Christian herald and signs of our times (1891) (14777976275)

Identifier: christianheralds14unse (find matches)
Title: Christian herald and signs of our times
Year: 1891 (1890s)
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Publisher: (New York, The Christian Herald)
Contributing Library: Christian Herald Association
Digitizing Sponsor: Tisch Library, Tufts University



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rk Regiment fightingthe 15 Massachusetts Regiment. Now let allthose who are for Christ and stand on the sameside, go shoulder to shoulder, and this churchinstead of having a sprinkling of the Divineblessing, go clear under the wave in one glori-ous immersion in the name of the Father, andof the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. I saw a lit-tle child once, in its dying hour, put one armaround its fathers neck, and the other arm around its mothers neck, and bring them closedown to its dying lips, and give a last kiss. Oh,I said, those two persons will stand very nearto each other always after such an interlocking.The dying Christ puts one arm around this de-nomination of Christians, and the other armaround that denomination of Christians, and hebrings them down to his dying lips, while hegives them this parting kiss : My peace I leavewith you. My peace I give unto you. How swift the heavenly course they run,Whose hearts, and faith and hopes are one. I heard a Baptist minister once say that he
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The Four Memorial Stones in the New Brooklyn Tabernacle,thought in the Millennium it would be allone great Baptist Church ; and I heard a Meth-odist minister say that he thought in the greatMillennial day it would be all one great Meth-odist church ; and I have known a Presbyterianminister who thought that in the Millennial dayit would be all one great Presbyterian church.Now I think they are all mistaken. I think theMillennial church will be a composite church;and just as you may take the best parts of fiveor six tunes, and under the skilful hands of aHandel, Mozart, or Beethoven, entwine them in-to one grand and overpowering symphony, so,I suppose, in the latter days of the world, God will take the best parts of all denominations ofChristians, ami weave them into one great ec-clesiastical harmony, broad as the earth, andhigh as the heavens, and that will the church ofthe future. Or, as mosaic is made up of jasper,and agate, and many precious stones cementedtogether—mosaic a thousa