Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-05-02
CHRlSTS NAME.
DR.. TabNaGES ELOQUENT PERORATION on
THE VALUE OF A NANE.
Paars Pansgyric "Taa Name Which Is Above
Every Nancy What Name Shall You
Greet Jesus in Heaven ?-Sweet
is the Name Of Jesus.

BROoKLYN, y. ", May while Dr..
Talmage is able TO hold vast audiences
spell-bound by his elOQuence, whatever
subject he has 10 hand, he is never so
eloOuent, or so evidently a great orator
as when he breaches Christ as the one
hope for the regeneration Of the world.
The fact was proved this morning when
he discoursed from the text Philippians
go. 1.-The name which is above every
name"
Paul is here making rapturOuS and
enthusiastic description OF the name OF
Christ. There are merely worldly names
that sometimes thrill you through and
through. Such was the name OF Henry
Clay to a Kentuckian, the name OF Will
liam Writ 10 Virginian, the name OF
Daniel Webster to a New Highlander
BY common pr0yerb we have come 20
believe that "there is nothing in
name:" and so parents sometimes at the
baptismal alter give titles 90 their chill
dren. reckless Of the fact that that title,
that name, will be a lifetime hindrance
or lifetime help. You have 40 right
10 give your child name lacking either
in euphony or moral meaning. 1t Is
sin 10 call a child JehOiakim, or Ilg-
lath-pileser-or by anything that
IS diSagreeable. Because you
have had an exaSperatlng
name Yourself is no reason why you
should inhict 10 upon your progeny.
And vet how often 10 is that We see a
name full OF jargon rafting down from
generation 20 generation, simply be-
cause a lOug while ago some one hap
pened 10 be afflicted with il. InStitu-
tons and great enterprises sometimes
without sufficient elaboration take
nomenclature. Mighty deStinies have
been decided by a name. While we
nav. by long course OF Christian be-
haviOr. get over the misfortune Of hay-
ing been baptized with the name Of a
desUot or a cheat, how much better IL
would have been If we could have all
started life without any such incum-
brance.
WHEN PAUL, Is MY TENT
and in other passages Of Scripture, burst
forth in aspirations Of admiration for
the name Of Christ, | want to inquire
what are the characteristics of that ap-
pellatiOn, The mama which is above
every name" In the first place, speak
ing 70 you in regard 10 the name Christ,
/ want 10 tell you 10 is an easy name.
Y0u are sometimes introduced TO people
with long and unprOnOunceable names,
aud you have 70 listen cautiously 10 get
tue names. aud you have 70 hear them
pronounced two or three times before
YOU risk trying 20 utter them; but with
i'm the first two years the little
child folds its hands ana looks up
ward, and says Jesus" Can il be
that In all this church this morning
there are representatives of any house
hold where the children are familiar
with the names OF the father and moth
or aud brother and sister, yet know
nothing about "that name which is
above every name?" Sometimes YOU
forget the name of a quite familiar
friend, and you have to Think and think
before you get it; but can you imagine
any freak OF intellect By which you
should forget the name Of Jesus? That
word seems 10 ft the tongue i'm every
dialect Down 20 Old age, when the
voice is tremulous, and uncertain, and
indistinct, even then this regal word
fuds potent utterance.
When an aged father was dying, one
OF the children came and said, "Father,
DO you know me2" and In the delirium
OF the last sickness he said. "No, don't
know you" Another child came and
said, Father, do you know me?" NO. "
he said, 81 don't know you Then the
village pastor came in and said "Doyou
know me?" He said, NO, don't think
ever saw you" Then said the minis
ter, "Do you know JeSus?" "Oh yes"
said the dying man. 81 know Jesus;
chief among ten thousand is be, aud the
one altogether lovely" Yes, for all
ages and for all languages, and for all
conditions 10 is an easy name.
Jesus, love thy charming name.
It's music 90 my ear.
Faiu would sound 10 ont 50 loud
Ihay heaven and earth might hear.
BUT 1 REMAIN,
IN regard to this name Of Christ. that il
Is "a mighty name. Rothschild is a name
mighty In the commercial world, Sill
man is a name mighty Ga the scientific
world, Irving is a name mighty in the
literary world, Washington is a name
mighty IN the political world, yelling
ton is a name mighty 10 the military
world; but where in all the earth is a
name so potent TO lift, and thrill, and
arouse, and rally, and bless, as the
name Jesus? Why, the sound Of that
one name endorsed Saul and threw
Newton on his face on ships deck; and
that one name to-day, while speak,
holds a hundred million souls under
Omnipotent spell. That name in I'm
gland to-day means more than Victoria.
In Germany that name to-day means
more than Emperor William. Oh,
mighty namel
have seen man bound hand and
foot TO the devil and captive Of all evil
habits, az the sound OF a name dash
down his shackles and march out for
ever free. / have seen man overcome
Of misfortune and trial, every kind or
trouble had he; but at the sound OF
that name the sea dropped aud the
clouds parted. and the Sunburst OF
eternal gladneSS poured upon his soul.
/ have seen man hardened In inidel-
ity, defiant Of God, full of ieer and
SCOT, iOcoSe OF the judgment day, reck-
less OF eternity, az the sound OF that
name blanch, and cover, and Croap.
and kneel, aud weep, ana repent, and
pray, and believe, and rejoice, aud tri-
umph.
Oh! il is mighty name. Under its
power the last temple OF superstition
will come down, and the last Jugger-
naUt Of iniquity will be shattered 70
pieces. The red horse Of carnage.