The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1890-04-03

| of Christ you would have to burn up all
the Bibles and all the churches on
earth, and then in spirit of universal
arson go through the gate of Heaven
and put torch to.thG temples and the
towers and the palaces, and after all
that city was wrapped in awful conf1a-
grafton, and the citizens came out and
gazed on the ruin-even then, they
would hear that name in the thunder of
falling tower aud the crash of crum-
bling wall, and see it inwrought in the
flying banners of flame, and the re-
deemed of the Lord on high would be
happy yet and cry out: "'Let the pail
aces and the temples burn, we have
Jesus left!' BLESSED be His glorious
name for ever and ever. The name that
is above every name" Have you
ever made up your mind by
what name you will call Christ
when you meet Him in Heaven
You know He has many names. Will
you call Him Jesus, or the Amounted One,
or the Messiah, or will you take some of
the symbolical names which on earth
you learned from your Bible? Wander
ing some day in the garden of God on
high, the place a-bloom with eternal
springtide, infinite luxuriance of rose,
and lily, and amaranth, you may look
up into His face and say: 'My Lord,
thou art the rose of Sharon and the lily
OF the valley" Some day, as a soul
comes up from earth to take its place in
the armament and shine as a star for
ever and ever, and the luster of useful
life shall beam forth tremulous and
beautiful, you may look up into the face
of Christ and say: MY Lord, thou art
a brighter star-the morning star-a
star forever"
Wandering some day amid the fount-
aims of life that toss in the sunlight and
fall in crash of pearl and amethyst in
golden and crystalline urn, and You
wander up the round-banked river to
where it first tingles it's silver on the
rock, and. out of the chalices of love you
drink to honor and everlasting joy, you
may look up into the face of Christ and
say: my Lord, thou art the fountain of
living water" Some day, wandering amid
the lambs and sheep in the Heavenly
pastures, feeding by the rock, rejoicing
in the presence of Him who broughtyou
out of the wolfish wilderness to the
sheepfold above, you may look up into
His loving and watchful eye and say:
MY Lord, Thou art the shepherd of the
everlasting hills" But there is another
name you may select. l will imagine
that Heaven isdone. Every throne has
its king. Every harp has its harper.
Heaven has gathered up every thing
that is worth having. The treasures of
the whole universe have poured into it.
The song full. The ranks full. The
mansions full. Heaven full. The
sun shall set afire with splendo-
the domes of the temples, and FURNISH
the golden streets into blaze and DO
reflected back from the solid pearl of
the twelve gates, and it shall be noon
in Heaven, noon on the river, noon on
the hills, noon in all the valleys-high
noon. Then the soul may look up,
gradually accustoming itself to the Wis.
ion, shading the eyes as from the al
most insufferable splendor of the noon
day light, until the vision can endure it.
then crying out: '"Thou art the sun that
never setsI'
At this point am staggered with the
thought that notwithstanding all the
charm in the name of Jesus, and the
fact that it is so easy name, and so
enduring a name, and SO beautiful a
name, and SO potent a name, there are
people who find no charm in those two
syllables. Oh, come this day and see
whether there is any thing in Jesus.
l challenge those of you who arc
farther from God to come at the close
of this service and test with me
whether God is good, and Christ is
gracious, AMI the Holy Spirit is omnip-
otent. | challenge you to come and |
kneel down with me at the altar of /
mercy. j will kneel on one side of the +
altar and you kneel on the other side Of
it, and neither of us will rise up until |
our sins are forgiven, and as we ascribe,
IN the words of the text, all honor to
the name of Jesus-you pronouncing it,
pronouncing 1.-THE name that is
above every name.
HIS worth il all the nations knew.
Sure the whole earth would love Him, too.
Oh, that God to-day, by the power of
His holy spirit, would roll over YOU a
vision of that blessed Christ and YOU
would begin to weep and pray and be-
icve and rejoice. You have heard OF
,he warrior who went out to fight
against Christ. He knew he was in
he wrong, and, while waging the war
against the kingdom of Christ, an ar
ow struck him and he fell. It pierced
Tim in the heart, and lying there, his
ace to the sun, his life blood running
way, he caught handful of the blood
hat was rushing out in his right hand.
nd held it up before the sun and cried
ut:
80 Jesus, thou has conquered!'
And if to-day the arrow of Gods spirit
iercing your soul, you felt the truth of
That ! have been trying to proclaim.
ou would surrender now and forever to
he Lord who bought you. Glorious
anne! l know not whether you will ac-
ept it or not; but 1 will tell YOU one
hing here and now, in the presence of
ngels and men, I take Him to be nv
ord, my God, my peace, my life, nv
~, my salvation, my Heaven.