The Red Cloud chief., 1892-05-13
ABOVE ALL OTHERS.
Dr.. Talmage Upon the Beauties OF
the Saviours Name.
A Title That IL Easy. beautiful. Biessed,
Enduring and Above All other Names
1T stands For Tenderness
and sympathy.

In a late sermon at brooklyn Rev. T.
Dewitt Talmagc ~discoursed upon the
beauties Of the titles of Jesus Christ.
His text was from Philippians ii. 0.
"The name which isabove every name"
DR.. Talmagc said:
Paul Is here making r%apturous and
enthusiastic description of the name of
Christ. There are merely worldly names
that sometimes thrill you through and
through. Such vas the name of Henry
Clay to q K%entuckian, William Writ TO
n virginian, the name Of Daniel Web
stcr to q New Highlander.
BY common proverb we have come
10 believe that there Is nothing In q
name;' and 80 parents sometimes at the
baptismal altar give titles to their
children, reckless of the fact that that
title, that name, will be q lifetime hind
rance or a lifetime help. You have no
right to give your child a name lacking
either in euphony Or moral meaning.
It Is n sin TO call n child %Jehoiakim or
Tiglath-pilcser-or by anything that Is
disagreeablc. Because you have had
an exaspcrating name yourself Is no
reason why you should infict IL upon
your progeny. And yet how often It is
we see a name full of jargon rafting
down from generation to generation,
simply because n long while ago some
one happened TO be afflicted with It. In
situations and great enterprises some
times without sufficient delibcration
take nomenclature. Mighty destinics
have been decided by u name. While
we may, by u long course Of Christian
behavior, get over the misfortune OF
having been baptized with the name Of
o despot or n cheat, how much better II
would have been II we could have
started life without any such hindrance.
When Paul, in my text and in other
passages Of Scripture, burst forth In as
pirations of admiration for the name OF
Christ, I want to inquire what are the
characteristics Of that appellation. "the
name which Is above every name" In
! the first place, speaking to you in re
! gard to the name Of Christ, l want tc
tell you it is an easy name. You are
sometimes introduced to people with
you have to listen cautiously to got the
names, and you have to hear them pro.
nounced two or three times before you
risk trying to utter them; but within
the first two years the little child folds
its hands and looks upward and says
"Jesus." Can It be that in all this
church this morning there are repre-
sentatives Of any household wher,
the children are familiar with the
names of the father and mother ant
brother and sister, yet know nothing
about that name which Is above every
name?" Sometimes you forget tn,
name of a quite familiar friend, ant
you have to think and think before yo,
get 1t; but can you imagine any freal
Of intellect by which you should forge
the name Of Jesus? That word seem
to fit the tongue in every dialect.
When an aged father was dying, on
of the children came and said: "Father
do you know me?" and in the deliriun
Of the last sickness he said: mo, 1 don
know you" Another child came an
said: Father, do you know me?" mo,
he said, II don't know you" Then tn
village pastor came in and said: I'D
you know me?" He said: mo, I dom
think I ever saw you." Then said tn
minister: "Do you know Jesus?" &C
yes!" said the dying man, ~ kno,
Jesus; chief among ten Thousand Is h,
and the ono altogether lovely" Ye.
for all ages and for all languages, an
for all conditions 1t Is an easy name.
Jesus, I love Thy charming name,
IT'S music to my ear;
Fain would I sound IL out 80 loud
That Heaven and earth might hear.
But I remark further in regard
3 his name of Christ, that II Is a beaut
iul name. Now you have noticed thu
you cannot d~isassociate q name fro
the character Of a person who has |
There are some names, for instanc
that are repulsive to my ear. Thel
names are attractive to your ear. VIII,
: Is the difference? Why, l happened
know some, persons Of that name wi
T were cross, Dr. sour, or queer, or u
sympathetic, and the persons you ha'
happened to know of that name we,
: kind and genial. Since, then, we ca
= not disassociate a name from Il
character of q person who has u
r name, that consideration makes Il
name Of Jesus p~nspeakably beautifr
I cannot pronounce that. name In 20
presence but you think of Bethlehe
and Gethsemane and Golgotha, and "
see His loving face and Hear his tend
voice and you feel His gentle touch.
u soon as l pronounce His name in 20
q presence You think Of Him who ba
r quoted with heavenly higharchies, y
n came down and breakfasted on t
fish which the rough men hauled O
II of Genesaret; you think of Him WI
Is though the clouds are tho dr
of His feet, walked f~ootsore
" the road to Emmus. / Gu
not speak His name In yo
d hearing this morning but you thil
81 right away Of the shining one who
ID stored the centurion's daughter, q
who helped the blind man to sunligl
m and who made the cripple's crutch u
At less, and who looked down into
mr. laughing eyes of the babe until it str,
" glcd TO go TO him; then, finging !
arms around 1t and impressing y k
upou it's beautiful brow, said: ("
- q. tho nUd Of Heaven