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mighty in the political world, Wellington Is
| a name mighty in the military world, but
where in all the earth Is name so potent TO
lift and thrill and arouse and rally and bless
as the name Jesus? Why, the sound OF that
one name uuhorsed Saul and threw Newton
on his face on ships deck, and that one name
to-day, while speak, holds hundred mil
lion souls under omnipotent spell That
name in England to-day means more than
Victoria. In Germany that name to-day
means more than Emperor William. Oh,
mighty name!
Ihaye 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. l have
seen q man overcome OF misfortune and
trial every kind of trouble had he; but at
the sound of that name the sea dropped.
and the clouds parted, and the sunburst OF
eternal gladness poured upon his soul
have seen man hardened in inf1delity, de-
FAINT Of God, full Of jeer and scott, jocose or
the Judgment day, reckless Of eternity, at
the sound Of that name blanch aud COVER
and groan and kneel and weep and repent
and pray and believe and rejoice and TIL
umph. >,
Oh, it is a mighty name. Underits power
the last temple OF superstition will come
down and the last Juggernaut OF iniquity
will be shattered to pieces. The red horse OF
carnage, spoken Of In apocalyptic vision, and
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 and the stars OF
heaven for His tiara. Mighty name! 1t will
make the whole earth trsmble, and tnen IL
will make all the nations sing. Mighty
name!
Other dorinions seem to be giving way;
France had to give up some OF her favorlte
provinces; Spain has lost a great deal or her
bower: many Of the thrones of the world
are being lowered, many Of the scspters OF
the world are being shortened, but every
tract distributor, every Bible printer, every
Christian institution established spreads
abroad the mighty name Of Carist. lt mas
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 extend.
And white-robed innocence from heaven descend.
But remark again, taking 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, iand you wish that
Walter SCOTS "Old Mortality" would come
along and rechisel it so that you might really
find out what the nameis. 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 world
either have persisted or are perishing.
Gregory W., Sancho Of Spain, Conrad I. OF
Germany, Ricnard I. OF England. Catherine
of Russia. Those names were once mighty,
and they made the earth tremble. Who
cares for them now? None so poor as to do
them reverence. But the name Of Christ is
enduring forever. It will be preserved In
the worlds fine art. There will be other
Bellinis to sketch the Madonna, and other
Ghirlandaajos to present the baptism Of
Christ, and other Bronzinos to show Christ
visiting the spirits in prison, and other
Giottos to appal the vision with the Cruel
fixion. It will be preserved in the worlds
literature.
Thers will be other Alexander Popes to
write the Messiah, " and other DR.. Youugs
to celebrate His triumph. and other Cow
pers to sing His love. 1t will be preserved
In the worlds grand and elaborate archi.
lecture and Protestanism shall yet have its
St. Marks and its st. Peters. 1t 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
smbalmed in the hearts Of all the good OF
earth and all the great ones Of heaven.
Shall the emancipated bondsman ever for
get who set him free? Shall the blind man
ever forget the Divine Physician 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 up all the Bibles and burn
down all the churches, and then 10 the spirit
of universal arson go through the gate OF
heaven and put the torch to al. the temples
and mansions and palaces until In the awful
conflagration all heaven went down and the
people come out to look upon the charred
ruins: but evan then they would hear the
name of Christ in the thunder Of falling
towers and in the crash Of temple walls, and
see it interviewer into the flying banners Of
flame and the redeemed Of heaven would
say, .sLet the temples AMI 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 sec Him in heaven? Now that is prao-
tical question. For you will see Him, child
of God, Just as certainly as you sit there and
I stand here. By what name have you made
mn your mind to call Christ when you first
meet Him in heavens Will you call Him
WAnointed One" or 'MessiahY' or will you
take some one Of the symbolic terms which
you read in your Bible on earth-terms BY
which Christ was designated?
Some day perhaps you will be wandering
among the gardens OF God on high, the place
abloom with eternal springtime, infinite lux
;1x,o oy,d
haps 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" Some
time there will be q new soul come into
heaven to take its place in the armament
and shine as the stars forever and ever, and
the luster Of a useful life will shine forth
tremulous and beautiful, ami you will look
up into the face Of Christ and say, MY
Lord. Thou art brighter star, the Morning
Star the Star OF Jacob, the Star Of the Re-
deemer." .
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 in 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. nv 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 VINO 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"
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
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