Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-05-02
WORD OF THE LORD
Or. Taimage on the Potency
OF the Name of Christ
ITS CHARM IS UNIVERSAL
Tse Mans i,sclf Has Certain Beauty Of
Sound, bus No Familiar Name Can
Be Dissosiatsd-

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Mage y sh1s = held vass sudisncss spsli-
bound ~ nis eioqasacs, Whatever sab
5sct lie hAs IA had. - u nsver 20 sio-
ssenf. % - evsisasly . grsas ussor. -
wasn he yssaehs cAriss - ne O. hops
Dor the regsnssstiou - tho world. Ths
sAct WA rsvsd dis naxniag when h
discsarssd frsa tho taxi. Phslippians u.
.. "Ths name vhirh = above every
pane"
f. Paul u here making rspsuzous and
antAsslaxtie AsssripeSDa q the nxns Of
CHRIS. fhsrs are msrsly worldly names
hat souasssna arm you through and
thxoagh- Such was the name ef Henry
Clay 70 Kentnckian. tho name Of VII
ham Writ 20 virginian. the name of
Daniel Webster 10 . New Englaader.
BY common provsrb We have como 10
believe tsas s'thess Is nothing in a
as1ns;- and 80 parents soneeimes at the
bsptisnll aita< give titles TO thar chill
aren, reckless Of the fact THAI that title,
that nazas. win 30 lifetime kinarAnce
90 . hfstlne help. You have no right
10 give your child . name lacking
rither IN suphony OF moral meaning.
Il Is ssn 70 call child Jehoiaknn or
Tislsth- pslsser. or BY anything that Is
disagreeable. Because yoa have had an
exasperasing name yourself i no reason
why you shsah innict il upon your
progeny. snd yet how often ii Is that We
see q name fnn OF Jargon rattling down
from generation 70 generation simply
because long while ago some one hap
prned 20 DO afflicted with it. Institu-
tions and great enterprises sometimes
without sufficient elaboration take no
nenclsture. Mighty destinies have bean
decided by name. While we may by
. long course Of Christian behavior get
over the misfortune Of having been bsp-
tiled with the name Of q despot or q
cheat. how much better it would have
been II we coald have all started life
without any such incumbrance.
SWEET TO TIKI MEMORY.
When Paul, IN my text and in other
passages of Scripture. burst forth IN as
pirasions Of admiration for the name of
Christ, want to inquire what are tho
characteristics Of that appellation. Tho
name which Is above every name" In
the tirst place, speaking to you IN regard
20 the name Of Christ. want 10 tell you
It Is an easy name. You are sometimes
introduced TO people with long aud nm
psunouneesble names. and you have to
6ssrn cautiously 70 get tho names, and
you have to hear them pronounced two
pr three times before you risk trying TO
gt9er them; bat within the first two
PEARS the little child folds its hands and
books upward and says 'Jssus."
Can Is DO that Ia AL this church this
pnugnng tAare aro representatives q sny
hoaseAold where the children are IA
mihar with the names Of tho father and
mother and brother and dssor. yet know
nothing about that name which is above
sgery manner Sometimes you forget the
nau,e Of q quite familiar friend, and yoa
have 10 thiak and think before you get il;
bat can you imagiae any freak of intel
lscs by which you should forgsk the
name Of Jesas7 That word seems to At
the tongue in every dialect. Down to
old age, when the voice Is tremulous and
uncertain add indistinct, even then this
regal word finds potent utserance.
When an aged father was dying, one
Of the children came and said. Father,
do you know me- and IN the delirium
Of he last sickness he said. mo, ! don't
know you Another child came and
said. Father, do 700 know me?" mo-"
ne aid. IL don't know you" Then the
village pastor came in and said, DO you
know raes" He said. mo: I dont think
I ever saw you" Thsu said tho minis-
Ter, "Do you know Js~usy' '.Oh, ysr'
said the dying man. II know Jesus;
chief among ten thousand Is he, and the
oas altogether lovely" Yes, for all
ages ant for all languages, and for all
conditions is an easy name.
Jesus. love thy cAsmine name.
Tia masio to nay eAx.
Fam ~oaii I sound 10 out % load
That heaven ssd earth might hear.
LOWRY NAMES IS scn1rruRx.
Bat remark further In regard 10 this
rame Of Christ. that it IL bssutiful
name. Now you have noticed that you
cannot disassociate . name from tho
character ef the person who has il.
There ara sorae names. for instaace, that
ere r-pulsive 10 my ear. Thoss names
arc attractive 70 your ear. What II the
asfYerencer Why, hsppened to know
some persons Of thst name who were
sross or syur or queer or unsynpa-
tAeeic. and The persons you have hap
psued % know Of that name were kind
and genial Since. then. We cannot dis
sszspciats name from the character Of
khe person who has he name, that con-
psfSsrsfisn mskes ne name Of Jesus I'M
pprakshay hssasifsi-
s.nses prsscunre thAt name IN your
prsssncs. but ycR mink a Bethlehem.
GexAss.sne and 0asxoths. and you Re
his loving face. snd you hsnr bis teu6er
voice. and you seal his g<nfae toseh. As
ssea - I proneases his nsas in your
pvsesnoe ysn think q Nm WHO banquet
a wSAh hewvsniy hi~ascAs. 80 oanDs
npvn and hreakfasopa On - ~ whjch
khe rouxh men hsnArua ssf u osmsnnrue:
rou think II him who, thDagh Ne clcods
nrp tia dwpe Of his f~e<, walked fcosesre
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