Sharp County record., 1890-02-13
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and put torch to the temples and the
towers and the palaces, and after all
that city was wrapped in awful contia.-
grafton, and the citizens came out ana
gazed on the ruin-even then, they
would hear that name in the thunder OF
| falling tower and the crash OF crum-
bling wall. and see it inwrOught in the
fying banners of flame, and the re-
deemed of the Lord on high would be
happy yet and cry out; "Let the pal
aces and the temples burn, we have
Jesus left" BLESSED be His glorious
name fer 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. VIII
YOU call Him Jesus, or the Anointed 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
mp 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 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
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 its 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 wa5chful eye and say:
''My Lord, Thou art the shepherd of the
everlasting hills" But there is another
name you may select. will imagine
that Heaven is done. 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 afre with Splendoc
the domes of the temples, and burnlsh
the golden streets into blaze and be
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 sets.''
At this point I am staggered with the
thought that Notwithstanding all the
charm in the name of Jesus, and the
fact that it is so easy namo, and SC
enduring q name, and so beautiful a
name, and so potent 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 are
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. l 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 tC
the name of Jesus-you pronouncing 1t,
| pronouncing 1.-THE name that is
above every name.
Ills worth, if 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
vision of that blessed Christ, and you
would begin to weep and pray and be-
lieve and rejoice. You have heard of
the warrior who went out to fight
against Christ. He knew he was in
the wrong, and, while waging the war
against the kingdom of Christ, an ar
row struck him and he fell. 1t pierced
him in the heart, and lying there, his
face to the sun. his life blood running
away, he caught a handful of the blood
thai was rushing out in his right hand,
and held it up before tho sun and cried
out:
go Jesus, thou has. conqueredH
And if to-day the arrow of Gods spirit
piercing your soul, you felt the truth of
what have been trying to proclaim
you would surrender now and forever to
the Lord who bought you. Glorious
name l know not whether you will ac-
cept it or not; but | will tell ycu ont
thing here and now, in the presence o:
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