Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-02

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Some day perhaps you will be wandering
among the gardens of God on high, the
place abloom with eternal springtime, in.
finite 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 firma-
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 Redeemer."
Some day you will be walking among
the fountains that toss in the sunlight,
falling In crash of pearl and amethyst into
golden and crystalline urn, and wandering
up the round banked river to the place
where the water first tinkles it's 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 art the
| Fountain of Living Water" Some day
you will be wandering among the lambs
and sheep of heaven feeding by the rock,
you out of the wilderness world into the
sheepfold, and you will look up into his
face and say, "My Lord, my Lord, thou art
the Shepherd of the Everlasting Hills"
THE sun THAT NEVER SETS.
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 it's harper All
the wealth of the universe has come into
heaven. There is nothing to be added.
The song full. The ranks full The man
sions all full. Heaven full. The sun will
set atire with its splendor the domes of the
temple, and buEish the golden streets into
blaze, and be reflected back from the
solid pearl of the twelve gates, and it will
be noon in heaven. Noon on the river
Noon ON the hills. Noon in the valleys.
High noon. And then you will look up,
] gradually accustoming your vision to the
sight, shading your eyes at the first lest
they be eXtinguished with the insufferable
| splendor, until after awhile you can look
upon the full irradiation, and you will cry
out, MY Lord, my Lord, thou art the Sun
that Never Sets"
| But ut this point am staggered with
the thought that there may be persons in
this house for whom this name has no
charm, though it is so easy, though it is so
beautiful, though it is SO potent, though it
is so enduring. Oh, come today and see
| whether there is anything in Christi
| challenge you to test with me this morn
ing whether God is good, and whether
| Christ is precious, and whether the Holy
Ghost is omnipotent.
| Come, my brother, / challenge you
| Come, and we will kneel at the altar of
mercy. You kneel on one side of the altar
| and will kneel on the other side of the
altar Of mercy, and we will not get up
| from our knees until our sins are pardoned
| and we are able to ascribe all honor to the
name-you pronouncing it and pronoun-
cling 1.-THE name which is above every
| name"
| His worth if all the nations knew,
Sure the whole earth would love him too.
1pray God he may move upon this as.
semblage now, that we niay see him walk
ing through all these aisles, that the Holy
G1tgis nzay sPssrta his wings over this au-
dHory. Now Is your time for heaven. Oh,
my friendsl messing once, perhaps never
again until the books are opened, what
shall we say of this mornings serviceP
Have told you the whole TRUTH Have
you listened to the whole truthP Now is
| your time for heaven. Come into the king
dom, If you never had an invitation be-
| fore, give it to you now.
/ do not ask what your sin has been or
| what your wandering That is not peril
nent to the question. The only thing is
whether you want Christ. Come in, the
farthest off Como, the nearest by.
"Where sin abounded, grace shall much
more abound" Is there in all this august
assemblage a man who feels he is too
wicked to Gomez You are mistaken. Come
now. "Now is the accepted time; now Is
the day of salvation"
10 GLOOMY RELIGION.
Dye who are young, come nowl 1t is no
gloomy religion that preach. 1t will take
no luster from your eye. 1t will take no
color from your cheek. 1t will take no
spring from your step. know what am
talking about. have felt the consolation OF
this grace in my own heart. 1t Is not O
theory with me. l know in whom l be-
lieve, and he has been so good friend to
me, have right this morning to com
mend his friendship to all the people
Oh come into the kingdoml Do not say
you are too bad. LET the wicked forsake
his way and the unrighteous man his
thoughts" Look unto me, all We ends of
the earth" How is he going to do-drive
You into the kingdom? He will not do it.
If you get in at all it will be because you
are drawn in by his love, What does he
sayP Look unto me, all ye ends of the
earth" He was lifted up. What for? To
driver MOI lifted up to draw Oh, como
now, come now into the kingdom of our
Lord Jesusl
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
fell and as he lay with his face up to the
sun and the life blood was ooziug away he
put his hand to his heart and took hand
full Of blood from the wound, and held it
| up toward the sun and cried out, "Oh,
Jesusl thou hast conquered"
And if today, my nearer, struck through
by the arrow of Gods gracious Spirit, you
realize the truth of what have been say
ing, you would surrender yourself to the
Lord who bought you, you would say: Il
will no longer battle against Christ's mer-
cy. Lord Jesus, thou hast conquered p"
Glorious namcl know not what you will
do with it; but | will tell you one thing be
fore stop--I must tell it. will tell you
one thing here and now, that | take him
60 be my Lord, my God, my pardon, my
peace, my comfort, my salvation, my
heaven. Blessed be his glorious name for
ever. "The name which is above every
name"
a Trick That Failed.
The story told is about man who found
himself sitting behind two women who
hats. The man lodged first one way and
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