The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-02-07

earth to take its place in the ornament,
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 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 up to 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 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
presence of Him who brought you out of
| the wolfish wilderness to the sheepfold
above. you may look up into His loving
and watchful eye and say: My Lord,
Thou art the shepherd of the everlasting
| hills"
But there is another name you may So
| lect. l will imagine that Heaven is
done. Every throne has it's king. Ev-
cry harp has its harper. Heaven has
gathered up every thing that is worth
having. The treasures of the whole uni
verse have poured into it. The song
full. The ranks full. The mansions
full. Heaven full. The sun shall set
| al, ha 90 lo
temples, and FURNISH the golden streets
and be reflected back by 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, grad
ually accustoming itself to the vision,
shading the eyes as from the almost in
siderable splendOr of the MONDAY light,
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 il is so easy a name, and so beauti-
| full q name, and so potent name and
so enduring a name, there are people
who find no charm in those two sylla-
| bles. OcOme this day and see whether
there is any thing i'll Jesus. challenge
| those of you who are farther 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 / challenge you to come
! and kneel 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 1T, l
pronouncing 1.-THE name that is above
every name.
| His WORTH IL 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 a
vision of that blessed Christ, and you
would begin to weep, and pray, and be-
lieve, 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 to the heart,
and lying there, his face to the sun, his
life blood running away, he caught a
handful of the blood that was rushing
out in his right hand, and held it up
before the sun and cried out: 20, Jesus,
Thou hast conquered" And If to-day
the arrow of Gods spirit piercing your
soul, you felt the truth of what l have
been trying to proclaim, you would sur
render now and forever to the Lord who
bought you. Glorious name! l 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,
l take Him to be my Lord, my God, my
pardon, my peace. my life. my joy, my
salvation, my heaven. blessed be his
glorious name" ''Halleluiah! unto
Him that stitch upon the throne and
unto the Lamb for ever and ever. Amen
and amen and amen"