triumphant and ever increas- | ing success in art. science, and mili- l tary prowess-this century so scorn- fully indifferent to everything that is
  all its thousand organs to admire its | progress and It's heroes With incred- ible expenditure it immortalizes its he- | roes by the erection of magnificent monuments, triumphal arches and equestrian statues of sculptured marble and chiseled bronze destined to defy the ravages of time and to point out to future generations her noble models of heroism and genius.
 Ruf if fha IrV,o to throw halo of glory around her H. lustrious sons. With how much more reason should be not use the treasures ot genius and expend the treasures of ! possible worthy of Him who is for ! evermore the center and source of an light and glory, This to the honor down through the ages as the annals | of all nations will testify.
 Resources in church building past and present: Not few, 'tis true were erected by royal generosity. oth- | CTS by public taxation. but even in these cases individual help was solic- tied and given very largely. Much of the material marble, brick and wood was contributed gratis, multitude of presents were offered, and horses. oxen l and carts to transport them, and when they were too poor to own such prop 1 erty they gave their time and labor women and children even stood by to contribute such help as their weak hands could offer. Every one felt that here a solemn act of religion was go- ing on, something that transcended all ordinary enterprises with that strong collective sense that christianity had developed, they moved on as one man to the creation of a monument that should bear the stamp of Faith, Eter- nity.
 To build a large and lovely house oi God and to dwell within the shadow oi it's graceful spire was the common purpose of every community from the icy plains of Lapland to the messy i slopes of the Laplata. One deep cur ! rent. of religion surged through tht