Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-27

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 school class taught,
every school founded, every church established,
is extending the power Of Christs name. 1nat
name has already been spoken under the
Chinese wall. and in Siberian snow castle, In
Brazilian grove and in eastern pagoda.
TO ovERsHADow AND oUTLAsT.
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 shah 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 descend.
Still further: it is an enduring name. You
Chamber over the fence Of the graveyard and
pull aside the weeds, and you see the faded in
scription on the tombstone. That was the
name of man who once ruled all that town.
The mightiest names of the world have either
perished or are perishing. Gregory vi, Sancho
of Spain, Conrad l. of Germany Richard l. OF
England, Louis XIV. Of France, Cathar1ne 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; tney
never heard Of them. But the name OF CHRIST
art for there will be other Bellinis to depict
the Madonna; there will be other Ghirland1os
to represent Christs baptism; there Will be
other BronZinos to show us Christ visiting the
spirits in prison; other Giottos to appall our
sight with the crucitxion. The name will be
preserved in song, for there will be other Alex
ander Popes to write the Messiah" other DIR.
Youngs to portray His triumph, other Cowpers
to sing His love. 1t will be preserved in costly
and magnificent architecture, for Protestant
ism as well as Catholicism is yet to have its
St. Marks and its st. Peters.
TO REMAIN IN LIFE AND LITERATURE.
That name will be preserved in the literature
of the world for already 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 Savior's
coming to Judgment But above all, and more
than all that name will be embalmed in the
of all the good Of earth and all the
great ones of heaven. Will the delivered bond
man of earth ever forget who freed him? VIII
the blind man of earth forget who gave him
sightf Will the outcast of earth forget who
brought him homer Mol No!
To 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 in spirit
of universal arson go through the gate OF heaV'
en- and put a torch to the temples and the tow
ers and the palaces, and after all that city was
wrapped in awful con1lagratiOn, and the citi-
zens came out and gaZed on the ruin-eVen then
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 pal
aces and the temples burn, we have Jesus
leftr' BLESSED be His glorious name for ever
and ever. The name that is above every
name"
dave 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 Amounted One,
or the Messiah, or will you take some of the
symbolieal names which on earth you learned
from the Bible?
Wandering some day in the garden Of God on
high, the place a-bloom with eternal springtide.
infinite luxuriance of rose and lily and ANA
ranth, 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 soul comes up from earth to
takeits place in the armament and shine as star
for ever and ever, and the luster of youthful
life shall beam forth tremulous and beautiful,
you may look into the face of Christ and say:
''My Lord, Thou art brighter star-the morn
ing star-a star forever"
FOUNTAIN, SUN, AND SHEPHERD.
Wandering some Gay 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 it first tIngles its silver on the
rocK, and out of the chalices of love you drink
to honor and everlasting joy, you may look up
into the face IF Christ and say, my Lord, Thou
art the fountain of living water"
Some day, wandering amid the lambs and
sheep in the heavenly pastures. feeding by the
rock, rejoicing in the presence of Him who
brought you out of the wolfish wilderness to
the sheepfOld above, you maypook up into His
loving and watchful eye and say: my Lord
Thou art the shepherd of the everlasting hills"
1 will imagine that heaven is done. Every
throne has its King. Every harp has its
harper. Heaven has gathered up everything
that is worth having. The treasures Of the
full. The ranks full The mansions full.
Heaven full. The sun shall set afire with
splendor the domes of the temples. and burn
ish the golden streets into blaze, and be
reflected back from the solid pearl Of the II
gates, and it shall be noon in heaven, noon on
the river noon on the hills, noon in all the val
leys-high noon. Then the soul may look up,
accustoming itself to the vision,
shading the eyes as from the almost insutter-
able splendor of the MONDAY hight. until the
vision can endure it, then crying out: Thou
art the sun that never sets!'
At this point am staggered with the thought
that Notwithstanding all the charm in the name
of Jesus, and the fact that it is so easy name,
and so beautiful name, and so potent name,
and SO enduring a name there are people who
find no charm in those two syllables. 0 come
this day and see whether there is anything in
] Jesus. 1 challenge those of you who are far
ther from God to come at the close of this
service and test with me whether God is good,
and Christ is gracious, and the Holy Spirit is
omnipotent.
THE PRAYER THAT SAVES.
challenge you to come and kDeel down with
me at the altar of mercy. will kneel on one
side of the altar and you kneel on the other
side of it. and neither of us will rise up until
our sins are forgiven, and we ascribe. in the
words of the text, all honor to the name of
Jesus-you pronouncing it. 1 pronouncing it
the name that is above every name.
His worth If all the nations knew.
Sure the whole earth would love Him too.
o that God to-day, by the power of His holy
spirit, would roll over you vision of that
blessed Christ, and you would begin to weep
and pray and believe and rejoice. You have
heard of the warrior who went out to fight
against Christ. He knew he was in the wrong,
and while waging the war against the kingdom
Of Christ an arrow struck him and he fell. 1t
pierced him in the heart, and lying there, his
face to the sun, his life blood running away he
caught handful of the blood that was rushing
out in his right hand, and held it up before the
sun and cried out: 30 Jesus, Thou hast con-
1ueredr' And if to-day, the arrow of Gods
spirit piercing your soul, you felt the truth of
what have been trying to proclaim, you would
surrender now and forever to the Lord who
bought you. Glorious namei 1 know not
whether you will accept it or not; but will tell
you one thing here and now, in the presence of
angels and men, 1 take Him to be my Lord, my
God, my pardon, my peace, my life, my joy, my
my heavenl BLESSED be His glorious
lame forever. The name that is above every
name" '-Hallelujah! unto Him that sitteth
lpon the throne and unto the lamb for ever
md ever. Amen and amen and amen"