Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-01-31


sweet name spoken by the lips Of childhood,
spoken by the old man.
Still further: it is mighty name. Roths- !
child is q potent name in the commercial
world, Culver in the scientific world, Irving
a powerful name in the HesSary world, Wash
ington an influential name in the political
world, Wellington mighty name In the mill
tary 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, 600 of the race with
omnipotent spell. That name in England
today means more than Victoria; in Ger
many, means more than Emperor William; in
France, means more than Carnot; in Italy,
means more than Humbert of the present or
Garibaldi of tho past / have seen man
bound hand and foot in 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. have seen a 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
sunburst of eternal gladness poured into his
soul. have seen man hardened in infidel-
ity defiant Of God, full Of scott and jeer, jo-
cose Of the Judgment, reckless of an unending
eternity, at the mere pronunciation of that
name blanch, and cover, and quake, and
pray, and sob, and groan, and believe, and
rejoice. it is a mighty name At
its utterance the last wall of sin will
fall, the last temple of superstition
crumble, the last juggernaut of cruelty
crash to pieces. That 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-
flict. All the millions of the earth are to know
it. The red horse of carnage seen in apoca-
lyptic 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 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 Sibe-
rian 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 descend
| Still further: it is enduring name You
| Chamber over the fence of the graveyard and
| pull aside the weeds, and you see the faded
| inscription on the tombstone. That was the
| name of a man who once ruled all that town.
| The mightiest names Of the world have either
persisted or are perishing. Gregory W. Sancho
| of Spain, Conrad of Germany Richard l of
| England, Louis XVI of France, Catharine of
| Russia-mighty names once, that made the
world tremble; but now, none poor to
do them reverence, and to the great mass of
the people they mean absolutely nothing;
they never heard of them. But the name of
Christ is to endure forever. 1t will be per-
| petuated in art, for there will be other Bel
| inis to depict the Madonna; there will be
| other Ghirlandjos to represent Christ's bap-
/
us Christ visiting the spirits in prison; other
Giottos to appall our sight with the crucifix-
ion. 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-
| 1t will be preserved in costly and magnificent
| architecture, for Professionalism as we'll as
| Catholicism is yet to have its ST. Marks and
| its St. Peters. 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 Saviour's coming to Judgment.
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 ones of heaven.
| Will the delivered bondman Of earth ever
forget who freed hime viii the blind mar
of earth forget who gave him sightl Win the
outcsst of earth forget who brought him
| homei No! Mol
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 torch to the temple.
and the towers and the palaces, and after al
that city was wrapped in awful conhagration
and the citizens Game out and gazed on the
ruin-even then, they would hear that name
in the thunder of falling tower and the crash
of crumbEng wall, and see it inwrought il
the flying banners of flame, and the redeemee
of the Lord on high would be happy yet anC
cry out: Let the palaces and the temple
burn, we have Jesus left" Blessed be hi.
glorious name for ever and ever. The nam,
that is above every name"
Have you ever made up your mind by wha
name you will call Christ when you meet hin
in heaven? You know he has many names
VIII you call him Jesus, or the Annointet
One, or the Messiah, or will you take some o
the symbolical names which on earth yol
learned from your Biblel
Wandering some day in the garden Of Goo
on high, the place a-bloom with eternal spring
tide, infinite luxuriance of rose, and lily, an,
amaranth, you may look up into his face ant
say: MY Lord, thou art the rose of Sharon
and the lily Of the valley"
Some day, as a soul comes up from eartl
to takes its place in the armament, and shin,
as q star for ever and ever, and the luster o
useful life shall beam forth tremulous anC
beautiful, you may look up into the face o.