The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-12-09

receive uS, gather all the tears that
rolled down his cheeks in sympathy for
your sorrows; gather all the drops of
blood that channeled his brow, and his
back, and his hands and feet IN trying
10 purchase your redemption. 1 gath 7
all the RrGans that he utter ed in mid
night chill, and in mountain hunger,
and in desert loneliness, and twist them
into one cry, bitter, RgoniZing, over
whelming. gather all the pains that
shot from spear and spike and cross,
tOlting into one pang, remOrseless,
grinding, excruciating. take that one
drop Of sweat on his brow, and under
ne gospel glass that drop enlargas un
Ill l see In Ii lakes OF sorrow aud an
ocean Of agony. That Being, standing
before you TO day, emaciated and gashea
and CORY, cOaxes for your love with
pathUs In which every word is q heart
break, and every sentence martyTdOm.
How can you think he trif1esp Ahasue-
rus prepared a feast for 1S0 days, but
this feast Is for all eternity. Lords and
Princes were Invited to that. You and
and all our world are invited TO THIS.
Christ Is ready. You know that the
banQueters of Olden time used to wrap
themselves In robes prepared for the
occasion. SO my Lord Jesus hath
wrapped himself in all that ls beautiful.
See how fair he Ii! His eye, his brow,
his cheek so radiant that the starr have
no gleam and the morning no brtlliancy
compared with 1t. His face rejecting
all the Joys Of the redeemed. His hand
having the OmnipOtent surgery with
which He opened blind eyes and
Strengthened crooked lin bs and hoisted
the pillars of heaven and swung The
twelve gates which are twelve pearls.
There are not enough cups in heaven to
dip up this ocean of beauty. There are
not ladders enough to scale this height
of love- There are not enough cymbals
TO clap, or harps to thrum, or trumpets
TO peal for the praises Of this one al
together fair. Oh, thou flower of eterni-
ty, thy breath Is the perfume Of heavenl
Oh bllssful daybreak, let all people clap
their hands In thy Tadianeel Chorus:
Come men, and saints, and cherubim,
and seraphim, and archangel, and all
heights, all depths, all imm.nsities.
Chorus: Rolling through the heavens
in q chariot Of universal acclaim. over
bridges OF hOsannas, under arches OF
coronation; along by the great towers
Ginning with eternal jubilee. Chorus:
Unto him who hath loved US and washed
uS from our sins In his own blood 10
htm be glory, world without end.
l have word Of five letters, but no
sheet white enough on which to write
II, and no pen good enough with which
to inscrl0e it. Give me the fairest Leaf
from the heavenly RECORDS; give me the
pencil with which the augel records his
VIctOrp, and then with my hand st ung
to supernatural ecstasy, and my pen
dipped IN the light OF the morning, l
will write tt out in capitals of love
JESUS" 1t is this One infinitely fair
10 whom you are invited. Christ is
waiting for yOu-waiting as the ban
queter waits for the delayed guest; the
meats smoking, the beAkeTs brimmlnR
the minstrels, with fingers on their
stiff strings, waiting for the clash of
the hoOfS at the gateway; waiting for
you as mother waits for her ron who
went of ten years ago dragging her
bleeding heart along with him. Wait
inRl Oh, give me cOmpari, on intense
enough, hot enough, impOrtunate
en~ugh, to express my meaning; some
thing high as heaven and deep as hell,
aud long as eternity. Not hoping that
you can help me with such q cOmpari
son, Will say: "He Is waiting As only
the all-5ympaJhetic Christ can wait for
the coming back Ot lost SOUL
"Bow the knee and kiss the Sou.
Como and welcome. sinner. comet"
Again, the Holy Spirit Is ready. Why
Ia IL that 30 many sermons drop deadI
That Christian songs do not get their
wing under the people; that 80 often
prayer goes no higher than a bunter's
''hOllOa2" IL Is because there ls link
Wantlng-the work Of the Holy Spirit.
Unless that spirit give grapp ing hooks
10 sermon, and lift the prayer, and
watt the song, everything Is a dead fall
ure. That Spirit Is willing to come TO-
day at our call and lead you to eternal
life; or ready to come with the same