Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-12

the mountain slope, in the heart Of
the desert, standing before his affairs.
SO simple and plain they were. An
altar Of earth thou shalt make unto
me-. God commanded his children in
the shadow of Sinai, Or, IL thou wilt
make me an altar of stone, thou shalt
not build Il of hewn stone
by and by the altar grows into the
sanctuary. Speak unto the children of
Israel and let them make me sanctu-
ary, that I may dwell among them 1t
shall stand as a type of the abiding
God, always in the heart of his peo-
pie. No longer the altar of earth
Mans art and skill of hand shall
beautify and make glorious his meet
ing place with God. The tabernacle of
the testimony must be reared with the
willing heart offerings of Gods peo-
pie. Best of the gold and best Of the
humap skill, noblest of art and dain-
tiest of handiwork shall make all its
parts. But still the altar stands. out
in the court Of the tabernacle, always
the great altar Of burnt Offering
foundation of the tabernacle worship.
Not even the high priest on the great
day of atonement might reach the
golden altar of incense or the holy ark
of the covenant within the veil of the
holy of holes until he had offered the
offering for sin upon the great altar.
holy and righteous, with man, stained
by sin.
"And in the holy place yet another
altar-the golden altar of incense,
standing just before the veil of the
most holy place. This they made of
acacia wood, overlaid with gold. A
wreath of beaten gold crowned its
beauty and rings of gold at its sides
received the slaves of acacia wood,
overlaid with pure gold. Gold. gold,
gold-it cleaned on all the work of
the tabernacle; curtains of fine twined
linen, blue and scarlet and purple;
bronze and silver: delicate needle work
and artistic chasing; the noblest and
the most beautiful in art, should min
lister before God and lead men in their
worship of him. The worship of the
Lord God was made beautiful, won
derful, glorious. And all this was the
Tent worship For God was a So
journer with his people.
Davids Dream
"Then by and by came to David the
dream of the temple. And the word
of God came to him: Thou hast shed
blood abundantly and hast made great
wars; thou shalt not build a house
unto my name. Behold, son shall
be born unto thee, who shall be a man
of peace, he shall build a house for my
name Long since had the tent of
meeting faded out of the life of the
remained. The temple arises silently
as a dream; in the grandeur and
beauty of a vision of poet and artist,
on the summit of Mount Moriah.
Long since had the tabernacle of
the wilderness gone the way of all
things of mans handiwork. But the
cloud remained. And the temple?
{oht nj nd w oIl
you walk the streets of Jerusalem-the
city of the Jebusites. the city of David,
Nehemiah Herod Hadrian, Constan-
tine, Omar, Godfrey, Saladin and
Suleiman-for every siege meant
city leveled and a new city builded.
Where stood the splendid temple of
Solomon the Magnificent now stands
the mosque of Omar.
"At the well of Jacob, under the
shadow of Gerizim and Ebal, Jesus
sits beside the well, a wondering
woman listening to him who spake as
never man spake. The hour cometh
when neither in this mountain nor in
God is a spirit and they that worship
him must worship in spirit and truth.
Taught in Temple
HE worshiped and he taught in the
temple, in the synagogue, from the
u,
homes of the rich and the poor. in
the resting places of the wilderness.
He made holy every place wherein he
taught--he made holier than the holy
of holies In the temple, the solitudes
where he prayed. He was a high
priest and the altar of his ministry
was in the homes and was of men.
The shock of war crumbled the temple
of Herod and the red flames devoured
it's very ashes. One of his disciples,
white haired with the ripeness of the
years, sat on the rocks OF Patmos,
waiting and watching for God The
gates of heaven were opened for him
in the rapt visions of inspira tion. He
walked the streets of the holy city.
He told of it's glory and splendor so
far as human lips can tell it, or human
intellect can hear it. The city of gold,
the gates of pearl, the foundations Of
precious stone-the stones in the
breastplate of the high priest, the tree
of life bending about the pure river
of the water of life'-and then he
looked for the crowning glory on the
city-I saw no temple therein
THE holiest city in the universe of
God-and no temple. No tent of the
wilderness is there, for the Journeys of
life, with its fever of unrest, are ended
forever. No altar, for sin is not even
the shadow of a memory Shrine and
altar and synagogue, tabernacle and
temple, meeting house, chapel and ca
thedral, have passed away with all
things; the cycle is completed, the end
returns to the beginning; as in the days
of the garden there was only man and
God-so again at the last there is God
and man. There is no temple in the
holy city, for the Lord God Almighty
and the Lamb are the temple thereof
and the great voice out of heaven pro-
tfra1 Dol oil h .1n - N-.l
is with men, and he will dwell with
them, and they shall be his people and
God himself will be their God.' In
the beginning, God; in the ending,
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