Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-02-02
REV. DR.. TAIMEGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIVINE'S sun
DAY SERMON.
subject "Fr-rWIr

! Engllsh history when Queen Elizabeth visited
Lord Leicester at kenilworth Castle. Tn,
moment OF her arrival was considered soim-
( portant that all the clocks Of the castle werg
stopped, 50 that the hands might point tn
| that one moment as being tho most signln.
cant OF all. She was greeted the gate with
| floating islands and torches and the thunder
| Of cannon, and fireworks that set the night
ablaze, and a great burst of music that lifted
the whole scene into perfect enchantment.
linen she was introduced in a dining hall the
iuhurles OF which astonished the world. -Four
hundred servants waited upon the guests.
The entertainment cost $4,000 each day. Lori
Leicester made that great supper In Kenil.
worth Castle
Cardinal Wolsey entertained the French
ambassadors at Hampton Court Tho best
cooks In all the land prepared for tho ban.
quet Puryeyors went out and Travelled all
the Kingdom over to find spoils for the table.
me time came. The guests were kept dur
ing the day hunting in the Kings park so
tbat their appetites might be keen, and then
In the evening, TO the sound of the trumpet
ers, they were introduced into u hall hung
win SILK and cloth Of gold, and there were
tables a-glitter with imperial plate and laden
with the rarest of meats and ablush with the
costliest wines. and when the second course
OF the feast came 1t was found that the arti-
cies OF food had been fashioned into the
shape OF men, birds and beasts, and groups
dancing, and jousting parties riding against
each other with lances Lords and princes
and ambassadors, out of cups filed to tho
brim, drank the health first OF the King OF
England and next OF the King OF France.
cardinal Wolsey prepared that great supper
in Hampton Court
But have to tell you of a grander enter
tainment My Lord, the King is the ban
lueter. Angels are the cupbearers. All the
redeemed are the guests The halls ofeternal
love, lrescoed with light and paved with low
and curtaincd with unfading beauty are The
banqueting place. The harmonies OF eter.
NIFTY are the music. The chalices OF heaven
are the plates, and am one OF the servants
coming out with both hands filled with inyI-
tatlons, scattering them everywhere, and.
oh, that for yourselves you might breal; the
seal OF the invitation and read the words
written in red ink Of blood by the tremulous
hand OF dying Christ Come now. for all
things are ready
There have been Grand entertainments
where was taking ofr-the wine gave out,
or the servants were rebellious or the light
lniled. But | have gone all around about
inns subject and looked at the reclamation
which Christ has provided. and come hero
TO tell you II Is complete, and / swing omen
the door OF the feast, telling You that 'all
thlngs are now ready"
III mo Ilfst place, nave to announce that
the Lord Jesus Christ Himself is ready Car.
dinal Wolsey came into the feast after the
hrst course. He came in booted and spurred
ana the guests arose and cheered him. But
Chrlst comes in at the very beginning of the
least-aye He has been waiting 1894 wears
Tor HIS guests. He has been standing on His
mangled feet He has had His sore hand ON
HIS punctured side, or lie has been pressing
his lacerated temples waiting, waiting. Ii
IS wonderful that He has not been impatient
ana that He has not said, shut the door
S anu let me laggard stay out, but He has
been waiting.
No banqueter ever waited for his guests 81
patiently as Christ hns waited for ne. To
prove how willing He is to receive us, |
gather all the tears that rolled down His
cheeks In sympathy for your sorrows
gather all the drops OF blood that channelcd
his brow, and His back, and His hands and
Ieet, IN trying TO purchase your redemption
gather all the groans that He uttered I'm
nu9hiSht emil. and in mountain hunger, and
IN desert loneliness, and twist them into one
cry-btter, agonizing, overwhelming.
gather all the pains that shot from SMEAR
ana spike and cross, jolting into one pang-
remorseless, grinding. excruciating take
that one drop OF sweat on His brow, and un-
ger the gospel glass that drop enlarges until
see III IT lakes of sorrow and an ocean Of
agony That being standing before you now,
emac!ated aud gashed and CORY, coaxes for
your love with pathos in which every word
ls heart break and every sentence q mar
tyrdom. How can you think Ho trifes2
Ahasuerus prepared a feast for 1870 DAYS
but this feast ia fer all eternity Lords and
princes were invited TO that. You and and
all our world are invited to this. Christ ia
ready. You know that the banoueters OF
olden time used to wrap themselves in robes
prepared Tor the occasion, so my Lord Jesus
hath wrapped Himselfin all that Is beautiful
see now lair He Is His eye, His brow, His
cheek, 80 radiant that the stars have no
brilliancy compared with it, His face reflect
ing all the joys OF the redeemed, His hand
having the onnipotent surgery with which
ne opened blind eyes and Strengthened |
crooked limbs, and hoisted the pillars OF
heaven and swung the twelve gates, which |
are the twelve pearls.
There are not enough cups in heaven b |
mp up this ocean OF beauty. There are not |
ladders enough 10 scale this height OF love. /
! mere are not enough cymbals to clap. or |
harps to thrum, or trumpets to peal forth |
lhe praises OF this one altogether fair. Oh. |
thou Hover OF eternity, thy breath is the |
perfume OF heaven Oh, blissful daybreak.
let all people clap their hands in thy radi- |
lnce! Chorus Come, men and saints and
and seraphim and archangel-all
heights, all depths, all immensties Chorus
holl Hin through the heavens In chariot OF
universal acclaim, over bridges Of hosannas.
under arches OF coronation, along by the
great towers Ginning with eternal jubilee.
Chorus unto Him who hath loved us and
washed us from our sins IN His own blood, to
him DO glory, world without end?"
nave word Of five letters, but no sheet
Whlte enough on which TO write II and no
pen good enough with which to inscribe it.
live me the iairest leaf from the heavenly
records give me the pencil with which tho
lngei records his victory-8nd then, with my
land strung to supernatural ecstasy and nv
pen dipped In the light OF the morning, /
vii write 1t out in capitals OF love,
JESUS" 1t Is this one, infinitely fair,
o whom you are invited. Christ is waiting
or you, waiting us n banqueter waits for
ne delayed guest tho meats smoking, the
,eakers brimming, the Ministries with
myers on the stif string, waiting for the
lash OF the hoofs at the gateway.
waiting Tor you rs mother waits for her
on VINO went of ten years ago, dragging
Ter bleeding heart along with him. Waiting
'h give me comparison intense enough,
lot enough, lmportunate enough to express
ny meaning something high as heaven and
Ieep as nell and long as eternity Not hop
ng that yon can help me with such n com
,arison, | will say, HE is waiting az only
ne all sympathetic Christ can wait for the
oming back of Il lost soul"
Bow the knee and kiss the Son
Come and welcome, sinner come.
Again, the Holy Spirit is ready. Why Is II
nat so many sermons drop dead-that Chris.
ian songs do not get their wing under the
eople-that so often prayer goes no higher
han hunters "hollo2' 1t is because there
Il link wanting-the work OF tho HOLY ,,
pirit Unless that spirit give graphing
ooks to sermon and lift the prayer and ,,
'aft the song, everything is a dead failure.
NAT spirit Is willing to come at our call and ,
'ad you to eternal life, or ready to come
nth the same power with which heunhorsed ;
aul on the Damascus turnpike, and broke n
own Lydia IN her fine store, and lifted the :
BOO from midnight into miduoon at the s
entecost. With that power the spirit OF >
,od now beats at the gate OF your soul. :
AVE you not noticed what homely and in s