"I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would

But could the stones cry out? Assuredly they could if He who opens the
mouth of the dumb should bid them lift up their voice. Certainly if
they were to speak, they would have much to testify in praise of Him who
created them by the word of His power; they could extol the wisdom and
power of their Maker who called them into being. Shall not we speak well
of Him who made us anew, and out of stones raised up children unto
Abraham? The old rocks could tell of chaos and order, and the handiwork of
God in successive stages of creation's drama; and cannot we talk of
God's decrees, of God's great work in ancient times, in all that He did
for His church in the days of old? If the stones were to speak, they
could tell of their breaker, how he took them from the quarry, and made
them fit for the temple, and cannot we tell of our glorious Breaker, who
broke our hearts with the hammer of His word, that He might build us
into His temple? If the stones should cry out they would magnify the!
ir builder, who polished them and fashioned them after the similitude
of a palace; and shall not we talk of our Architect and Builder, who has
put us in our place in the temple of the living God? If the stones
could cry out, they might have a long, long story to tell by way of
memorial, for many a time hath a great stone been rolled as a memorial before
the Lord; and we too can testify of Ebenezers, stones of help, pillars
of remembrance. The broken stones of the law cry out against us, but
Christ Himself, who has rolled away the stone from the door of the
sepulchre, speaks for us. Stones might well cry out, but we will not let
them: we will hush their noise with ours; we will break forth into sacred
song, and bless the majesty of the Most High, all our days glorifying
Him who is called by Jacob the Shepherd and Stone of Israel.