The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-02-13


above all ind more than all, that nam,
Will be embalmed in the memory o
all the good of earth and all the grea
ones of heaven. Will the delivered d
bondman of earth ever forget who
freed him? Will the blind man O
earth forget who gave him sight2 vii
the outcast of earth forget who brought
him homer No! NJ!
10 destroy the memory oft !lat rnmc
OF Christ, you would have to burr /,
all The Bibles and all the churches on
earth. and then in a spirit of :. .yer.
sal arson go through Inc gate Of heav.
+ en-, and put Il torch to the temples and
! 1he towers and the palaces, and after
All that city w"s wrapped in awful
contlagrati0n, and tho citiZluS came
out and gazed on the ruin-cyen then.
they would hear that name in the
thunder OF falling tower and the crash
OF crumb,ing wall, and sec it i'll
wrought il the flying banners offlame
9nd 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" "BIesscd he his
glorious name for ever and ever. The
name thai is above cVrry namc.N
Have you ever maic up your mind
by VIII Il name you will call Christ
when You meet him in heaven? You
Know he has many names. viii YOU
call him Jesus. or the Anointcd One,
or 'he Messiah, or will YOU take some
OF The symbolcal names which on
earth you learned from your BibIep
Wandering some day in the garden
OF God on high, the place a.bloom
with eternal springtide, infinite lux
nriance of rose and lily and amarauth.
you may lOol up into his face and say:
My Lord, thou art the rose of Sharon
and the lily Gf the valley"
Some day, as soul comes uo from
earth to take its place in the firma-
mont end shine as star for ever and
ever, and the luStcr Of useful life
shall beam forth tremulous and beau
tiful, you may look up into the face Of
Christ and say: my Lord, thou art q
brighter star-thc morning star-a
star forever.'
Wandering some day amid the foun-
talns OF life that toss in the sunlight
and f. i'll crash ofpcarl and amethyst
III golden and crystalline urn, and YOU
wander up the round banked river to
whore it first tiEgles 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 OF
Christ and say: "My Lord, thou art
the foundation Of living water"
Some day, wandering amid the
lambs and sheep in the heavenly pas
ture3, feeding by the rock rejoicing in
the presence Of him who brought YOU
out OF the woltish wilderness TO tho
sheepfold above, you may look up into
his loving and Watchful eye and saw
MY Lord, thou art The shepIterd oj
the everlasting hills" @ Ssssn.
But there is another name you may
select. will imagine that heaven is
done. Every throne has its king.
Every harp has it, harper. Heaven
has gathered up everything that is
worth having. The treasures Of the
whole universe have poured into it.
The song full. The ranks full. The
mansions full. Heaven full. The sun
shall set aiire with splendor the domes
of the temples, an / burnish the golden
streets into a blaze, and be reflected
back from the solid pearl of the twelve
gates, and 1t shall be noon in heaven.
noon on the river, noon on the hills,
noon in all the valleys-high noon.
Then the soul may look up, gradually
aCcustOIning itself to the vision, shad-
ing the eyes as from the almost insult.
icrable aplcndor Of the noonday iitht
until the vision can endure il, then
crying out: "Thou art the SUN that
never Setsi'
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 q
name, and so enduring a name, there
are people who find no charm in those
two syllablcS. O, come this day and
see whether there is anything in Jesus
l challenge those of you who are far
Their from God to como at the close OF
! this service and test with ne whether
God Is good and Christ is gracious, anC
the Holy Spirit is omnipotent. / chal-
lenge you to come and kncel dOWr
with me at the altar Of mercy. | vii
kneel on one side Of the altar and yOr
kneel on tho other side of it, and Meth
er of US will rise up until our sins ar,
forgiven, and we ascribc, in the Word
Of the text, all honor to the name o
Jesus you pronouncing it pronounc
ing 1.-THE name that is above every
namo.
His worth ifali the nations knew.
Sure the whole cartn would love him toe
O that God today, by the power O
his Holy Spirit, would roll over YOU
vision OF that Elessed Christ, and Vo,
would begin to weep and pray and be
lieve and rejoice. You haye card @
the warrior who went out to Ggh
against Christ. He knew he was in tn
wrong, and while waging an war Il,
row struck him and he fell. Itpierce
him in the heart, and lying there, hi
face to the sun, his life blood runnin
away, he caught Il handful ofthU bloc
that was rushing out in his right hanG
and hcld it up before the sun and erie
out: 20 Jesus, thou hast conquered!
And if to-day the arrow Of Gods spiri
piercing your soul, you felt the trut
} OF what have been trying to proclaim
you would surrender now and forGvc
to the Lord who bought you. Glorou
name! know not whether you wi
accept it or not; butI will tell you on
thing here and now, in the prcsenc
of angels and men-I take him to b
} my Lord, my God, my pardon, m
peace, my life, my Joy, my salvation
my heaven! blessed be his gloriou
name forever. 7 he name that is aboy
every name" "Hallelujah! unto hir
that sittcth upon the throne and unit