The Penn's Grove record., 1892-05-06

hothschlld IS a maine mighty in the COM
mercial world, Silliman lisa name mighty in
the scientific world, Irving is a name mighty
in the literary world, Washington is a name
mighty in the political world. Wellington is
a name mighty in the military world, but
where in all the earth is a name so potent to
lift and thrill an I arouse and rally and bless
as the name Jesus2 Why, III sound Of that
one name endorsed Saul ami threw Newton
on his face on ships deck, ali that one name
to-day, while | speak, holds a hundred mil
lion souls under ~omnipotent spell. That
name in England to day means more than
Victoria. In Germany that name to-day
means more than Emperor William. Oh,
mighty namei
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. l nave
seen a man overcome of misfortune and
trial, every kind of trouble had he; but at
the sound of that name the sea dropped,
aud the clouds parted, and the sunburst of
eternal gladness poured upon his soul. l
have seen a man hardened in infidelity, de-
fiant of God, full Of jeer aud scoff, jocose of
the Judgment iay, reckless of eternity, at
the sound of that name blanch and cover
aud groan and kneel and weep and repent
and pray and believe and rejoice and tri.
umph.
Oh, it is a mighty name. Under its power
thB last Temple Ok Superstition Will come
down ana the last Juggernaut of iniquity
will be shattered to pieces. The red horse of
carnage, spoken OF in apocalyptic vision, and
the bi ck 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 ieeo ana the stars Of
h aven for His tiara. Mighty namel 1t will
MAKE the whole earth tremble, and then it
viii make all the nations sing. Mighty
uamel
Other dominions seem to be giving way;
France had to give up some of her ~favorits
provinces; Spain has lost a 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 established spreads
abroad the mighty name of Christ. II has
already been heard under the Chinese wall,
and in the Siberian snow castle, aud 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.
Al erin es shall cease and ancient frauds shall fail,
Returning %iustice lift aloft her scale;
Peace DER The world her olive wand extend,
And white-robed innocence from heaven descend
But l remark again, taking a step forward
in this subject, hat 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 SCOTS "Old Mortality would come
along and rechisel it so that you might really
find out what the lame 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 lanes of this world
either have persisted or are perishing.
Gregory VI. Sancho of Spain, Conrad l, of
Germany, Richard L. of England, Catherine
of Russia. Those names were once mighty,
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
Ghirlandaaios 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 Cruel
fxion. 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 Protestanism shall yet have its
st. Marks and its st. Peters. 1t shall be
preserved in the worlds literature, for there
will be other Paleys to write the 'lSvidences
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 free? Shall the blind man
ever forget the Divine Physician who gave
him sight? Shall the lost and wandering
,ver forget who brought them hoLle?
Why, to make the world forget that name
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
conhagration 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 u 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 and the palaces burn:
let them burn; we have Jesus left Blessed
be His glorious name forever. The name
which is above every name"
Nv friends. have you made up your mind
by what name you will accost Christ when
you see Him in heaven9 Now that is a prac-
teal question. For you will see Him, child
Of God, just as certainly as you SIT there ana
1 stand here. By what name have you made
up your mind to call Christ when you frs5
meet Him in heaven9 viii you call HiT4
WAnointed One" or "MessiahP' or will you
take some one of the symbolic terms which
You read in your Bible on earth-terms ~
which Christ was d~esignatedr
Some day perhaps you will be wandering
among the gardens of God on high, the place
abloom with eternal springtime, infinite lux
ury of lily and rose and amarath, and per-
hans 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 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, and you will look
IN into the face of Christ and say, MY
Lord. Thou art a brighter star, the MorninS
Star. the Star OF Jacob, the Star OF the lie
deemer."
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 in silver on the rock, and
from chalices of love you VIII be drinking
to honor and everlasting joy, and you VIII
look up into the face of Christ and say, MY
Lord. nv Lord, Thou art the fountain of
| Living Water" Som 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 s~heepfold, 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 when you
! can call Him. Perhaps that will be the
name [ have not mentioned yet. l 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. h man
sions all full. Heaven full. rhe sun will
set afire with its splendor the domes of the
temple, and burnish the golden streets into
a 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 bt
~extinguished with the insufferable splendor,
until after awhile you can look upon the full
irradiation, and you will cry out, my Lord
my Lord, Thou art the Sun that NeveI
Sets"
But at this point I am staggered with the
thought that there may he persons In Thu: