The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-05-04

The subject of Rev. DR.. Talmages re-
cent sermon at the Brooklyn tabernacle
was "Christ the One Hope" and his
text Philippians, ii, 5: "a name which
is above every name" The eloquent
divine spoke as follows:
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 Kentuckian, the name
of William Writ to Virginian, the name
of Daniel Webster to New Englander.
BY common proverb we have come to
believe that "there is nothing in a
name;" and so parents sometimes at the
baptismal altar give titles to their chill
dren, reckless of the fact that that title,
that name, will be lifetime hinderance
or life time help. You have no right
to give your child name lacking either
in euphony or moral meaning. 1t is u
sin to call child Jehoiakim, or Tiglath-
pileser-or by anything that is disagree
able. Because you have had an exas-
perating name yourself is no reason
why you should inflict it upon your pro-
geny. And yet how often it is that we
see name full of jargon rattling nown
from generation to generation, simply
because a long while ago some one hap
pened to be afflicted with it. Institu-
tions and great enterprises sometimes
without sufficient reason take nomen-
clature. Mighty destinies have been de-
cided by a name. While we may, by Il
long course of Christian behavior, get
over the misfortune OF having been bap-
tized with the name of q despot or IA
cheat, how much better It would have
been II we could have all started life
without any such incumbrance!
When Paul, in my text 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 appellation,
"The name which is above every
name" In the first place, speaking TO
you in regard to the name of Christ, /
want to tell you it is an easy name.
You are sometim introduced to people
with long and unpronounceable names,
and you have to listen cautiously to get
the names, and you have to hear them
pronounced two or three times before
you risk trying TO utter them; but with
in the first two years the little child
hollis its hands and looks upward, and
saws Jesus" Can II be that in all this
church this morning there are repre-
sentatives Of any household where chill
dren are familiar with the names Of the
father and mother and brother and sis
ter, yet know nothing about that
name which Is above every name. y
Sometimes you forget the name OF a
quite familiar friend, and you have tc
think and think before you get 1t; but
can you imagine any freak of intellect
by which you should forget the nam,
of Jesus? That word seems TO fit the
tongue in every dialect. Down to old
age, when the voice is tremulous, and
uncertain, and indistinct, even then thi'
regal word finds potent uttcrance.
When an aged father was dying, ont
Of the children came and said: Father
do you know me?" and in the dcliriun
of the last sickness he said: "No, don't
know you" Another child came anr
said: Father, do You know me?' NO
he said, ~ don't know you" Then III,
village pastor came in and said: "DC
you know me?" He said "No, dom
think ever saw you" Then said th'
minister: "Do you know Jesus?" 80
yes" said the. dying man, Il knoa
Jesus: chief among ten thousand is He
and the one altogether lovely" Yes
for all ages and for all languages. ant
for all conditions is an easy name.
Jesus, love Thy charming name,
IT'S music to my ear
Fain would sound it cut so loud
That heaven ard earth might hear
But remark further in regard TO tli
name Of Christ, that IL Is II beautiful
name. Now you have noticed that yo'
cannot disaSs lciate nam, from tn,
character Of the person who has II
There are some names. for Instance
that are repulsive 20 my car. Thos'
names are attractive 60 your enr. Wha
is the difference? Why, huopcncd Il
know some persons of tha. name wit
were cross, or sour, or qGgcr, or unsym
pathetic, and the persons yon have hap
poucd 10 know of that name were kinC
and genial. Since, then. We cannot dis
associate a name from the character o
The person who has tha nVn;, that cor
sidcration makes the ngmt nf Jesus un
spra.,ably bcautital. ! cannot pro
nouiIcc hat unmc r. yong presence, bu
you thiak of Bcthlcham and Gethse
name and GolgothiI, and you see Hi
loving face and YOU hear His tende
voice. and you feel Ills gentle touch. Al
soon rs pronounce Ills name in you
presence you think of Him who ban
quoted with heavenly hierarchs, ye
came down and breakfasted on the fisl
which the rough men hauled out o
Senesaret; you think of Him who
though the clouds are the dust OF Hi
feet, walked foot-sore on the road Il
Emmanus. cannot speak His name II
your hearing this morning but yol
think right away Of the shining one
who restored the centurion's daughter
and who helped the blind man to sun
light, and who made the cripple's crutcl
useless, and who looked down into th'
laughing eyes Of the babe until it strug
gled to go to Him; then, fiinging Hi
arms around II, and impressing a lSis
upon its beautiful brow, said,. "of sucl
Is the Kingdom Of heaven"
O, beautiful name, the name o
Jesus, which stands for love, 70