The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-05-18

town, in all the country, IN all Une sJdle,
now almost faded from the tombstone.
And so the greatest names of this world
either have persisted or are perishing.
Gregory VI, Sancho, of Spain Conrad
l., OF Germany, Richard l.. of England.
Catharine. of Russia; those names were
once mighty, and they made the earth
tremble. Who cares for them now?
None so poor as to ~ them reverence.
But the name OF Christ 10 >ndur'ing for.
ever.
1t will be preserved in the worlds fine
art. There will be other Belinis to
sketch the Modonna, and other thir-
landaajos to present the baptism vt
Christ, and other BronzinOf to show
Christ visiting the spirits in prison. ard
other Giott,s TO appal the vision With
the crucihx. IL will be preserved in tie
worlds literature. There will be ether
Alexander Popes to write "The Mes
siah," and other Dr. Youngs to cc!e-
brate His triumph, and other Cowpers
to sing His love. 1t will be preserved
in the worlds grand and elaborate
architecture, and Professionalism shall
yet have its St Marks and its ST. Peters
1t shall be preserved in the world liz
erature, for there will be other Paleys
to write 1.-THE Evidences of Chris
tianity" More than all, it will be en-
balmed in the hearts OF all the good OF
earth and all the great ones of Heaven
Shall the emancipated bondman ever for
get who set him free? Shall the blind
man ever forget the divine physician
who gave him sight? Shall the lost and
wandering ever forget who brought
them home? Why, to make the world
forget that name would be to burn up
all the Bibles and burn down all the
churches, and then in spite Of universal
arson, go through the gate of Heaven
and put the torch to all the temples and
mansions and palaces until in the awful
confagration all Heaven went down,
and the people come out to look upon
the chawed ruins, but even then they
would hear the name Of Christ in thu
thunder Of falling towers and in thu
crash of temple walls, and see it inter
woven into the flying banners of flame,
and the redeemed of Heaven would say.
Let the temples and the palaces bunI
let them burn; we have Jesus left
Blessed be His glorious name foreverl
"The name which is above every name
Ny friends, have you made up your
mind by what name you will accosi
Christ when you see him in Heaven?
Now, that is practical question,
For you will see him, child of God, just
as certainly as you sit there and stand
here. BY what name have you made
up your mind to call Christ when you
first meet him in Heaven? Win you
call Him "Anointed One" or Messiah,
or will you take some one of the sym.
bolic terms which you read in your
Bible on earth-terns by which Christ
was designated?
Some day, perhaps, you will be wan
dering among the gardens OF God on
high, the place abloom with eternal
springtimc, infinite luxury of lily and
rose and amaranth, and perhaps you
will look up into the face of Christ and
say: "My Lord, Thou art the Rose Of
Sharon ant the Lily of the Valley
Some time there will be new soul
come into Heaven to take its place in
the armament and shine as the stars,
forever and ever, and the luster of use.
full life will shine forth tremulous and
beautiful, and you will look up into
the face Of Christ and say, my Lord,
Thou art brighter Star, the Morning
Star, the Star of Jacob, the Star of the
Redeemer. Some day you will be walk
ing among the fountains that toss in the
sunlight, falling in crash Of pearl and
amethyst into golden and crystalline
urn, and wandering up the round
banked river to the place where the wa
ter first tinkles its silver on therock, and
from chalices of love you will be drink
ing to honor and everlasting joy, and
YOU will look up into the face of Christ
and say, My Lord, my Lord, thou art
the Fountain of Living Water" Some
day you will be wandering among the
lambs and sheep of Heaven feeding by
the rock, rejoicing in the care of Him
who brought you out of the wilderness
world into the sheepfold, and you will
look up into His face and say: my
Lord, my Lord, thou art the Shepherd
of the Everlasting Hills"
But there is another name by which
you can call Him. Perhaps that
will be the name | have not men,
toned | imagine that Heaven is ali
full. Every throne has it's king. Every
harp has its harper. All the wealth OF
the universe has como into Heaven.
There is nothing to be added. The song
full. The ranks full. The mansions ali
full. Heaven full. The sun will SET
afire with its splendor toe domes of the
temple, and FURNISH tie golden streets
into blaze, and be rehst ted back from
| the solid pearl of twelve ge ties, and it will
be noon in Heaven. Noon on the river
Noon on the hills. Noon IN the valleys
High noon. And then y1u will look up,
( gradually accustoming your vision u
the sight, shading your eyes at the first
/ lest they be eXtinguished with the in
sufferable splcndor, until after a while
you can look upon the sull irradiation
and you will cry out: "My Lord, my
Lord, Thou art the Sun chat never sets.
But at this point | am staggered with
the thought that there may be person:
| in this house for whom this name has
no charm, though it is so easy, though
it is So beautiful, though it is so potent
though it is so enduring. Oh, come to
day, and see whether there is any thing
in Christ. l challenge you to test witt
me this morning whether God is good
and whether Christ is precious, anC