Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1892-05-07

earth tremDle. Who cares for them
nowp None so poor as to do them rev.
erence. But the nalne of Christ is en-
during forever 1t will be preserved in
the worlds fine art. There will be other
Bellinis to sketch the Madonna, and
other Ghirlandaajos to present the bap-
tism of Christ, and other Bronzinos to
show Christ visiting the spirits III prison,
and other Giottos TO appal the vision
with the Crucitixion. 1t will be pre-
served in the worlds literature.
There will be other Alexander Popcs
TO write the Messiah" and other DR..
Youngs to celebrate his triumph, and
other Ccwpcr:; to sing his.love. 1t will
be preserved in tie worlds grand and
elaborate architecture, and Protestant
ism shall yet have it's st. Marks and
St. Peters. 1t shall lie preserved in
the worlds literature, for there will be
other Paleys To write the Evidences Of
Christianity" More than all,-it will be
embalncd in the hearts OF I'LL the good
of earth and Ill tho great ones of heav-
: en-. Shall the enancipatcd bond1nan
ever forget who.set hin free? Shall the
blind man ever forget the divine physf=.
clan who gave him sight? Shall the lost
and wandering ever forget who brought
them home!
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, 80
through the gate of heaven and put
the torch to all the temples and .man-
sions and palaces until in the awful con-
fagration all heaven went down. and
the people come out to look upon the
charred ruins; but even then they would
hear the name of Christ in tho thunder
of falling towers, and i'll the crash of
temple walls, and see it interviewer into
the flying banners of flame, and the re-
deemed of heaven would say, "Let the
temples and the palaces burn; let them
burn; We have Jesus left" Blessed be
his glorious name forever 1.-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 heaven?
Now that is Tpractical question. For
you will see him, child of God, just as
certainly as you sit there and l stand
here. Bywhat name have you made up
Your mind to cali Christ when you first
meet him in heaven. Will you call him
"Anointcd One" or "Mcssiahy' 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 TIC gardens of God Oh high,
the place abloom with eternal spring
time, infinite luxury Of lily and rose and
a1naranth, 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 a new soul come into heaven to
take it's place III the armament 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 II brighter star,
the Morning Star, the Star of Jacob, the
Star of the Redcemer.
Some day you will be walking among
the fountains that toss III The sunlight
falling in crash of pearl and amethyst
into golden and crystalline urn, and
wandering up the round banlScd river to
the place where the water first tinklcs
its silver on the rock, and from chalices
of love you will be drinking to honor
and everlasting joy, and you will look
I'D 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-
joiccing in the care of him who brought
you out of the wilderness world into the
sheepfoll, and you will look mp into his
face and say, "1fy Lord, my Lord, thou
art the Shepherd of tho Everlasting
Hills
But there is another name by which
you can call him. Perhaps that will be
the name havo not mentioned yet.
imagine that heaven is all full. Every
throne has it's king. Every harp has its
harper. All the wealth of the universe
has come into heaven. There is moth
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 domcs of the temple
and FURNISH the golden streets into a
blaze and he reflected back from the
solid pearl of the twelve gates, and it
will he noon in heaven. Noon on the
river. Noon on the hills. Noon in the
valleys. High noon. And then you will
look up, gradually accusu>&ni 6 your
vision to tic sight, shading yo}r eyes at
the first lest they be extinguished with
the insufTerablc splendor, until after
awhile You can look upon the full ira
diation, and you will cry ont, "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
in this house for whom this name has 10
charm, though it is so easy, though it is
so beautiful, though it is SO potent,
though it is so enduring. Oh, come to-
day and see whether there is anything
in Christi 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 kneel at the altar of
mercy. You l,necl on one side of the