Sharp County record., 1890-02-13
aNEHATS IN A NAME"
sa,,non by Rev. T. Dewitt Tal-
mage at Queenstown
=. nsoutt7ul Name "Jesus" and the i"-
= aueuco it mas ESerted for ,, 600"
throughout the World-Ih0
sun that Never Sets

nv Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage at Qaeena snn,
,orn : Ireland, en- route homewafo lroni
! che Holy i Land, from the text; ,n,,
4 name that is above every nam''-t NJ
lipians, ii,9 ond
On nv way from the Holy Land anu
wbile i wait for the steamer to resume
hcr yoyage to America, l preacn 10 you
from this tGxk which was one OF faul >
ranturous and enthusiastic descriptions
sof the name of Jesus. by common
IIproyexb we have come to believe Vna'
there is nothing in name, and SO par
Ants sometimes present their chlloren
for baptism regardless of the title given
/, them. and not thinking that that par
Nticular title will be either a hlndrallco
4 O.. a help. Strange mistake. You h"'o
no right to give to your child name
Ntbat is lacking either in euphony OF IN
moral meaning. 1t is sin for you 10
|, call vour child Jenoiakim or Tiglath-
Pileser. Because you yourself may nave
an exasperating name is no reason why
YOU should give it to those who come
after YOU. But how often we have seen
Some name, filled with jargon' rattilhs
down from generation to generatloh'
e;mnlv because some one a long while
ago happened to be afflicted WIN IT,
4 institutions and enterprises have some
times without sucfiient dellbera1on
taken their nomenclature. Mlghty oeo-
tines have been decided by the slgnln-
! cance OF name. There are men VINO
: all their life long toll and tuSSle TO geC
over the influence Of some unfortunate
/ name. While we may, through rlghV
!. behavior and Christian demeanor, OUT
live the fact that we were baptlzed Oy
the name of despot or an intidel, or a
cheat, how much better it would nave
been if we all could have started lie
without any incumbrance. When l ma
the apostle, in my text and in other
parts Of his writing, breaking out IN
ascriptions or admiration in regard TO
tho name of Jesus, want to inquire
\ what are some of the characteristics OF
I that appollation. And O that the Saviour
Himself, while | speak, might fill me
\ with His own presence, for we never
can tell to others that which we have
not ourself felt.
First, this name of Jesus is an easy
name. Sometimes we are introduced to
people whose name is so long and un-
pronounceable that we have sharply to
listen. and to hear the name given to
us two Or three times, before we venture
to speak it. But within the first two
years The little child clasps its hands,
I and looks up, and says 'Jesus." Can it
\ be, amid all the families represented
here to-day there is one household
where the little ones speak of father" "
and smother," and "brother," and isis
ter, and not of ''the name which is
above every name?" Sometimes we for
get the titles of our very best friends,
and we have to pause and think before
we can recall the name. But can you
imagine any freak Of intellect in which
you could forget the Sayiours designa-
tion? That word "Jesus" seems to fit
the tongue in every dialect When the
voice In old age gets feeble and tremu-
lous and indistinct, still this regal word
has potent utterance.
Jesus, love Thy charming name,
+ 'Tis music to my ear:
Fain would ! sound it out so loud
That Heaven and earth might hear.
Still further, remark it is beauti-
ful name. You have noticed that it Is
impossible to dissociate name from
tho person who has the name. So there
are names that are to me repulsive-I
do not want to hear them at all-while
|, those very names are attractive to you.
Why the difference? 1t is because l
happen to know persons by those names
who are cross, and sour, and snappish,
and queer, while the persons you used
to know by those names were pleasant
and attraCtive. AS we can not dissociate
name from person who holds the
name, that consideration makes Christ's
name 80 unspeallably beautiful. No
sooner is it pronounced in your presence
than You think of Bethlehem, and
Gethsemane, and Golgotha, and you see
the loving face, and hear the tender
voice, and feel the gentle touch You
see Jesus, the One who, though ban
quoting with heavenly hierarchs, came
down TO breakfast on the fish that
rough men had just hauled out of Gen
essaret; Jesus, the One who, though
she clouds are the dust OF His feet,
walked footsore on to the road to EN-
maus. Just as soon as that name is
pronounced in your presence you think
OF how the shining One gave back the
centurian's daughter, and how He
helped the blind man to the sunlight,
and how He made the cripples crutches
useless, and how He looked down into
the pabe's laughing eyes, and, as the
little one struggled to 60 to Him, flung
out His arms around it and impressed a
lovely kiss on its brow, and said: ''Of
,such Is the kingdom of Heaven"
Besutiful name-Jesusl 1t stands for
love, for patience, for kindness for for
!!bearance, for self-sacrifce, for magma
]nlm1ty tits aromatic with all odors and
accordant with all harmonies. Some
times l see that name, and the letters
seem to be made out of tears, and then
again look like cleaning crowns. Some
times they seem to me as though twist
ed outof the straw on which He Law.
and then as thnnnh h,1ilt n,,t - Il.