Connecticut western news., 1892-05-05

during forever. It will be preserved in the worlds tine art. There will be other Bellinis to sketch the Madonna, and ! other Ghlrlandaajos to present the bap- tism of Christ, and other Bronzinos tu show Christ visiting the spirits in prison. and other Giottos to appal the vision with the CrucitiNion. 1t will be pre- served in the worlds literature.
 There will be other Alexander Popes to write the Messiah" and other Dr. i Youngs to celebrate his triumph, aud other Cowpers to sing his love. It will be preserved in the worlds grand and elaborate architecture, and Protestant ism shall yet have its St. Marks and 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 heav- en. Shall the emancipatcd bondman ever forget who set him free? Shall the blind man ever forget the divine physi- clan who gave him sight? Shall the lost and wandering ever forget who brought them home:
 1 Why, to make the world forget that name would be to burn upall the Bibles and burn down all the churches, and then. in the spirit of universal arson, 70 through the gate of heaven and put the torch to all the temples and man. sions and palaces until in the awful con flagration all heaven went down. and the people come out to look upon the charred ruins; but even then they would l .,T | of falling towers, and in the crash of temple walls. and see it iuterwoven into the flying banners of flame, and the re- deemed of heaven would say, Let the temples and the palaces burn; let them burn; VIC have Jesus left" Blessed be his glorious name forever. The name which is above every name."
 My friends, have you made up your mind by what name you will accost Christ when you see him in heaveni Now that is a practical question. For | you will see him, child of God, just as certainly as you sit there and stand here. Bywhat name have you made up | your mind to call Christ when you first meet him in heaven. Will you call him "Anointed One" or Messiah" or will you take some one of the symbolic terms which you read in your Bible on earth terms by which Christ was designated? THE ROSE OF SHARON.
 Some day perhaps you will be wander ing among the gardens of God on high. 1 the place abloom with eternal spring time, infinite 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" Sometime there | will be new soul come into heaven to take its place in the Armament and shine as the stars forever and ever, and 1 the luster of useful life will shine | forth tremulous and beautiful, and you will look up into the face of Christ and say, My sLord, thou urt 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 tinlSles 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, re- | joicing in the care of him who brought l 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!"
 But there is another name by which you can call him. Perhaps that will be | tho name have not mentioned yet. imagine that heaven is all full. Every throne has its king. Every harp has its harper. All the wealth of the universe | has conAe into heaven. There is noth- ing to be added. The song full. The ranks full. The mansions all full. Heaven full. The sun will set afire with its splendor the domes of the temple and burnish the golden streets into n blaze and Ie 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 ira diation. and you will cry out, My Lord, my Lord, thou art the Sun that Never Sets"
 Is IT PRECIOUS TO YOU?
 But at this point am staggered with the thought that there may be persons ill 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 1t is so enduring. Oh, come to- day and sec whether there is anything in Christ! l challenge you to test with me this morning 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 llneel at the altar of mercy. You bneel on one side of the altar and 1 will l1neel 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 l pronouncing it-"the name which Is above every name"
 His worth r all the nations knew,
 Sure the whole earth would love him too.
 pray God he may move upon this assemblage now, that we may see him walking through all these aisles, that the Holy Spirit may spread his wings over this auditory. Now is your time for heaven. Oh, my friendsl meeting once, perhaps never again until the books are opened. what shall we say of this morn ing's service? Have told you the whole