Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-05-05

in, and mountain Gnd sea- and day and |
NJ Dt, asid earth a.d heaven acclaim in full |
chaHt, Blessed he his glorious namc for
over" Tie maire which is above every |
nsme."
Have y0I eySr heard In a Methodist |
cautch. du"jn.; II time OF revival, a score |
OF oou,s come to tie altar and cry out fos
mercy under the power Of Just two lines O.
sjtroEJ Old Jo5n Wesley?
,Tesas. the name high over ali,
In hUaven. or earth, or sky.
To the reperting soul, to the exhausted
invalid, TO the Sunday school girl, to the
snow white octogenaran it is beautiful.
The aged man comes in from u long walk,
and he TREMENDOUSLY opens the door of his
home, and he hangs his hat on the old
nail, and lie pats his cane in the usual
place, and he lies on his couch, and he says
TO mis- children and his grandchildren, "My
Lears | am going away from you" And
they Say, "Why, where are you going,
grandfather| oh" lie says, II am go
ing TO Jcsus;" and 50 the old man faints
away into heaven
And the little child comes in from play
and she iiihgs herself in your lap, and she
sRys. Mamma, I'm so sick, I'm so very
vick;' and you put her to bed, and the
fever il worse and worse, and some mid
night, while YOU are shaking mp the pillow
and giving the medicine, She looks up in
your face and says, Mamma, Pm going
away from YOU" You say, why, where
are you going, my darling" And she
says, Il am going to Jesus" And the red
cheek that you take to be the mark of the
fever turns out to be only the Carnation
bloom Of heaven.
GOING TO JESUS"
Oh, was it not beautiful when little
child heard that her playmate was dying,
and 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 tot" 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, well, then if you are going to
Jesus, give my love to him" 1t is beau
tiful name, whether on the lips of child
hood or on the lips of the old man. When
my father was dying the village minister
said TO him, quoting over his pillow this
passage, This is Il faithful saying and
worthy Of all acceptttion-that Christ Je-
sus came into the world to save sinners"
and there he stopped. Then my father fin
ished the quotation by saying, "of whom l
am chief"
But | remark again, in regard to this
name Of Christ, that IL is mighty name.
RothscEild is a name mighty in the com
mercial world, Silliman IS u 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 u name mighty in the mill
tary world, but where in all the earth is a
name 50 potent to lift and thrill and arouse
and rally and bless rs the name Jesusf
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 hundred million
souls under omnipotcnt spell That name
in England today means more than Vic
tOria. IN Germany that name today means
more than Emperor William. Oh, mighty
namc
hi.ye seen man bound hand and foot
of the devil and captive OF all evil habits,
nj t.o sound of that name dash down dis
shack s and march out forever free.
have seen man overcome of misfortune
and trial. every kind Of trouble had he;
but al the sound of that name the sea
dropped, and the clouds parted, and the
suuburst Of eternal gladness poured upon
his soul. ] have seen man hardened in
iuhdelty, defiant Of GOD. fall of jeer and
scof, iocose of the judgment day, reckless
Of eternity, at the sound of that name
bauch and cover and groan and knecl and
weep aud repent and pray and believe and
rejoice and triumph.
: MIGHTY NAM.
Oh, 1t is a mighty name. Cnder its
power the last temple Of superstition will
conae DOM and the last Juggernaut of in
EQUITY 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
MigAty name! 1t will first make the
whole earth tremble. and then it will max
all the nations sing Mighty mama!
Other dorGiEions seem to be giving way
| France had to give up some OF her favorite
| provinces, Spain has lost a great deal OF
/ hex power; many Of the thrones of the
wcril Hre being lowered; many Of the
sccptcvs o: the world arc being shortened
but every trace distributor, every Bibll
| printer every Christian institution estah
! iisaed spreads abroad Tie mighty name o
| Christ. it has already been heard under
| the Chinese wall. and in the Siberian snow
|
! the eastern pagoGs. That name vii
swallow up all other name. That crown
! Will yet cover mp all other crowns THAI
| empire will yet compass ell nominations.
All crimes shall cease and ancient frauds shal
fail,
I Returning justice lift aloft her scale
| Peace DER the world her olive wand extend,
and white robed innocence from heaven de
sccnd.
AN ENDURING HAME.
But ! remark again, taking a step for
ward in this subject, that the name O
Christ is IN enduring name. You get owe
the fence of the graveyard and you pull tn
/ weeds back from the name that has nearl
faded FROM the tombstone, aud you wis
that Walter SCOTS odd Mortality woul,
come along H2d roch!scl st so that yol
might really find cut what tho name j.
Why, that was the namo Of the greatc-
man in all the towa, in all the country, d
all the state, now almost faded from tn
tombstone.
And 80 the greatest names Of this wor
either have periched or are perish;np
Gregory VI Sancho Of Spain, Conrad @
GerHHGy, Richard ! Of England, Catho