The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-12-18

been given by the man whose name
it bears, nor has it been presented by
the family of that man. 1t has been
erected by more than 200 friends of
this man, because they car@ the
vision of what he wanted this rich
to be and do. To make this building
more effectively crystalization of the
ideals of those who lived and labored
before us we shall today add to our
gifts. and consecrate our lives to the
realization of the vision which came
to those who have lived before US.
E,comes Earthly Inspiration
We shall find the real satisfaction
in the house of God as it becomes the
earthly inspiration point for the high
err life, Jacob had his vision at Bethel,
and it became point Of inspiration
for his whole career. He had his
wrestle with God at Jabbok, and by it
he rose to higher plane of living.
So may this place become the Bethel
and the Jahhok for all those who face
life's stern realities and it's subtle
temptations. Here may our youth
dream their dreams and see the Wis
ions of what under God their lives
may accomplish in the KINGDOM of
God. Here may the men of middle
life bearing heavy responsibility
wrestle with God until they come off
conquerors in the name of Christ.
Here may the aged come for continual
spiritual refreshment. As they face
the western sky of life, may the glory
of the sunset typify for them the glor-
ious end of life, until the sunset
scenes shall be but the heralds of a
more glorious day May the real sat
isfactions to the house of God come to
all until we shall feel to say of this
place what the poet said of the old
fashioned Quaker meeting house:
And SO find it we'll to come
For deeper rest to this still room;
For here the habit of the soul
Feels less the outer worlds control,
And from the silence multiplied
BY these still forms on every side,
The world that time and sense have
known
Falls off and leaves US God alone"
Place Where Glory Dwells
We shall find the highest satisfac-
ton in the house of God in discover
ing that this is the place where his
glory dwelleth. We read that when
the ark was brought into Solomon's
temple the glory of God filed the
house. Isaiah tells us that in the
temple he saw the Lord high and
lifted up. Jesus heard the voice of
God as he stood in the temple courts
So in all ages and among all people
God has deigned to reveal himself
most really in the houses dedicated
to his worship and service. We look
for and seek no outward spectacular
displays of the divine glory. The
glory of holiness is moral quality,
and must show itself In character. If
those who habitually worship here
aspire to fellowship with God. those
who turn their steps hither to meet
with Gods people shall discover that
here is the place where his glory
dwelleth
There is no altar here, for the great
sacrifice has once and for all been
made, and the apostolic appeal rings
in our ears today Il beseech you,
therefore. brethren. by the mercies
of God that We present bodies, living
sacri6ce, which is your spiritual SER
vice" There Is no confessional here,
for in the silence with the din and
! noise of the outer life hushed the soul
is to unfold itself to its Maker.
There is here no mitred priest for
each and every soul in the dignity of
| its divine inheritance is priest be-
fore God There is here no baptismal
font for the baptism We believe Jesus
| taught ID immersion into the very life
! of God. There Is here no communion
table for the inner recesses of the
soul the spirit of man in its worship
partakes of the living Christ who is
the bread of life. The outward house
is beautiful, but the real satisfactions
OF the house OF God are to be found in
the inner life Of the individual soul as
| II frequents this place in the spirit
and mind of Christ.