The Opelousas courier., 1890-04-05

to surrender some OF her favorlte provinces,
Most of the thrones of the world are being
lowered, and most of the sceptres of the world
are being shortened; but every Bible printed,
every tract distributed, every Sunday-school
class taught, every school founded, every
church established, is extending the power
of Christ's name. That name has already
been spoken under the Chinese wall, and in
Siberian snow castle, in Brazilian grove and
in eastern pagoda. That name is to swallow
up all other names. That crown is to
cover up all other crowns. That empire Is to
absorb all other Nominations.
All crimes shall cease, and ancient frauds shall
fail,
Returning Justice lift aloft her scale;
Peace DER the world her olive wand extend.
And white robed innocence from heaven descend.
Still further: it is an enduring name. You
Chamber over the fence of the graveyard and
pull away the weeds, and you see the faded
inscription on the tombstone. That was the
name of a man who once ruled all that
town. The mightiest names of the world
Gregory VI, Sancho Of Spain, Conrad
I. of Germany, Richard ]. of Eng.
land, Louis XVI. of France, Catharine Of
R~ussia-mighty names once, that made tho
world tremble; but now, none SO poor as to
do them reverence, and to the great mass OF
they never heard of them. But the name Of
Christ is to endure forever. 1t will be per
petuated in art, for there will be other Beln
Iinis to depict the Madonna; there will be
other Ghirlandjos to represent Christ's bap-
tismi there will be other Bronzinos to show
us Christ visiting the spirits in prison; other
Giottos to appall our sight with the crucifix-
ion. The name will be preserved in song, for
there will be other Alexander Popes to write
the messiah" other DR.. Youngs to portray
His triumph, other Cowpers to sing His love.
1t will be preserved in costly and magnificent
architecture, for Professionalism as well as
Catholicism is yet to have its st. Marks and
its st. Peters. That name will be preserved
in the literature Of the world, for already it
is embalmed ia the best books, and there will
be other DR.. Paleys to write the Evidences
of Christianity" and other Richard Baxters
to describe the Saviour's coming to judg-
ment. But above all, and more than all, that
name will be embalmed in the memory of all
the good of earth and all the great ones of
heaven. Will the delivered bondman Of
earth ever forget who freed him? Will the
blind man of earth forget who gave him
Sight? VIII the outcast of earth forget who
brought him home? No! MOI
To destroy the memory Of that name Of
Christ, o would nave to burn up all the
Bibles and all the churches on earth, and then
in a spirit of universal arson go through the
gate of heaven, and put a torch to the temples
and the towers and the palaces, and after all
that city was wrapped in awful confagration,
and the citizens came out and gazed on the
ruin-even then, they would hear that name
In the thunder of falling tower and the crash
Of crumbling wall, and see it inwrought in
the flying banners of flame, and the redeemed
of the Lord on high would be happy yet and
cry out: 'Let the palaces and the temples
burn, we have Jesus leftr' BLESSED be His
glorious name for ever and ever. TIL name
that is above every name"
Have you ever made up our mind by what
name you will call Christ when you meet Him
in heaven? You know He has many names.
Win you call Him Jesus, or the Amounted
One, or the Messiah, or will you take some of
the symbolical names which Oh earth FOL
learned from your Bible?
Wandering some day in the garden Of God
On high, the place a-bloom with eternal spring
tide, infinite luxuriance Of rose, and lily, and
Amaranth, you may look up into His face and
say: "My Lord, Thou art the rose of Sharon
and 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 lustre of
| a useful life shall beam forth tremulous and
| beautiful, you may look up into the face of
Christ andsay: "My Lord, Thou arta brighter
star-the morning star-a star forever"
Wandering some day amid the fountains
crash of peal and amethyst in golden and
crystalline urn, n you wander up the round
bankega 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 ip the heavenly pastures, feeding by
the rock, rejoicing in the presence CT Him
who brought you out of the wolfish wilder
ness to the sheepfold above, you may lock up
into His loving and watchful eye and say:
MY Lord, Thou art the shepherd Of the
everlasting hills"
But there is another name you may select.
I will imagine that HEAVIER is done. Every
throne has its King. Every harp has its
harper. Heaven has gathered up everything
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 afire with
splendor the domes of the temples, and burn.
ish the golden streets into a blaze, and be re.
fected back from the solid pearl of the twelve
gates, and it shall be noon in heaven, noon on
, the river, noon on the hills, noon in all the
valleys-high noon. Then the soul may look
UP, gradually accustoming itself to the vision,
BILE splendor of the monday light, until the
vision can endure it, then crying out: Thou
art the sun that never setsp'
At this point [ am staggered with the
thought tina notwithstanding all the charm
in the name of Jesus, and the fact that it is
so easy q name, and so beautiful a name, and
SO potent aname, and so enduring a name,
there are people who find no charm in those
two syllables. o come this day and see
whether there is anything in Jesus. / chal-
lenge those of you who are farther from God
to come at the close of this service and test
with me whether God is good, and Christ il
gracious, and the Holy Spirit is ~omnipotent
aLc1R,~rr fo oorro nnI Hnao1 dorEr 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 raist
up until our sins are forgiven, M W.
ascribe, in the words Of the text, all honor tx
the name of Jesus-you ~pronouncing it,
pronouncing 1.-THE name that is abeV'
every name. -
His worth IL all the nations knew, i
Sure the whole earth would love Him too.
holy spirit, would roll over you a vision Q
that blessed Christ, and you would begin t
weep and pray and believe and rejoice. Yo'
nave heard of the warrior who went out t
fight against Christ. He knew he was in til
wrong, and while waging the war against th
kingdom of Christ, an arrow struck him an
he fell. Il pierced him in the heart, and y
ing there, his face to the sun, his life bloc
running away, he caught a handful of th
blood that was rushing out in bis right hano
and held it up before the sun and cried on
80 Jesus, Thou hast conqueredp And If tx
day the arrow Of Gods spirit piercing you
soul, you felt the truth of what / have bee
trying to proclaim, you would surrender no
and forever to the Lord who bought you
Glorious namel I know not whether you wi
accept it or not; but I will tell you one thin
here and now, in the presence OF angels an
men, 7 take Him to be my Lord, my God, m
ro-,do, INV naaeo nv life nv inv nv ssIy,