The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-02-12

The name that is above every name."
Jesus, the name high over ALL
In Heaven and earth and sky.
To the repenting soul, to the ex-
hausted invalid, to the Sunday school
girl, to the snow-white octogenarian, it
is beautiful. The old man comes in
from long walk, and tremblingly opens
the doors, and hangs his hat on the old
NAIL and sets his cane in the usual cor
ner, and lies down on couch, and says
to his children and grandchildren: my
dears, am going to leave you." They
say: "Why, where are you going, grand
father?" 81 am going to Jesus" And
so the old man faints away into Heaven.
The little child comes in from play and
throws herself on your lap, and says:
Mamma, am so sick, l am so sick"
And you put her to bed, and the fever is
worse and worse, until in some midnight
she looks up into your face and says:
"Mamma, kiss me goodbye, am going
away from YOU" And you say: "My
dear, where are you going to?" And she
says 81 am going to Jesus" And the
red cheek which you thought was the
mark of the fever, only turns out to be
the carnation bloom of Heaven! o, yes;
1t is sweet name spoken by the lips of
childhood. spoken by the old man.
Still further: 1t is a mighty name.
Rothschild is a potent name in the COM
mercial world, Cuvier in the scientific
world, Irving powerful name in the
literary world, Washington an infuen-
tial name in the political world, We'll
lington mighty name in the military
world; but tell me any name in all the
earth so potent to awe, and lift, and
thrill, and rouse, and agitate, and bless,
as this name of Jesus. That one word
endorsed Saul, and flung Newton on his
face on ships deck, and to-day holds
400, 900, 900 Of the race with omnipotent
spell. That name in England to-day
means more than Victoria; in Germany,
means more than Emperor William; in
France, means more than Carnot; in
Italy, means more than Humbert of the
present or Garibaldi of the past. have
seen a man bound hand and foot in sin,
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from which no human power could de-
liver him, and yet at the pronunciation
of that one word he dashed down his
chains and marched out forever free. !
have seen man overwhelmed with dis
aster, the last hope fled, the last lightg gone
out; that name pronounced in his hear
ing, the sea dropped, the clouds scat
tered, and a sunburst of eternal glad.
ness poured into his soul. | have seen
man hardened in infidelity, defiant Of
God, full of scott and ieer, jocose of the
Judgment, reckless of an amending
eternity, at the mere pronunciation OF
that name blanch, and cover, and quake
and pray, and sob, and groan, and be-
lieve, and rejoice. o 10 is a mighty
name! At it's utterance the last wall Of
sin will fall, the last temple of super
stition will crumble, the last juggernaut
of cruelty crash to pieces. That name
will first make all the earth tremble
and then it will make all the nations
sing. 1t is to be the password at every
gate of honor, the insignia on every
flag, the battle shout in every conflict
All the millions of the earth are to know
it. The red horse of carnage seen IL
apocalyptic vision, and the black horse
of death are to fall back upon thei
launches, and the white horse of victor,
will go forth, mounted by Him whohatl
the moon under His feet and the stars o
heaven for His tiara. Other dominion
seem to be giving OUT this seems to b,
enlarging. Spain has had to give VI
much of its dominion. Austria has beef
: wonderfully depleted in power. France
had to surrender some of her favorit
provinces. Most of the thrones of tn
world are being lowered, and most o
the scepters of the world are being short
ened; but every Bible printed, ever
: tract distributed, every Sunday-schoo
$ class taught, every school founded
, every church established, is extendin
Q the power of Christ's name. That nam
I has already been spoken under tn
0 Chinese wall and in Siberian snow cas-
. tie, in Brazilian grove, and in easter
l. pagoda. That name is to swallow up al
s other names. That crown is to cover u
/. all other crowns. That empire is to al
d sorb all other nominations.
+ All crimes shall cease, and ancient frauds sha
n fail,
Returning Justice lift aloft her scale;
e Peace DER the world her olive wand extend,
s And white-robed innocence from Heaven
O scend.
Q Still further; it is an enduring nam,
l. You Chamber over the fence of the gray,
g yard and pull aside the weeds, and yo
), see the faded inscription on the toni
% stone. That was the name of ma
g who once ruled all that town. I'll
% mightiest names of the world ha,
n either persisted or are perishing. Gre
S, DRY W., Sancho, of Spain; Conrad l.,
e Germany; Richard l., of England; Lou
10 XVI. of France; Catharine of Russia
It mighty names once, that made the wor
e tremble; but now, none so poor as to
% them reverence, and to the great ma
W of the people they mean absolutel
n nothing; they never heard of them. B,
8 the name of Christ is to endure foreve
ID 1t will be perpetuated in art, for the
4, will be other Bellinis to depict Il
n, Madonna; there will be other Chi
n landjos to represent Christ's baptisr
ID there will be other Bronzinos to sho
v us Christ visiting the spirits in prise
Is other Giottos to appall our sight wit
Or the crucifixion. The name will be pr
g. served in song, for there will be 9TH
RS Alexander Pcpes to write the messiah
G other Dr Yonnps To nortrav His triunn