Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-05-12

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 win 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 a 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 its 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,
rejoicing in the care Of him who brought
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 afire with it's splendor the domes of the
temple, and burnish 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 insufferabe
splendoI, 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 at 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 Christ! |
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, l 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 I'D
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.
Ipray God he may move upon this as
semblage now, that we may see him walk
ing through all these aisles, that the Holy
Spirit may spread his wings over this au-
ditory. Now is your time for heaven, Oh,
my friends! meeting once, perhaps never
again until the books are opened, what
shall we say Of this mornings service?
Have l told you the whole truth? Have
you listened to the whole truth? Now is
your time for heaven. Come into the king.
dom. If you never had an invitation be-
fore, l give it to you now.
do not ask what your sin has been or
what your wandering. That is not perti-
nent to the question. The only thing is
whether you want Christ Come in, the
farthest off. Come, the nearest by.
Where sin abounded, grace shall much
more abound" Is there in all this august
assemblage man who feels he is too
wicked to come? You are mistaken. Come
now. "Now is the accepted time; now is
the day of salvation"
NO GLOOMY RELIGION.
Dye who are young, come now! Tt 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 n
theory with me. l know in whom l be-
lieve, and he has been so good a friend to
me, have right this morning to COM
mend his friendship to all the people.
Oh, come into the kingdom! 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
say? Look unto me, all ye ends of the |
earth" He was lifted up. What for? To
drive? Mol lifted up to draw Oh, come
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 oozing 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 hearer, 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: II
will no longer battle against Christ's mer-
cy. Lord Jesus, thou hast conquered" "
Glorious name! 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 I take him
to 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"
His Check for 100000.
Vice President Morton may be said to
be candidate for reelection. He has
said that he will accept it if the honor is
forced upon him. What more is wanted?
-Nayu Work. A Adyarticar