The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-02-01
ABOVE ALL NAMES.
DR.. Talmage on the Manifold
Beauties OF the Name Jesus.
ASAne Easy to Speak and of Wonderful
Power Beautiful Alike to Young and
Old Christisns-An the Earth to
Sing Its Praises.

Dewitt Talmage the vessel upon which
he was a passenger stopped at Queens
town and the distinguished divine took
advantage of the opportunity to preach.
His subject was What Is In a name?"
and his text. Philippians ii, .: "A name
which Is above every name" The emf
nent preacher said:
On my way from the Holy Land, and
while / wait for the steamer to resume
her voyage to America, | preach to you
from this text, which was one of Paul's
rapturous and enthusiastic descriptions
OF the name of Jesus. by COMMON
'proverb we have come to believe that
there Is nothing in u name, and so par
snts sometimes present their children
for baptism regardless of the title given
them, and not thinking that that partic-
ular title will be either a hindrance or O
help. Strange mistake. You have no
right to give TO your'child a name that
is lacking either in euphony or in moral
meaning. 1t Is q sin for you to call your
child Jehoiakim or Tiglath-Pileser Be-
cause you yourself may have an exasper-
ating name Is no reason why you
should give 1t to those who come
after you. But how often WE have seen
some name, filed with iargon, ,rattling
down from generation to generation,
simply because some one a long while
ago happened to be afflicted with it. In
stitutions and enterprises have some
times with sufficient deliberation taken
their nomenclature. Mighty destinies
have been decided by the significance OF
name. There are men who all their
life long toll and tussle to get over the
influence OF some unfortunate name.
While we may, through right behavior
and Christian demeanor, outlive the fact
that we were baptized by the name of p
despot, or an infdel, or q cheat, how
much better it would AVE been II we all
could have started life without any such
incumbrnnce. When l find the apostle,
In my text and In other parts of his
writing, breaking out in Inscriptions. OF
admiration In regard to the name Of
Jesus, l want to inquire what are some
of the characteristics of that appellation?
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 ourselves felt.
First. this name OF Jesus Is an easy
u 0ONlCbkhlOo VIC IT luUTOuuCtu 10
people whose name Ia SC 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 Il. But within the first two years
the little child clasps its hands and
looks up and says, 'Jesus." Can 1t be.
among all the families represented hero
to-day, there is one household where the
little one speaks of father and 'moth-
err" and ''brother," and SISTER" and
not of ''the name which Is above every
name?' Sometimes we forget the titles
Of our very best friends, and we have to
pause and think before we can recall tho
name. But can you imagine any freak
of intellect In which you could forget
the Saytour's designation? That word
Jesus seems 70 At the tongue in every
dialect. When the voice in old age gets
feeble and tremulous md indistinct, still
the regal word has potent ntterance.
Jesus, I love Thy charming name,
It's music to my ear,
Fain would I sound IL forth so loud
That Heaven and Garth might hear.
Still further, I remark It is a beautiful
name. You have noticed that 1t is i'm
possible to dissociate u pane from the
person who has the-name. so there are
names that are to me re~pnlsive-Ido not
want 20 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 we're pleasant and
attractive. As we cannot dissociate q
name from tho person who holds the
name, that consideration makes Christ's
name . unspeakably beautiful. No
sooner is il pronounced in your presence
than you think of Bethlehem and Geth-
semane and Golgotha, and you see the
loving face, and hear the tender voice,
and feel the gentle touch. You sec Je-
sus, the one who, though banqueting
with heavenly hierarchs, came down to
breakfast on the fish that rough men
had Just hauled out of G~enessaret; Je-
sus, the one who, though the clouds are
the dust Of His feet, walked footsore on
the road to Einmaus.
Just as soon as that name is pro-
nounced In your presence you think Of
how the shining n gave back the CEN
LuElOu , uhukn uAu " AS pClRNtA
the blind man to the sunlight, and how
He made the cripple's crutches useless,
and how He looked down into the babes
laughing eyes, and, rs the little one
struggled to 90 to Him, flung u His
arms around 1t and impressed a loving
kiss on its brow, and said: ''Of such Is
the Kingdom Of Heaven." Beautiful
name-Jesusl II stands for love, for pa
Hence, for kindness, for forbearance, for
~seif-sacrihce, for ~magnanmity. IL Is
aromatic with all odors n accordant
with all harmonies. Sometimes l see
that name, and the letters seem to be
made out Of tears, and then again they
look like cleaning own Sometimes
they seem 10 me as though twisted ont
of the straw on which He lay, and then
% though built out Of the thrones on
which His people shall reign. Some
times / sound that word .'Jesus," and
hear coming through the two syllables
the sigh Of Gethsemane and tho groan
OF Calvary; and again ! sound 1t
and It Is all a-ripple with gladness and
a-ringing with hosanna. Take all the
xiories OF book bindery and put them
around the. page where that name Is
printed. On Christmas morning wreath
Il on the wall. Let 1t drip from hnrp's
strinRs and thunder out in organs dap
ason. Sound Il often, sound 1t well, ur
ill every star shall seem to shine 1t, n
every aower shall seem to breath IL. and
mountain and sea, and day and night
and earth and Heaven acclaim in iuli
chant: blessed be His glorious name
forever. The name h a Is above every
name"
Jesus. the Hame high over all,
I'm HrAvsn, aud earth, AMI SKY
To the repenting soul. 70 the OK,
hausted invalid, TO tho Sunday schooi
giri, TO the snow-white ~octogenarian' ~
n beautiful. The old man comes In from
q long walk aud trembhngly opens tne
doors, and hangs his hat on the OLD naii'
and acts his cane In the usual corner
and lies down on q couch and says 10 ms
children and grandchildren; my dears'
en- going TO leave you" And tney
say: "Why, where are you going, RAND
father2" az am going TO Jesus And
20 the old man faints away Into HeaVen'
The little child comes in from play
and throws herself on your lap n says,
Mamma, I am so sick. ! am 10 SICK.
And you put her to bed and tho fever IL
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 to2" And she
says; al am going to Jesus" And the
red cheek which you thought was the
mark of the fever only turns out to he