News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-06
"Jesus, the name high over all,
In heaven and earth ana sky"

To the repenting soul, to the exhausted in
valid, to the Sunday school girl, to the snow
white Octogenarian, it is beautiful. The old
man comes in from long walk, and trem-
blingly opens the doors, and hangs his hat on
the old nail, and sets his cane in the usual
corner, and lies down on couch, and says
to his children and grandchildren: "My
dears, l am going to leave you" They say {:
"Whv, where are you going, grandfatherT
81 am going to Jesus" and so the old man
faints away into heaven. The little child
comes in from play and throws herself on
/ 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
saws Mamma, kiss me good-by, am going
where are YOU going TOT" And she says:
81 am going to Jesus" And the red cheek,
which you thought was the mark Of the fe-
Yer only turns out to be the carnation bloom
of heaveni Oh, yes, it is sweet name
spoken by the lips of childhood, spoken by
the old man.
Still further, it is mighty name. Roths
child is a potent name in the commercial
world, Cuvier in the scientific world, Irving
a powerful name In the literary world, Wash
ington an influential name In the political
world, Wellington 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 endorsed
Saul, and flung Newton on his face on ships
deck, and today holds 400, 100000 of the race
with omnipotent spell. That name i'll Eng
land today means more than Victoria: in
Germany, means more than Emperor VIII
liam In France, means more than Carnot; in
italy, means more than Humbert of the pre-
sent or Garibaldi of the past. l have seen
man bound hand and foot in sin Satan bis hard
taskmaster, in bondage from which no hu-
man power could deliver him, and yet at the
pronunciation Of that one word he dashed
down his chains and marched out forever
free. I have seen man overwhelmed with
disaster, the last hope fed the last light gone
out; that name pronounced in his hearing,
the sea dropped, the clouds scattered, and
suDburst of eternal gladness poured into his
soul. have seen man hardened in inidel-
ity, defiant of God, full of scott and jeer, jo-
cose of the Judgment, reckless of an amending
eternity, at the mere pronunciation OF that
name blanch, and cover, and quake, and
pray, and sob, and groan, and believe, and
rejoice.
Oh it is mighty namei At its utterance
the last wall of sin will ia !, the last temple Of
superstition crumb @, 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 con-
fiict All the millions of the earth are TO
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 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 sceptres of the
world are being shortened; but every Bible
printed, every tract distributed, every Sun
day school class taught, every school founded,
every church established, is extending the
power of Christ's name. That name has al
ready been spoken under the Chinese wall,
and in Siberian snow castle, In Brazilian
grove and In eastern pagoda. That name is
to swallow up all other names. That crown
is to cover up all other crowns. That empire
is to absorb all other Nominations.
All crimes shall cease, and ancient frauds
shall fail.
Returning justice lift aloft her scale;
Peace DER the world her olive wand extend,
And white robed innocence from heaven de-
scend,