The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-02-13

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gladness and ring with hosann'
Take all the glories Of book binder
and put them around the page wher
that name is printod On Christina
morning wreathe 1t on tho wall.
Let it trip from harp's string nu
thunder out in organs diapasor
Sound it often, sound it well, unit
every star shall seem to shine It, on,
every flower hall seem to breathe il
and mountain and sea, and day an,
night, and earth and heaven acclaim
in full chant: blessed be his glorious
name forever. The name that is abov,
every name"
| Jesus the name high over all
| In heaven and earth and sky
10 the repentiug soul, to The ex-
hauSted invalid, to the Sum,:ay schuo
grl, to the snow white uctogcnariar
it is beautiful. The old man comes ir
from 81 long walk, and trembiingl,
opens the doors, and hangs his hat OF
| the old nail, and sets his cane in the
| usual corner and lies down on a coucl
| aud says to his children aud grand
children: "My dears, | am going &c
leave Nou." They say: "Wh; where
are YOU going, grandtather?' "I am
going 10 Jesu5." An 50 the old man
taintS away into hetven. The little
child c~mes in from play and throws
herself on your lap and says: "Mam-
ma, ain SO sick, am SO sick" And
you put her 70 bed. aud the fever is
worse and wose, until in some mid
night she looks up into Your face AID
says: Mamma, kiss me gOod-bV,
am going away from you" Aud you
say: "MY dear, where are YOU 1uinu
lo?' Aud she says: Il am going to
Jesus And the red check which YOU
thought was the mark of the fever,
only turns out to be the Carnation
bloom Of heaven! Oh, yes; it is a
sweet name spoken by the lips.
Still further; is Il mighty name.
Rothschlld IS potent name in the
commercial world, Cuvier in the sci
entlIic world, Irving a powerful name
in tho literary world, Washington an
influential name in the political world
Wellington a mighty name in the mil
itary world; but tell me any name in
ali the earth so potent to awe, and
hlt, and thrill. and rouse, and asilate,
and blcss, "a this name of Jesus. That
one word endorsed Saul, aud flung
Newton on his face on ships deck,
and today holds 4OO,OOO,O0O of the
race with omnipotent spell That name
in England today means moro than
Victoria; in Germany, means more
than Emperor William; in France,
means more than Carnot; in Italy,
means Eoro than Hum bert of the pres
ent or Garibaldi Of the past. / havo
seen man bound hand and foot in
SIN, Satan his hard task master, in, O
bondage from which no human power
could deliver him, and yet at the
pronunciation Of that one word he
dashed down his chains and marched
out forever free. / have seen a man
overwhelmed with disaster, the lest
hope fed, the last light gone out; chat
name pronounced in his hearing, the
sea dropped, the clouds scattered, and
sunburst Of eternal &ladness poured
into his soul. | have seen u man
hardened in inlidelity, defiant of God,
full Of scoff and jeer, jocose Of the
Judgment. reckless of an unendinG
eternity, at the mere pronunciation OF
that name blanch, and cover, and
quake, and pray, and sob, and groan,
and believe, and rejoice. 0, it is p
mighty name! At its utteranCe the last
well of sin will fall, the last temple of
superstition crumble, the last Juggcr-
naut of cruelty crash to pieces That
name will first make all the earth
tremble, and then it will make all Che
nations sing 1t is to be the password
at every gate of honor, the insignia on
every flag, the battle shout in every
conflict. All the millions Of the earth
arc to know it. The red horse of car
mage seen in apocalyptic vision, and
the black horse Of death, are to fall
back Oh their launches, and the white
horse ofvictory will go forth, mounted
by him who hath the moon under his
feet, and the stars Of heaven for his
tiara Other dominions seem to be
giving out; this seems to be eaiarging
Spain has had to give up much Of its
dominion Austria las been won
dcr!ully depleted in power France
| had 10 surrender some of her MvoritC
| provinces. Most Of the thrones of the
| world are being lowered, and most o
| tins SCcpters Of the world aSe being
| shortened; but over, Bible printed
every tract distributed, every Sunday
school class taught, every school foun
| ded, every church established, is ex-
tending the power of Christ's name
That namo has already been spoker
under the Chinese wall, and ia Sii er
ian snow castle, in Brazilian grove ant
in eastern pagoda. That name is tt
swallow up all other names. Tha
empire is to absorb all Other DONNA
| tiOnS.
Ali crimes shall cease. and ancIont fraud
| shall r%;;,
Returning Justice lift aloft hel scale;
| Pence DER Tie world her olivO w md extend
And Whit robed innocence from. heaven de
! SCend.
Still further: it Is au enduring name
! You Chamber over the fence OF tn
graveyard and pull aside the weeds
and you see the faded inscription o.
the tombstone. That was the mana
of n man who once ruled all that tow
The mightic3t names Of the worl
have either persisted or are perishing
Gregory VI, SanchO of Spain, Gonra
Of Germany, Richard l of England
! Louis XVI of France, Catharine {
! Russia-mighty names once, tha
, made the Worl2 tremble; but nov
none so poor rs to do them reverence
! and to the great mass OF tho peOpl
, they NJ can absolutely nothing; the
never heard Of them But the nam
! Of Christ is to endure forever. IL wi
f be perpetuated trt, for there will b
Other Bcllnis to uepict the Madonna
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