Year: 1875

DEDICATION YEsTERDAY-sERMoN BY REV DR.


MISREPRESENTATION OF THE BUILDING.


Yesterday forenoon the dedicatory services Of the
new edihce OF the Tabernacle Baptist church, South
Brooklyn, which to be continued during the week,
were naugurated in presence of large congregation
After a voluntary by the organist anthem
dered by the choir when the pastor Rev. Thomas Ram
baut d. D., LII D., repeated the Lords Prayer Then
followed the singing of the hymn, CAL hail the power
of Jesus name" After Scriptural reading Rev. A B.
Simmons offered the prayer and ''Thne forever God
OF Love-" sung with fine effect by the congregation
The sermon, which preached by Rev J. F. Elder, D.
d. Of Madison avenue, New York taken from
Philippians IT,, OIL The reverend speaker said thero
was no fitting illustration to be found'n the Scrip
aure than given by the apostle in this text as it,
gives the life and story Of Jesus Christ 1t tells Of
His purpose and glory stretching from eternity to
eternity. He calls attention first in the form
of God, and then speaks of Him voluntarily
relinquishing His glory and taking on Himself the
form OF man. and suffering death, seven the death of
the cross' Thus by gradatons the Apostle portrays
the whole history of the Goldman. We are taught by
the text that though Christ, who all-p powerful
could have upon the earth in another form than
that of the poor man, He became sacrifice for He
took upon Himself the flesh and all the pain thereof
There nothing to distinguish Him from men of tho
present generation, physically speaking except the no
blity of His striking presence He retained the Divine
attributes that He exercised His power and wrought
miracles as God under the consciousness OF delegted
power from God the Father He says the Son do
nothing Of Himself ''The Father hath commanded all
judgments"


Christ took upon Himself the form of servant To
do the work of servant it necessary HIM
TO become man. He might have taken the form of
angel There very many orders OF beings in tho
heavenly hierarchy. The speaker heard that
hymn sung, ~ want to be an angel, ">whout feeling
that II was misplaced expression as angels and men
different beings Christ might have gone into
the service OF God in any one or these glorious
heavenly hosts but He chose the lower route Of service
The angels had kept track OF this great mystery of the
redemption and 1t must have created great interest in
these heavenly hosts The Archangel presented.
Him with the and sceptre But no;
the Son of God puts it aside and, moving
space. The angels ask whether the Son Of God has
gone and it is no wonder them that when the good
winged their way about them and sung, GLORY to Cod
the highest in Heaven, and peace and good will to
high for Him. You would have said, Surely He will


take His place on the throne Of the CesarsY oh, no.;
in Rome but in in that despised part OF the
vast empire, in Bethlehem, was He born Not where
perfumed atmosphere prevailed to delight the senses
but there where the babes breath mingled with the
odor OF the stable and the infants cry with the oong
of the cattle the Son of Man began His servants
place in the form of man But that was
not all He lowered himself even to endure
death. What must it have been for Him who had no.
cause to dieS We cannot comprehend the pain, dis
grace shame and ndignity which He thus endured.
Death is Gods highest punishment for sin. We read
He stood by the grave OF Lazarus. Christ "groaned
of the Prince of Darkness and He behed the
rows of the world He saw the devil having the power
of death in every nation, and Christ onged to grappe
with him and gain the power over death To Him there
came the most ignomnious death Of that cruel agche
death to which the worst malefactors were subjected
That is what Christ has suffered for Then He


triumphant death from the tomb to the throne OF
eternal glory where as God man, and with all tho
sympathy Of HIS divine nature, He will judge
each one according to his works on the last day. His


life also teaches a lesson of selfsacrilce and tho
condition of all success II you want 10 succeed you
must get out of self and blend sacrifice in domestic,
church and business life. We must help another.
In loyalty to Cod in obedience, even unto death, rests
the hope of our eternal reward


BUILDING,


which is of the Gothic order. fronts on Third place.,
OF Clinton street, and stands on terrace, being
thirty feet back from the sidewalk The street fronts
constructed OF undressed brown stone, what is
known random work. the jambstones, quoins, rose
window buttresses and other dressings are Of
ground, cost $780, o00 or this there is
due only 1880 so, according to the report Of the
Treasurer, George Forester, which read before
the congregation The ladies have contributed of this
amount $500 The building is 60xs6 feet and
prises audience 57x70. the in front
being two vestbules, separated by vesry Sx4 over
which is the organ loft and in front OF which Is tho
preachers desk. On the opposite end is the Infants
gallery, with seats adjustable in ascending series, with
a ladies' Under the gallery a library class
room and vestbule, with entrance from Clinton
street In time a larger ednce will be built, the
trustees have seven lots on the site. The present
chapel will be used then a Sunday school
The windows on the sides and roof are
ofsained glass the roof open timber work. with arched
ribs and finished in poly chrome decorations of blue
gray and red tins The Tabernacle Bapsts have been
in existence congregation for twenty years, and
for many years have worshipped in the unprctentous
building at the OF Hicks and Rapelea streets
Yesterday the edi1ce with its bright col0rs, platform
covered with flowers and evergreens, the autumn
shining in upon the gaiy atred devotees, and the
sweet songs of many Canary birds which were in
cages located in the infant gallery Ginning in with tho
organ and vocal music all lent avery pleasing and