The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-03


a spiritual house."
Bishop Morrison declared that the ma
Iterial church represents the spiritual and
that. THE Incarnation of the great cor
nerstone is God in humanity" He said
that the divine human life has taken a
deep hold on the world, and THE spirit
of Jesus Christ is dominating the ages
and controlling the nations and peoples of
the earth"
The Living Building.
As second thought. the bishop spoke
of the elements of the living building
The preacher affirmed that by coming to
the living stone, we also become lively
stones-that the coming to Christ intro
| duces us into the spiritual life of the
church.
There was never more necessity for
insisting on conscious conversion than
now" were words used by the speaker.
and he stressed especially the deep i'm
portance Of realizing the atonement. He
spoke of the futility of trying to apply
natural laws and the principles of higher
criticism tosthe explanation of matters
of faith. but insisted that we must come
as little children.
Divine life is imperishable," Bishop
Morrison said, and he lkened the Bible
to divine asbestos, which has resisted the
fires of the ages. He said that many old
hymns will live forever, and live because
God is In them 1.-THE church will never
get to the bottom of the simple sayings
of the Nazarine,' he declared.
In the third division of the discourse
1t was asserted that the building is built
upon the supernatural-the living stone
and hence is -imperishable. The speaker
| contrasted our life with that of our grand
fathers and showed how the progress OF
| invention has modified life; but he de-
clared that there has been mo invention
yet for bridging the streams of sorrow
and the rivers of woe in Christian exper-
| ience."
| The preacher declared that God has
| placed us on a foundation so we can
endure, and likened man, in the midst
| of worldly troubles, to great rock that
| lifts its head in the ocean and against
which the wind and the sea seem to COM
bine to overthrow. yet which stands firm
in it's place.
The last point explained was the wealth
of the church. When we give ourselves
to God we exchange the visible for the
invisible, the speaker commended; we gel
a wealth that is free from the common
dangers He declared that back of the
clouds and caprices of nature are Gods
promises, the same yesterday, today and
forever.
A Love Feast.
love feast was held at the church at
u. M. which was under the leadership Of
/ Mr.. Brandon, a lay member. At the night
! service the Rev. l. f. Hawkins. presiding
elder of the Jasper district, former pas.
/ tor of the church, preached to another
large congregation A feature at both ser
vices was the singing of the regular
choir, which was augmented with Other
voices for the occasion. A special pro.
gramme was rendered at the morning SER
/ vice.
The new Wesley chapel house OF wor-
ship is conceded to be one of the most
beautiful In the city. 1t is built of stone
and brick after a handsome design, and
includes in its plan a large basement for
I
| gallery in the main auditorium. The In
terror is finished in white plaster with 8
ceiling of light blue fresco, studded with
numerous electric bulbs. The woodwork
is of dark oak and the supporting columns
of the gallery are Of a subdued green.
Many elegant stained glass windows are
fixed In the walls most of which are me-
MORALS to former members of the con-
gregation. The total cost of the edifict
was in the neighborhood of $4,000, all OF
which is paid up with the exception of a
small sum arranged for at a future date
At the service yesterday morning, re-
naming Indebtedness of $4,000 was asked tc
be cancelled by the congregation, and the
response was so liberal that something
| over 5000 was subscribed.
Wesley chapel is the second oldest Meth
odist church in the Birmingham district
having been organized about twenty-five
years ago. 1t has a large and strong mem.
bership.
Beginning this morning at 10 o'clock. a
series of revival meetings will be con-