Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-05-05

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chant. blessed be his glorious name for
ever" THE name which is above every
name"
Have you ever heard in Methodist
church, during time of revival, a score
of souls come 10 the altar and cry out fol
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
invalid, to the Sunday school girl, TO the
snow white octogenarian ii is beautiful.
The aged man comes in from long walk.
and be 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 grandchildren. MY
dears. ! am going away from you" And
they say, "Why, where are you going.
grandfather oh" he says. Il am go
ing to Jesnsi and so the old man faints
away iHo heaven.
Andthe lpttle child comes in from play
and sie filings herself in your lap, and she
sa ps. Mamma Pm so sick, Pm so very
sick:" and you put her TO bed. and the
fever is worse and worse. and some mid
night. while you are shaking up the pillow
and giving the medicine, she looks up in
your face and says. Mamma, I'm going
away from you" You say. why where
are you going, my daringl' And she
says. II am going TO Jesus" And the red
cheek that you take to he the mark o. the
fever turns out to be only the carnation
bloom of heaven.
GOING To JESUS"
Oh, was il not beautiful when little
child heard that her playmate was dying,
aud she went TO the house, and she clam
bered upon the bed Of her dying playmate.
and she said to the dying playmate,
Where are you going tor" and the dying
girl said, I'm going TO Jesus. Then
said the little girl that was well as she bent
over to give the parting kiss to her dying
playmate We'll, them If you are going to
Jesus. give my love 10 him" IL is beau
tiful name, whether on the lips OF chilli
hood or on the lips Of the old man When
my father was dying the village minister
said 10 him. quoting over his pillow this
passage, "flis is Il faithful saying and
worthy Of all acceptation-that Christ .Ie
sus came into the world to save sinners,
and there he stopped Then my father fin
ished the qu Jtation by saying. ''of whom
am chief.
But ! remark again, in regard TO this
name of Christ that it is mighty name
Rothschild is II name mighty ia the com
mercial world, Sllman is name mighty
in the scientific world. Irving is name
mighty in the literary world, Washington
is a name mighty in the political world,
Wellington is "A name mighty in the mill
IL, Ill 81 a L.
name 80 potent to lift and thrill and arouse
and rally and bless as the name Jesuss
Why. the sound of that one name endorsed
Saul and threw Newton on his face on
ships deck. and that one name today.
while ] speak, holds a hundred million
souls under omnipotent spell. That name
in England today means more than Vic
toria. In Germany that name today means
more than Emperor William. Oh. mighty
namel
have seen man bound hand and foot
of the devil and captive of all evil habits,
at the sound Of that name dash down his
shackles and march out forever free. !
have seen "A man overcome of misfortune
and trial, every kind of trouble had he
but at the sound Of that name the sea
dropped, and the clouds parted, and the
sunburst Of eternal gladness poured upon
his soul. have seen a man hardened in
infidelity, defiant Of God, full Of jeer and
scott, iocose of the judgment day. reckless
of eternity, at the sound Of that name
blanch and cover and groan and kneel and
weep and repent and pray and believe and
rejoice and triumph
MIGHTY NAME
Oh, it is n mighty name Under its |
power the last temple of superstition will |
come down and the last Juggernaut of in |
iquity will be shattered to pieces The red |
horse of 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 |
and the stars of heaven for his tiara |
Mighty name 1t will first make the |
whole earth tremble. and then it will make |
all the nations sing. Mighty namel
Other dominions seem to be giving way ,
France had to give up some of her favorite |
provinces; Spain has lost great deal OF |
her power: many OF the thrones of the
world are being lowered. many of the
scepters OF the world are being shortened,
but every tract distributor, every Bible
printer. every Christian institution estab-
lished spreads abroad the mighty name of
Christ. II has already been heard under
the Chinese wall. and in the Siberian snow
castle. and in the Brazilian grove, and in
the eastern pagoda. That name viii
swallow up all other names. That crown
will yet cover up all other crowns That
empire will yet compass alldominations
All crimes shall cease and ancient frauds shall
fail.
Justice lift aloft her scale;
Peace DER the world her olive wand extend,
And white ROBBED innocence from heaven de-
scend.
AN ENDURING NAME
But | remark again, taking a step for.
ward 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 Scott's ''Old Mortality would
come along and rechisel it so that you
might really find out what the name is.
Why, that was the name of the greatest
nan in all the town, in all the country, in
all the state. now almost faded from the
tombstone.
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