The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-02-23

less One of this Gospel. Isaac Watts,
how do you feel concerning Him? And
he writes: Il am not ashamed to own
my Lord" Newton, what do you
think of this Gospel? And he writes:
Amazing grace, how sweet the
sound" Cowper, what do you think
of Him? And the answer comes:
There is n fountain filed with blood"
Charles Wesley. what do You think of
Him? And he Jesus, low
er of my soul lioratius Bonar.
what do you think of Him? And he
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: Solomon, what do
you think of Him? And the answer is:
Lily of the valley" Ezekiel, what do
you think of Him: And the answer is:
plant of renown." David, what do
you think of Him? And the answer is:
'My shepherd" st. John, what do you
think of Him? And the answer is: |
bright and morning star" st. Paul,
what do yov think of Him? And the
answer comes: Christ is all in all"
Do you think as well of him, o man,
o woman. Of the blood-bought i'm
mortal 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
o bottle SO many grains of this, AMI 50
many grains of that, and so MN
drops of this, and SO many drops Of
that, and the intermixture taken,
though soul or bitter, restores to
health; SO Christ, the Divine Physician,
prepares this trouble of our lifetime,
and that disappointment, and this pre-
caution, and that hardship, and that
tear, n we must take the intermix-
ture, yet though it be a bitter draught,
under the Divine prescription it admin
listers to our restoration and spiritual
health, ''all things working together
for good" Glorious Gospel!
Aud then the royal castle into which
we step out Of this life. without SO
much as soiling our foot with the up
CdTth VI thC grave. AhCy
shall reign forever and ever Does
not that mean that you are, il saved.
to be kings and queens, and do not
kings and queens ave castles? But
the one that you are offered was for
thirty-three years an abandoned castle,
though now gl~oriously inhabited.
There is an abandoned royal castle ut
Amber, India. One hundred and
seventy years ago a king moved out of
II, lever to return. But the castle still
stands, an idescribable grandeur, and
you go through brazen doorway after
brazen doorway, and carved room after
carved room. and under embellished
ceiling after embellished ceiling. and
through halls precious-stoned into
wider halls precious-stoned, and on
that hill are pavilions deeply dyed, and
tasseled, and arched, the fire of colored
gardens cooled by the now Of white
architecture; birds in arabesque SO
natural to life that while you cannot
hear their voices you imagine you see
the f1utter of their wings while you are
passing; walls, pictured with triumphal
procession; rooms that were called
"Alcove of Light" and Hall of Vic
tory;" marble, white and black. like a
mixture of morn and night; alabaster,
and mother-of-pearl. and lacquerwork.
Standing before it the eye climbs from
step to latticed balcony, and from lat
ticed balcony to oriel; and from oriel to
arch, and from arch to roof, and then
descends on q ladder of all colors, and
by stairs of perfect lines to tropical
gardens of pomegranate and pineapple.
Seven stories of Respondent architec.
turel But the royal castle provided for
you, il you will only take It OIL the pre-
scribed terms, Is grander than all that,
and though an abandoned castle while
Christ was here achieving your redemp-
ton, Is again occupied by the "Chief
among ten thousand" and some of
your own kindred who have gone up
and are waiting for you, are leaning
from the balcony. The windows of
that castle look of on the Kings gar
dens, where immortals walk linked in
eternal friendship; and the b~anqueting
hall of that castle has princes and
princesses at the table; and the wine
Is "the new wine of the kingdom" and
| the supper Is the marriage supper Of
the Lamb, and there are fountains
into which NO tear % fell, aud
there Is music that trembles with no
grief, and the light that falls upon that
scene il never beclouded, and there Is
the kiss Of those reunited after long
separation. More nerve will we have
there than now, or we would swoOn
away sunder the raptures. Stronger
vision will we have there than now, or
our eyssight would be blinded by tho
b~rilliancy. Stronger ear will we have
there than now. or under the roll OF
that minstrelsy. and the clapping of
reclamation, and the boom of that hal.
lelujah we would be deafened. Glori-
GUS Gospel! You thought religion was
. strait-jacket, that it put you on
tho 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 shining pin.
uacles. Oh, il does not matter much
what becomes of us here-for at the
longest our stay is short-if we can on.
ly land there. You SEQ there are so
many I do want to meet there. Joshua,
my favorite prophet; and John among
the e~vangelists, and Paul among the
apostles, and Wycliffe among the mar
tyrs, and Rourdaloue among the preach,
ers, and Dante among the poets, and
Havclock 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 l want the thought eli
macteric, our blessed Lord without
whom we could never reach the old
castle at all. lie took our place. He
purchased our ransom. He wept our
woes. lie suffered our stripes. He
died our death. lie assured our resur-
rection. Blessed be His glorious name
forever! Surging to His eur be all the
anthems, Facing Him be all the