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ii" irT-iwyttoa mSi 1" fppr.W ' ' I III 1 1 I &f ff?tJVirm-it us CAPITAL CIriY COURIER, SATURDAY MaY 2, 1 89 r . h F IL It 1 ) Rudge & Morris, LEONARD REFRIGERATORS, QUICK MEAL GAS AND GASOLINE STOYES. LflCiiVTN 1! H ) Air Furnaces, Water Coolers, Water Filters, Gold Bronze and Brass Bird Cages, Builder's Hardware. Rudge & Morris 1122 N Street. fttnmfelft Mtet Lincoln, : Nkhrask a. Capital, $250,000 Officers mill JJli rctor.i : John II. Wrluht, Pros. T. K. Hinuteni, V...- J. II. McClay, Cashier. A H ltaymoiul, II 1' Ijiii. Thos Cochran K H. Sixer, ClmsWest, V I.Hliolilon. General Hnnklng Huslnoss Trammeled. ' Accounts Solicited. EsttiMittieil Jiff, a, SS6. German National Bank, LftVCOLX, A'Ett, LV.!rtWW.Jkrii$:!l il - -m.J-tMfm ' '-.c ? Capital Paid up, $100,000.00 Surplus . . . 25,006.00 Transacts a General Banking Business Issues loiters of credit, Urau-il rafts on all pai is of tho world. Foreign collection n specialty. Ofl'cers ami Dirrttov, IIKRMAN H. KOHAIII'.UO, Preshlcnl. C. 0. MUNSON, Vlro 1'rcMdcnt. JOSE I'll HOKUM Kit, Cashier. O. .1. WILCOX, AnkUtHiit Cashier. C. K. MONTdOMKUY. AI.KX. HALTKlt V. A. UOKIIMEIt, It. J. IIItOTHKUION WALTKIt J. HAHItlH. J. A. HUDKLHON Mono, oa ir I, ttinf nJt tr Jk R. UMdnln.llvr.N.Y.1 Moik fwt . KnJ.r, fou luix not w.ho M Inucfa, but r.a roth yuu quickly bow or.rn fronfoto ilO d ly .1 Ike urf, lutl lueio ,ou go o. Ilota Mtti, ill (, U lil of ..IKI. 7IHI ( .VWHIK, 0 POOlf t (IT Ika work. All U . unoi m llf ,, . 7 w ,i,w viwrv hhhiu J try wuikor. Wo tun oa, ftinUfcloi onlklxr. KASII.V,ttl'KMILYIwi kTIMMM CO., trOHJL ., UiSr n i Man. '' r V iShMB rWElSffiSlM.'Gll?' 3Bfe 1 J THIS IS'ttW TAUKRNAOLR DR. TALMAOE'S GNAPHIC flEVIEW OP THE DUILDINQ AND ITS PUflP08ES. Tlir I'll mm bh of .timliin liy I tin lrui'llp. i lie .Many l)lcciimitieiinnt In lliillillini tin. New Hlriieliirc Nlniirs from Nliml nml Allien. A CIiiik'Ii fur Alt. IlliooKLYN, Airll !M. -Sermon of llov. T. Do Witt Tnlinngo In tin) how Hrooklyn Tultcrnnclo on Clinton nvanitu this even ing, tlm building having lictm dedicated In tlm morning nt ID.IM). A great union meet I11K. In which rlorgynion of nil tliinotnlniv tlnus of Christians participated, was hold In Hid afternoon. Six thousand person wore present lit each of t lin services, and iniiiiy t liuusnnds went turned nwny. Text, "What moan jo liy those stones?" (Joshua lv, )). 'I'll n .Ionian, llkn tlm Mississippi, has bluffs on tlio nun nidi) nml lliitn on tlm other. Ilmo anil I hero a nycaniore. hIiiiiI own It, Hero nml there u willow dips Into It. It was only n littles over wnlst. deop In December iim I waded through It, Imtlnthu tnonthiof April and May tho hiiowh on .Monnt liohiinon tlmw nml How down Into thu valley, nml then tho .Ionian ovoiMowh lt li.ilik.H, Then It In wldu, deep, raglnj,' nml linpetnoiiM, At thlH mnimoii of tho year I hear tlm tramp of forty thonxand armed men coining down tocrosn thu river. You nay, why do they not m up nearer tho rlnoof tlm liver nt thu old uitiiel fordf Ahl my frlendi, It In bccatiho It Is not hafo toK around when tho Iinl tells im to Konhead. Tin) Israelite had been koIiik around forty jearN, mill they had oiioiikIi of It. I do not know how It Im with you, my brethren, lint I liavonhvnyH Kot liitotrouliluwhun I went around, but always Ka into nnfety when I went nheail, Thoru uprends out thu .Ionian, a raghiK torrent, much of It ttnow water Just coinu down from thu mountain top; mid I nee Moiuuof thu lnraelltes HhlverliiK at tlio Idea of plunnlnu in, mid onu noldler Hayn to Ids comrade, "Joseph, can you nwln.1" And another Hayn; "If wo Kt ncross tho Htream wo will net there with wet clotlies mid with dauiiiKcd armor, and thu Canaanltes will hIiinIi us to pieces with their Hwords before wo get up the other li.ink." Hut It is no tliuu to halt. Thu great host marches r.n. Tlio prlcjtUeiirryliiK tho nrk no nheail, thu peoplo follow I hear thu tramp of tho Krcnt multitude. Thu priests havu now comu within 11 HtonuV throw of tliu water. Yet Htlll there Ih no abatement of tho Hood. Now thuy Imvu coinu within four or llvo feet of tho Htream; hut there is no abate ment of tho Hood. Had prospectl It seems its if thcMU Israelites that cro.sHed thu desert are now kIuK to bu drowned In nlKlit of Canaan. Hut "Forward!" Is tho cry. Tho eominand rings all aloiiK thu lino of tho host. "lAirwnrdl" Now tho priests Imvu come, within ouu Htep of tho river. Tills tlmu they lift their feet from tho solid ground mid put thutn down into thu rag ing Htream. No sooner are their feet there than Jordan Hies. On thu right hand God piles up a great mountain of Hoods; on thu left, tho water Howh off toward tho nea. Thu great, river for hours halts mid rears. Thu back wuturs, not being able to How over thu pass ing lsraulites, pllu wnvo on wnvo until per haps 11 Nea bird would Hud so mo dllllculty iu scaling tho water cliff. Now tho priests and nil tho peoplu havo gouu over on dry land. Thu water on tho loft hand side b this time linn reached tho sen; nml now that.tho miraculous paaaugu has lieuu inndo, stand back and sou this stupendous pllu ol waters leap. God takes his hand from that wall of Hoods, mid liko a hundred cat aracts they plungu and roar in tliundcrouft triumph to tho sea. TIIK MONUMENT AT J011DAN. How are tlmy to celebrate thin paasngo' Shall It bo with muslur I suppose tho trumpet anil cymlinls wore nil worn out before this. Shall It bu with banners wnv higt Oh, no; thuy nru all faded nnd torn Joshua cries out, "1 will toll you how to celubratu this build a monument hero to commemorate, thu event;" and every priest puts a heavy stonu on his shoulder nml marches out, and drops that stonu In tho divinely appointed place. I sou thu pllu growing In height, iu breadth, In tlgnlll- calico; and, Iu after years, men went by that spot and saw this monument, and crlod out ouu to miothur, lu fulfillment of tho prophecy of tho tuxt, "What meant yo by these stonesf" Hlessod bo God, ho did not Icavu our church iu the wlldorncs.il Wo havo been wandering about for a year and n half worshiping In tho Academy of Music, Hrooklyn, and tho Acadnny of Music, Now York. And s.uiie thor.g'it wo would never reach thu promised land. Somu said we had bettor Uil.o this route nnd others that. Some said wo had letter go back, and somu aid there were sons of Anak lu tho way that would tat us up nnd before tho moku had cleared away from tlio sky after our tnbornaclo had been consumed, peoplo stood on tho very situ of iho place and said, "This church will never again bo built." Wo camo down to tho hank of Jordan; wo looked Off upon tho waters. Some of tho sympathy that was expressed turned out to Ik) snow water melted from thu top of Lebanon. Some snld, "You had letter not go lu; you will get your feet wet." Hut wo waded iu, pastor and people, farther and further, mid lu some way, tho Lord only knows how, wu got through; and to night I go all around about this great house, erected by your prayers nnd sympa thies and sacrifices, and cry out In tho words of my text, "What mean yo by these stonesf" It Is an outrage to build a house liko this, so vast and so magnificent, unless there lio sumo tremendous reasons for doing it; nnd so, my friends, I pursue you to-night with tho question of my text, and I du maud of thesu trustees and of thesu elders nnd of nil who havu contributed iu tho building of this structure, "What mean yo by these stouesf" Hut before I get your answer to my question you Interrupt mo and point to tho memorial wall at tho sldu of this pulpit, and say, "Kxplaln that un usual groupof memorials, What mean you by those, stonesf" Hy permission of thu peoplo of my beloved charge I recently visited tho Holy Linds, and having iu mind by day mid night during my abenco this rising housu of prayer, I bethought myself, "What can 1 do to maku that place significant and glorious." On tho morning of December the lid wo wore nt tho foot of the most sacred mountain of all tho earth, Mount Calvary. There Is no more doubt of the locality than of Mount Washington or MoutHlnuc. Ou tho bluff of this mountain, which Is tho shape of tho human skull, nnd so called lu tho lllble, "The place of a skull," there Is room for three crosses. There 1 saw n stone so suggestive I rolled it down the hill and transported It. It Is at the top of this wall, u white stone, with crim son veins running through It the white typical of purity, the crimson suggestive of the blood that paid the price of our re demption. We place it at the top of the memorial wall, fornbovoall lu this cliurrli for nil time, In sermon and soul: and player, khall be thu saerlllru of Mount Calvary. Look at It That stonu was iinn of the rocks rent at tlm crucifixion. That heard thu cry, "It Is finished." Was uwr any chinch on earth honored with such a mo- inorlalf Till! MKMOIIIAI. (IP BtNAI. Heueath It are two tables of stone, which I had brought from Mount Slual where tho law was given. Three camels wero three weeks crossing thu desert to fetch them. hen at Cairo, Kirynt. I iironosed to thu Christian Arab that ho bring ouu stonu mini Mount hliial. hu said. "Wo can easier bring two rocks than one, for oiie must balaueu them ou thu back of thu camel," nml I did not think until thudav of their arrival how much more suggestive would lw tho two, because thu law was written ou two tables of stone. Those stones maikeil with tlio wolds "Mount Blind" felt t hu cm thiUaki) that shook the mountains when tho law was given. The lower stonu of tho wall Is from .Mais Hill, thu ptat'u where Paul stood when he preached that famoussermou on the broth erhood of thu human race, declaring, "God hath miiduofouu blood all nations." Sluco Iord Klgln took the famous statu nry from thu Acropolis, the hill adjoining Mars Hill, tlm Greek government makes It Impossible to transport to other lands any antiquities, mid armed soldiery guard not only thu Acropolis but Mars Hill. That stono I obtained by special per mission from thu queen or Gieece, a most gracious and brilliant woman, who received us us though wo had been old ac quaintances, and through Mr. Trlcoupls, tho prlinu minister of Greece, nnd Mr. Snowden, our American minister plenipo tentiary, mid Dr. Mnnatt, our American consul, that suggestive tablet was sawed from the pulpit of rock ou which Paul preached. Now you understand why wu havu marked It "Tho Gospel." Long after my lips shall utter in this church their last mussagu, theso lips of stono will tell of thu Law, mid thu Sacrifice, and thu Gospel. This day I present thum to this church mid to nil who shall ga.u upon them. Thus you have my answer to thu question, "What mean you by these stonesf" Hut you rniinot divert. mu from tho ques Hon of the text as I first put It. I have in terpreted these four memorials on my right hand, but there are hundreds of stones lu these surrounding walls and un derneath us, in tho foundations, nnd rising above us lu thu towurs. Thu quarries of this and transatlantic) countries at thu call of crowbar mid chisel havu contributed toward this structure, "What mean yo by theso stonesf" You mean among other things that they shall bu an earthly residence for Christ. Christ did not havu much of a homo when hu was hero. Who and where is that child cryingf It Is Jesus, born lu au outhouxu. Whom Is that hard breathlugf It Is Jesus, nslccp on u rock. Who is that iu thu back part of thu fishing smack, with a sailor's rough overcoat thrown over hlmf It Is Jesus thu worn out voyager. O Jesusl Is It not tlmo that thou hadst u house? Wu give thee this. Thou didst givo It to us first, but wo gtvo It back to thee. It is too good for us, but not half good enough fur theu. Old comu In ami taku thu best seat here. Walk up and down all thesu aisles. Spgak through these organ pipes. Throw tljluu arm over lis lu thesu arches. Iu thu flaming of theso brackets of II ro speak to us, saying, "I mn tho light of thu world." O Klugl maku this tlilnu audience cham ber, lloru proclaim righteousness nml mnku treaties. Wo clap our hands, wu un cover our hends, wo lift our ensigns, wo cry with multitudinous acclamation until the place rings mid tho heavens listen, "O Klngl live forever!" Is it not time that ho who was born in n stranger's hnuso and burled iu n stranger's grave should havo au earthly bousof Come In, O Jesusl not tho corpso of i burled Christ, but n radiant mid triumphant Jo ints, conqueror of earth nnd heaven mid hell. , Mo lives, nil glory to Ids name, lie lives, my Jesus, still tho sumo. Oh, tlio sweet Joy this sentence gives I know that my Itedeeiaer lives. KVKHY DENOMINATION HAS CGNTHIHUTIIu. Ulcssed bu his glorious umnu forever! Again, If any ouu asks the question of tho Uxt, "What mean yo by theso stonesf" tlio reply Is wo mean tho communion of faints. Do you know that there Is not a slnglodonomiuation of Christians in Hrook lyn that has not contributed something to ward tho building of this house? And if over, standing In this pluce, there shall bu n man who shall try by anything ho says to stir up bitterness between dlllerout de nominations of Christians, may his tongue fnlter, nnd his check blanch, and his heart stopl My friends, If there is any church on enrth where there Is a mingling of all denominations It is our church. I just wish that John Calvin nnd Armluius, If they wero not too busy, would come out on the battlements and seu us. Sometimes iu our prayer meetings I have heard brethren use tho phrases of a beau tiful liturgy, and wo know where they come from; nml hi the same prayer meet lugs I havo heard brethren make audible ejaculation, "Ameul" "Praise yotho Lordl" nud wo did not havo to guess twice where they camo from. When a man knocks at our church door, if hu comes from a sect where they will not give him n certificate, wo hay: "Como in by confession of faith." While Ailoulram .Unison tho Haptlst, and John Wesley tho Methodist, nnd John Knox tho glorious old Scotch Presbyte rian are shaking hands lu heaven, all churches on earth can afford to comu Into closo communication: "Ouu Lord, ouu faith, ono baptism," Oh, my "brethren, we havo had enough of Dig Hethel lights thu Fourteenth New York regiment light ing tho Fifteenth Massachusetts regiment. Now, let nil those who are for Christ and stand on tho same sido go shoulder to shoulder, and this church, Instead of hav ing a sprinkling of tho divine blessing, go clear under tho wave iu ono glorious Im mersion in tho name of tho Father mid of tho Son and of the Holy Ghost. I saw a little child once, In Its dying hour, put ono arm around its father's neck mid tlio other arm around its moth er's neck and bring them cIomi down to Its dying lips ami give a last kiss. Oh, I said, thoso two pusous will stand very near to each other always after such mi Interlock lug. Tho dying Christ puts one arm nroiind this denomination of Christians, mid tho other iirm around that denomina tion of Christians, and he brings them down to his dying lips while hu gives them this parting kiss: ".My peace I leave with you. My peace I give unto you." How swift the heavenly course they run, Whoso hearts and faith and hopes aru one. I1KAVK.N WII.I. UK TUUI.Y CATHOLIC. I heard a Haptlst minister once say that he thought In tho millennium it would bo all one great HaptLt church; and I heard a Methodist minister say that he thought In the great millennial day it would lie all one great Methodist church; mid I havo known a Presbyterian minister who thoughtthat iu the millennial day it would be nil one great Presbyterian church, Now I think they are nil mistaken. I think the mllleuulul church will bo a comnoslto i I church; and Just as you may tako tho best , parts of flvo or six tunes, nnd under tho skillful hands of a Handel, Mozart or Heethoven entwine them into ouu mud mid overpowerlngsyinplioiiy.so, j nuppuii, In tho latter dajs of tho world, God will tako tho best parts of all denominations of ChrNtlatis, nml wenvo them Into ono great ecclesiastical harmony, broad as thu earth mid high us tho heavens, mid that will bo thu church of the future. Or, as mosaic Is tmidu up of Jasper and agato and many precious stones cemented together mosaic a thous and feet square In St. Mark's, or mosaic hoisted iu colossal seraphim lu St. Sophln so I suppose God will mako, afternwhlle, one great blending of nil creeds, nnd nil faiths, mid all Christian sentiments, tho nmetlijsl, and the jasper, nnd tho chalce dony of all different experiences nml be lief, comented sldu by sldu In tho great mosaic of thu ages; and wiillo tho nations look upon the coiuiiins ami architraves of that stupendous church of the future, ami cry out, "What mean jo by theso stonesf" there uhall bu Innuinerablu voices to re spond, "We menu thu Lonl God omnlpo. tentrclgueth." Still further, you mean by theso stones thu salvation of tho people. Wo did not build tlilsehiitch for mere worldly reforms, or for an educational Institution, or us u platform ou which to read essays and philo sophical disquisitions, but a placo for tho tremendous work of soul saving. Oh, 1 had rather bo thu means lu this church of having one soul prepared for a Joyful eter nlty than llvo thousand souls prepared for mere worldly success. All churches nru lu two classes, nil communities iu twoclasses, all tho race lu two classes believers nnd unbelievers. To augment thu number of the ono and subtract from tho number of tho other wo built thlschiirch, nnd towaul that supremo and eternal Idea wo dedicate all our sermons, nil our songs, nil our prayers, all our Sabbath handshakings. Wu want to throw defection Into tho unu iny'a ranks. Wu want to mako them either surrender unconditionally to Christ or else Hy In rout, scattering tho way with canteens, blankets and knapsacks. Wu want to popularizu Christ. Wo would liko to tell the story of his lovo here until men would feel that they had rather die than llvo another hour without his sympathy unit lovo and mercy. Wo want to rousu up an enthusiasm for him greater than was felt for Nathaniel Lyon when he rode along tho ranks; greater than was exhibited for Wellington when ho cainu back from Waterloo; great er than wns uxpressed for Napoleon when ho stepped ashore from Kllm. Wu really belluvn In this place Christ will enact tho same scenes that wero enacted by him when ho lauded iu thu orient, and there will bo such au opening of blind eyes mid unstopping of deaf ears and casting out of unclean spirits such silencing hestormed Geunesarets as shall make this housu memorable llvo hundred years after you mid I me dead and forgotten. Oh, my friends, we want but ono revival iu tills church, that beginning now mid running on to tho day when the chisel of tlmu, that brings down uvon St. Paul's and thu Pyra mids, shall bring tills house into tlio dust. TItEY IUJII.T, HUT r.NTintnii NOT. Oh, that this day of dedication might lie thodayof emancipation of all Imprisoned souls. My friends, do not mako tho blun der of tho ship carpenters In Noah's time, who helped to build the ark, but did not get into It, God forbid that you who havo been so generous In building this church should not get under its saving Influence. "Como thou mid all thy house Into tho ark." Do you think n man is safu out of Christ? Not ouu day, not ouu hour, not ono minute, not ono second. Three or four years ago, you remember, a rail train broko down a brldgo ou the way to Albany, and after tho catastrophe thuy wuro looking around among tho timbers of thu crushed bridge and the fallen train mid found tho conductor. Ho was dying, and had only strength to say ono thing, nud that was, "Hoist tho ling for the next train." So there como to mi tonight, from tho eternal word, voices of God, voices of angels, voices of departed spirits, crying: "Lift tlio warn ing. Hlow the trumpet. Give tho alarm. Hoist tho Hag for tho next train." Oh, that tonight my Lonl Jesus would sweep his arm around this great audience, and tako you all to his holy heart. You will ucver seo so good n tlmo for personal consecration as now. "What mean yo by theso stonesf" Wo mean your redemption from sin and denth mid hell by tho power of on omnipotent gospel. Well, tho Hrooklyn Tubornuclo is erected again. Wo came here tonight not to ded icate it. That was dono this morning. To night wo dedicate ourselves. In thu Epis copal and Methodist churches they havo a railing around tho altar, and tho peoplo como and kneel down at that railing nud get tlio sacramental blessing. Well, my friends, It would tako more than a night to gather you iu circles around this altar. Then Just bow where you nru for thu biess tng. Aged men, this is thu last church that you will ever dedicate. May thu God who comforted Jacob thu Patriarch, nml Paul thu aged, maku this housu to you thu gatu of heaven; and when, lu your old days, you put on your spectacle to road the hymn or tho Scripture lesson, may you get preparation for that laud where you shall no more seu through a glass darkly. .May mo warm sunsninu or heaven thaw the snow off jour foreheads! Men In midlife, do you know that this is thu nlneu where you are uolmr to iret vour fatigues rested and your sorrows appeased I and your souls saved? Do you know that at tins altar your sous ami daughters will f nl.-ik utinii l.,tt,t.il'...j 1... ......... .. . 1... -,!.,. .,. i..wi Liiviinviii-i bliu , i, i- ,,, 1 1,11 will IS- I Han, and from this place you will carry ' out, some oi ou, your precious dead? Ho tween this baptismal font nnd this com munion table you will havo somu of tho tenderestof Ufu's experiences. God bless you, old and young nud middle aged. The inonoy you havo given to this church today will be, I hope, tho best financial In vestment you have over made. Your wordly investments mityilupeiul upon the whims of tho money market, or tho hon esty of business associates, but tho money you havu given to the housu of thu Lord shnll yield you largo percentage, ami de clare eternal dllilends long after thu noonday sun shall havu gouu out liku a spark from a smitten anvil and all the stars are dead. llluhly Unnatural. Walker 1 had a most unnatural dream last night. Pailmnu, 1 dreamt llluks bor rowed llvo dollars of mu for a week. Fiulman Unnatural! Why, that's Hlnks all over! Walker Yes, but I went on dreaming mid I dreamt that Hlnks paid It back to mo at thu cud of tho week I American Grocer, Ono l'ollit Settled, No matter how Irregular thu fold may bo made, tho head of thu pin must posi tively fall iu thu center of the scarfing. 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