The climax. [volume] (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1887-1897, 1895-02-20

that YOU are offered was for 80 years an
abandoned castle, though now glor
iouslv inhabited.
Though an abandoned castle while
Christ was here achieving your re-
demption is again occupied 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 etern-
al friendship; and the banquetting hall
of that castle has princes, and priu-
cesses at the table; and the wine i
1.-The new wine of the Kingdom" the
supper is the marriage supper Of the
Lamb; and there are fountains into
which no tear ever fell, and there is
music that trembles with no grief and
the light that falls upon that scene Is
never beclouded, and there is the
kiss of those reuited after long
separation. 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 than now, or
under the roll of that minstrelsy, and
the clapping of that reclamation. and
the boom of that hallelujah, we would
be deafeued Glorious Gospel, You
thought religion was a Straightjacket.
that it put YOU on the limits, that
thereafter you must go cowed down.
No, no, no. It Is to be castellated BY
the cleansing power Of the shed blood
of Golgotha set your faces toward the
matter much what becomes of US
nere-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 evangel-
lists; and Paul among the apostles; and
Wycliffe among the martyrs, and Bour-
dalOue among the preachers. 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 I'M
bearable; and, mentioned in this SEN
tence last of all because l want the
thought climacteric, our blessed Lord
without whom we could never reach
the old castle at all He took our
place. tie purchased our ransom. He
wept our woes. He suffered our stripes.
He died our death. He assured our
resurrection. Blessed be His glorious
name forever! Surging to His ear be
all the anthems. Facing Him be all
the thrones.
Oh. want to see it, and l will see it
the day. of His coronation. On a
throne already; methinks the day viii
come when in some great hall of eter-
nifty all the nations of earth will as
semble again to crown Him. Wide and
nigh and immense and upholstered as
with the sunrises and sunsets of a
thousand years, great audience room
of Heaven. Like the leaves of an
Adirondack forest, the ransomed null
titudes and Christ standing on a high
place surrounded by worshipers and
subjects. They shall come out of the
farthest past, led on by the prophets;
they shall come out of the early Gospel
days led by the apostles; they shall
come out of the centuries still ahead
of Us, led on by champions of the truth,
heroes and heroines yet to be born.
And then from the vastest audience
ever assembled in all the universe
there viii 90 up the shout, Grown
Him. Crown. Crown Hint" And the
Father who long ago promised this
His only begotten Son, Il will give
Thee the heather for Thine inner
itance and the uttermost parts of the
earth for Thy possession" shall set the
crown upon the forehead yet SCARED
with crucifixion brambles, and all the
hosts Of Heaven, down on the levels.
and up in the galleries, will drop on
their knees, crying: Hail King OF
EARTH King of Heaven. King OF
Saints. King of Seraphsl Thy king
dom is an everlasting kingdom, and to
Thy dominions there shall be no end,
Amen and Amen! Amen and Ameng'
A Stormy Voyage.
LONDON, Feb. ls.-The British steam,
er Higginson, which sailed from Bos-
ton on February for London, stop
ped at Plymouth Saturday evening for
coal. Her captain reported a very
stormy voyage More than 500 head
of cattle were killed during the heavy
weather After taking on coal she
proceeded for London.
Fell Dssd in Church.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Feb. fs.-Serv
ices at Phoenix chapel sunday night
had a sudden and sensational termina
ton. While the preacher was in tbs
act of delivering his sermon Samue
Brooks arose. threw up his hands ano
fell to the floor a corpse The services
were not resumed. Death is supposed