Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-05-21

girl said, Pm going TO Jesus Then said
the little girl that was well as she bent over
to give the parting kiss to Der dying play
mate, "Well, then, il you are going to Jesus.
give my love to Him" It is 8 beautiful
name, whether on the lips of childhood or
On the lips Of the old man. " he my father
was dying the village minister said TO him..
quoting over his pillow this paeksge. This
Is a IaiunIut saying ana wortnENor all &C
ceptatiou-that Christ Jesus came into the
world to save sinners, "and thers he stopped.
Then my father flushed the quotation By
saying. 'of whom | am chief"
But / remark again, in regard to this
name OF Christ, tina. it is q mighty name.
Rothschild Is a name mighty in the con-
trial, every kind o: trouble had he; but at
the sound OF tlat name the sea dropped,
AID the cioui Is parted. aud thu sunUursc of
eternal gladness pouret upon his soul. l
have seen q man hardened n intidelity, de-
FAINT, OF Got, full Of jeer and scott, jocose Of
the judgment cay, reckless Of eternity. at
the sound Of that lam blanca and cover
and groan and kneel ani weep AMI repent
and pray ana. beileve AMI rejoic, and tri.
uuIph.
Oh. it is a mighty name Under its power
the last temple o. superstition will come
down and the last Juygernaut OF iniquity
will be shattered to pieces. The red horse OF
carnage, spoken OF In apocalyptlc vision, AMI
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 AMI the stars OF
merciai world, Sllnman Is a name mighty in
the scientific world, Irving is a name mighty
in the literary world, Washington is a name
mighty in the political world, Wellington is
a name mighty in 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 decs, and that one name
to-day. while | speak. holds a hundred mil
hon souls under omnipotent spell. That
name in England today means more than
Victoria. In Germany that name to-day
means more than Emperor William. On,
mighty name,
have seen a man bound hand and foot
Of the devil and captive OF all evil habits, at
the sound Of that name dash down his
shackles and march out forever free. / have
seen a man overcome Of misfortune and
heaven toy His tiara. Mighty name! 1t will
make the whole earth tremble, and then it
will make ali the nations sing. Mighty
name!
Other dominions seem to be giving way;
France had to give up some Of her favorlte
provinces; Spain has lost a great deal OF her
power; many Of the thrones Of the world
are being lowered; many of the scepters OF
the world are being shortened. but every
tract distributor, every Bible printer. every
Christian institution established spreads
dDIOu'l tut All40CJ uA14O VI Sik1oC' IL AHS
already been heard under the Chinese wall,
and IN the Siberian snow castle, and In the
brazilian grove and in the eastern pagoda.
That name will swallow up all other names.
That crown will yet cover up all other
crowns. That empire will yet compass all
Nominations.
All crimes shall cease and ancient frauds shall fall,
Returning justice lift aloft her scale:
Peace DER the world her olive wand extenn.
And whitc-robed Innocence from heaven descend.
But l remark again, taking a step forward
in this subject, that the name Of Christ is
an enduring name. You get over the fence
of the graveyard and you pull the weeds
back from the name that has nearly faded
from the tombstone, and you wish that
Walter SCOTS "Old Mortality would come
along and rechisel il 50 that you might really
find out what the II is. Why, that was the
name of the greatest man In all the town, IN
all the country, in all the State, now almost
faded from the tombstone. .
And so the greatest names OF this worlc
either have persisted or are perishlng
Gregory VI. Sancho of Spain, Conrad |. O
Germany, Richard 1. Of England. Gathering
Of Russia. Those names were once mighty
and they made the earth tremble. VIII
cares for them now? None 80 poor as to Ct
them reverence. But the name OF Christ |
enduring forever. 1t will be preserved i:
the worlds fine art. There will be othe
Be!linis TO sketch the Madonna, and othe
Ghirlandaajos to present the baptism o.
Christ, and other BronZinos to show Chris
visiting the spirits in prison, and othe
Giottos to appal the vision with the Cruel
hxion. It will be preserved in the world.
literature.
There will be. other Alexander Popes t.
write the Messiah" and other DR.. Young
to celebrate His triumph, and other Cow
pers to sing His love. 1t will be preserve
in the worlds grand and elaborate archi
lecture, ana Protestanism shall yet have it
st. Marks and its st. Peters. It shall b.
preserved in the worlds literature, for Their
will be other Paleys to write the 'lcvidence
OF Christianity More than all. it will /
embalmed In the hearts of all the good {
earth and oil the great ones Of heaven
Shall the emancipated bondsman ever fol
get who set him free? Shall she blind mo
ever forget the Divine Physician who gay
him sights Shall the lost aud wauderin
ever forget who brought them home?
Why, to make the world forget that nam
!, would he to burn up all the Bibles and bur
:. down all the churches, and then in the splr
| of universal arson go through the gate
( heaven and put the torch to all the temple
and mansions and palace IS until in the awf'
!, conaagration all heaven went down and TT
t people come out to look upon the cnarrt
2 ruins; but even then they would hear I'll
| name of Christ i'll the tnun,ier OF fallln
/ towers and in the crash OF teaile walls, ar
!. see it into the flying banners
[ flame, and the redeeDlel Ga heaven won
. say, LET the temples an the palaces burr
. let them burn; We have Jesus left Biesst
9 be His glorious name forever. The nan
n which is above every name
1t Ny friends. have you made up your mil
e by what-name you will accost Christ WIN
Il YOU see Him in heaven? Now that is q pra
le teal question. For you will see Him, chi
k of God, just as certainly a. you sit there Al
50 stand here. BY what name have you ma
up your mind to call Christ when you I'll
ii meet Him In heaven Win you call H
at Amounted One" Or "Mes>iahr' or will Y
lg take some one Of the symbolic terms viii
NJ you read In your Bile on earth-terms
which Christ was de sl.nated2
a Some day perhaps YOU will be wander
~ among the gardens orc ri on high, the pts
IT. abloom with eternal sprinstime, infinite l.
tn ury Of lily and rose and anarath, and De
I'D haps you will look upinto the face OF Chr
and say, My Lord, Thou art the Rose
Sharon and the Lily OF the Valley Sor
list time there will he a new soul coma in
OF heaven TO take its place in tn. tirnane
cy and shine as the stars forever and ever, a
Jus the luster OF. a useful life will shine Tor
trenaulous and beautiful, and YOU will 10
up into the face Of Christ and say. -,
Lord, Thou art a brighter star, the Moral