The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-02-13
THE POWER OF A NAME.
DIR TAI.MAGE breaches DUR
INCA DELAY OF THE SHIP.

Tho Music and Magic of Two short sylin
bIcs Thnt Fit,ths Tongue in Every Diu
lec,-Tho Importance OF Apprspri"t
Applications
QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 26.-Wh le th
steamer Auranin, from Liverpool, wa
lying in this hArbor n few hours toda.
waiting for the mails, many OF the pas
sengers wcut ashore. The Re- =, DE-
Witt Talmage, ID. ID, MAS amC !: the
number, and took advantage # tht
opportunity to preach. His HnhjcCt
was, "Wbat is in name" and his text
Philippians ii, 8: GA name which i:
above every name." Tho e'irr'.'
preacher said:
On my way from the holy Land,
and while l wait for the steamer TO re-
sumo her voyage 10 America, preach
to you from this t"xt, which WAS one
OF Paul's rapturouS aud O. lhuai"stic
d ,cripjioHs Of the nam" OF Jr,us By
c. nmon proverb We have c"r,o to be
lieve that there is n.lh:n- ~ l nrr'c,
and - parents sQn,etine, present lMcir
children FIR baptism Ir':ardIr ri the
hamnG.Ve hen, and II II thinking that
that particular title w;! bc either a
hirdranu.. or y lelp. -trauge mis-
tnkv Yuu lave 40 riEht 10 give to
Noli child a name that is lacking
either in cup cny or i'll moral
mrn'.iuI. II Il a sin Tor you
to cal your child Jehoiakim or Zig
la,h.piteser. Because you yourself may
hav@ IL eXaSptrating name Is no rca
seu why S'.t' shoHid give it to those
who come .ii,.r. But now often we
have seen soiar n"me, filled with jar
gon, raltlinN dow'! from generation 10
gcm"ratloD, Sinrly because some nHc a
loHa while Hgo happened to be afflicted
wish it. Institutions am! enterprises
have son,llmcs without sufficient de
liberation 'aken their nomenclature.
Nj LhtS ;lcS;iRies have hcen decided by
the 'i@hiiicanco eta nalue, There are
n1tH Whn ali their life long toll and
ul,sir 10 yet over t:!e influence Of some
unE,.luiiate na!nc. While We may,
through right behavior and Christian
z,te tnlennOr, Uutlivo the factlhNt we were
+: Dn)'istL :'% the uaiue Ola hGspot, or
ali iniiG>', era cheat, how much bet
ter it w,Il!: have been il we all could
have $t~rtvi life without any such en-
cun,'nancc. When l find tEaapostle,
i'll NY text AMI III other parts of his
WIilr2, breaking out in Inscriptions of
admiru:ii;t III regard 10 the name
Of Jc-u", ! ~tni 10 inquire what are
s,,',c ii he character st;cS Of that np-
pcIiation. Ard ., that tie Savior
h'Inst!f, " iiie | speak, might fill me
with bis own presence, for We never
car eel 10 others That which we have
n i ourselves felt.
First, this name Of Jesus is IN easy
name. Sometimes we arc Introduced
TO people whose name is SO ion!; and
uupronounGenhic that we have sharply
t." IS' en-, "jd TO hear the name given
/, ~ two ur three times, before we
vtEiHre IL speak il. But within The
frs TIVE years The littlo child clasps
its bnud~, a"d looks up, anG says, "Je-
sus Can i. be-, amid all tire faEl!ics
represented hero today, there is Ole
Aons, hold where the little ones speak
Of ''lathe,' aud mother" AID ", roth
er," and "si~ter," and not of the name
which is q owe every name?' So.c-
1iu~S we forget iNo title o! our ve'y
bet t2iends, ari We have to pause
AID think before We call tina name
Bal can you Imagine any freak Of
IN elect in which you could forget
'.jr@us" seeins TO iil the tongue in
every dale. t. When the voice in old
a.. gets feeble, and tremuInus, and
iohi-tinct, still this regal word has po-
tent ut teranCe.
j. sus, iOvc thy charming name:
~ - music to my ear;
Ea" went ! sound il out so loud
Thai heaven aud caIth might hear
s,i,I further: remark it is y beau
tiful lame. You hayc noticed that
it is INA xpoa~,htG to dissocinte name
trum the p,'rson who has the name.
50 there are names that are to mo re
pulsivo-I DO not like to hear them
while those very names are attractive
70 you Why tho difference? 1t is
because happen to know persons by
those lalGcs Tho are cross, and sour,
and snappi,h, and queer, while the
persons you used TO know by those
names were pleasant and attractive.
As VIC cannot diSsOciate Il name from
the person who holds the name, that
consideration makes Christ's name so
unspenkably beautiful. No sooner is
II pronounced in your presence than
You think Of Bethlehem and Gethscm-
nnc and Goigotha, and you see the
loving face, hear the tender voice, and
feel tho gentle tonch. You see Jesus,
the one w,o, though banquetinY with
heavenly hicrarchs, came down to
breakiaa: on the Esh that rough men
had just hauled out Of Gcrcssaret; Je-
sus, the one who thou IN the clouds
are the dust Of his feet, walked foot
sore on the road to Emmaus Ju.t as
soon as that name is pronounced in
your presence you think Of how the
shining one gave back ihe centurion's 8
daughter, ana how he helped the
blind man to sunlight, and how he
made the cripp!c's crutcHcs useless,
and how he looked down into the
babes laughing eyes. and, ns the little
one struggled TO go to him, flung out
his arms around it and Impressed a
loving kiss on its brow, and said: "Oi
auch is the kingdom ofheaven." Beau.
tfui name --.Ie.,ual II stan:S for love
for patience, for Kindness for forbear
ance, for self sacrifice, for magnanimi
ty. 1t is aromatic wits all odors and
accordant with AL harm oOics. Some