The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-02-07
Jesus. I love 4'hy charming name,
'Tis Music to my ear;
fain wculi | sound it out 40 loud
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You have noticed that it is impossible to dis.
socinte nnme from the person who las the
name. So there are names that are to mo
rernlsive-T do not want to hear them at all
while those very names are attractive to you.
Why the difference? It is because I happen
cross, md sour, md snappish, and qneer,
while the persons you used to know by those
nnmes were pleasant and attractive. Az Ts
cannot dissociate O name from the person
who holds tho 'naIMe, that %tan.ideration
kcsChrist name "a aNnspeakably beautiful.
No'sooner is 1t pronounced in your presence
tllany you think Of Bethlehem, and Gethsemane,
and hear the tender voice and feel the gentle
touch. You sec Jesus, the one who. though
bannnctinc with heavenly llieralclr, came
down to breakfast on the fish that rougl,
men had just hauled out Of GSncssaret;
Jesus the one, xh9, though the clouds are
the dust Of his feet, walked f0otsore on to
the rpad to EmmnHs: just as aoon a. that
think OF how the shining one gave back the
centurion's daughter, and how he helped tho
blind man to sunlight. and how he made tho
crpple's crutces useless, and how he looked
down into the babes laughing eyes. and, az
the little one struggled to 90 to him, flung
,It his arms around It and impressed II low.
Jesus! 1t stands for love. for patisnre, for
kindness for forhcarunce, for seIf sacriace for
mngnnnimity. ltis aromatic with oil tlG
odors and accordant with hu 'f,armo0ies.
Sometimcs l. ses' the nnins 'kbd' the letter.
seem 70 bs'mnde out of tears, and then agnia
they look We cleaning crowns: sametins:
tho straw on which lie Iay, and then an
though built out Of the thrones on which
His people shall reign. Sometimes sound
that word "Jesux," and hear coming
through the two syl1ables the sigh of Geth.
semane md the groan of Calvary: and again
! sound it, and II is nll a-ripple With gIndnsss,
mud airing with liasnnan. z axe nll the glo.
ries OF book bindery md put them around
the page where that named 10 printed. On
Christmas morning wreathe it on the wall.
Let il drip from the hnrp's string md thun-
der out in organs dinpasUn. Sound II often,
sound it well, until every stor shall ssem to
shine it and every flower shall seem to breathe
it, and mountnin and aea, nnd day and night,
"Blesscd Ike his glorious name forever. The
name that 10 above every nnme."
Jesus, the name high over all
In heaven and earth and sky.
To the repenting soul, to the'exhaustsd in.
valid, to the Sunday school girl, to the snow
white octogcnariun,it is beaatlui. The old
man comes in rom ling walk and tremblingi
y opens the door. mid hnhkb hia Aat on tke
o!d mil, annd'sets bis cane w ,ths IsAnl corner
iS Snd ns;,aaT ss aaTA SH auSai, eaust aad says t.
dssES : nc,s aIn going to leay: you. They say
Il am going to Jesus" And 10 the old man
faints away into heaven. The little child
comes in from play md throws herself o:
ap psjes es say. X.a MG;a % s = .,e
Vie lever is worse and worse, until 10 soms
midnight she locke pp into your face and
snys s away Nf%mg o% gsSa W.
I'm going Il Jesps md tha red ei.sk Which,
yau thought was the mark of the fever, only
turns out to be the carnstion bloom ofheav.
en-! Oh. yes; It 10 O sweet name spoken by
the lips OF childhood, spoken by the old man.
Still iurther; it is mighty name. Roths.
world, Cuvier In the scientific world. Irving
n powerful name In the literary world, Wnsh.
ngton nn influential name in the political
world, Wellington mighty name in, oil the
military world: but tell mo any pamt in oil
the earth 30 potent 10 awe, ard VT, and,
thrill. and rouse. and ngitate, and b!as-, ~
this nnme af 1esns.f That ono' word 'uh.
h0sscl Sarl. and flung. Newton ON his fdGe
bin ships deck land to!duy hold 400, OOO, 900
III the rnco with omnipoteht kpsI,. That
hnmrin Enxldnd to-day 'uesns a1re than
VEs1ria: IN GsrMany, meanp moro than Em.
peror William: in France, means more than
Carnot; in Italy, means moro than Humbert
OF the present or Garibaldi Of the pnst. :.
have seen . man bound han3 and foot id
sin, satan his herd task master, ~ b8nd.
ago from which 10 human power could de.
liver him. and yet at the pronunciation Of
that one word he dashed down bis chaiSs
npd' marched opt fofeysr fref. rAaSs ssen d
man oyerVhelllasd Elth disastSE, the last
hapa dad. the last light gone out; that
pams pronounced il his hearing, fha
sea dropped, the clouds acatiara snd =
ssaisSpst II. sar, Fl .s. st.!es! rel ssdn' 'eD'''
.a-": ... man hardened In in.
..s"ty, defiant Of God, full II scor and
jeer, jocose ot the Judgment, reckless Of an
unending eternity, at the mere pronunciatioA
Of that name blanch, and cover, and quake,
and pray, and soo, andkroan, and believe.
und rejoice. o. 1t u o mighty namsl At its
utterance the last wall Of sin will fall. tile lost
temple of superstition crumble. the last jug.
gernaut Of cruelty crash to pieces. That
name will first make all the earth tremble
and then 1t will n1eks the nations sing. 1t Il
to be the pssswoA at every gate Of honor
the insignia Of oaSpssry Aag, tho battle'shon'
in'eysry eonakt: Al ~ millions q th,