The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-16
TRI-WEFKLY EDITION.
gates TO receive them, and a sweep OF eternal
glor!es to encirclethen, and the welcome Of a

most radiant Being that eT:- tr0d the earth
or asccnJej the heavens. to yoo anu ne CO
come and be made happy, and then take a.
ter that royal castle for everlasting resi-
6ecce. the angels Of God our cup bearers.
The price paid for all Of this on the cliff o1
limestone about as high az this house, about
seven minutes walk from the wall OF Jerusa-
lem, where with an agony that with one
hand tore down the rocks, and with the other
drew midnight blackness over the heavens,
our Lord set US fornver free. Making no
apology for any one OF the million sins OF our
life, but confessing all OF tacm, We can point
to that cliff Of limestone and say. There was
paid our Indebtedness, and God never col
locts bill twice" Glad am I that all the
Christian poets have eSerted their pen in ex-
tolling the matchless one Of this gospel.
Isaac Watts, how do you feel concerning
Him? And he writes. II. AN not
ashamed to own my Lord" Newton,
what do you think Of this gospel?
Aud he writes, Amazing grace, how
sweet the sound!" Cowper, what
10 you think of Him? And the answer comes,
"There Is fountain filled with blood. y
Charles Wesley, what do you think OF Himt
And he answers, "Jesus, lover Of my soul. "
Horatius Boner. what do you think OF Him?
And he responds, ''I lay my sins on Jesus. y
Ray Palmer, what do you think Of Him? And
he writes, "11y faith looks up to Thee. "
Fannie Crosby, what do you think OF Him?
And she writes, "Blessed assurance, Jesus is
mine" But take higher testimony: Solo
answer Is, 'sLily Of the valley" Ezekiel,
what do you think of Him2 And the answer
is, ''Plant Of renown." David, what do you
think Of Him? And the answer is, my shep-
herd" St. John, what do you think Of Him?
And the answer Is, bright and morning
star" st. Paul, what do you think OF Him!
And the answer comes, "Christ Is all in all. :"
Do you think as well Of Him, O man, o wo-
man Of the blood bought immortal spirit?
Yes, Paul was right when he styled 1t "tne
glorious gospel"
And then as druggist, while you are
waiting for him to make up the doctors
prescription, puts into bottle so many
grains Of this, and so many grains Of that,
and so many drops Of this, and 80 many
drops of that, and the intermixture taken,
though sour or bitter, restores to health.
So Christ, the Divine Physician, prepares
this trouble Of our lifetime, and that disap-
pointnent, and this persecution, and that
hardship, and that tear, and we must take
the intermixeure, yet though It be bitter
draft. Under the divine prescription it ad.
ministers to our restoration and spiritual
health. "au things working together Tor
TC0- GlOr1OuS SOSpelI
And then the royal castle into which we
step out Of this life without so much as soil
ing our foot with the upturned earth Of the
grave. "They shall reign forever Does
not that mean that you are, If saved, to be
kings and queens, and do not kings and
queens have castles? But the one that you
are offered was for thirty-three years an
abandoned castle, though now gloriously in
habited. There is an abandoned royal castle
at Amber, India One hundred and seventy
years ago a king moved out Of it never to
return. But the castle still stands in indie
seribable grandeur, and you 90 through
brazen doorway after brazen doorway,
and carved room after carved room.
aud under embellished ceiling af-
ter embellished ceiling, and through
halls precious stoned into wider halls prec-
ious stoned, and on that hill are pavilio1s
of cosored gardens coolet2 by the snow q
natural to life that while you cannot hear
their voices you imagine you see the flutter
OF their wings while you are passing; walls
pictured with triumphal procession; rooms
that were called '.Alcove Of Light and
':Hall Of victory;" marble, white and olack,
Ike mixture Of morn and night; a!aoaster,
and mother of pearl, and lacquer work.
Standing before it the eye climbs from step
to latticed balcony, and from latticed bal
cony to oriel, and from oriel to arch, and
from arch to roof, and then descends on lad
der Of all colors, and by stairs Of perfect
lines to tropical gardens Of pomegranate ana
pineapple. Seven stories OF resplend2nC
architecture But the royal castle provided
for YOU. if YOU will only take it on the pre-
scribed terms, is grander than all that; and,
though an abandoned castle while Christ was
here, achieving your redemption, Is again oc-
cupied by the ''chief among ten Thousand,
aad some Of your own kindred who nave
gone up and waiting for you are Leaning
from the balcony. The windows OF thaS
castle look Off on the Kings gardens "nere
immortals walk linked in eternal friend
ship. and the banquet;ng hall Of that castle
has princes and princesses at the table, ana
the vine is ''the new wine OF the Kingdom.
snd the supper is the marriage supper Oh the
Lamb. and there are founta rs into which no
tear ever fell, and there is music that tren-
bles with no grief, and the light that falls
rnon that scene is never bec!ouded and there
is the kiss of these reunited afrer long sepa-
ration. More nerve viii we heve there than
now. OF we would swoon away under the
raptures. Stronger vision will we have tnere
than now. or our eyesight would be bnnded
bv the brilhance. Stronger ear will we have
minstrelsy, and the clapping Of that aeela-
nation. and the boom Of that hallelulaa we
ould be defeated
Glorious gospel! You thought religion
was straitjacket: that it put you on the
limits; that thereafter you must go coWed
down. No, no, no! It is to be casteliated:
By the cleansing power OF the shed olooo OF
GoI2otha set your faces toward the shlmnS
pinnacles. Oh. it does not matter muen
what becomes Of US here-for at the longest
our stay is short-if We can only land there.
You sec there are so many 90 want 70
meet there. Joshua, my favorite prophet,
and John among the evanSelists. ana Paul
among the apostles, and Wyclif among the
martyrs, and Bourdaloue among the preacn,
ers, and Dante among the poets, ana
Hayelock among the heroes, and
our loved ones whom We have SO much
missed since they left us so many darilngs o,
the heart, their absence sometimes almost
unbearable. and, mentioned in this sentence
last Of all because Iwant the thought cllmac'
ter,c. our blessed Lord, without whom We
could never reach the old castle at all. He
took our place. He purchased our ransom
He went our woes. He suffered our stripes
He died our death. He assured our resurrac
tion. Blessed be His glorious name forever
Surcing to His ear be all the anthems! Facing
Him be all the thrones!
oh. I want to see it, and will see 1.-THE
! day Of His coronation. On throne alreaoy
Methinks the day will come when in some
ereat hall of eternity all the Nations OF eartl
whom he had conquered by HIS grace vii
! assemble again to crown Him. Wide anS
! high and immense and upholstered as Will
the sunrise and sunsets OF 1000 years, grea
| audience room Of heaven. Like the leave
| of an Adirondack forest the ransomed multi
tudes. and Christ standing on q high plac
surrounded by worshipers and subjects. The,
ehau come out of the Earliest past led on b,
the prophets; they shall coma out OF tn
early gospel days led on by the apostles; the.
shsll come out Of the centuries stu anead 0
US led on by champions OF the truth. heroe
and heroines yet to be born.
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