The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-05-04


stone. And so the greatest names of this
world either have perished or are perish
ing. George VI, ,Sancho of Spain, Conrad
/. 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 do them reverence.
But the name of Christ is enduring for
ever. 1t 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, and other Bronzinos to show
Christ visiting the spirits in prison, and
other Giottos to appall the vision
with the crucifXion. 1t will be pre-
served in the worlds literature. There
will be other Alexander Popcs to
write the Messiah" and other
DR.. Youngs to celebrate Shis tri-
umph, 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 worlds literature, for
there will be other Paleys to write the
Evidence 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
bondtnan ever forget who set him free?
Shall the blind man ever forget the di-
vine physician who gave him sightP
Shall the lost and wandering ever for
! get 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 the spirit of universal arson,
I go through the gate Of Heaven and put
the torch to all the temples and man
( sions and palaces, until in the awful
coniagration all Heaven went down,
! and the people come out to look upon
! the charTed 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 1t inter
woven into the flying banners of flame,
and the redeemed of Heaven would say,
"Ect the temples and 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 up your
mind by what name you will accost
Christ when you see him in Heaven?
Vow, that is a practical question. For
you will see him, child of God, just
US certainly as you sit there and
l stand here. By what name have
you made up your mind to call Christ
when you first meet him in heaven.
VIII you call him Amounted One" or
"Messiah?" or will you take one of the
symbolic terms which you read in your
Bible on earth-terms by which Christ
was designated?
Some day perhaps you will be wander
ing among the gardens of God on high,
the place abloom with eternal spring
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" Some time
there will be new soul come into
Heaven to take its place in the firInD-
ment and shine as the stars forever and
ever, and the luster of useful life will
shine forth tremulous and beautiful,
and you will look up into the face OF
Christ and say: MY Lord, Thou art a
brighter star, the Morning Star, the
Star of Jacob, the Star of the Redeemcr. "
Some day you will be walking among
the fountains that toss in the
sunlight, falling in crash of pearl
and amethyst into golden and crystal
inc urn, and wandering up the round
banked river to 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 urt the Fountain of Living
Water" Some day you will be wander.
lug 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 sheep
fold, and you will look up into his face,
and say: my Lord, my Lord, Thou ART
the Shepherd of the Everlasting Hills. y
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 uni
verse has come into Heaven. There Is
nothing TO be added. The song full.
The ranks full. The mansions all full.
Heaven full. The sun will set afre
with its splendor the dome of the tenn.
pie and burnish the golden streets into
blaze and be reflected from the solid
pearl Of the twelve gates, aid II will be
noon In Heaven. Noon ON the river.
Noon on the hills. Noon In the valleys
High noon. And then you win look up
gradually accustoming your vision Il
the sight. shading your eyes at the
first lest they be cxtinguished with the
insufferable splendor, until after awhile
you can look upon the full irridiation
and you cry out, my Lord, my Lord,
Thou art the sun that never SETS"
But at this point | am stag gered with
the, thoughtthat there may be persons
In this house for whom His name has
no charm, though It is so easy, though
II is so beautiful, though It is 80 potent
though. It is so enduring. Oh! come TO
day, and see whether there is anything
in Christ challenge you TO test with
me this morning whether God is good
and whether Christ is precious, and