The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-05-19
REV. DR.. TALMAGE
THE BROOKLYN DIVINE'S SUN
DAY SERMON.
Subject: The tGre est Name ofAl Il


times thrill you through and through. Such
was the name of Henry Clay to Kentuck
ian, the name of W illiam Writ to Virgin
ian, the name of Daniel Webster to a New
Highlander
By common proverb we have come to be-
Geve that there is nothing in name;" and
SO parents sometimes at the baptismal altar
gives titles to their children reckless OF the
fact that that title, that name, will be life
time hindrance or lifetime help. GU
have no right to give your child name
lacking either in euphony or moral mean
ing.
1t is a sin to call a child Jehoiakim or
Tiglath- pileser-or by anything that Is disa-
greeable. Because you have had an exas-
peratng name yourself is no reason why
you should ipfict it upon your progeny.
And vet how often it is that we see a name
full OF jargon rafting down from generation
to generation simply because a long while
ago some one happened to be afflicted with
it, Institutions and great enterprises some
times without sufficient deliberation take
nomenclature Mighty destinies have been
decided by u name. While we may by a
long course of Christian behavior get over
the misfortune of having been baptized with
the name OF despot OF cheat, how much
better it would have been il we could have
all started life without any such incum-
brance!
w nen raul, III my IeAb anu III JULIET pas
sages of Scripture, burst forth in aspirations
of admiration for the name Of Christ, want
to inquire what are the characteristics of
that appel alton, The name which is above
every name" In the first place, speaking to
you in regard to the name of Christ, l want
to tell you it is an easy name. You are
sometimes introduced to people with long
and unpronounceable names, and you have
to listen cautiously to get the names, and
how RI, boor than pronounced two
three times before you risk trying to utter
them, but within the first two years the lit
tie child folds its hands and looks upward
and says Jesus"
Can it be that in all this church this morn
ing there are representatives OF any house
hold where the children are familiar with the
names of the father and mother and brother
md sister, yet know nothing about that
name which is above every nameT Some
times you forget the name of quite familiar
friend and you have to think and think be-
fore you get it, but can you imagine any
freak of intellect by which you should for
get the name of Jesuss That word seems to
tit the tongue in every dialect. Down to old
age, when the voice is tremulous and uncer
tain and indstinct, even then this regal
word finds potent utterance.
When an aged father was dying one of
the children came and said, Father, do
you know me" and in the delirium of the
last sickness he said, mo, | don't know
you" Another child came and said
'Father, do you know mel" NO" he said,
II don't know you" Then the village pas
tor came in and said, "Dou you know me~
He said, mo; don't think lever saw you"
Then said the minister, do you know
Jesus" "Oh, yesm said the dying man, II
know Jesus; Chief among ten thousand is
He. and the One altogether lovely" Yes
for all ages and for all languages, and for all
conditions is an easy name
Jesus. l love Thy charming name,
IT'S music 10 my ear;
Fam would sound 1t out so loud
That heaven and earth might hear.
But / remark further in regard to this
name of Christ that it is beautiful name
Now you have noticed that you cannot dis.
associate name from the character Of the
person who has it. There are some names,
for instance, that are repulsive to my ear.
Those names are attractive to your ear,
What is the difference Why | happened
to know some persons of that name who
were cross or sour, or queer or unsympa-
thetic, and the persons you have happened
to know Of that name were klnd and genial.
Since, then, we cannot disassocate a name
from the character of the person who has
the name, that consideration makes the
name of Jesus unspeaRably beautiful.
| cannot pronounce the name In your
presence, hut you think Of Bethlehem and
Gethsemane and Golgotha, and you see His
loving face, and you hear His tender voice,
and you feel His gentle touch. AS soon as
l pronounce His name in your presence you
think of Hin who banqueted with heavenly
hierarchs. yet came down and breakfasted
on the fish which the rough man hauled out
of Genesaret; you think of Him who, though
the clouds are the dust of His feet, walked
footsore on the road to Emmaus.
cannot speak His name in your hearing
this morng, but you think right away of
the shining one who restored the centurionS
daughter, and who helped the blind man to
sunlight, and who made the cripple's crutch
useless and who looked down into the laugh
ing eyes of the babe until it struggled to go
to Hin; then, hinging His arms around it,
and impressing q kiss upon its beautiful
brow, said "Of such is the kingdom OF
heaven"
Oh, beautiful name, the name of Jesus,
which stands for love, for patience, for self
sacrifice, for magnanimity, for everything
that is good and glorious aud tender and
sympathetic and kindl 1t is aromatic with
all odors. 1t is accordant with all harmonies
Sometimes VIII | look at that name OF
Jesus Christ it seems as If the letters were
made of tears, and then they seem to be
cleaning crowns. Sometimes that name
seems to be twisted out OF the straw on
which he lay, and then 1t seems to be built
out of the thrones on which His people are
to reign. Sometimes | sound that word
Jesus, and hear in it the sob of Gethsemane
and the groan of Calvary, and then l speak
His name and it is all a ripple with giadness
and a ring with hosanna. Glorious name!
Take ali the glories of bookbindery anu
put them around the page on which that
name is printed On Christmas morning
wreathe it on the wall. Let it drip from
harp's string and let it thunder out in organs
diapason. Sound it often, sound it well, I'M
til every star shall seem to shine it, and every
aower shall seem TO breathe it, and mount
ain and sea, and day and night, and earth
and heaven acclaim in full chant. Blessed
| be His glorious name forever" "The name
which is above every name"
Have you ever heard in Methodist
| church, during time of revival, a score of
souls come to the altar and cry out for mercy
under the power of just two lines of glorious
old John Wesley?
Jesus, the name high over all,
In heaven, or earth or sky.
! To the repenting soul, to the exhausted in
valid, to the Sunday school girl, TO the snow
| white octogenarian it is beautiful. The
| aged man comes in from long walk, and he
TREMENDOUSLY opens the door of his home, and
he hangs his hat on the old nail and he puts
his cane in the usual place, and he lies on his
| couch, and he says to his children and his