The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-05-12

prison, and other Giot'os to appal the
vision with the C:ucllxion. 1t will bo
preserved il the worlds literature.
There will be other Alexander Popes
to write the "Messiah," and other Dr.
Y oungs TO celebrate his triumph, apd
other Cowpers TO sing his love. 1t will
be preserved i'll the worlds grand and
elaborate architecture, and Protestan-
tlsm shall yet huvo its st. Marks aud its
st. Petor's. 1t shall be preserved in the
worlds literature, for there will be other
Paleys to wlite the "Evidences of
Chrlstirnity." More than all, Il will be
embalmed in the hearts of all the good
OF earth aud all the great ones of heaven.
Shall the emancipated bondman ever
forget who set him free? Shall tho bhud
man ever forget the divine physician
who gave hun sight? Shall the lost and
wandering ever forget who brou"ht them
home?
Why, to make the world forget that
name would be to burn up all t. Bibles
ana burn down ali the churches, and
then In the spirit OF universal arson 20
through the cate OF heaven and put the
torch to all the temples and mansions
and palaces until in the awful cUnilaura-
tlor all heaven went down and the pco-
pic come out to look upon the charrcd
ruins; but even then they would hear
the name Of Christ in the thunder of
ialling tcwcrs and in the crash Of temple
walls, aud sec it interviewer into the fly
my banners OF fam, and the redeemed
OF heaven would say, "I.et the temples
and the palaces burn, let them burn; we
have Jesus left" Blessed be his ylori-
Gus name forever. "ThC name which i3
above every name"
My friends, have you made up your.
mind by what name you will accOSt
Christ when you see him in heaven :?
Now that is practical question. For
you Will see him, child Of God, lust as
certainly as you sit there and | stand
here. by what name have you made
up your mind to Call Christ when you
first meet him i'm heaven? VIII you
Call him "Anointed One" or "Messi.
ah :" or will you take some one Of the
symbolic terms which you read in your
Bible on earth-terms 10y which Christ
was designated?
Some day perhaps you will ne 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 in the face of Christ and say,
"My Lord, thou art the Rose Of Sharon
and the Lily Of the Nallcy.' Some
time there will be Il new soul come
into heaven to take its place in the
armament and shine as the stars for
ever and ever, and the luSter Of Il use
tul lie will shine forth tremulOuS and
beautiful, and you will look into the
art brighter star, the Morning Star,
the Star Of Jacob, the Star of the
Rpdccmer."
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 its silver on the rock, and from
chalices of love you will be drnking to
honor and everlasting joy, and you y i'll
look up INTO the face of Cnrist 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 10y
the rock, rejoicing in the care Of him
who brought you out of tho wilder
ness world into the shrepfold, ami You
will look up into his fac. and say,
My Lord, my Lord. thou art tnc
Shephard OF the Everlastiug Hills"
But there is another name by which
you can call him. Perhaps that will
ne the name have not mentioned yet.
| Imagine that heaven is all fun.
Every throne has its king. Every harp
has It's harper. All the Wealth Of tie
universe has come into heaven. There
IS nothing to be added. The song fu!l
The ranks full. The mansions al full
Heaven full. The sun will set ;li,r
with its splenGor the ,!umcs Of ,Ec
temple, and bnrnish the gol,lrn streets
into blaze, and be reflected hark from
the solid pearl Of the twelve gates and
1T VIII be noon in heaven. Noon on
the river. Noon on the hills. Noon in
the valleys. High noon. And then
you will look mp. gradually accuS'0m.
ing your vision to the sight, shading
your eyes at the first least they be pX.
tlngulShed with the insuiirr. Die Splen.
dor, until after awhile Iuu can look
upon the full irradiation, and you
will 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 he
persons in this house for whom this
name has no charm, though 1t is so
easy, though it is SO beautiful, though
IT IS 80 potent, though it is so rndur-
ing. On, come to-day and see whether
L
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, challenge you.
Come, and we will kneel at the altar of
mercy. You kneel on one side of the
altar and l will kneel on the other side
of the altar of mercy, and we will not
gel up from our knees until our sins
are pardOned and We are able to aScribe
all honor to the name-you pronOunc-
ing 1T and pronouncing it-"the name
which is above every name"
His worth if all the nations knew,
Sure the whole earth would love him too.
pray God he may move upon this as
semhlage now, that we may see him
walking through all these aislcs, that
the llol y Spirit may spread his wings
over this auditory. Now is your time
for heaven. On. my friends! meeting
once, perhaps never again until the
BOOKS are opened, what shall we say of
this mornings service? Have told
you the whole truth? Have You lis