Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-03-01


There T. a fountain filled with blood. "
Charles Wesley. what do you think Of Himi
Aud he answers. 'Ne~us. lover % my soul T"
Horatius Bnnar. Whist 10 YOU think ~ Himi
And he responds. u lay my sins on Jesus"
RAY Palmer. what do YOU think OF Him? And
he writes. "My faith looks up 20 Thee. "
Fannie Crosby, what do You think Of Himg
And she writeS. 'Bless'd assurance. Jesus is
mine" But take higher testimony: Solo
mon. what do YOU think Of Him. And the
answer l., "Lily OF the valley Ezekiel,
Z What do YOU think Of Him. And the answer
I l.. ''Piant Of renOwn." David. what do YOU
| think Of Himg And the answer is. "My shep.
l herd" st. John. what do YOU think ofHim?
And the answer is. bright aud morning
star" 81. Paul, what do YOU think Of Him2
. And the answer comes, ''Ghrist Is all In all. p"
] ID you think as well OF Him. o man. o wo-
man 81 the blood bought immortal spirit?
| Yes, Paul was right when he styled i "the
glorious gospel
And then as a druggist, while you are
| waiting for him 10 make up the doctors
/ prescription, puts into bottle 50 many
I grains Of this, and so many grains OF that,
and so many drops Of this, and so many
drops Of that, and the intermixture taken.
Z though sour or bitter restores TO health
So Christ, the Divine Physician. prepares
this trouble OF our lifetime, and that disap-
Z pointment, and this persecution, and that
hardship, and that tear. aud we must take
the intermixture. vet though il be a bitter
draft. Under the divine prescription it ad-
ministers 10 our restoration and spiritual
health, ''all 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 upturnel 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 caStlesI But the one that Won
are offered was for thirty-three years an
abandoned castle, though now gloriously in
habited. There Is an abandoned royal castle
at Amber, lnlaa. One hundred and seventy
years ago II lag moved out Of it never to
return. But ,La castle still stands in indie
scribable ( andeur, aud you 20 through
hrazen doorway after hrazen doorway.
and carved room after carved room
and under embellished ceiling af-
ter embellished ceiling. and through
halls precious stoned into wider halls prec-
ious stoned, and on that hill are payiions
deeply dyed and tasseled and arched. the fire
OF colOred gardens cooled nv the snow Of
white architecture; birds in the arabesgue so
natural to life that while YOU cannot hear
their voices you imagine you see the futter
OF their wings while you are passing; walls
pictured with trumphal procession: rooms
that were called "Alcoye of Light and
Hall OF Victory marble. white and black,
like mixture OF morn and night: alRbaster,
and mother of pearl, and lacquer work.
standing before ii the eye climbs from step
10 latticed balcony, and from latticel bal
cony to oriel, and from oriel to arch. and
from arch to roof, and then descends on lad
der Of all coors, and by stairs Of perfect
lines to tropical gardens OF pomegranatc and
pineapple. Seven stories of Respondent
architecture But the royal castle provided
for you, If you will only take it on the pre-
scrlbed terms, is grander than all that; and.
though an abandoned castle while Christ was
here achieving your redemption, is again oc-
eupled by the "chief among ten thousand"
ana some OF your own kindred who have
gone up and waiting for YOU are leaning
from the balcony. The windows of that
castle look of on the Kings gardens where
immortals walk linked In eternal friend
ship, and the banqueting hall OF that castle
mas princes and princesses at the table. and
the wine is "thG new wine 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 is never beclOudei, and there
Is the kiss OF these reunited after long sepa-
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 eyesght would be blinded
by the hrilliance. Stronger ear will we have
there than now, or under the roll Of that
minstrelsy, and the clappinS Of that a,cla-
nation, and the boom OF that halleuiah we
Ould he defeated.
Glorious gospel Yon Thought raligian
was straitlacket: that il put you on the
limits; that thereafter you must 90 cowed
down. No, 10, no! 1t is to be castellated.
BY the cleansing power OF the shed blood of
Golgotha set your faces toward the shining
ptnnacles. Oh. 1t 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 evangelSts. and Paul
among the apostles, and Wyclif among the
martyrs and Bourdaloue among the preach
er5, and Dante among the poets, and
Hayelock 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
unbearabLe, and, mentioned In this sentence
last OF all because Iwant the thought clmac-
teric, our blessed Lord, without whom we
could never reach the old castle at all. He
took our place. He purchased our ransom.
lie wept our woes. He suffered our stripes
He died our death. He assured our resurrec-
ton. Blessed be His glorious name forever!
Surging to His ear be all the anthems. Facing
Him be all the thrones!
On, want to see II, and will see 1.-THE
day OF His coronation. On throne already.
Methinks lhe day will come when in some
great hall OF eternity all the Nations of earth
whom He had conquered by His grace will
assemble again to crown Him. Wide and
high and immense and upholstered as with
the sunrise and sunsets Of 1000 years. great
audience room of heaven. Like the leaves
OF an Adirondack forest the ransomed multi [
tudes, and Christ standing ON Il 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 on 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 that vastest audience ever
assembled In all the universe there will 20 IN
tne shout: Grown Him. Crown Him, Grown /
Him.! and the Father who long ago prom
lsed this His only begotten Son. II will give |
Thee the heather for Thine inheritance and |
the uttermost parts Of the earth for Thy pos
session, shall set the crown upon the fore
mead yet Scared with crucitlyion brambe |
and all the hosts of heaven, down on the |
levels and up in the galleries. will drop ON
their knees crying: "Hail, King of earthl |
King of heaven! King of saints! King of
seraphs! Thy kingdom is an everlasting
and to Thy dominions there shall
be no end! Amen and amen! Amen and
amen!'