The Russellville Democrat., 1890-02-06

AAA hhN AAMhAE8 HNfiNt v ASNAA& A1R *e*t influential name In the political world Wellington mighty name in the n1ili- tary world, but tell me any fian1e in all the earth so potent % awe, and lift
 and thrill, and rouse, and agitate, and bless as this name of Jesus. That one word slnhorsed Saul, and flung Newton on his face on ships deck, and to-day holds fouY hundred million of the race with omnipotent spell That name in England to-day means more than Vic- toria; in Germany, means more than Emperor William; in France, means more than Carnot; in Italy means more than Humhert of the present or Gari- baldi of the past have seen man bound hand and foot fin sin, Satan his hard task master, in 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. l have seen man overwhelmed with dis aster, the last hope fed, the last light gone out, that name pronounced in his hearing, the sea dropped, the clouds scattered, and 5unburst of eternal gladness poured into his soul. have seen man hardened in infdelity, de- liant of God, full of scot and jeer, jo- cose of the judgment, reckless of an un < ending eternity, at the me n pronuncia- ton of that name blanch, and co wer, and quake, and pray, and sob. and groan, and believe, and rejoice.
 0 it is mighty namel At it's utter ance the last wall of sin will fall, the last juggernaut of cruelty crash to pieces That name will first make all the earth tremble, and then it will make all nations sing. It is to be the password at every gate of honor, the in signia on every flag, the battle-shout in every conflict. All the millions of the earth are to know 1t. 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 enlarging. Spain has had to give up much of it's 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 shortened; but every Bible printed, every tract distributed, every Sunday class taught, every school founded, every church estab- lished, is extending the power Of Christ's name. That name has already been spoken under the Chinese wall, and in Siberian snow castle, in Brazil ian 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 absorbs all other nominations.
 All crimes shall cease, and ancient frauds
 shall fall,
 ncturning justice lift aioft her scale;
 Peace OCT the world her olive wand extend, And white robbed innocence from Heaven
 descend.
 Still further: it is an enduring name. You chamber over the fence of the grave yard and pull aside the weeds and you see the faded inscription on the tomb stone. That was the name of man who once ruled all that town. The mightiest names of the world have either perished or are perishing. Greg ory VI. Sancho of Spain, Conrad l. of Germany, Richard I. of England, 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 hear of them. But the name of Christ is to endure forever. It will be perpetuated in art for there will be other Bellinis to depict the Madonna; there will be other Ghirland jos to represent Christ's baptism; there will be other Bronzinos to show us Christ visiting the spirits in prison; other Giottos to appall our sight with the crucifixion. 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. It will be preserved in costly and magnificent architecture, for Professionalism as well as Catholicism Is yet to have it's St. Marks and St Peters. That name will be preserved in the literature of the world, for al- ready it is embalmed in 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 judgment. But a h,,va all and p,oro than all that par ma will be embalmed in the memory of all the good on earth and all the great ones of Heaven. Will the delivered bond man of earth forget who freed him? Win the blind man of earth forget who gave him sight? Will the outcast of earth forget who brought him home? Nol Nol
 To destroy the memory od that name of Christ you would have to burn up all the Bibles and all the churches on earth, and then in spirit of universal arson go through the gate Of Heaven and put torch to the temples and the towers and the palaces, and after all that city was wrapped in awful confia- grafton, and the citizens came out and gazed on the ruin-even then, they would hear that name in the thunder of falling tower and the crash of crum- bling wall, and see it inwrought in the flying banners of flame, and the re- deemed of the Lord on high would be happy yet and cry out: Let the pal aces and the temples burn, we have Jesus Ieftl' sBlessed 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 in Heaven? ? You know He has many names. Will you call Him Jesus, or the Anointed One, or the Messiah, or will you take some of the symbolical names which on earth you learned from your Bible? Wander ing some day in the garden of God on high, the place a-bloom with eternal springtide, infinite laxuriance of rose, and lily, and amaranth, you may look up into His face and say: My Lord. thou art the rose of Sharon and the lily of the valley" Some day, as a soul
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