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THE BUKL1NGT0N FREE PJiESS : THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1892.
mBNACLE PULPIT.
rwHMTY-THinq anniversary ser
mon PREACHED DY DR. TALMAGE.
Jlubjeot f the likrouvsc, "Tlio Tliroe
'Xabornaolos, a Storj- of Trlnts nnil Trl
umiilis" Uovlerr of tliu History of thb
Doctor's Church.
IlliOOKLYN, April ".-This is a festival
i lay nt thh. Tabernacle. Dr. 'J'lilmagu is
reluhiatlrib; flic twenty-third anniversary
nt his sct'tleniciit 'mi HrooUyn. Jn whlto
IbjTV' i's embttdiled in green at tho back ot
the pulpit stood tin' iii"rnitioli, "IPCS nnd
J'W" Dr. Tiilitiage'-f subjfrt wns, "Tho
Three Tabernacle, a Sloty of Trials and
Triumphs," nnd hN tf Luke i.v, li'j,
' 3,ef ns mahr three tiilierti. i le;."
Our Aiab ponies were n In, oat dead with
latigtio, as, hi December, I., we rodo near
the foot nf Mount ileriunn In tho Holy
Land, tho mountain eajhd by one 'i
lnoivntiiin of ice," by another "a glittering
liroastplate of ice," by another "tho Mont
Wane of Palestine." its top has an nl-jnoi-t
unearthly brilliann-. Hut what
must it hare been in the time to which my
tn:;t refers? l'oter and .1 rues and .Tohn
wen- on that mountain top with Jesus
when, suddenly, Christ':. J. ice took on tho
jtlow of the noonday sua, rtd Moses and
Klijrfh, who had been ileid for centuries,
tama out front tho h(.i ''v world and
talked with our fc'aiour. V hat an over
Whelming three. Moses, n presenting the
Elijah, repren ntiiiftbi- prophet", and
Christ, representing ull woilds.
lmjietuous l'cter was so wrought upon
by tho presence of this wondrous three,
that, without wiiithii; fur time to consider
bow preposterous was the pioposition, he
cried out, "Let us make three tabernacles
ono for thee, one for Moses and one for
Klijuji." Where would thi' fret the mate
rial feu-building one tabernacle, luueh less
nmtei'Inl eriough to build two taberuacles,
Mid still less, how would they jet the
material for building 1 'jreo' Where would
th!jy;;etthe haiunicis. Where tho gold?
Where tho stiver? Where the curtains?
Where tho costly adornments? Ileriiion is
i b.irren peak, aud to build one taberuaclu
in ?uch f place would havo been an tmcler
NJliioi beyond hlimnu aehievement, nnd
Peter wii" propounditis; tho impossible
when he cried out in enthusiasm, "Let us
Ijltlld three tabernacle k."
Apd yet that is what this congregation
li.ii; I'eeii called to do and has done. The
first Brooklyn Taburnrtclo wus dedicated
In IS'iV, and destroyed by Jirc in 1S7!2. 'J'lie
seeotitl Brooklyn Tabernacle was dedicated
in 1ST4, and destroyed by lire m IbS!). The
third ISrooUlyn T(ibexnaclc wits dedicated
in April. Ib91, and in that we are wnr.ship
Idk today. What sounded absurd fur
Peter to propose, when he said on Mount
Ilej-mon, in the words of my text, "Let us
build three tabernacles," we have not only
done, but in tho mysterious province of
(jod were compelled to do.
UKJCVSr CJltTJUKM.
We have been unjustly criticised by
people who did not know the hictb, some
times for putting so much money in church
bnjlUings, and sometimes for nut giving as
much as we ouiht to tins or that denom
iuarioual project, and jiu explanation has
yet been made. Jielure i Ket.throiiLjh with
the duliVery of this sermon mid its publica
tion and Virtributio;i, ) thall show that no
qhitrch mi earth has uvia1 done more mai;
iS)ficer.ty :md tluu no church ever con
quered more trials and that, uo member
gfcip ever h.-.d inii. more heroes ;md bero
i'il'is tliun hid-' CrooM.vn Tabernacle, and I
mean to Imve it known that any individual
or religiou- nou.sfm'per or secular news
pjiricr that hereafter casts any rctlectioii on
tjiifS church V ltdelity and generosity is
guilty of a wiel.ediics Jov wliich God will
holil hha or ir rai-porisible.
One yunr it was .sent out tlnough a syn
dicate ol newspapers that this church was
doing nothing in the way uf liberality,
wheti we had tb.it year ) li-ed $t4,000 in
bard cash for ixligious uses. 1'hero has
been jieiMBtent and hemispheric lying
against this church. We have raised dm
my pustointe, for church building and
church puriMiM's, $i!)S,000, or )ractically
a milliru diJlatn. Not an Irish famine,
or a Charleston enithquake, or an Ohio
freshet or a Cbicairo conflagration, but
our chucch 'wus among the lirst to
help. We havu iveu flee feats in the
morning and evtuiir.s set vices to iilO.TOO
btraiigets a year, mid that in tvitnty years
would iimou74t. to 4,bOU,U00 auditors. We
have rece.vtd into our membership C,Uj7
ttep.bers, and Uat i.s only a small portiou
of the number of those who have here been
converted to Gut! 1-roin nil parts of this
laud and from otU'r land
Under the lile."Au of God and througb.
the hindniss oL the piinting press my sei
Diots now go e cry M eek into every neigh
borhood ilj Christend'. m. ;u.d are regularly
trauslattd into neail all the great lan
Bnages of Kuvcpc und AsL-t. Tlio syndi
oates hnviflfj chari;t o; this .seimouio pub
licntion informed m a few days ago that
niy p.nled mrnictis ever weel:, in this
nnd other lands, go into tho hands of 2,1,
000,000 peopl!'. Uurlns the Ins!, j ear, I am
authoritatively informtd, over 2,000 differ
ent perjudicvU were added to tho list of
Uioso w.Ho muUo this publication, and yet
there ale ministers p the Cope' and ruli
gious newspar-etJ tli.-ii sjstenuitically and
S)idustnoi.i'itnd cuiuiiiuously i barge this
church with idiom ss t.nd .selfishness and
parsimony.
1 call the ,ittent1r:n of the whole earth to
tills out rage, that has been heaped upon
the Brooklyn Tubisruuole, though a more
cour'-cratod, bf nevolcnt and splendid con
vocatior oi i.ien and women were never
authored tosother ov.tside of heaven. I
liave never beforo responded to these in
justices, aud probably will )ici.r refer to
them again, but I wish tiie j,i jjile of this
country and other countries t j know that
V hat thry read concerning the selfishness
md indolence and l',k of beticvolenco nnd
Jack of misiiojmry spirit on the partof this
church, is from top to bottom and fiom
,'titem to fcrn, falsehood dastardly false
bood ditbolicvi fahrl.tiod. Wlrit is said
ngaiust myself has no effect except, like
'that of n coarto T'lrlrish lowcl, tho rub
Itlny doy, n by which improves circulation
end produces yood litsdtli.
But liii., contiuuous luiyopicseiitation
of my Lclovcil church, in tlie name of Al
nilglity God, I denounce, v.hllo I appeal to
tho f.dr nftuiU'd men i.nd women to see
thut justice .s done this pi". pie, who with
in u few y.'i-s have gone through a strug
Cte that i't other fiitircji iu liny laud or
J nyagiiluis been c: !!rd ti endure, nnd I
'way God thnt no other church why ever be
Jailed to cudum, viz., the Imild ng of three
'(aibercacles. I ask the friunds of the
iViiooklj'D Tabernacle to c.t out this her
Inou fron tho iicv.spnpevs and put it in
their pocijetbookf, so tint they can intolll
Rontly answer our falsifici., ihethcr cler
ierU ov lay,
i!d with thttic you uijiy put that other
ptitc: iaiit, which lccrjritly went through
ovtsu'btr.r, still wjiieh I siiv In Detroit,
Wtfeii ti!d th,At the Brooklyn Taberm:, hi
JjuUa'Hara Ciliineiul Htru,K',le, becadsc it
- - .
had all nlrunj been iayliig such cnormona
bnlarles to its pastor, Dr. Tnlmagc, When
tho fact Is thnt. after our last disaster and
for two years I gave all my salary to tho
church building lutid, and I received ?0,000
hss than nothing; in other words, in addi
tion to serving this church gratuitously fot
two years, 1 let it have W,000 for building
purposes. Why Is It that peoplo could not
do im justice aud say that nil our financial
struggle im a church came from doing wdiat
I'ettr, in my text, absurdly proposed to do,
but. which, in the inscrutable providence of
God, ire were i otupelled tu,do build three
Vibernncles.
I.N SMOOUI WATKlts, AT LAST.
Now I feel better that this is off my
Inind. The lest of my sermon will bo spun
out of hosannalH. I announce to you this
day that wo are at last, as n church, in
smooth waters Arrangements have been
Hindu by which our llunlicial dilllculties
ate now fully and satisfactorily adjusted.
Out income will exceed our outgo, and
Brooklyn Tabernacle will bo yours and be
long to you nnd your children after you,
and anything you see contrary to this you
may put down to tho confirmed habit
which some people havo got of misrepre
senting this church, nnd they cannot stop.
When I canto to Brooklyn I cunio to n
small church and a big indebtedness. We
havo now this, tho largest Protestant
church in America, and llnancially us a
congtegatioii we me worth, over and be
yond all indebtedness, considerably more
than $150,000.
I have preached here twenty three yoars,
and 1 expect, if my life and health are con
tinued, to preach here twenty-thrco years
longer, although we will all do well to re
member that our breath is in our nostrils,
and any hour we may be called to give an
account of our stewardship. All wu .ask
for the future is that you do your best,
contributing all you can to the support of
our institutions. Our best days are yet to
come; our greutost revivals of religion, and
our mightiest outpourings ot the Holy
Ghost. We have got through the Bed sea
and stand todsy on the other bank clapping
the cymbals of victory.
Do you wonder that last Sabbath I asked
you iu the midst of the service to rise and
sing with jubilant voice the long meter
Duxologv :
Praise t!od from whom all blessings (low,
I'r.iibO him. all creatures hero below,
Praise him above, yo heavenly host,
Praise Father, Son and Holy Uhost.
Yes, twenty-three years have passed since
1 mine to live in Brooklyn, nnd they havo
been to me eventful years. It was a pros
trated ehuich to which I came, a church so
Hut down it could drop no farther. Through
cuntroveiie.s which it would bo useless to
rehearse it as well nigh extinct, and fora
long while it had been without a pastor.
But nineteen members could be mustered
to sigu a call for my coming.
As a committee was putting that call
before me in an upper room in my houo
in Philadelphia, there were two other com
mittees ou similar errands from other
ihtirchos in other rooms, whom my wifo
was entertaining and keeping apart from
unhappy collision. The auditorium of tlio
Brooklyn church to which I came defied
all the law s of acoustics; the church had n'
steeple that was the derision of the town,
and a high box pulpit which shut in tlio
preacher as though lie were dangerous to
be let loose, or it netud as a barricade that
was iinnece-sai y to keep back the people,
lor they were so few that a minister of
oriliiury miisi lo could have kept back all
who wore there,
Myllist Sabbath in Brooklyn was a sad
day, for 1 did-not realizu how far tho
biireli was down until then, aud on the
evening of t hat. day my own brother,
lliioii.h whose pocket I entered the minis
try, uied, and the tidings of his decease
le.aiud me at ii o'clock in the evening,
and J hhs to preach at half past 7. But from
that day the blessing of God was on us, and
in three months we begun the enlarge
ment of the building. Before the close of
th d. year wo resolved to construct tho
Hist Taiicmucle. It was to bo a temporary
structure, and therelore we called it ii
Tabernacle imtc.id of a Temple. What
should be the s,tle of architecture was the
immediate question. 1 liml always thought
thdt the amphitheatrical shape would bo
appiopriato for a church.
Two distinguished architects were am
plocd, and after much hovering; over de
signs they nuuouncuil to us that such a
building was impossible for religious pur
poses, us it would not be churchly, and
would subject themselves and us to ruin
ous criticism; in other words, they were
not ready for a revolution in church archi
tecluie. Utterly disheartened as to my
favorite style of architecture, I said to the
trustees, "Build anything you please, and
1 must be . satisfied, " But ono morning a
young architect appeared at my house and
asked if wo had yet selected a plan for our
church. I said, "No, and what we want
wc cannot get." "What stylo of building
do yon want '''' he asked. And taking out
a Lad pencil and a letter envelope from
my pocket, in 1--, than a minute by a few
curved Hue . I indicated in tho rough
what i v,.nt'd. "But," I said, "old
nrchit'its till us it cvu't bo done, and
theie i. no Use in your trying." lie said:
"I can do it. How Ion? can I have to make
out tlie plans"' I said, "This evening lit
8 o'cloi k everything is to be decided."
jwo nicncHf.fi Artu NO JIOS1JT.
At 8 o'clock of that evening the
architect presented his plans, and tho bids
of builder and mason were presented, and
in five minutes after the pians were pre
sented they were unanimously adopted.
Ho that I would not Ixi in the way of the
trtiste i", duringthe workl went to Europe,
anil when I ,,j back the church was weli
nigh done. J hero came in a staggering
hiudi "tiiei . V. e expected to pay for the
new cliureli by tlie talc of theold building.
The old one had been sold, but just at tho
timo wo must have tho money the pur
chasers backed out and wo had two
churches ami no money.
By the help of God and the indomitable
aud utip.irulleled energy of our trust '-cs
(hero and there one of them proscnt today,
but the most iu a better world), we got thu
building ready lor consricrutioo, and on
Sept. 2j, 1S70, morning and evening dedi
catory services Mere held, and in the after
noon the children, with sweet and multi-tudiuu'i-i
voices,, tons 'crated the place to
God. Twe nt y thousand dollars weje rai-ed
that day to pay u floating debt. In the
morning old Dr. Stephen H. Tyng, tho
glory of the Lplscopul church 'aud thu
Chiysostoiii of the American pulpit,
preached ikrmon which lingered in its
gracious ofl'evts as long us the building
stood. He r.'fcd en- .it'll out of tlie Bpisco-p-i
jff.'i;. . r book I i no -elf fiom being
K'jiilir 'ilidfd b' i .- i.i.-:i' p for preach.ug.it
n uon-Kpi i rviee; and we, although
belonging t" . it her denomination, re
sponded w' , artines.., , li'ough we
were ui i: : i. i e muiy, "Go, d kuul, de
liver u.-.:''
Dining t!ie shoit tune v.. occupied that
building we had a constant downpour of
religious awakening, ilosanuul Ten mil
lion v.in. iu lieuvtn will have no power to
dun niv memory of the t;lorfoiiK times we
hud iii tjiatflrst Tabernacle, which, because
of Its invasion o the usual stvlo ct church
architecture, was called by coma "Otal
inago's Hippodrome," by othors, "Church
of tho Holy Circus," nnd by other mirth
fttl nomenclature. But it was a building
perfect for acoustics, and stooel long enough
to have its imitation iu all tho large cities
of America and to completely revolution
ize church architecture. Peoplo saw that
it was tho common sense way of seating
nn audience.
Instead of putting them in an angular
church, where each one chiefly saw tho
back part of somebody elso's head, tho
audience ero arranged in semicircle, so
Mint they could see one another's fae'es, and
tho auditorium was n great family circlo
lented nround a Ilreplnce, which was tho
pulpit. It was an iron structure, mill wo
supposed fireproof, but the insurance, com
panies looked ut it, and after we had gone
too far to stop iu its construction they de
clined to insure it except for a mere nothing,
declaring that, being of iron, if tlio inllam
inablu material between tho sheets of iron
took fire no euglno hoso could play upon
it. And they were right. During those
elays wo cducatcel and sent out from a lay
college under our charge some twelve hun
elreel young men and women, many ot
them becoming evangelists and many of
them becoming regulurly ordained preach
ers, anil I meet them iu all paiU of tho
land toiling mightily for God.
THE HUB (la;'.'.
Ono Sunday morning iu December, 1ST-,
tho thermometer nearly down to zero, I
was ou my way to church. There was an
excitement iu the street and much smoke
in the air. 1'ire engines dashed past. But
my mind was on tho sermon I was about
to preach, until some one rushed up and
tolel me that our church was going up In
the same kind of a chariot thatKlijah toeik
from tho bunks of the Jorelan. That Sun
day morning tragedy, with its wringing of
hands and frozen tears on the cheeks of
many thousands standing iu the street,
nnd the crash that shook the earth, is as
vivid as though it were yesterday. But it
was not a perfect loss.
All were anxious to do somethlnc, and
ns on such oceosions sensible peoplo are
apt to do unusual things, one of tho mem
bers, at tlio risk of his life, rushed in
among the fallen walls, mounted the pulpit
and took a glass of water from the table
and brought it in safety to the street. So
you see it was not a total loss. Within an
hour from many churches enmo kind in
vitations to occupy their buildings, nnd
hanging against a lamppost near the de
stroyeel building, before 1- o'clock that
morning, was .1 board with the inscription,
"The congregation of Brooklyn Taber
nacle will worship tonight iu Plymouth
church."
Mr. Beecher made the opening prayer,
which was full of commiseration for mo
and my homeless Hock, and I preached
that night tlie sermon that I intended to
preach that morning in my own church,
the text concerning the precious alabaster
box broken at the feet of Christ, and sure
enough we had one very precious broken
that day. We wcih, as a church, obliter
ated. "But arise and build," said many
voices. Another architect took the aniplii
theatrical plan of a church, which iu tho
lirst instance was necessarily somewhat
lude, and developeel it into an elaborate
plan that -.as immediately adopted.
But how to raise tlie money for such an
expensive linderUtking was the question
expenshu not because of any sensele-s
adornmtmt proponed, but expensive be
cause of the immense size of the building
nteeled to hold our congregation. It was
at thut timo when for years our entire
country was suffering, not from a financial
panic, but from that long tontiuueel finan
cial depression which all business men re
member, as the clouel hung heavy year
after year and commercial establishments
without number went down. Through
what struggles we pressed the eternal God
and some brave souls today remember.
Many a time would f have gladly accepted
calls to some other field, but I could not
leave the flock in the wilderness.
At last, after, in the interregnum, liav
ii g worshiped in our lieautiful Academy
of Music, on the morning of Feb. 22, 1H7-1,
the annhersniy of the Washington who
eonqueied impossibilities and ou the Pali
bath that always celebrates the resurrec
tion, Dr. Byron Sunderland, chaplain of
the United fctates senate, thrilled us
through and through with a dedicatory
sermon from Haggai ii, 0, "The glory of
this heiuse shall be greater than that of
tho former, saith the Lord ef Hosts." The
corner stone of that building hud been laid
by the illustrious and now enthroned Dr.
Iremuus Prime. Ou the platform on dedi
catiem day sat among others, Dr. Dowliug
of tho Baptist church, Dr. Crook of the
Methodist church, Mr. Beecher of the Con
gregational church and Dr. Trench ot tha
Presbyterian church. Hosfinnahl Another
i'AI.OOO was raised ou that day.
The follow iir.; Sunday ti'JS souls were re
ceiveil into our communion, mostly on con
fession of faiti. At two other commiin
ions over .MM .ouN joiucil at each one.
At another iiigathtriug (1'."S souls entered
this communion, and so many of these
gathered throngs have already entered
heaven that we expect to feel at home
when wo get there. My! my! Won't we
be glad to see th'jn the men nnd women
who stood by us in elays that were dark
and days that were jubilant' Hosanuah!
The work elone in thut church on Sehermer
horn street e-.m never be undone.
What hell' sacrifices ou the part ut many,
who gave almost till the blood came!
What hallelujahs! What victories! What
wcelding mandies played with full organ!
What baptisms! What sacraments! What
obsequies! Ono of them on a snowy Sab
bath afternoon, when all Brooklyn seemed
to sympathize, and my eldest sou, bearing
my own mime, lay beneath the pulpit iu
the last bleep, and riorence Bice Knox
Ring, and a seoie eif ministers on and
around the platform I ried to interpret how
it was lie . I hut e who had just come to
manhood, an i u,Ui I lightest worldlv
prospects, should lie taken and wo left
with a he-art that will not cease to ache
uutil we meet where tears never fall.
THE SKl'OXIl 'I .WlfcHKACLl:.
That seeonel tabernacle! What a stu
pendous reminiscence! But, if thu Peter
of my text hod known what an undertak
ing it is to build two tabi'rnaclea ho would
not have proposed two, to say nothing of
three. As mi anniversary sermon must
nerds bo somewhat autobiograpbicul, let
me say 1 have not been idle. During the
standing eif those two tabernacles fifty-two
books, under as many titlo, mndo up
fiom my writhu?n, were published. During
that time nUo I wus permitted to discuss
all the great questions of the elay iu all the
great cities of this continent, ami in muny
of them miiuy times, besides preaching anil
lecturing ninety-six times in KngTand,
Scot land aud Ireland iu ninety-four eluys.
During all that time, ns well us since, I
was engngeil in editing it religious news
paper, believing that such a periodical was
enpabhi of gre-at usefulness, and I have
len n constant contributor to newspapers
and periodicals. Meauwhlle all things had
beceune easy in the Brooklyn Tabernacle.
On a Sabbath in Oettter, 1639, 1 anuouiicod
to my congregation thnt I would in a few
we-okjS visit toe Holy Land, mid that the
officers or tho elmroh buel oonsontoil to my
going, nnd tho Wish ot a lifetime was about
to bo fulfilled. Tho next Sabbath morn
ing, about 2 o'clock ot just after midnight,
a member of my housohold awakened mo
by saying that there was u strange light In
t be sky. A thunderstorm had loft thn ntr
full ot electricity, and from horizon to hor
izon everything seemed to blazo. But thnt
did not disturb mo, until an observation
taken from the cupola of my house declared
that tho second Tnbernaclo was putting on
red wings.
I scouted the idea and turned over on tho
pillow for another sleep, but a number ot
ixclted voices cn-lled me to tho roof, nnd I
went up and saw clearly defined in the
night tho fiery catafalque of our second
Tabernacle. AVhen 1 saw that I said to
my family: "I think that ends my work in
Brooklyn. Surely the Lord will not call a
minister to build threo churches in ono
city. Tlie building of ono church gener
ally ends the usefulness of a pastor. How
can anyone preside at the building of three
churches?" But beforo twenty-four hours
had passed wo woro compolled to cry out,
with Peter of my text, "Let us build three
tabernacles." Wo must havo a homo
somewhere. Tho old site had ceased to bo
tho center of our congregation, anil tho
center of the congregation, as near as we
could find it, is where we now stand.
Having selected the spot, should wo
build on it a barn or n tabernacle, beauti
ful anil commodious? Our common sense,
as well as our religion, commanded tho
latter. But what push, what industry,
what skill, what self sacrifice, what faith
in Goel were neci'ssary I Impediments and
hindrances without number were thrown
in the wuy, and had it not been for thu per
severance of our church officials, and the
practical help of many people, and the
prajers of millions of good souls in ull
parts of thu earth, and tho blessing of
Almighty God the wolk would not have
been elom But it is done, anel all goexl
people who behold the structure feel in
their hearts, if they do not utter it wilh
their lips, "How amiable nro thy taber
nacles, O Lord of Hosts!" On the third
Sabbath of last April this church was ded
icated, Dr. Hamlin, of Washington,
preaching an inspiring sermon, Dr. Wen
dell Prime, of New York, offering tlie
dedicatory prayer nnd somo fifteen clergy
men during the day taking part in the
services. Hosaimah!
1S00-1S1O.
How suguestivo to many of us nro tho
words spelleel out in flowers above the pul
pit "IWJ" and "1802" fur those dates
bound what raptures, what griefs, what
struggles, what triumphs. 1 mention it as
a matter of gratitude to Goel that in these
twenty-three years I have missed but ono
Sabbath through physical indisposition,
and but threo iu tho thirty-six years
of my ministry. And now, having reach
ed this twenty-third milestone, 1 start
anew. I have in my memorandum
books analyses of more sermons than I
have ever yet preachud, anel I havo
preached, as near as I can tell, about S.S'-O.
During these past years I have learneil
two or threu things. Among others 1
have learned that "all things work to
gether for good." My positive modo of
preaching has sometimes seemed to stir
the hostilities of all earth aud hell. Peel
ing calleel upon fifteen year ago to explore
underground New York city life, that I
might report the evils to be combated, I took
wit h me two elders of my church and a New
York police commissioner and a policeman,
and I explored and icporteel the horrors
tliatneeetedreinov.il and tho allurements
that endangered our young men. There
came upon me an outburst of assumed in
dignation that frightened almost every
body but myself That exploration put
into my chinch thirty or forty newspaper
correspondent from north, south, cast anil
west; which opene-d for me new avenues iu
which to preach the Gospel that otherwise
would never have been opened.
Years passeel on and I preached a series
of sermons on Amusements, aud a false
report of what I did say and one of the
sermens said to have been preached by
me was not mine in a single worel rouseel
a violence that threatened me with poison
and dirk and pistol and other fornn of
extinguishment, until the chief of Brook
lyn police, without any suggestion from
me, took possession of tho church with
twenty-four policemen to see that no haim
was done. That excitement opened many
eloors, which I entereel lor preaching the
Gospel.
After awhile came an ecclesiastical trial,
in which I was arraigned by people who
elid not like the way I did things, nnd al
though I was acquitted of all the charges,
tho contest shook the American church.
That battle mfl.de me more friends than
anything thut ever happened and gave me
Christendom and more than Christemdom
for my weekly audience. On tho demoli
tion of each ehuich wu got a better and a
larger church, and not a disaster, not a
i r nture, not a persecutiuti, not an a
. u. ,i. during all these twenty-three year.-,
but turned out for our advantage, aud
ought 1 nut to believe that "all things work
together for good?" Hewaiinah!
not SL'UEssAr.v to rice flaws.
Another lesson 1 havo learne-d elurlug
thooe twenty-three ve.Ts i- hat it is not
necessary to pt-r , ' w . in
the old Bible in nie , i u .ludieu-e;
the old Book without any fixing upisguoel
enough for me , and higher criticism, as it
is called, means lower religion. Higher
criticism is another form of infidelity, and
its disciples will beslievo less nnd lesti, un
til many uf them will land in Nowhere
und bucome the worshipers of nn eternal
"Wlmt is it." Thu most of these higher
critics seem to ha seeking notoriety by
pitching into the Bible. It is such a brave
thing to strike your grandmother. The
old Gospel put In moelern phrase, and with
out any of tlio conventionalities, and
adapt eel to all tho wants und wex of hu
manity, 1 have found the mightiest mag
net, aud we havo nover lacked an aiidicnew
Next to thu blessing of ray own family I
account thu bleswiu.if that I have always
hael a great multitude of peoplo to preach
to. That old Gospel 1 havu preacheel to
you these twenty-thrco yeais of my Btuok
lyn pastorate, and that old Gospel I will
preach till 1 die, nnd charge my son, who
is on tho way to the ministry, to preach it
after me, for I rumcmbur Paul's thunder
bolt, "If uuy man preach auy other Gospel,
let him be nccursud." And now, as I stand
hero on my twenty-third anniversary, I
see two nudieuces. The oue is made up of
all those who have worshiped with us in
thu past, but have been translated to high
er realms.
What groups of children too fair and
too sweet and too lovely for earth, and tho
Lord took them, but they seem presont
today. Thu croup has jjoiw out of tho
swollen thiuat, und the pallor from the
cheek, und they have ou them the health
and r.diauoe of hciiYou. Hull groups of
glorified rldldrenl How glad I am to have
ou come buck to us today! Aud here sit
those aged ones, who departed this Hfu
leaving an awful vucaney in home and
church. Where are your stuffs, and where
are your gray locks, aud where your stoop
ing shoulders, yo blessed old fulks? "Ohl"
they say, "we uro all young again, and
tho bath In the rrvor from under the
Throne has modo us ngtle nnd bounding.
In tho placo from which wo come they
uso no staffs, hut sceptois!" Hail, fathers
and mothers in Israel, how glad wo arw
to have you como back to greet us. But
the other audience 1 rcto iu imagination is
mndo up of all thoso to whom wo havo had
opportunity as a church, directly or indi
rectly, of presenting tho Gospel. Yea, all
my parishes soem to come back today. The
people of my first charge in Bcllavlllo, New
Jersey. The people ef my second charge
in Syracuse, New York. The people of
tuy third charge In Philadelphia. And
tho peoplo of olitheso threo Brooklyn Tab
ernacles. Look at them, ami all thoso
whom, through tho printing press, wo
have Invited to God and heaven, now
seeming to sit in galleries above galleries,
fifty gailerles, a hundred galleries, a thou
sand gnllories high.
I greet them all In your namo anel hi
Christ's name, all whom I havo confronted
from my first sermon In my first village
charge, where my lips trembleel anel m.y
knees knocked together from affright,
speaking from tho text, Jeremiah i, ti,
"Ah, Lord God, behold I cannot speak,
for I am a childl" until thoscrmou Iprench
ttxhvy from Luko ix, 3:J, "Let us make
threo tabernacles," thoso of tho past and
the present, all gather in imagination, if
not in reality, all of us grateful to God for
past mercies, all ot us borry for misim
proveel opportunities, all hopeful for eter
nal rapture, and while the visible anel tho
invisible nuillcnces of tho present and the
past commingle, I give out to bo sung by
thoso who are here today, and to bo sung
by those who shall read of this scene of
remluiscenco and congratulation, that
hyuin which has been rolling on since
Isaac Watts starteel it ono hundred and
fifty years ago:
Our Goel, our help iu ages past,
Our hope for years to come;
Our shelter from tho utormy blast,
And our eternal home.
THE JEWEL CASKET.
A large hook and cyo Is shown in
brooches.
Tops ot cut crystal are provided for
lady's purses.
A silvor fhisk has on ono side the face of
Mcphlstophelcs in relief.
A lady's purse with an expansible ring
has for its top a small watch.
' A miniature corkscrew handle is the
showy part of a new scarfpin.
A bag for opera glasses shown recently
has silver sides handsomely chased.
Tiie wings of a cherub form the crossbar
tf the handle of a new boubon spoon.
The United States flag cnameleel in
colors is a patriotic watch charm design.
A handsome spoon is in Imitation of a
mussel shell, lashed at the side to a reed.
An acrobat of &d turning a somersault
on a largo pearl is a new scarfpin design.
A pair of sugar tongs is jointed at three
points, being constructed liko a toggle
lever.
Dainty shields, with gold figures on a
light blue ground, are new designs in
brooches.
A tomato vine appears on the handle of
a soup ladle. A large tomato ornaments
the tip of the handle.
A large moonstone cut to represent two
angels Hying lend an appropriate translu
cent effect to the carvings.
The emblem or the Prince of Wales
three ostrich feathers anil n crowu is
made of silver, for use as a brooch.
The red clover is the basis of a now spoon
handle ornamentation. A leaf is in the
bowl and the handle terminates with a
blossom.
A small candlestick recently exhibited
lias a cylindrical body of glass supported
by a gold base and a cap of gold adapted
to hold the caudle.
A hairpin ornament consists of pearls
fastened at the ends of wires running to a
common center. The ornament is hinged
to tlio pin, and the motion of the pearls
produces a pretty effect.
A Washington bracelet of silver is com
posi'd of tint links, eacli of which has a
decoration in relief pertaining to tho dead
president. His facu, the coat of arms of
his family and of tho United States, the
national Hag, dates prominent iu his his
tory and the names of tlio thirteen original
states art) among the designs, Jeweler's
Weekly.
WHIP AND SPUR.
The English steeplechaser Why Not sold
recently for 115,000.
In Norway public trotting races have
been iu existence for the last sixty years.
Hiram Woodruff weighed I5G pounds
wli. i' 1, rode Dutchman threo miles in
T.J2;..
An offer of iXI.1,000 for Onne, tho favorite
fortlie Kuglish Derby, has been made aud
refused.
The old time fro, t ' n. j jpi,,
by George M ! '
on the ro
Budd Doble will have a high class rate
horse for the '-':20 class this year iu Koslyn,
2:20X, by Bobcrt McGiegor.
W. P. Ijams denies tho report that Ax
tell is to eugago in a series of match races
ugainst Allerton the coming season.
Tlie new track of tho Omaha Drivint:
and Park association is seventy-five feet
wide. There has already been J'JO.OOO spent
upon it.
According to the estimate ot the depart
ment of ngriiKtlturo thore were on Jan. 1,
in the United States, IS.tOS.HO horses,
valued at 31 ,0OT,5&3,0j.
The Luglish aud European governments
will not buy a horso for cavalry purposes
which has been dockeel, anel officers are not
allowed to ride them on parade.
Trotting races In Russia were formerl
trotteel by tho competitors starting toward
each other from opposite directions, but
uow they ull trot in tho same direction, as
in this country.
William Huyward, who has been almost
constantly in the saddle since lb58, when
he rodu for Mr. Merry in England, ha
been cugiigeel to ride for Burridgo Bros., oi
New York, this season.
FEMININE FANCIES.
Mrs. William Waldorf Astor has jet
black hair and brilliant black eyes.
Mrs. Cleveland is said to live iu appre
hension that her little daughter will be
kidiiapesl by some ruthless villain.
Mrs. William Kingsbury Wilde, or ns
hor curds read, "Mrs. frank Leslie Wilde,"
bus beautiful hair, which is always held
In plaoe by a large comb.
New York has a woman embalmer of
thu dead, Shu iu one of four iu the United
Suite and uf six is the world. Her name
is Miss Benton Dart, and she makes about
live dollars ou each body she embalms,
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Ijvnu Pinkham: " My son, T was Just thinking liow our little group
of three generations so strongly demonstrates and Illustrates my theory
or the transmission of health from mother to child, and what can bo
more striUinit than the fact that my vigorous health Is reproduced in your
darling children."
The normal life, well-being, and happiness of mankind depend upon
the ) physical health and perfection of "Woman.
Thousands of women In all parts of the civilized world cherish grateful
remembrance of the Vegetable Compound, and dally bless its discoverer.
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I nT,., .''.11 iricl-,or sent by mail, In form of 1'ilh or
''OM"s"' on of 1.0. LYPIA E. PINKHAM WCD. CO.. LYNN. MASS.
-An Illustrated book, entitled " Guide to Health and
Taiuo 10 laaies. we win present a copy to
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INFANTS
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HOW TO GET ICICH.
Through studyini? tho wa thy men.
Who eocioty adorn so:
The treat waT to net rich I'm forced
To think la to lie born so.
nv MAnniAiin.
Woalth always brlngra a load of cares,
And few men well oan carry It!
But If yoa do not fear tholr weieUt,
A good way Is to marry It.
TIlllOUOH BIO DIUUS.
If you would admiration wli,
And would foiever feel It:
To i?et your wealth just hustle around,
Make somo big deals and steal it.
nr ECONOMY.
One nnv therels of getting wealth,
Thounh fow thore be thnt learn it:
And that's to toil and pinch and savo
And struKgle till ynu earn It,
TIHtOL'PI! THE STILL..
But of all the plans of getting wealth,
One doth surpasa hi worth ;
Jut till youraelf with whiskey.
And then you'll own the earth.
-N. Y. II.
ShaUtswarc In "J.w" aij.'
Have more then thou ehowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
And thou shalt hayo more
Than two tens to a score.
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We say the best way to get rich is to save money. Deal
with us, buy our Tailor made Suits and Pants, equal to any
made to order. All the difference one pleases your pride as
you can say the garment was made for you, The one we sell
pleases you in price and quality and helps to make you rich.
We sell the best ready-to-wear apparel in this market.
85 Church St.
CLOAK
V,
One hundred
for ladies, misses and children,
opened this morning making it
not only the largest but handsom
est line of line goods ever shown
in Burlington. As usual early
purchasers have selection from a
larger assortment than is carried
later in the season.
ALL ARE INVITED.
Hardware Clerk
WANTED,
Apply by mail to
George I. Hagar.
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Headache, (ivnernl Debility, lndlai .t.on
ine cure of Kidney Ceinirrinlnti of cltliiT i
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nvMuawiTjitfiierm uconiry, intuit tion
Etiquette," by Lydia E. Pinkham, is of great l
anyone arresting us with two z-ce-nt stamps, j
The Best Food
Tor Ilnnd.ad InHuil-.
A Perfect Nutriment
for growing chi ldr eh,
Convalescents,
consumptives,
dyspeptics,
und tho .1 i-ed, and
In Aeute lllur!! and
ull Wantlns r)!i?i,L.,,
OL'Il nOK"br the trs'-n n
of mother", "Thp ('arc noil Fepd.
ln of Infant," n 111 he inaiwl T-to
to any addresp, upon roqgft.
doliber-goodale co.,
Boston. Mass.
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OPENING DAYS IN
GLOAK DEPARSVf
Wed nesday,
March 30,
elegant garments
N. E. GHAMBERLIN.
SALESMEN WANTED.
Employment the year round for honest, cnev
cetlc men wiling Nursery Stock. Salary an,
exeenses or Cemnileslon paid. Inexprlonci
no hindrance. ItuilnehS east!) learned. Apply
for a situation at once.
R. G. CHASE el CO.,
Ua Pembertou Square, liiuton, Max,
u,w lJw
wnu Pay bq cents
When yoti ctvu tiot a eliimcr good
enough lor anybody lor
C3S CENTS
at Ol ChurohSt., liui-Uuston, Vt.
1J wyl
SMITH k HUMPHREY