The Fort Worth gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-189?, 1891-05-14
ALL THINGS ARE NOW READY"
The Feast of Eternity-A Broad Invitation to
Men and Angels, Powers and Principaiites.
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4e'tfe text [ NJ N, Il, Come; for al things
/ HolyHstiSfties today. We gather other
/ sheages inte the spiritual garner. Our, Joy
/ is IjEa ths5cy OF heaven. Spread the ban
] ql.et. flgall the chalicos. We are not to-day
! aythe5aneral OF dead Christ; we are cele-
sbradhc the marriage OF the Kings son.
IL was an exciting time in English history
when Queen Elizabeth visited Lord Leices-
ffer at Wentworth castle. The clocks IN all
I the towers and throughout the castle were
stopped at the moment Of her arrival. 50
continuing to point at that moment as the
/ one surprising all others in interest. The
| doors of the great baaquetiug hall We're
opened. The queen marched in to the
sound Of the trUmpcts. Four hundred serv-
ants waited upon the guests. II was !
scene which astonished all nations when
they heard of it.
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS DAY
did the banquet cost as il went on day after
day. She was greeted TO the palace gates
with floating islands, and torches and the
tduuders Of cannon, and fireworks that set
the night ablaze, and burst Of music that
lifted the whole scene into enchantment.
Beginning in that wa, il went on from Joy
to 10Y, ana from excitement to excitement,
and from rapture TO rapture. That WAS the
great banquet that Lord Leicester spread
in kcnilworth castle.
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ambassadors in Hampton court. The best
cooks of al the land provided for the table.
The guests We're kept hunting i'll the parks
al the day. 50 that their appetitcS might be
keen, and then IL the evening hour they
We're shown into the blnqCeting hall. with
table a@litter with imperial plate, and
aDluSh with the very COSJleSt wines. and
the second course Of the feast was made OF
food III all shapes, of men and birds and
beasts, and dancing groups, and ioustlnS
parties riding upon each other with up
lifted Iauces. Lords and princes and am
baSsaduTs, their cups cleaning to the brlm,
drank first TO the health Of the King Of
England. and then To the health Of the
Emperor of France. That was the banquet
that Cardinal WoIsey spread in Hampton
court.
But TO-DAY,
NV brothers and sisters, invite you to 4
gigindcr entertainment. My Lord, the
King, is the banqueter Angels of God
are the cupbearcrs, all the redeemed are
the guests: the halls Of eternal love. fres-
coed with light, and paved with JOY, and
curtaiued with unfading beauty, are the
banqucting place. the harmonies of eter-
nifty are the music. the cha.iceS of God are
the plate, and ! AN one Of the servants
come out with invitations to ali the people.
and, oh. that you might break the seal OF
thu. invitation and read in ink of blood, and
Come, come, for all things are now
ready
Sometimes there have been great disap-
poiutneuts at 4 banquet. The wine has
given out or the servants have been rebell-
ious, or the lights have failed: but l walk
all around the banQueting table of my
Lord today, and l find everything COM
plcte, and l swing open the door OF this
banguctmG house and say:
ALI. THINGS ARE NOW READY.
Illustrating my text, go on and in the
first place say that the Lord Jesus Christ is
ready Cardinal Wolsey did not come into
the banquet hall until the second course OF
the feast, and when he entered booted and
SpuIrCd, all the guests arose and cheered
him: but have to tell you that our ban
queter. the Lord Jesus Christ, comes in at
the beginning vi the feast Ay, he has been
waiting for his guests, waiting for some of
them 1891 years, waiting with mangled
feet, waiting with hand on the puuctured
de, waiting with hand or the lacerated
temples, waiting, waiting! Wonder it is
that the bauQueter did not get weary and
say: Shut the door. and let the laggards
stay out" No, he has been waiting. How
much he is in earnest, Shall l show you,
| Gather up all the tears that flooded his
check IN sympathy, all the blood that
Channellcd his brow and back and hand and
foot. to purchase our redemption. ! gather
up al Tue SLDiiS tpiLlAiL- iIt4LI llillili-Alb
chill and mountain hunger and desert lone
liucss and put them into one bitter cry
] gather up al the paugS that shot from
cross and spike ana spear, into one groau-
take one drop of sweat on his brow, and |
put it under
THE GLASS OF THE GOSPEL
and it enlar-eS to lakes Of sorrow, to oceans
OF agony That Christ to-day, emaciated
and worn and weary, comes here, and with
4 pathos i'll which every word is heart
break ana every sentence martyrdom, he
SAYS 10 YOU and he says TO me: Come,
come, for all things are now ready"
Ahasuerus made 4 feast that Taste $50
days. This lasts forever. Lords and princes
invited to that You and are invited tG
this. Yes. ne has been waiting, he is wait
ing now. Other kings wrap themselves in
robes of beauty and power before they
come into banquet. SO does Christ. oh,
he IS the fairest of the fair. In his hand IS
the OmnipOient surgery that opened blind
eyes and Strengthened crooked limbs and
hcisted the pillars of heaven. and swung
the twelve gates which are twelve pearls
On, what Christi Christ OF beauty. a
Christ OF power. There are not enough
cups on earth to dip up this ocean OF beauty.
There are not ladders TO scale these heights
of love Oh. thou flower of eternity, thy
breath is the perfume of heaven. Oh, thou
daybreall of the soul, let all nations clap
IleI UaIlUS III INV IiullIlce. bUOruS.
Come men and angels and cherubim and
seraphim and archangel, all heights all
depths. all immensitieS. Chorus! Roll on
through the heavens in chariot of universal
acclaim, ever bridges of hosanna. under
arches of coronation, by the towers Ginning
WITH ETERNAL JUBILEE.
Chorus! Unto him that loved US and
washed Us from our sins in his own blood,
and made Us kings and priests unto God. to
him be glory.
All, there is one word of five letters that
would like 10 write: but have no sheet
fair enough to write it on, and no pencil
good enough to inScribe ii. Give me u sheet
from the heavenly records, and some pencil
used by angel in describing a victory. and
then with hand struck with supernatural
energy. and with pencil dipped in everlast-
ing morning. | will write il out in capitals
of love: JESUS Jesus. II is this one
that is waiting for you and for Tie, for we
are on the same platform before God. How
long he waited for met How long he has
waited for you. Waiting rs a banqueter
waits for his delayed guests, the meats
smoking and the beakers trimming, and
the minstrel with his finger on the stiff
string ready to strike at the first clash of
the hoofs 1T the gateway. Waiting Us
mother waits for boy that ten wears ago
went of dragging
HER BLEEDING HEART AFTER HIM.
Waiting. Oh, can you not give me some
comparison intense enough. importunate
enough, high as heaven. deep as hell, and
vast rs eternity? Not expecting that YOU
can help me with such q comparison. l sim
DlV say he is waiting rs only an all-Syu1na-