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of heaven. Shall the emanoipated bond |
man over forget who set him freeP Shall
tho blind man ever forget the divine ply |
sioian who gave him sight? Shall the lost |
and wandering ever forget who brought |
them homer
Why, to mako the world forget that
namo would be to burn up all 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 mansions and palaces
until in the awful confagration 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 fame, and the re-
doomed 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"
HOW WILL YOU ACCoST HIM?
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, just as certainly as you sit
there and l 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 "Nessi-
ah?" or will you take some one of the
symbolic terms which you read in your BIZ
BILE 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 springtine, in
finite luxury of lily and rose and amarauth,
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"
Some time there will he new soul come
into heaven to take its place in the firma-
ment and shine MS the stars forever and
ever, and the luster Of n useful life will
shine forth tremuous 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 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 chalces of love you will
y,
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 { he
sheeplold, and You will look up into his
face and say, My Lord, my Lord, thou art
the Shepherd of the Everlasting Hills"
TIE Sun THAT NEVER SETS.
But there is another name by which you
can call him. Perhaps that Will be the
name have not mentioned yet imagine
that heaven j, ali full. Every throne has
it's 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 man
sions all full. Heaven full The sun will
set afre with its splendor the domes Of the
temple and FURNISH the golden streets into
IA blaze, and be reflected back from the
solid pearl of the twelve gates, and it will
he noon in heaven. Noon on the river.
Noon on the hills. Noon in the valleys.
High noon. And then you will look up,
gradually accustOmlng your vision to the
sight shading your eyes at the first lest
they be cXtinguished with the insufferable
speLdor, until after awhile you can luol;
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 be persons in
this house for whom this name has nc
charm, though it is SO easy, though it is 50
| beautiful, though it is so potent, though it
| is so enduring. Oh, come today and SEQ
whether there IS anything in Christ
| challenge you to test with me this morn
ing whether God is good, and whether
| Christ is precious and whether the Holy
Ghost is onnipotent.
Come, my brother, | challenge YOU
Come, and we will kneel at the altar OF
! mercy. Iou kneel on one side of the altar
and will kneel on the other side of the
altar Of mercy, and we will not get ur
from our knees until our sins are pardoncd
and we are able to ascribc all honor to the
name-yOu pronouncing it and / pronoun
cling 1.-THE name which is above every
name"
His worth if ali the nations knew.
Sure tho whole earth would love him too.
pray Ccl he may move upon tt'e
. scmblaGe now, That We may see h.lA 5,....
inS through al! these ;liSlcs, that the HOLY
Spirit mey spread his wings over this au
ditory. Now is your time for heaven. Oh
my friends! meeting once, perhaps nevcl
again until the books are opened, wha
shall we say Of this mornings service
Have / told you the whole truth? Hav,
you listened ia the whole truth? Now il
your time for heaven. Come into the king
dom. If you never had uu invitation be
fore, give II to you now.
do not ask what your sin has been o.
what your wandering. That is not peril
nent to the question. The only thing i
whether you want Christ. Come in, th
fsrthest of. Come, the nearest by
"W there sin abounded, grace shall mucl
more abound" Is there in all this angus
semblage II man who feels he j. to-
wick ed to come? You are mistaken Conn
now. "Now is the accepted time; now i
the day Of salvation"
20 Gir1'D UEllGiON
Oye who ar N".p.. come now, 1t is m
gloomy religion tL&t j preach IT. will tax,
no luster from your eye. IL will take IL
color from your cheek. 1t will take N
spring from your step, know what nm
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