Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-05-02

sos Nbite.robe1 Innocence from heaven de-
scend.
But / remark again, taking step
I forward in this subject, that the name
| OF Christ is an enduring name. You Re'
o9er the fence OF the graveyard ana you
| pull the weeds back from the name that
| has nearly faded from the tombstone,
and YOU wish that Walter Scott'S 'Old
/ Mortality" would come along aud re-
cblsel 10 so that you might really ma
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 tomb
stone. Aud 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, Cath
arine 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 Tor
ever. IL will be preserved in the worlds
fine art. There will be other BelliniS TO
sketch the Madonna, and other Chr
landajOs to present the baptism OF
Christ, aud other BrOzinOS 10 show
Christ visiting the spirits in prison, aud
other GiOttOs TO appal the vision with
the CruciixioD. IL will be preserved In
the worlds literature. There Will be
other Alexander Popes to write the
Messiah" and other DR.. YOungs to
celebrate his triumph, and other
COWPERs TO SING
his love. Il will be preserved in the
worlds grand and elaborate archi-
lecture, and Professionalism shall yet
have its st. Marks aud its ST. Peters.
II shall be preserved IN the worlds lit
erature, for there will be other Parleys
to write the evidences OF Christian
ity." More than all, it will be embalm-
ed in the hearts Of all the good of earth.
and all the great ones Of heaven. Shall
the emanclDated bondSman ever forget
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, 10 make the world
forget that name would be TO burn
I'D all the Bibles, and burn down
in the spirit of universal arson,
90 through the gate OF heaven and put
the torch 10 all the temples and man
sions and palaces until in the awful
confederation 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 it inter-
woven into the flying banners Of flame,
and the redeemed Of heaven would say:
LET the temples aud the palaces burn;
let them burn; we have Jesus left"
Blessed be his glorious name forever.
The name which is above every name.
My friends, have you made uD your
mind by what name you Will accoSt
Christ when you see him in heaven?
Now, that is a practical question. For
YOU will see him, child OF God, just as
certainly as you sit there and l stand
here. BY what name have you made
up your mind 10 call Christ when you
first meet him in heaven? VIII you
call him
AMOUNTED ONE, " OR 'SIEsSIAH?"
or will you take some one of the sym
bolic terms which you read ia your BIZ
BILE on earth-terms by which Christ
was designated?
pray God he may move upon this
aSsemblage now, that we may see him
walking all through these aiSleS, that
the Holy Spirit may spread his wings
over this auditory. Now is your time
for heaven. o my friends. meeting
once, perhaps never again until the
books are opened, what shall
we say OF this mornings service?
Have l told you the whole
truth? Have you listened to the whole
truth? Now is your time for heaven.
Come into the kingdom. II 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 furthcSt Oft. Come, the
nearest by. "Where sin abOunded,
grace shall much more abound" Is
there I'm all this august aSsemblage a
man who feels he is too wicked to come?
You are mistaken. Come now. "Now
is the accepted time; now is the day Of
salvation.
o ys who are young, come now. 1t is
no gloomy religion that l preach. IL
will take no lustre from your eye. 1t
will take no color from your cheek. 1t
viii take no spring from your step.
know what l am talking about. have
felt the consolation Of this grace in my
own heart. II is not a theory with me.
/ know in whom believe, and he has
been so good a friend TO me, have
right this morning 10 commend his
friendship to all the people.
on. COME INTO THE KINGDOM
10 not say you are too bad. LET the
wicked forSake his way, and the un-
righteous man his thoughts" "Look
unto me, all We ends of the earth"
How is be going 10 dO-drive you into
the kingdom? He will do it. II you
get in az all, it will be because you
are drawn in by his love. What
does he say? Look unto me,
all We ends OF the earth" lie 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,
aud as he lay with his face up to the
sun, and the life-blood oozing away, he
put his hand TO his heart and took a
handful Of blood from the wound, and
held it up towards the sun, and cried