The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1892-07-07

beautiful, and you will look up into the
face of Christ and say: "My Lord, thou
arta brighter star, the Morning Star, the
Star of Jacob, the Star of the Redeem
err" Some day you will be walking
among the fountains that toss in the
sunlight, falling in crash of pearl and
! amethyst into golden ana crystalline
urn, and wandering UP the round
banked river to the pl"1e where The
| water first tinkles its silver on
| the rock, and from chalices of
love you will be drinking to
honor and everlasting joy, and you
will look up 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, rejoicing in the care of Him
who 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 viii be
the name l have not mentioned yet. I
imagine that Heaven is not all full.
Every throne has its king. Every harp
has its harper. All the wealth of the
universe has come into Heaven. There
is nothing to be added. The song full.
| The ranks full. The mansions all full.
Heaven full. The sun will set afire
with its splendot the dones of the
temple, and burnish the golden
streets into blaze, and be reflected
back from the solid pearl of the twelve
gates, and it would be noon in Heaven.
Noon on the river. Noon on the hills.
Noon in the valley. High noon. And
then you look up, gradually accustonl-
ing your vision to the Sight, shading
your eyes at the first lest they be ex-
tinguished with the insuffcrable splen-
dor, until after awhile you can look
upon the fnll .hradiation, and you viii
cry out, My Lord, my Lord, Thou art
the sun that never SETS
| But at this point am staggered with
the thought that there may be persons
in this house for whom this name has
no charms though it is so easy, though
it is so beautiful, though it is so potent,
though it is so enduring. Obi come to-
day, and see whether there is any hine
in Christ. I 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, I
challenge you. Come, and we will
kneel at the altar of mercy. You
| lneel on one side of the altar and will
kneel on the other side of the altar of
mercy, and we will not get up from our
knees until our sins are par1doned and
we are able to ascribe all honor to the
name-you pronouncing it and I pro-
nOuncing 1.-THE name which is above
every name"
| His worth if all the nations knew,
Sure the whole earth would love Elm, too. :
L pray God He may move upon this
assemblage now, that we MAY sec Him
walking all through these aisles, that
the Holy Spirit may spread his wings
over this auditory. Now is your time
for Heaven. o my friends! meeting
once, perhaps never again until the
| books are opened, what shall we say of
this mornings service? Have told Won
the Whole truth? Have you listened
to- the whole truth? Noly is your
time for Heaven. Come into the
kingdom If you never had an invi-
.tation before I give it to you now. I do
not ask what your sin has been, or
what your wandering That is not.p
tinent to the question. The only thing
is whether you want Christ. Come in,
the furthest off. Come, the nearest by.
where sin abounded grace shall much
more abound" Is there in all this au-
gust assemblage a man who feels he is
too wicked tocome? You are mistaken.
Come now. ''Now is the accepted time:
now is the day of salvation. i
Dye who are young! come now. II
is no gloomy religion that preach. It
will take no lustre from your eye. II
will take no color from yourjcheek. 1t
will take no spring from your. step.
L know what am talking about. i
have felt the consolation of this grace
| in 1ny own heart. It is not a theory
| with mo. I know on whom believe
| and He hls been so good friend to me,
1 L hdfS-s1. " III ILLS morning tC
commend His, friendship to all
the people. Oh! come into the
kingdom. Do not say you are too bad.
''Let the wicked forsake his wav, and
the unrighteous man his thoughts"
Look unto me, all We ends of the
EARTH" How is He going. to do-drive
you into the kingdom? He win not. do
it. If you get in at all, it will be be.
cause you are drawn in by His love.
What does He say2 Look unto
me, all We ends of the earth" He was
lifted up. What for2 To drive? Mol
lifted up to draw. g.......
Obi come now, come now into the
kingdom of our Lord Jesus. You have
heard of that warrior of ancient times
who went into battle against Christ.
He hated Christ, and he went into bat
tie fighting Christ; butsin the battle he
got wounded. he was struck by the ar
row and fell. and as he lay with his
face up to the sun, and the
life-blood oozing away, he put
his hand to his heart and took
handful of blood from the wound.
and held it up towards the sun, and
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