Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-02-06

Dr.. Talmage on the Manifold
Beauties of the Name Jesus.
Name Easy to Speak and of Wonderful
Power-BeautifuI Alike to Young and
Old ChrEstians-Au the Earth to
Sing Its Praises.

Dewitt Talmage the vessel upon which
1e was passenger stopped at Queens
own and the distinguished divine took
advantage of the opportunity to preach.
His subject was what Is In a name?"
and his text, Philippians ii, 9: "a name
which is above every name" The emf
nent preacher said:
On my way from the Holy Land, and
while wait for the steamer to resume
her voyage to America, preach to you
from this text, which was one of PauPs
rapturous and enthusiastic descriptions
of the name of Jesus. By common
proverb we have come to believe that
there is nothing in name. and so par
ents sometimes present their children
for baptism regardless of the title given
them, and not thinking that that partic-
ular title will be either hindrance or a
help. Strange mistake. You have no
right to give to your child name that
is lacking either in euphony or in moral
meaning. 1t is sin for you to call your
child Jehoiakim or Tiglath-Pileser. Be
cause you yourself may have an exasper-
ating name is no reason why you
should give it to those who come
after you. But how often we have seen
some name, filed with jargon, rafting
down from generation to generation,
simply because some one a long while
ago happened to be afflicted with it. In
situations and enterprises have some
times with sufficient deliberation taken
their nomenclature. Mighty destinies
have been decided by the significance of
a name. There are men who all their
life long toll and tussle to get over the
influence of some unfortunate name.
While we may, through right behavior
and Christian demeanor, outlive the fact
that we were baptized by the name of a
despot, or an infidel, or a cheat, how
much better it would have been if we all
could have started life without any such
ncumbrance. When l find the apostle,
in my text and in other parts of his
writing, breaking out in Inscriptions of
admiration in regard to the name OF
Jesus, want to inquire what are some
of the characteristics of that appellation?
And o, that the Saviour Himself, while
speak, might fill me with His own
presence, for we never can tell to others
that which we have not ourselves felt.
First, this name of Jesus is an easy
name. Sometimes we are introduced to
people whose name is so long and I'M
pronounceable that we have sharply to
listen and to hear the name given to us
two or three times before We venture to
speak it. But within the first two years
the little child clasps its hands and
looks up and SAYS Jesus" Can it be,
among all the families represented here
to-day, there is one household where the
little one speaks of father" and ''moth-
err and ''brother," and SISTER" and
not of 1.-The name which is above every
name?" Sometimes we forget the titles
of our very best friends, and we have to
| pause and think before we can recall the
name. But can you imagine any freak
of intellect in which you could forget
| the Saviour's designation? That word
Jesus seems to fit the tongue in every
dialect. When the voice in old age gets
| feeble and tremulous and indiStinct, still
! the regal word has potent utterance.
Jesus, love Thy charming name,
| IT'S music to nay ear,
Fain would sound it forth so loud
| That Heaven and earth might hear.
Still further, remark it is beautiful
name. You have noticed that it is i'm
possible to dissociate name from the
person who has the name. So there are
names that are to me repulsive-I do not
want to hear them at all-while those
very names are attractive to you. Why
| the difference? 1t is because l happen
to know persons by those names who
are cross, and sour, and snappish, and
queer, while the persons you used tC
know by those names were pleasant and
| attractive AS we cannot diSSoclate q
name from the person who holds the
name. that consideration makes Christ's
name so unspeakably beautiful. Nc
sooner is it pronounced in your presence
than you think of Bethlehem and Geth
semane, and GolgOths, and you see the
loking face, and hear the tender voice
and feel the gentle touch. You see Je-
sus, the one who, though banqueting
with heavenly hierarchs, came down t.
breakfast on the fish that rough mel
had lust hauled out of Genessaret; Je
sus, the one who, though the clouds are
the dust of His feet, walked footsore OF
the road to Emmsus.
Just as soon as that name is pro
nounced in your presence you think o.
how the shining one gave back the cen
turion's daughter, and how He helped
the blind man to the sunlight, and how
He made the cripple's crutches useless
and how He looked down into the babe!
laughing eyes, and, as the little one
struggled to go to Him, flung out Hi!
arms around it and impressed loving
kiss on its brow, and said: ''Of such l!
the Kingdom of Heaven" Beautiful
| name-Jesus! 1t stands for love, for pa
thence. for kindness, for forbearance, TO
self-sacrifice, for magnanm1ty. 1t Il
aromatic with all odors and accordan
| with all harmonieS. Sometimes L SCI
that name, and the letters seem to b'
made out of tears, and then again the!
look like cleaning crowns. Sometime
! they seem to me as though twisted GU
of the straw on which He lay, and theI
as though built out of the thrones OF
which His people shall reign. Some
times I sound that word Jesus" and
/ hear coming through the two syllable
the sigh of Gethsemane and the groa1
of Calvary; and again 1 sound /
and it is all a-ripple with gladness ant
a-ringing with hosanna- Take all thu
glories of book bindery and put then
around the page where that name L
printed. On Christmas morning wreatl
it on the wall. Let it drip from harp
strings and thunder out in organs dap
ason. Sound it often, sound it well, IN
til every star shall seem to shine it, ant
every flower shall seem to breath it, ant