The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-02-01

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earth so potent to awe, and lift, and
thrill, and rouse, INC agitate, and bless
as this name Of Jesus. That one word
endorsed Saul and flung Newton on his
face on ships deck, and to-day holds iO0,-
900, 900 of the race with o]mnipotent spell.
That name IN England to-day means more
than Victoria: in Germany, mcanS more
than Emperor Williamson France. means
more than Carnot: in Italy. means more
than Humbert of the present or Carl
baldi of the past. | have seen a man
bound hand and foot in sin, satan his
hard task mater, in a 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. / have
seen q man overwhelmed with disaster,
the last hope fled, the last light gone
out; that name pronounced in his rear
ing, the sea dropped, the clouds scattered
INT a sunburst of eternal ~gladness
poured into his soul. | have seen u man
hardened in infidelity, defiant of God,
full of scott and jeer, iocose CT the judg-
ment, 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 re-
joice. Oh, it Is u mighty name, AT its
utterance the last wall of sin will fall,
the last temple of superstition crumble,
the last %juggernaut of cruelty crush to
pieces.
That name will first make all the
F.: earth tremble, and then it will make all
nations sing. 1t is to be the password
at every gate of honor, the insignia on
every flag, the battle shout in every con
fict. 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 byHim who hath
the moon under his feet, and the stars
OF Heaven for his tiara. Other domin-
IONS seem to be giving out; this seems to
be enlarging. Spain has had to give up
|. much of its dominion. Austria has beer
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 Christ's name. That name has
already 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
ell other nominations.
All crimes shall cease. and ancient frauds
shall fall.
Returning Justice lift alott her scale;
Peace DER the world her olive branch ex.
And white robed Innocence from Heaven
descend.
Still further; 1t Is IN enduring name.
You chamber over the fence of the
graveyard and pull aside the weeds, and
you see the faded inscriptions on the
tombstone. That was the name of a
man who one ruled all that town. The
mightiest names of the world have
either persisted or are p%erishing. Greg
DRY VI, Sancho of Spain, Conrad 1. Of
Germany, Richard l., OF England, Louis
XVI. of France, Catharine of Russia
mighty names once, that made the world
pTCNuDlCS uuJ hOW, hOuc oO DOOT Us W 10
them reverence, and to the great mass
Of the people they absolutely
nothing; they never heard 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 Ma
donna; there will be other Ghirlandjos
to represent Christ's baptism; there will
be other Bronzinos to show us Christ
visiting the spirits in prison other
Giottos to appal our sight with the cruci-
lxion.
The name will be preserved in song,
for there will be other Alexander 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 Protestanism as we'll as
Catholicism is yet to have Its st. Marks
ind st. Peters. That name will be pre-
served in the literature Of the world, for
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.
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 a spirit Of universal arson go
through the gate Of Heaven and put a
torch TO the temples and the towers and
the palaces, and after all that city was
wrapped in awful co~nfiagration and the
citizens came out and gazed on the ruin
even her they would hear that name in
the thunder of falling tower and the
crash Of c%rumbling wall, and see 1t in
wrought In the flying banners OF flame,
md the redeemed of the Lord on high
would be happy yet and cry out: LET
the palaces and the temples burn, we
have Jesus left" blessed be His glo-
rious name forever and ever. The name
that IL above every name"
But above all, and more than all, that
name will be embalmed In the memory
Of all the good OF earth and all the great
mes of Heaven. viii the delivered
bondmen Of earth ever forget who freed
him? VIII the blind man Of earth ever
forget who gave him sight? viii the
outcest of earth forget who brought him
home2 No! No! -
Have you ever made up your mind by
what name you will call Christ when
you meet Him In Heaven? You know
He.Aas many VIII you call Him
jesus, or the Amounted One, or the
Messiah, or will you take some OF the
symbolic names which on earth you
learned from your BibleP
Wandering some day in the garden OF
God on high, the place abloom with
eternal ~springtide, infinite luxuriance
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 q sou comes up from
earth to take its place in the armament,
and shine as q star for ever and ever,
and the luster of a useful life shall beam
forth tremulous and beautiful, you may
look up into the face of Christ and say:
my Lord, Thou art u brighter star-a
morning star--a star forever"
Wandering some day amid the foun-
tains of life that toss in the sunlight and
fall in crash Of pearl and amethyst In
golden and crystalline urn, and you wan
der I'D to the round-banked river to
where IL first tipgles its silver on the
rock, and out Of the chalices OF love you
drink 10 honor and everlasting JOY, you
may look up into the face Of 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
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