Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-02-01
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from a long walk, and trcmblingly
opens the doors, and hangs his hat on
the old nail. and sets his cane i'll the
usual corner. and lies down on couch,
and says 10 his children and grand
children: My dcars. l am going tc
leave you" They say: Why, where
are you going grlndfathers" Il am
going to Jesus. And so the old man
faints away into heaven. The lit,
tie child COMES in froln play
and throws herself on your lap,
aud says: Mamma. l am SO sick,
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 aud says: Mamma, Kiss me
good-by ! am going away from you. !
And You say: My dear, where nre
YOU going tor And she says: Il all
going to Jesus. And the red check
wIlicli you thought was the mark oi
the fever, only turns out to DO lat
carnation bloom OF lieavenl Oh, yes;
it is sweet name spoken by the lips
of childhood, spoken blythe old man.
is Still .f,rtlier:sit is mighty name.
sRotbsc III lis potent y nTl e; ills the
commercial World, CuvieraiilS the Sci
sentilic world. Irving u powerful ;name
in tie literary world, Washington III
influential name in the political
world, Wellington Almighty nulne iii
thcemilitary world; Lat tell Inc any
nan. in all the earlll SO potent tc
awe. and lift, and thrill, and rouse.
and agiL;ltc, and bless, US TIL, llainc OF
Jesus. TnuL enc word IMMERSED Saul,
and flung Newton Oil his lace eli
Ships deck. and today holds 40U, 000,-
OUJ OF the race with omnIpotcnt siscil.
That name i'll England today nieaEs
more t!ia;I Victoria; III Germany,
MEALS more tnali Emperor WILL
i,;,n; in l'rlicc, i:ieaiis more than
Garnet; i'll Italy, means more thai
Lunbcrt Of tie present CT Carl
baldi of the past. l have secll o
liian bound hand and foot i'll sin, Satan
his hard task Elrster, i'll Il bondage
from which no human power could
deliver linn, and yet 1T the pronunci-
alton of that one word ne dasi.cll:tiowll
lis chuil.s ana marched out forever
free. have seen II nian overwhelmed
with disaster. the last hope fed, the
last light gone out; that namo pro-
nounced in his hearing, tie sea
dropped, the clouds scattered, and q
sunbulst of eternal gladncss poured
into his soul. l lave seen man
hardened in infidelity, defiant of God,
full ofscoif and jeer, iocosc of the Judg-
mcnt, reckless of aIl uncndiug ctei.
nifty, at tic mere pronunciation of that
name blanch, and cover, and quake,
end pray, and sob, and groan. and be
iicvc, and rejoice. D. it is mighty
name! At is ultcranco the last wall
OF sin wi!lfail, tho last temple super
stition crumblc, the last Juggcrnaut Of
cruelty crash To pieces. That name
will first make all the earth trcmble,
and then it will make all tic 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. Tie rcd horse OF carnage
seen i'll apocalyplic vision, and TIC
black horse of death. are 10 fall back
ON their launches, and the white
horse Of victory will go forth,
mounted by hin: xho hath the moo!l
Under his fcct. aud :. the stars OF
heaven FOR lis tara. Ct1lcr domin!
ions seem to be giving out; this
seems to bc charging. Spain has had
to give up much Of It's dominion.
Austria has been wonderfully depleted
in power France had to surrender
some of her favoritc provinces. Most
of the thrones of the world arc being
lowered, and most Of tho sccptors OF
the world arc being shortened; but
every Eiblc printed, every tract dis
tributed, every Sunday school class
taught, every school founded, every
church established. is excluding the
power. of Cllrist's nalnc. That name
las already been spoken under the
Chinese wall, and in Siberian snow
castle, in brazilian grove and iii cast
ern pagoda. That name is to swallow
up all other names. That crown IS 10
cover up all other CROWNS. That en-
pilc is to absorb all other nominations.
All crimes shall cease, and ancient frauds shall
lail,
Returning justice EFT oloft her scale;
Peace DER the world her olive wand extend,
And white robed innocence from heaven descend.
Still further: it is all enduring
name. You Chamber over the lfence
of the graveyard and pull aside the
weeds, aud you see tile faded inscrip:
ton on the tombstone. That was the
name of man who once ruled all
that town. The mightiest names of
the world have either persisted or are
perishing. Gregory VI. Sancho of
Spain. Conrad of Germany, Richard
l of England, Louis XVI Of France,
CatIlariuc of Russia-nlighty names
once, that made the world trenble;
but now, none SO poor as to do them
reverence, and to the great mass of
the people they mean absolutely Moth
ing; they never heard OF them. But
the uanlr of Christ is to endure for
ever. 1t viii be perpctuated in art,
for there will be other Dellinis TO de.
pict tho Madonna; there will be
other Ghirlandjos to represent Christ's
baptism; there will be other Bronzinos
to Show us Christ visiting the spirits
i'll prison; other Giottos to appall our
sight with tue crucilixion. The name
will be preserved i'll song, for there
will lie other Alexander Popcs towrite
the Messiah" other DR.. Youngs to
portray lis triumph. OF srCowpers to
sing his love. It will be preserved in
costly and magnificent Architecture, for
Professionalism, as we'll as Catholicism
is yet to Lave its St. Marks and
its St. Peters. The name will lie pre-
served in the literature of the world,
for already it is embalnled Ill the best
books, ard t..a,c will be other DR.:
Palcys TO write the Evidences OF
Christianity" and other Richard Bax-
tiers to describe the Saviour's coming
to Judgment But above all, and
more than all, that name will be en-