The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-05-22
THE ASCENSION
AS TREATED IL THE TABERNACLE
PULPIT.

rho Rcv. Dr. II. Dewitt TnImngo breaches
on tn" >rccnslon of Our Lord From tho
Moua' - olives.
After reading appropriate passages
OF Scripture, and tho usual prayers
and musical exercises, DR.. Talmagc
preached the following sermon, in
the Academy OF Music, Sunday morn
ing, from the words, Lift up your
nnads, o ye gates; and be yc lifted up
se everlasting doors; and the King Of
Glory shall come in." Psa. 24:7.
In olden times when Il great con-
QucrOr returned from victorious var,
the people i'll wild transport would
take hold Of the gates of the city and
lift them from their hinges, rs much
aus to sny: "This city needs no more
gates to defend it since this conquer
or has got homc. Off from the Inn
gcs with the gates" David, who
WAS the poet Of poets, fOrctcllS in his
own way the tl'iumphal entrance Of
Christ INTO heaven, after His victory
over sin and death and hell. 1t was
us if tho celestial inhabitants kad
said: $'.Hcrc He comes! Make way
for him! Push back the bolts Of di-
nmonl! Take hold OF the doors Of
pearl and hoist them from their hin
".& Of gold! Lift up your heads, .
We gates; and be We lifted Up, Sc ever
lasting doors: and tic hinS Of Glory
shall come in.
Among the mountMirS Cf Palestine
no one IS nor" uplifting than Noun
Dliyct. lt WAS tie pclor&tion of Our
Lords min;stry. On the roof Of u
hou#" IN Jerusalem / asked, (which
is Ohvrt!" and the first glance .rans-
fixed me. But how shall L describe
my emotions, when, near the close of
u journey. III which we had for two
nights cncampcd amid tho shattered
masonry of old Jericho, and tasted of
;hc nrri,l waters Of the Dead sea-. that
crystal sirropllnglls of the plain, and
WaIcd down into the deep and swift
Jordan to baptiHc nlall. and visited
the ruins Of the house Of Mary and
Maith III, and Lazarus, we found our
selves III Stlrrul,S and on II horse,
lnth"rcd with the long and difficult
way, l3rcmdng Mount Olivct. Oh.
thai solemn and suggestive ridge, II
is q limestone hill, II milo in length
and three hundred feet high, and
twenty seven hundred feet above the
level Of the sc;t. Over it King David
fed with Il broken heart. Over it
Pnmpry led his devastating hosts
Hcr" tnc fano,la Tcnth Legion built
their batteries III brSicycmcnt. The
garden of Gcthscmanc wecpS at the
foot Of it. Along the base OF this
Jill flashed the lanterns and torches
of those who came to arrest Jesus.
From the trees on this hill tho boughs
were torn off and thrown into the
path o; CHRIST S triumphal procession.
Up and down that road jesus had
walked twice day from Bethany to
Jrrus Alcm, and from Jerusalem TO
Bethany. There, again and again.
lie had taught Ills liscipleH Half
way up THIS mount He uttered His
lumcn1ution, 80 Jerusalem, Jcllisn-
lem" From It's heights Jesus took
flight hOmcWard when Hr haI finish
cd His earthly mission. There is
nothing more for him to do. a sac
rlice was needed to make peace be-
tween the recrcant earth and the
outraged heaven, and He had offered
il. Death needed to be conquered,
and He had put his resurrection foot
upon it. The thirty-thrcc years Of
voluntary exile had ended The
grandcst, tcndercst, mighticst good
bye ever heard was now to be utter
ed.
On Mount Olivct Jesus stands in u
OF A,,1
had been together in many scenes of
sadness and persecution and had
been the moro cndcared by that
brotherhood Of suffering They had
expected Him to stay until tho day
Of coronation when He would take
the earthly throne and wave a sccp-
tire mighticr, and rule u dominion
wider, than any Pharaoh, than any
Caesar. But now all these unticipa-
tions collapse. Christ has given His
last advice. fIc has offered his last
sympathy. He has spoken His last
word. His hands are spread apart ",
""r IS apt to Ho'Nhcn h" pronounce.
,.nnnn"rsonltetion, when suddenly tht
81 II IND and NEST SiuprndCuS !aV
II ;s t ho ,n", ,v W. WWorliH is shattered
were created, holds "'rr thcm '''t to%ct MT'ic Ct,
1t is the law which holds ,,'oE,'th .u3tI w. ~,
to the earth on, temporarTilEv' TilE''iv,.Ii'' i',.I"
from earth, returns it; the Inv n''Ii' n'I,;'H
keeps the planets whirling arn,,. %,,v'
other systems, and all the system
whirling around the throne Of God
the law is suspended, or relaxed, O
broken, to let the body Of Jesus g
That law had laid hold Of HIM thin
ty-thrcc years before, when He dt
seconded. it had relaxed it's grip {
Him but once, and That when 1t dc
clncd TO sink Him from the top {
the waves on Lake Galilcc, on whic
He walked, TO the bottom Of tn
lake. That law of grnvitation mus
now give way to Him who madcth
law. 1t may hold the other star
but it cannot longer hold the Nor,
ing Star of the Redemption. 1t N.
hold the MONDAY sun, but it cam,
hold the Sun of righteousness. III
fingers of that law arc about to opc
to let go the most illustrious Bc'in
tho world had ever seen and who,
it had worst maltreatcd. The st. Ons
est law Of nature which philosopher
ever weighed or measured must ,