Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-02-07

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and to-day holds 400, 600 900 Of the race with
omnipotent spell. That name in England
to-day means more than Victoria; in Ger
many, means more than Emperor William;
III France, means more than Carnot; in Italy,
means more than Humbart Of the present or
GaribaiN Cf the past | have seen q man
/ bound hand and foot in sin, Satan his hard
task mater, in a bondage from which no
human power could deliver him, and yet at
the pronunciation Of that one word he dashed
down his chains and marched out forever
free. have seen man overwhelmed with
disaster, the last hope fed, the last light gone
out; that name pronounced IN his hearing,
-he sea dropped. the clouds scattered and a
sunburst Of eternal gladness poured into his
soul have seen a man hardened in infidel-
lty, defiant of God, full of scott and jeer, jo-
cose Of the judgment reckless Of an unend-
ing eternity, at the mere pronunciation Of
that name blanch, and cover, and quake,
and pray, and sob, and grOan, and believe,
and rejoice o it is mighty name! At its
utterance the last wall Of sin viii fall, the
last temple Of superstition crumble, the last
Juggernaut Of cruelty crash to pieces. That
name will first make all the earth
tremble, and then it will make all
the nations sing. 1t is to he tbs pass
word at every gate of honor, the insignia
on every flag, the battle shout in every con-
1ict. All the millions of the earth are to
know it. The red horse of carnage seen in
apocalyptic vision, and the black horse of
death, are to fall back on their launches, and
the white horse Of victory will go forth,
mounted by Him who hath the moon under
His feet and the stars of heaven for His tiara.
Other dominions seem to be giving out; this
seems to be charging. Spain has had to give
up much Of its dominion. Austria has been
wonderfully depleted in power. France had
to surrender some of her favorite provinces.
Most OF the thrones Of the world are being
lowered, and most of the sceptres of the world
are being shortened; but every Bible printed,
every tract distributed, every Sunday-school
class taught, every school founded every
church established, is extending the power
of Christ'S name. That name has already
been spoken under the Chinese wall, and in
Siberian snow CASTLE in Brazilian grove and
in eastern pagoda. That name is to swallow
cover up all other crowns. That empire is to
absorb all other Nominations
All crimes shall cease, and ancient frauds shall
Returning justice lift aloft her scale;
Peace DER the world her olive wand extend,
And white robed innocence from heaven descend.
Still further: it is an enduring name You
Chamber over the fence of the graveyard and
pull away the weeds, and you see the faded
inscription on the tombstone That was the
name of a man who once ruled all that
town. The mightiest names of the world
have either persisted or are perishing.
[. of Germany, Richard I. Of Eng
land, Louis XVI. of France, Catharine Of
Russia-mighty names once, that made the
world tremble; but now, none so poor as to
do them reverence, and to the great mass Of
the people they mean absolutely nothing:
they never heard Of them. But the name OF
ChriSt is to endure forever. It will be per
petuated in art, fer there will be other Bel
inis to depict the Madonna; there will be
other Ghlrlandjos to represent Chrsts bap-
tiSm; there will be other BronZinOs to show
us Christ visiting the spirits in prison; other
GiOttOs to appall our sight with the crucifx-
ion. The name will be preserved in song, for
there will be other Alexander POpes to write
the Messiah" other DR.. Youngs to portray
His triumph, other Cowpers to sing His love.
1t will be preserved in costly and magnificent
architecture, for Professionalism as we'll as
Catholicism is yet to have its st. Marks and
its st. Peters. That name will be preserved
III the literature of the world, for already it
is embalmed III the best books, and there will
be other DR.. Paleys to write the evidences
of Christianity" and other Richard Baxters
to describe the SaviOur's coming to judg-
ment. But above ALL and more than all that
name will be embalmed in the memory of all
the good Of earth and all the great ones of
heaven. Will the delivered bondman Of
earth ever forget who freed him? Will the
blind man of earth forget who gave him
sight? Win the OutcaSt of earth forget who
brought him home? No! No!
10 destroy the memory of that name Of
Christ, you would have to burn up all the
Bibles and all the churches on earth, and then
gate of heaven, and put torch to the temples
and the towers and the palaces, and after all
that city was wrapped in awful conflagratiOn,
and the citizens came out and gaZed OH the
ruin-even them they would hear that name
in the thunder Of falling tower and the crash
Of crumbling wall, and see it inwrought in
the flying banners of flame, and the redeemed
of the Lord on high would be happy yet and
cry out; Let the palaces and the temples
burn we have Jesus leftr' 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
Will you call Him Jesus, OF the Amounted
One, or the Messiah, or will you take some of
the symbOlical names which on earth you
learned from your Bible?
Wandering some day in the garden of God
on high, the place a-bloom with eternal spring
tide, infinite luxuriance Of rose, and lily, and
amaranth, you may look up into His face and
say: My Lord, Thou art the rose of S.N4ron
and the lily of the valley"
Some day as soul comes uD from earth
to take its place in the armament, and shine
as a star for ever and ever, and the lustre of
a 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 fountains
of life that toss in the sunlight and fall in
crash of peal and amethyst in golden and
crystalline urn, and you wander up the round
banked river to where 1t first tin9leS its silver
on the rock, and out of the chalces 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 lamos and
} heavenly D3SturpS fPn6JnT