The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-01-29

nausted lnValld, TO the Sunuay-ScnOol
girl, to the snow-white octogenarian, 1t
is beautiful. The old man comes in
from long walk, and tremblingly opens
the doors, and hangs his hat on the old
nail, and sets his cane in the usual cor
ner, and lies down on couch, and says
to his children and grandchildren: my
dears, am going to leave you" They |
say: "Why, where are you going, grand
father?" ~ am going to Jesus" And
so the old man faints away into Heaven.
The little child comes in from play and
throws herself on your lap, and says:
Mamma, 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 and says;
Mamma, kiss me goodbye, ! am going
away from you" And you say: my
dear, where are you goiyg top" And she
says: Lam going to Jesus" And the
red cheekwhich you thonght was the
mark Of the fever, only turns out to be
the carnation bloom Of Heaven! 0, yes;
1t is a sweet name spoken by the lips OF
childhood, spoken by the old man.
Still further: 1t is mighty name.
Rothschild is potent name in the COM
mercial world, Cuvier in the scientific
world, Irving powerful name in the
literary world, Washington an inhuen-
tial name in the political world, We'll
lington mighty name in the military
world; but tell me any name in all the
earth so potent to awe, and lift, and
thrill, and rouse, and agitate, and bless,
as this name of Jesus. That one word
unhorsed Saul, and flung Newton on his
face on ships deck, and to-day holds
400, 900, 900 of the race with omnipotent
spell. That name in England to-day
means more than Victoria; in Germany,
means more than Emperor William; in
France, means more than Carnot; in
Italy, means more than Humbert Of the
present or Garibaldi Of the past. have
seen man bound hand and foot in sin,
Satan his hard taskmaster, in bondage
from which no human power could de-
liver him, and yet at the pronunciation
OF that one word he dashed down his
chains and marched out forever free. l
have seen man overwhelmed with dis
aster, the last hope fed, the last lightgone
out; that name pronounced in his hear
ing, the sea dropped, the clouds scat
tered, and sunburst of eternal glad
ness poured into his soul. have seen
a man hardened in infdelity, defiant of
God, full of scoff and jeer, jocose OF the
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eternity, at the mere pronunciation OF
that name blanch, and cover, and quake,
and pray, and sob, and groan, and be-
lieve, and rejoice. o 1t is a mighty
name! At its utterance the last wall OF
sin will fall, the last temple Of super
stition will 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 be the password at every
gate of honor, the insignia on every
flag, the battle shout in every conflict
All the millionsof the earth are to know
IT, The red horse OF carnage seen in
apocaIyptic vision, and the black horse
OF death are to fall back upon their
launches, and the white horse of victory
will go forth, mounted by Him whohath
the moon under His feet and the stars OF
heaven for His tiara. Other dominions
seem to be giving out; this seems to be
enlarging. 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 scepters OF the world are being short
ened; but every Bible printed, every
tract distributed, every Sunday-school
class taught, every school founded,
every church established, is extending
the power Of Christs name. That name
has already been spoken under the
Chinese wall, and in Siberian snow cas-
tie, in Brazilian grove, and in eastern
pagoda. That name Is to swallow up al
other names. That crown is to cover NJ
all other crowns. That empire is to alb
sorb all other Nominations.
All crimes shall cease, and ancient frauds shal
fail,
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Peace DER the world her olive wand extend,
And whiterobed innocence from Heaven de
, = end.
Still further; 1t is an enduring name
You Chamber over the fence OF the grave
, yard and pull aside the weeds, and yo'
see the faded inscription on the tomb
, stone. That was the name Of a mai
, who once ruled all that town. Tn
, mightiest names Of the world hav
, either perished or are perishing. Greg
ory VI, Sancho, Of Spain; Conrad l., @
, Germany; Richard l., Of England; Loui
) XVI, OF France; Catharine Of Russia
1 mighty names once, that made the worl
D tremble; but now, none so poor as to d
D them reverence, and TO the great mas
' Of the people they mean absolutel
: nothing; they never heard Of them. Blu
4 the name OF Christ Is 10 endure forever
| II will be perpetuated in art, for ther
will be other iBellinis TO depict tn
/. Madonna; there will be other Ghil
: landios to represent Christ's baptism
1 there will be other Bronzinos TO sho'
: us Christ visiting the spirits In prison
s other Giottos TO appall our sight wit
r the crucifixion. The name will be pre-
!. served In song, for there will be othe
9 Alexander Popes TO write the Messiah,
!. other DR.. Youngs TO portray His triumph
: other Cowpers to sing His love. 1t vii
a be preserved In costly and magnihcen
q architecture, for Professionalism as wei
4 as Catholicism is yet to have its 81
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