Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-01-30

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, feed
ing by the rock, rejoicing in the presence
of Him who brought you out Of the viii
derness to the sheep-fold 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 Sc
lect. will imagine that heaven is done.
Every throne has its king. Every harp
has its harper. Heaven has gathered mp
everything 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 splen-
dor the domes of the temples, and bur-
nish the golden streets into blaze, and be
reflected back from the solid pearl Of the
twelve gates, and 1t shall be noon in
heaven, noon on the river, noon on the
hills, noon in all the valleys-high noon.
Then the sonl may look up, gradually ac-
customing itself to the vision, shading
the eyes as from the almost insufferable
splendor of the MONDAY light, until the
vision can endure it, then crying out:
Thou art the sun that never setsl"
At this point / am staggered with the
thought that notwithstanding all the
charm in the name of Jesus, and the fact
that il is SO easy name, and so beauti-
full o name, and so potent name, and so
enduring name, there are people who
find no charm in those two syllables. o,
come this day and see whether there is
anything in Jesus. 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, and the Holy Spirit is omnipo-
tent. l challenge you to come and kneel
down with me at the altar of mercy.
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 we ascribe, in the words
of the text, all honor to the rame of
Jesus-you pronouncing it, l pronouncing
1.-THE name that is above every name.
His worth II all the natiors knew,
Sure the whole earth would love him too.
o, that God day, by the power of his
Holy Spirit, would roll over you vision
of that blessed Christ, and you would be-
gin to weep and pray and believe and re-
joice.. 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 arrow struck him and he fell.
1t pierced him in the heart, and living
there, his face to the sun, his life blood
running away, he caught handful Of the
blood that was rushing out in his right
hand and held it up before the sun and
cried out: 20, Jesus, thou hast conquered" I"
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!
know not whether you will accept it OF
not; but I will tell you one thing here
and now, in the presence of angels and
men, I take him to be my Lord, my God,
my pardon, my peace, my life, my joy,
my salvation, my heaven! Blessed be
his glorious name foreverl The name
that is above every name!" %Hallelujah
unto Him that 'sitteth upon the throne
and unto the Lamb for ever and ever
Amen and amen and amenl"