Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-05-06

the last temple OF superstition VIII come
down and the last Juggernaut of iniquity
will be shattered to pieces. The red horse or
carnage, spoken of in apocalyptic vision, and
the black horse of death must come back on
their launches, while the white horse OF
victory goes forth mounted Of Him who hath
the moon under His feet ami the stars of
heaven for His tiara Mighty name! 1t will
make the whole earth tremble, and then 1t
will make all the nations sing. Mighty
namel
Other dominions seem to be giving way;
France had to give up some of her favorits
provinces; Spain has lost great deal OF her
power; many Of the thrones Of this world
are being lowered; many of the scspters OF
the world are being shortened, but every
tract distributor, every Bible printer, every
Christian institution established spreads
abroad the mighty name OF Christ. III mas
already been heard under the Chinese wall,
and in the Siberian snow castle, and in TIE
Brazilian grove au1 in this eastern pagoda.
That name will swallow up all other names.
That crown will yet cover up all other
crowns That empire will yet compass all
Nominations.
All crimes shall cease and ancient frauds shall fall,
Returning justice lift aloft her scale;
Peace Ger the world her olive wand extend,
And whIte-robed innocence from heaven descend
But remark again, taking step forward
in this subject that the name OF Christ is
an enduring name. You get over the fence
OF the graveyard and you pull the weeds
back from the name that has nearly faded
from the tombstone, and you wish that
Walter SCOTS ''Old Mortality would come
along and rechisel it 50 that you might really
find out what the name is. Why, that was the
name of the greatest man in all the town, in
all the country, in all the State, 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 /. Of England. Catherine
of Russia. Those names were once mighty,
and they made the earth tremble. Who
cares for them now? None SO poor as TO do
them reverence. But the name OF Christ IS
enduring forever. II will be preserved in
the worlds fine art. There will be other
Bellinis TO sketch the Madonns, and other
Ghirlandasjos to present the baptism OF
Christ. and other Bronzinos to show Christ
visiting the spirits in prison, and other
Giottos to appal the vision with the Cruel
fxiou. II viii be preserved III the worlds
literature.
There will be other Alexander Popes to
write the messiah" and other DIR. Iouugs
to celebrate His triumph, and other Cow.
pers to sing His love. 1t will be preserved
In the worlds grand and elaborate archi'
lecture, and Protestanism shall yet have its
st Marks and its st. Peters. 1t shall be
preserved in the worlds literature, for there
will be other Paleys to write ths evidences
of CHRISTIANITY More than all, it will be
embalmed in the hearts of all the good OF
earth and all the great ones OF heaven.
Shall the emancipated bondsman ever for
0et who set him free? Shall the blind man
ever forget the Divine Physician who gave
him sight? Shall the lost aud 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 10 the spirit
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
con6agration all heaven went down and the
people come out to look upon the charred
ruins. but even then they would hear the
name of Christ in the thunder of falling
towers and in the crash of temple walls, and
see IL interviewer into the flying banners of
fame and the redeemed of heaven would
saw 'Lst the temples AMI the palaces burn;
LET them burn; we have Jesus left" Blessed
be His glorious name forever. Inc name
which is above every name.
NY friends have you made up your NINA
Won soc Him in heaven? Now that's prac-
fical question. For you will see Him, child
of God. lust as certainly as you sit there and
stand here. By what name have you made
nm vour mind TO call Christ when you first
meet Him in heaven? Viii you call Him
WAnoipted One" or "MessiahY or will you
take some one OF the symbolic terms which
Won read in your Bible on earth-terms by
which Christ was designated?
Some dav perhaps you will DO wandering
among the gardens of God on high, the place
abloom with eternal springtime, Infinite lux
ury of lily AMI rose and amarath, and per-
hans YOU will look up into the face OF Christ
and say, "My Lorj Thou art the Rose OF
Sharon and the Lily OF the Valley" Some
time there will be a new soul come into
heaven to take its place in tbs ornament
and shine as the stars forever and ever, and
the hster of a useful life will shine forth
tremulous and beautiful, AMI you will look
nm into the facs of Christ and say, MY
/ lord Thou art a brighter star, the Morning
Star, the Star Of Jacob, the Star OF the he
deemer."
Some day YOU will be walking among thc
fountains that toss in the sunlight, failing
in crash of pearl and amethyst into COLDER
and crystalline urn and wandering up I'M
round banked river to the place where The
from chaices of love you will be drinking
TO honor and everlasting joy, and you vii
look IN into the face of Christ and say, m,
Lord. nv Lord, Thou art the Fountain o.
Living Water Some day you will b
wandering among the lambs and sheep o
heaven feeding By the rock, rejoicing IN th'
care of Him who brought you out OF tn
wilderness world into the sheepfold, and yol
will look up into His face and say, M
mi GI0r< t.ar.1 10
Lord, my Lord, Thou art the onepnerd
the Everlasting Hills"
Rut there is another name by which 20
can call Him. Perhaps that will be tn
name have not mentioned yet. imagin
that heaven is all full. Every throne ha
its king. Every harp has its harper. A
the wealth OF the universe has come int
heaven. There is nothing to be addeC
The song full. The ranks full. The maj
sions all full. Heaven full. The sun WI
set afire with its splendor the domes OF tn
temple. and burnish the golden streets int'
a blaze. and be reflected back from tn
solid pearl of the twelve gates, and 1t VIII o.
noon in heaven Noon on the river Nool
on the hills. Noon in the valleys. Higl
noon. And then you will look up, gradu
ally accustoming your vision to the sight
shading your eyes at the first lest they b
extingHished with the insufferable splendor
until after awhile you can look upon the full
irradiation, and you will cry out, MY Lore
INV Lord, Thou art the Sun that Neve
Sets
But at this point am staggered with tn
thought that there may be persons In tnl
houss for whom this name has no charm
J though il is so easy, though it is SO beastl
full, though it is 50 potent, though it is 50 Ell
during. Oh, come to-day and see whethe
there Is anything in Christ challenge 20
to test with me this morning whether Col
good, and whether Christ is precious. an
whether the Holy Ghost is omnipotent.
Come. my brother, l challenge you
Come. AMI we will kuesl at the altar c
mercy. You knesl on the one side o. the alta
and | will kueel on the other side OF the alta
} Of mercy, and we will not get up from gu
7 knees until our sins are pardone1 aud "
: are able 10 ascribs all honor to the name
you pronouncing it and l pronouncing it.
'the name which Is above every name."
His worth II all tbs nations knew.
Sure the whole earth would love him too.
pray God that He may move upon th
assemblage now, that we may SEQ Him wall
ing throu IN all these aisles, that the Hol
Spirit may spread His Wings over this au
tory Now Is your time for heaven. "
my friends meeting once, perhaps new
again until the books are opened. what shs
we say OF this mornings serviceS Have
told you the whole truth? Have you listenI
TO the whole truth? Now is your time 4
heaven. Come into the kingdom. IL "
never had an invitation before, l giyei