Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-02-27

| of Christ you would have TO burn up al
the Bibles and all the churches on
| earth, and then in a spirit OF universal
arson go through the gate OF HeaVeh,
and put a torch to the temples ana tne
towers and the palaces, n aiter an
that city was wrapped in awfui con
iagration, and the citizens came OUT
and gazed on the ruin-eVen then Iney
would hear that name in the thunder OF
falling tower and the crash OF crumbnng
wall, and see it inwrought in the nylng
banners of flame, and the redeemed OF
the Lord on high would be happy yee
and cry out: "Let the palaces n the
temples burn, we have Jesus ieit!@
Blessed be His glorious name forever
and ever. The name that is above every
name."
Have you ever made up your mind by
what name you will call Christ when
you meet Him in Heaven? You know
He has many names. VIII you call Him
Jesus, or the Amounted One, or the
Messiah, or will you take some OF the
symbolical names which on earth you
learned from your BibleP
Wandering some day in the garden OF
God on high, the place abloom with
eternal spring-tide, infinite lrxuriance
of rose, and lily, and amaranth, you may
look up into His face and say: My
Lord, Thou art the Rose of Sharon, n
the Lily of the valley"
Some day, as a soul comes up from
earth to take its place in the armament,
and shine as a star for ever and ever,
and the luster of a useful life shall shine
forth tremulous and beautiful, you may
look up into the face of Christ and say:
"My Lord, Thou art a brighter star
the morning star-a star forever.
Wandering some day amid the foun-
tains of life that toss in the sunlight
and fall in crash of peal and amethyst
in golden and crystalline urn, and you
wander up 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 wolish wilderness to the sfeepfold
above, you may look up into His loving
and watchful eye, and say: my Lord,
Thou art tho shepherd of the %everlast'
ing hills"
But there is another name you may
select. | will i'm agine that Heaven is
done. Every throne has its king.
Every harp has its harper. Heaven has
gathered up every thing 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
ahre with splendor the domes of the
temples, and burnish the golden streets
into a blaze and be reflected back from
the solid pearl of the twelve gates and
IL will be noon in Heaven, noon on tho
river, noon on the hills, noon in all the
valleys-high noon. Then the soul may
look up, gradually accustoming itself
TO the vision, shading the eyes as from
the almost insufferable splendor of the
MONDAY light, until the vision can en-
dure it, then crying out: ''rhou art the
sun that neve setsl"
At this point l am staggered with the
thought hat Notwithstanding all the
charm in the name Of Jesus, and the
fact that 1t is so easy a name, and so
beautiful a name, and so potent a name,
and so enduring a name, there are peo-
pie who find no charm in those two syl-
o, come this day and see whether
there is any thing in Jesus. / challenge
those OF you who are further from God
to come at the close of this service and
test with me whether God is good, and
is gracious, and the Holy Spirit
Is omnipotent. challenge you to come
and kneel down with me at the altar Of
mercy. l 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
of Jesus-you pronouncing it, |
pr%onouncing 1.-THE name that is above
every anne.
His worth II all the nations knew,
Sure the whole earth would love him too.
o, that God to-day, by the power of
holy spirit, would roll over you a
vision of that blessed Christ, and you
would begin to weep and pray and be-
ieve and rejoice. You have heard Of
warrior who went out TO fight
Christ. He knew he was in the
wrong, and while waging the war
the kingdom of Christ, an arrow
struck him and he fell. 1t pierced him
n the heart, and lying there, his face to
he sun, his life blood running
lway, he caught a handful Of the blood
hat was rushing out in his right hand,
md helditup before the sun and cried out:
% Jesus, Thou hast conqueredv' And if
o-day the arrow of Gods spirit piercing
'our soul, you felt the truth of what l
laye been trying to proclaim, you would
surrender now and forever to the Lord
Who bought you. Glorious namel l know
lot whether you will accept it or not;
tut / will tell you one thing here and now,
n the presence Of angels and men, l take