Services at the Dedication of a Mural Monument to James Walker in the Harvard Church in Charlestown in the City of Boston, January 14, 1883 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884. Excerpt: ... SELECTIONS FROM SCRIPTURE. BY THE REVEREND HENRY WILDER FOOTE.l "THIS is none other but the house of God, and this is the.-gate of heaven. The fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever? And these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever. And of the prophets... let the memorial be blessed, ... for they comforted Jacob, and delivered them by assured hope. And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever. James, a servant of God, and of the Lord Jesus Christ.... He took care of the temple that it should not fall.... How was he honored in the midst of the people, in his coming out of the sanctuary. He was as the morning star in the midst of a cloud, and as the moon at the full; as the sun shining upon the temple of the Most High, ... as fire and incense in the censer, and as a vessel of beaten gold set with all manner of precious stones.... When he put on the robe of honor, and was clothed with the perfection of glory, when 1 Mr. Foote read from the same Bible that Dr. Walker used in our pulpit during his entire ministry here. Mr. Foote's first selection upon this occasion was the passage from Genesis with which Dr. Walker began the services at the dedication of our present meeting-house. See Professor Lovering's Address, post, p. 36.--Ed. he went up to the holy altar, he made the garment of holiness honorable. Better it is to have no children, and to have virtue: for the memorial thereof is immortal; because it is known with God and with men. When it is present, men take example at it; and when it is gone, they desire it: it weareth a crown and triumpheth for ever, having gotten the victory, striving for undefiled rewar...