Milford chronicle., 1892-05-06

tism of Christ. and other Bronzinos to
show Christ visiting the spirits in prison,
and other Giottos to appal the vision
with the Crucifxion. 1t will be pre-
served in the worlds literature.
There will be other Alexander Popes
to write the Messiah" and other DR..
YOungs to celebrate his triumph, and
other Cowpers to sing his love. It will
be preserved in the worlds grand and
elaborate architecture, and Protestant
ism shall yet have its st. Marks and
st. Peters. It shall be preserved in
the worlds literature, for there viii be
other Paleys to write the Evidences Of
Christianity" More than all, it Will be
embalmed in the hearts Of all the good
Of earth and all the great ones Of heay-
en-. Shall the emancipated bondman
ever forget who set him free? Shall the
blind man ever forget the divine physi-
clan who gave him sightg Shall the lost
and wandering ever forget who brought
them home:
Why, to make the world forget that
name would be to burn upall the Bibles
and burn down all the churches, and
then, in the spirit Of universal arson, go
through the gate of heaven and put
the torch to all the temples and man
siOns and palaces until in the awful con-
fiagration all heaven went down, and
the people come out to look upon the
charred ruins; but even 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 re-
deemed Of heaven would say, Let the
temples and the.palaces burn; let them
burn; we have Jesus left" Blessed be
his glorious name forever. THE name
which is above every name"
My friends, have you made up your
mind by what name you will accOst
Christ when you see him in heavenI
Now that is a practical question. For
YOU will see him, child Of God, Just as
certainly as you sit there and stand
here. BY what name have You made mp
your mind to call Christ when you first
meet him in heaven. VIII you call him
Amounted One" or Messiah or will
you take some one of the symbolic terms
which You read in your Bible-on earth
terms by which Christ was designated
THE ROSE OF SHARON.
Some day perhaps you will be wander
ing among the gardens of God on high,
the place abloom with eternal spring
time, infinite luxury of lily and rose and
amaranth, and perhaps 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" Sometime there
will be a 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 treinulous and beautiful, and you
will look up into the face Of Christ and
say, my Lord, thou art a brighter star,
the Morning Star, the Star of Jacob, the |
Star Of the Redeemer."
Some day you will be walking among
the fountains thi,t toss in the sunlight, |
falling in crash Of pearl and amethyst |
into golden and crystalline urn, and /
up the round banked river to /
the place where the water first tinkles
its silver ON the rock. and from chalices
Of love you win 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, re-
ioicing in the care of him who brought
you out Of the wilderness world into the
and you will look up into his
ACE and say, ''My Lord, my Lord, thou
,rt the Shepherd Of the Everlasting
dillsl7
But there is another name by which
you can call him. Perhaps that viii be
he name have not mentioned yet.
imagine that heaven is all full. Every
hrone has its king. Every harp has its
harper. All the wealth Of the universe
las come into heaven. There is moth
ng to be added. The song full. The
anks full. The mansions all full II
heaven full. The sun viii set atire with
Is splendor the domes Of the temple
nd FURNISH the golden streets into a
,laze and be reflected back from the
old pearl of the twelve gates, and it
will be noon in heaven. Noon on the
liver. Noon on the hills. Noon in the
alleys. High noon. And thenyou will
ook up, gradually accustoming your
ision to the sight, shading your eyes at
he first lest they be extinguished with
he insufferable splendor, until after
while you can look upon the full IRA
iation, and you will cry out, MY
ord, my Lord, thou art the Sun that
lever Sets
Is 1T PRECIOUS TO your
But at this point am staggered with
be thought that there may be persons
4 this house for whom this name has no
harm, though it is so easy, though it is
D beautiful, though it is SO potent,
lough it is so enduring. Oh, come to-
az and see whether there is anything
/ Christi challenge you to test with
le this morning whether God is good,
nd whether Christ is precious, and
neither the holy Ghost is omnipotent.
Come. my brother, 1 challenge you.
ONE, and we will lneel at the altar of
lercy. You kneel on one side Of the
liar and will lcneel on the other side
/ the altar OF mercy ana we VIII NOT !
ct up from our knees until our sins are 7
ardoned and we are able to ascribe all
onor to the name-you pronouncing it
nd pronouncing it-''the name which
above every name.
His worth il all the nations knew,
Sure the whole earth would love him too.
I pray God he may move upon this
now, that we may see him
-allring through all these aisles, that the
Toly Spirit may spread his wings over
lis auditory. Now is your time for
eayea. Oh, my friendsl meeting once, +
erie never again until the books are c
pened, what shah we say Of this morn t
lg's service? Have told you the whole s
-uthg Have you listened to the whole t
nth? Now is your time for heaven. .
ONO into the lrinodom. If YOU never 4