The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-02-13


gladness and Il ring with hosannt
Take all tho glories of book binder
and put them around the page wher
that name is printed. On Christina
morning wreathe II on the wall.
= Let it trip from harp's si,ius ri,
= thunder out in organs diapaSon
o Sound it often, sound it we'll, unit
every star shall seem to shine It, ant
3 every flower hall seem o breathe i:
3 and mountain and sea, and day ant
night, and earth and heaven acclaim
in full chant: "Blcs ,ed be his &loriou.
name forever. Tic name that is abov.
every name"
Jesus the name high over all
In heaven and earth and Sky
10 the rcpentiHs soul, 10 The eX-
haust ed invalid, to ihr Suu,:ay school
Srl, to the snow whit" uctogcnlrian,
it is beautiful. The old man comes in
from /, long walk, and trembingl,.
opens the doors, ana hangs his h.,: OF
the old nail, and sets his CANE in the
usual corucv and lies down on q couch
and says 10 his children aud grand
children: My denrs, | am g"ing 20
leave ,uu.' They say: "Wh; where
are yea going, grnndiathcr?' II am
::"in% 20 Jesus" An 50 the old ,n.,n
t:iuta AWAY iutU h" tv"n. The lit ic
child c~ncs in from E'iay and throws
herself on your lap and says: "Mam-
ma, l aa so sick, | aul so Siu<.'' Aud
! YOU pat her 70 bed. aud The ftvcr is
worse and Wmse, until in aome rnd
I night she looks up into Your face ahd
says: "Alamma, kiss me Yood-by, |
am going away from you" Aud YOU
%aN: My dear, where are ycu Yoiny
io?' Aud she says: u am going to
Jesus And the red cheek which you
thought was the mark OF the fever,
Only turns out to be the Carnution
bloom Of heaven. Oh, lc%; i is =
sweet name spoken by the lips.
Still further; it Is II mighty ra!Gc.
Rothschild IS 4 potent name in the
coumerc'ai world, Cuvicr in tke sci
entitic world, Irving a powerful name
III the literary world, Wnshingi on an
influential uame III the political wurld
Wellington Il mighty name in the mil
itHry world; bnt tell me any name in
ali it!c earth 50 Potent to awe, and
iI,. and thrili. and reuse, nni agijate.
anu bless, a. this name Of Jesus. That
Onr word unhorScd Saul, and flung
Newton on his face on shI'. deck,
and today holds 400, 100000 of the
IN England today means more than
Nicl orla; in Germany, means more
than Emperor William; in France,
means more than Carnot; in Italy,
means Eaoro than Humbert of the pres
cnt or Garlbaldi OF the past. | have
seen niaD boun! hand and fuus in
sin, Satan his hard task master, in Il
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. | nave seen man
overwhelmed with disaster, the lest
hope fled. the last light gone out; that
name pronounced in his hearing, the
sea dropped, the clouds scattered, Sud
sunburst Of eternal Eladness poured
into his soul. [ have seen Il man
hardened in intiGelity, defiant Of God,
fall Of scott and jcer, jocose Of the
judgment. reckless of an unending
eternity. at the mere pronunciation Of
that name blanch, ana cover, and
quake, and pray, and sob, and groau,
and Aei!evc, and rejoice. O, it is y
mighty name! At its utterance the last
well Of sin will fall, the last temple Of
superstition crumblc, the last Juggcr-
naut of cruelty crash to pieces That
hhIlt Will ltSG HlHkC all 10 t3illl
trenible, 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 millions Of the earth
arc to know it The red horse Of car
mage seen in apocalyptic vision, and
the black horse OF death, are to fall
back on their launches, and the white
horse ofvictory will 50 forth, mounted
by him who hath the moon under his
feet, and the stars Of heaven fer his
tiara Other dOminioDS seem to be
giving out; this seems to be ealarging.
spain has had 10 give up much Of its
dominion Austria las been Won
| dcr:ulIy depleted in power France
| l!&d 10 surrender some Of her hvOrite
| provinces. Most of the thrones OF the
world are being lowere /, and most of
tins SCcptcrS Of the world Ire being
shortened; but ever, Bible printed
every tract distributed, every Sunday
school class taught, every school foun
ded, every church established, is ex-
tending the power of Christ's name.
That namc has already been spoken
under the Chinese wall, and ia f3ii cr-
ian ono" castle, in Brazilian grove and
in eastern pagoda. That name is to
| swallow up all other names That
empire is to absorb all other dou,ina-
tions.
| All crimes shall eease and anciont frauds
shall fall
Returning jrsticc lit aloft her scale
Peace DER Tie world her olivO wand EXTEND
And white robed Innocence from heaven de,
Scend.
Still further: it Is au enduring name.
| You Chamber over the fence Of the
graveyard and pull aside the weeds,
and you see tho faded inscription on
the tombstone. That was the name
of II nam who once ruled all that town
| The mighlieat names Of the world
have either persisted or are perishing.
Gregory VI, Sancho of Spain, Conrad
| Of Germany, Richard 1 of Englaud
Louis XVI Of France, CaLharine of
Russia-mighty names once, that
made the world tremble; but BOW,
none so poor as to do them reverence,
and TO the great mass of tho people
they mean absolutely nothing; they
never heard of them But the name
of Christ is to endure forever. IL will
he pcrpetuated in art, for tnere will be
9th l. Bcllinis to depict the Madonna;