News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1892-05-05

time. 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 and
the Lily of the Valley" Sometime there
will be a new soul come into heaven to
take its place in the armament and
shine as the stars forever and ever, and
the luster of a useful life will shine
forth tremulous and beautiful, and YOU
will look up into the face of Christ and
saw. My Lord, thou art a brighter star,
the Morning Star, the Star of Jacob, the
Star of the Redeemer.
Some day you will be walking 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 tC
the place where the water first tinkles
its silver on the rock, and from chalices
of love you will be drinking 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, re-
ioicing 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 mentioned yet.
imagine that heaven is all full. Every
throne has its king. Every harp has its
harper. All the wealth of the universe
has come into heaven. There is moth
ing to be added. The song full. The
ranks full. The mansions all full.
Heaven full The sun will set afire with
its splendor the domes of the temple
and FURNISH the golden streets into a
blaze and be reflected back from the
solid pearl Of the twelve gates, and it
will be noon in heaven. Noon on the
river. Noon on the hills. Noon in the
valleys High noon. And then you will
look up, gradually accustoming your
vision to the sight, shading your eyes at
the first lest they be eXtinguished with
the insufferable splendor, until after
awhile you can look upon the full ira
diation, and you will cry out, MY
Lord, my Lord, thou art the Sun that
Never Sets"
is IT PRECIOUS TO YOU?
But at this point am staggered with
the thought that there may be persons
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 anything
in Christ! l challenge you to test with
me this morning whether God is good,
and whether Christ is precious, and
whether the Holy Ghost is omnipotent.
Come, my brother, | challenge you.
Come, and we will kneel at the altar of
mercy. You kneel on one side of the
altar and | viii kneel on the other side
of the altar of mercy, and we will not
get up from our knees until our sins are
pardoned and we are able to ascribe all
honor to the name-you pronouncing it
and pronouncing 1.-THE name which
is above every name"
His worth if all the nations knew,
Sure the whole earth would love him too.
l pray God he may move upon this
assemblage now, that we may see him
walking through all these aisles, that the
Holy Spirit may spread his wings over
this auditory. Now is your time for
heaven. Oh, my friends! meeting once,
perhaps never again until the books are
opened, what shall we say Of this morn
ings service? Have | told you the whole
truth? Have you listened to the whole
truth? Now is your time for heaven.
Come into the kingdom. If you never
had an invitation before | give it to you
now.
do not ask what your sin has been
or what your wandering. That is not
pertinent to the question. The only
thing is whether you want Christ. Come
in, the farthest off. Come, the nearest
by. Where sin abounded grace shall
much more abound" Is there in all
this august assemblage a man who feels
he is too wicked to come? You are mis-
taken. Come now. Now is the ac-
copied time; now is the day of saliva
ton"
Oh, we who are young! come now. 1t
is no gloomy religion that preach. 1t
will take no luster from your eye. 1t
will take no color from your cheek.
1t will take no spring from your step.
know what | am talking about. | have
felt the consolation of this grace in my
own heart. 1t is not theory with me.
know in whom | believe, and he has
been so good a friend to me | have
right this morning to commend his
friendship to all the people.
Oh, come into the kingdom! Do not
say you are too bad. ''Let the wicked
forsake his way and the unrighteous
man his thoughts" Look unto me, all
We ends of the earth" How is he going
to do-drive you into the kingdom? He
will not do it. If you get in at
all it will be because you are
drawn in by his love. What does he
say? Look unto me, all ye ends of the
earth" He was lifted up. What for?
To drive? No! lifted up to draw Oh,
come now, come now into the kingdom
of our Lord Jesus!
You have heard of that warrior of
ancient times who went into battle
against Christ. He hated Christ, and
he went into battle fighting Christ; but
in the battle he got wounded, he was
struck by the arrow and he fell, and as
he lay with his face up to the sun, and
the life blood was oozing away, he put
his hand to his heart and took a hand
full of blood from the wound, and held
it up toward the sun, and cried out, 30
Jesus! thou hast conquered"
And if today, my hearer, struck
through by the arrow of Gods gracious
Spirit, you realize the truth of what
have been saying, you would surrender
yourself to the Lord who bought You;
you would say: Il will no longer battle
against Christ's mercy. Lord Jesus,
thou hast conquered" Glorious name!
know not what you will do with it,
but will tell you one thing before
stop-I must tell it. | will tell you one
thing here and now, that take him to
be my Lord, my God, my pardon, my
peace, my comfort, my salvation, my
heaven. Blessed be his glorious name
forever. THE name which is above
every name"
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