Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-05-13

are You going. grandfather ''Oh."he says,
Al am going to Jesus; !" and so the old man
faints away into heaven
And the little child comes in from play
and she filings herself in your zap, and she
saws. Mamma, I'm so sick, Pm so very
sick" and you put her to bed, and the FEVER
is worse and worse, and some midnight,
while you are shaking up the pillow and Civ
ing the medicine, she looks up in your face
ana saws, Mamma, Pm going away from
you" You say, why. where are you go
ing, my darling?' And she says, ~ am 60
ine ne to Jesus." And the red cheek that you
teke to be the mark Of the fever turns out
to be only the carnation bloom Of heaven.
On, was it not beautiful when a little
child heard that her playmate was dying,
and she went to the house, and she clambered
upon the bed Of her dying playmate.
girl said. Pm going to Jesus" Then said
the little girl that was well as she bent over
to give the parting kiss to her dying play
mate, "Well, then,if you are going to Jesus:
give my love to Him" 1t is beautiful
name whether on the lips of childhood or
on the lips of the old man. Whe n my father
was dying the village minister said TO him.
Croting over his pillow this passage, This
IS a faithful saying and worthy Of all &C.
ceptation-that Christ Jesus came into the
world to save sinners, "and there he stopped.
Then my father finished the quotation by
But l remark again, in regard to this
name OF Christ, that it is a mighty name.
Rothschlld Is a name mighty II COM
mercial world, Silliman is a name mighty in
the scientific world, Irving is name mighty
in the literary world, Washington is name
mighty in the political world Wellington is
a name mighty in the military world, but
where in all the EARN is a name SO potent to
lift and thrill and arouse and rally and bless
as the name Jesus? Why, the sound of that
one name endorsed Saul and threw Newton
on his face on ships deck, aud that one name
to-day, while speak, holds hundred mil
lion souls under omnipotent spell. That
name in England to-day means more than
Victoria. In Germany that name to-day
means more than Emperor William. On,
mighty name!
have seen a 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
aud the clouds parted, and the sunburst Of
eternal gladness poured upon his soul. I
have seen man hardened in infidelity, de-
faint of God, full of jeer and scott, jocose of
the judgment day, reckless Of eternity, at
the sound Of that name blanch aud cover
and groan and kneel and weep and repent
and pray and believe and rejoice and tri
umph.
Oh. it is mighty name. Under it's power
the last temple OF superstition will come
down and the last Juggernaut of iniQuity
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 nameI 1t will
make the whole earth tremble. and then it
will make all the nations sing. Mighty
name
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 belnS shortened, but every
tract distributor, every Bible printer, every
Christian institution established spreads
abroad the mighty name Of Cnrist. It has
already been heard under the Chinese wall,
and in the Siberian snow castle, aud in the
Brazilian grove and in the eastern pagoda.
That name will swallow up all other names.
That crown will yet cover up all other
crowns. That empire will yet compass all
Nominations.
All crimes shall cease and ancient frauds shall fail
Returning justice lift aloft her scale;
Peace DER the world her olive wand extend,
And white-robed innocence from heaven descend.
But remark again, taking step forward
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 SCOTS "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 man in all the town, in
all the country, In all the State, now almost
faded from the tombstone.
And so the greatest names Of this world
either have persisted or are perishing.
Gregory VI, Sanchc of Spain, Csnrad l. Of
Germany, Richard I. of England Catherine
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 forever. It will be preserved in
the worlds fine art. There will be other
Bellins to sketch the Madonna, and other
Ghirlandaajos to present the baptism Of
Christ, and other BrOnzinOS to show Christ
visiting the spirits in prison, and other
Giottos to appal the vision with the Cruel
fxion. It will be preserved in the worlds
literature.
There will be other Alexander Popes to
write the Messiah" and other DR.. Youngs
perg to sing His love. It will be preserved
in the worlds grand and elaborate archi-
lecture, and ProIestanisn shall yet have its
st. Marks and its ST. Peters. It shall be
preserved in the worlds literature, for there
will be other Paleys to write the ''Evidences
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 bondsman ever for
get 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, to make the world forget that name
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