Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-05-07

are being lowered. many of the scepters of
the world are beng shortened. but every
tract distributor every Bible printer, every
Christian Institution established 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 AMI in the eastern pagoda.
That name will swallow up all other names.
That crown will yet cover up all other
crowns. That empire viii yet compass all
Nominations.
All crimes shall cease and ancient frauds shall fail,
Returning justice lift sioft her scale;
Peace Ger the world her olive wand extend,
And white-robed innocence from heaven descend.
But remark again, taking a step forward
in this subject that the name of Christ Is
an enduring name. You get over the fencs
of the graveyard and you pull the weeds
back from the name that has nearly faded
Walter SCOTS "Old Mortality would come
along and rechissl it 50 that you might really
find out what the nameis. 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 world
either have persisted or are perishing.
Gregory VI, Sancho of Spain, Conrad l. of
Germany, Richard |. of England. Catherine
d. VI
and they made the earth tremble. Who
cares for them now? None so poor as to do
them reverence. But the name of Christ is
enduring forever. 1t will be preserved 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 Bronziuos to show Christ
visiting the spirits in prison, and other
Giottos to appal the vision with the Cruel.
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literature
Thers will be other Alexander Popes to
write the Messiah" and other DIR. Youugs
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 Protestanism shall yet haveits
st. Marks and its 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 will be
embalmed in the hearts of all the good of
earth and all the great ones of heaven.
Shall the emancipated bondsman ever for
get who set him freep Shall the blind man
ever forget the Divine Physician who gave
him sight2 Shall the lost and wandering
ever forget who brought them home?
Why, TO make the world forget that name
would be to burn up all the Bibles AMI burn
down all the churches, and then in the spirit
heaven and put the torch to all the temples
and mansions and palaces until in the awful
conf1agration 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 inter woven into the flying banners of
flame, and the redeemed OF heaven would
say, LET the temples AMI the palaces burn;
let them burn; we have Jesus left" Blessed
be His glorious name forever. 1.-THE name
which is above every name"
Ny friends, have you made up your mind
by what name you will accost Christ when
YOU see Him in heaven? Now that is prac-
teal 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
up your mind to call Christ when you first
meet Him in heaven? Viii you call Him
"Anointed One" or "Messiahr or will you
take some one of the symbolic terms which
you read in your Bible on earth-terms by
which Christ was designated?
Some day perhaps you will be wandering
among the gardens of God on high, the place
abloom with eternal springtime, infinite lux.
haps 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" Some
time 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
tremulous and beautiful, anil you will look
up into the face of Christ and say, my
Lord, Thou art brighter star, the Morning
Star, the Star OF Jacob, the Star of the Re.
deemer."
Some day you will be walking among the
fountains that toss in the sunlight, falling
in crash of pearl AMI amethyst into golden
and crystalline urn, and wandering up the
round banked river TO the place where the
water first tinkles in 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 will be the
name | have not mentioned yet. | imagine
that heaven is all full. Every throne has
its king. Every harp has its harper. AL
the wealth of the universe has come into
heaven. There is nothing to be added
The song full. The ranks full. The man
sions al full Heaven full. The sun will
set afre with its spleDdor the domes of the
temple, and burnish the golden streets into
q blaze, and be reflected back from the
solid pearl of the twelve gates, and it will be
noon in heaven. Noon on the river. Noon
on the hills. Noon in the valleys. High
noon. And then you will look up, gradu-
ally accustoming your vision to the sight,
shading your eyes at the first lest they be
extinguished with the insuferable splendor
until after awhile yol can LOOK upon the full
irra1iation and you will cry out My Lord,
my Lord, Thou art thu 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 charm,
though it is so easy, though it is so beaati-
ful, though it is Sd potent, though it is 50 en-
during. Oh, come to-day and see whether
there is anything in Christi | challenge you
to test with me this morning whether Col is
good, and whether Christ is precious, AMI
whether the holy Ghost is omui potent
Come, my brother. | challenge YOU
Come, an we will kneal at the altar Of
mercy. You kneel on the one side of the altar
and l will kneel on the other side of the altar
of mercy, and we will not get up from our
knees until our sins are pardone1 and We
are able to ascribe all honor to the name
you pronouncing it AMI | pronounciug it
''the name which Is above every name."
His worth If all the nations knew,
Sure the whole earth would love him too.
Ipray God that He may move upon this
assemblage now, that we may ses Him walk
ing through all these aislas, that thu Holy
Spirit may spread His wings over this au Ii
tory. Now is your time for heaven. Ga,
my friends meeting once, perhaps never
again until the books are opened, what shall
we say of this mornings service? Have L
told you the whole truth? Have you listened
to the whole truth? Now is your time for
heaven. Come into tho kingdom. If you
never had an invitation before, give it to
you now.
do not ask what your sin has been or
what your wan tering. That is not perth
nent to the question. The emily thing i;
whether you want Christ. Come in, the
farthest off. Come, the nearest by. "Where
sin abounde1, grace shall much mora
abound" Is there in all this august Assem-.
b,age a man who feels he is too wicked to
come? You are mistaken. Come now.
"Now is the accepted time; now is the day
of salvation"
o ye who are young, come nowl It is no
gloomy religion that preach. Il will take
no lustre from your eye Il viii take nc
color from your CHEEK. 1t will take nc
spring from your step. know wat 1 am
talking about. have felt the consolat.on
of this grace in my own heart. 1t is not a
theory with me. know in whom believe,
and He has been Sd good friend to me. |
have right this morning to commend His
friendship to all the peop.e.
Oh, come into the kiugdonl Do not say
you are too bad. "Let the wicket forsase
his way and the uurighteous man hi:
thoughts" Look unto Me- all We ends OF
the EARTH How is He going to do-drivt
you into the king lon? He will not do it.
If you get in at oil it will be because YOU
are drawn in by His love. What does H
say? LOOK unto Me, all ye ends of tbs