The Penn's Grove record., 1895-02-22

toiiing the matchiess one Of THIS gospel.
isaac Watts, how do you feel concerning
Him? And he writes, :" an not
ashamed to " my dord ~. Newton sOsns93
And he writes, Amazing grace, how
sweet the soundFn dowper, what
10 YOU think Of Him? And the answer comes,
f'There Is q fountain filled with blood
Charles Wesley, what do you think OF HIM
And he answerA Jesus, lover OF my soul.
And be responds, II lay my sins on Jesus"
Ray Palmer, what do you think of Him? And
he writes, "My 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, 'Lily OF the valley" Ezekiel,
what do you think Of Him2 And the answer
is, "Plant OF renown." David, what do you
think Of Him2 And the answers, 'Myshep
herd" st. John, what do you think OF Hmm
And the answer is, 'Bright and morning
And the answer comes, sChrist Is all in all"
DO you think as well Of Him, O man., o wo-
mar Of the blood bought immortal spirit?
Yes, Paul was right when he styled it the
glorious gospel"
And then as a druggist, while you are
waiting for him to make up the doctors
prescription, puts into a bottle so many
grains Of this, and SO many grains Of that,
and so many drops of this, and 30 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-
pointment, and this persecution, and that
hardship, and that tear, and we must take
the intermixture, yet though It be a bitter
draft. Unde the divine prescription it adj
ministers to our restoration and spiritual
health. "al things working together for
God" Glorious gospel
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. HThey shall reign forever" Does
not that mean that you are, II saved, to be
kings and queens, and do not kings and
queens have c~astles2 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 1t never to
return. But the castle still stands In indie
scribable grandeur, and you go through
brazen doorway after brazen doorway,
and under embellished ceiling af-
ter embellished ceiling, and through
halls precious stoned into wider halls prec-
ious stoned, and on hat hill are pavilions
deeply dyed and tasseled and arched, the fire
Of colored gardens cooled by the snow OF
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natural to life that while you cannot hear
their voices you imagine you see the fiutter
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 black,
like q mixture Of morn and night; alabaster,
and mother Of pearl, and lacquer work.
Standing before 1t 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 and
pineapple. Seven stories Of resplendent
architecture But the royal castle provided
for you, IL you will only take 1t 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"
and some of your own kindred who have
gone up and waiting for you are leaning
from the balcony. The windows Of that
castle look off on the Kings gardens where
immortals walk linked in eternal friend
ship, and the b%anqueting hall of that castle
has princes and princesses at the table. and
the wine is "the new win Of the kingdom"
and the supper is the marriage supper Of the
| Lamb, and there are fountains into which no
\ tear ever fell, and there is music that trem-
bles with no grief, and the light that falls
| upon that scene IL never beclouded, and there
1 Is INC KISS Oh LQoS0 IeuQlLou Hit6f long E6pd-
| ration. More nerve will we have there than
now,or we would swoon away under the
| raptures. Stronger vision will we have there
than now or our eyesight would be blinded
| by the brilliance. Stronger ear will we have
there h now, or under the roll of that
minstrelsy, and the clapping Of that accla-
nation, and the boom Of that halleluiah we
ould be defeated.
Glorious gospel You thought religion
was o straitjacket; that 1t put you on the
| limits; that thereafter you must go cowed
| down.. No, no, mol 1t Is to be castellated.
| By the cleansing power of the shed blood Of
| Golgotha set your faces toward the shining
| plnnacles. Oh. It does not matter much
| what becomes Of US here-for at the longest
our stay is short--if we can only land there.
| You see there are SO many / do want to
meet there. Joshua, my favorite prophet,
and John among the. evangs lists, n Paul
among the apostles, and Wyclif among the
martyrs, and Bourdaloue among the preachl
ers, and Dante among the poets, and
Havelock among the heroes, and
our loved ones whom we have SO much
missed since they left us so many darlings Of
the heart, their absence sometimes almost
UNDESIRABLE, and, mentioned In this sentence
last OF all because ! want the thought climac-
teric, our blessed Lord, without whom we
could never reach the old castle at all. He
took our place. He purchased our ransom.
He wept our woes. He suffered our stripes.
he died our death. He assured our resurrec-
ton. Blessed be His glorious name ~foreverl
| Surging to His ear be all the anthemsl Facing
Hin be all the thrones!
Oh, I want to see 1t, and I will see 1.-THE
| day Of His coronation. On a throne already.
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