Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-05-12

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The aged man comes in from long walk.
and he tremulously opens the door of his
home, and he hangs his hat on the old
nail, and he puts his cane in the usual
place. and he lies on his couch, and he says
to his children and his grandchildren. my
dears, am going away from you" And
they say, why, where are you going,
grandfather" oh" he says, Il am GO
ing to Jesus;' and so the old man faints
away into heaven.
And the little child comes in from play
and she filings herself in your lap, and she
says, Mamma, Pm so sick, Pm so very
sick" and you put her TO bed, and the
fever is worse and worse, and some mid.
night, while you arc shaking up the pillow
and giving the medicine, she looks up in
your face and says, Mamma, Pm going
away from you" You say, why, where
are you going, my darlingp" And she
says, Il am going to Jesus" And the red
cheek that you take to be the mark of the
fever turns ont to be only the carnation
bloom Of heaven.
"GOING To JESUS"
Oh, was it not beautiful when a little
child heard that her playmate was diving,
and she went to the house, and she clam
bered upon the bed of her dying playmate,
and she said to the dying playmate,
Where are you going to-" and the dying
girl said, I'm going to Jesus" Then
said the little girl that was well as she bent
over to give the parting kiss to her dying
playmate, well, then, if you are going to
Jesus, give my love to him." 1t is a beau
tiful name, whether on the lips of child
hood or on the lips of the old man. When
my father was dying the village minister
said to him, quoting over his pillow this
passage, This is a faithful saying and
worthy Of all acceptation-that Christ Je-
sus came into the world to save sinners, 4"
and there he stopped Then my father fin
ished the quotation by saying. 'of whom
am chief"
But | remark again, in regard to this
name of Christ, that it is mighty name
Rothschild is Il name mighty in the COM
mercial world, Silliman is name mighty
in the scientific world, Irving is name
mighty in the literary world, Washington
is name mighty in the political world,
Wellington is name mighty in the mill
tary world, but where in all the earth is a
name so potent to lift and thrill and arouse
and rally and bless as the name Jesus?
Saul and threw Newton on his face on
ships deck, and that one name today,
while | speak, holds hundred million
souls under omnipotent spell. That name
in England today means more than Vic
toria. In Germany that name today means
more than Emperor William. Oh, mighty
name!
have 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. |
have seen n 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 a man hardened in
infidelity, defiant of God, full of jeer and
scoff, iocose of the Judgment day, reckless
of eternity, at the sound of that name
blanch and cover and groan and kneel and
weep and repent and pray and believe and
rejoice and triumph.
A MIGHTY NAME.
Oh, it is mighty name. Under its
power the last temple of superstition will
come down and the last Juggernaut of in
iquity 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 namel It will first make the
whole earth tremble, and then it will make
all the nations sing. Mighty name!
Other dominions seem to be giving way;
France had to give up some of her favorite
Provinces; Spain has lost great deal of
her power; many of the thrones of the
world are being lowered; many of the
scepters of the world are being shortened
but every tract distributor, every Bible
printer, every Christian institution estab-
lished spreads abroad the mighty name of
Christ. 1t has 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
fail,
Returning justice lift aloft her scale;
Peace DER the world her olive wand extend,
And white robed innocence from heaven de-
scend.
AN ENDURING NAME.
But remark again, taking a step for
ward 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, and you wish
that Walter Scott's "Old Mortality" would
come along and rechisel it so that YOU
might really find out what the name is.
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 word
either have perished or are perishing.
Gregory vi, Sancho of Spain Conrad of
| Germany, Richard l of England, Cathe-
rine of Russia Those names were once
mighty, and they made the earth; tremble.
Who cares for them now2 None SO poor as
to do them reverence. But the name of
Christ is enduring forever. 1t will be pre-
served 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 CrucifiXion. 1t will be preserved in
the worlds literature.
There will be other Alexander Popes to
write the Messiah, /" and other Dr. Youngs
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 Professionalism shall yet have
its St. Marks and it's 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 VIII be embalmed in the hearts of
all the good of earth and all the great ones
of heaven. Shall the emancipated bond
man ever forget who set him free? Shall