The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-03-15


have their porploxihos disontangled, and their /
courage rallied, and their victory over OH /
obstacles and hindmncos made forever sure. J
Glorious good news for the aged as they may |
have the sympathy OF Him OF whom Sc. John |
wrote, "liis head and His hairs We're white |
Ike WOOL as white as snow and the DO |
Tense of the everlasting arms. Glorious good |
news for the dying as they may have minis
tering spirits 20 escort them, and opening |
gates 30 receive them, and a sweep OF eternal
glories 20 onclrcle them, and the welcome Of
loving God 10 embosom them.
Oh, my text Is right when It speaks OF the
glorious gospel. 10 Is an invitation from the
most radiant Being that ever trod the earth
or assembled the heavens, 70 you ana mo 70
como and be- made happy and then take AZ
ter that rOyai castle for everlasting resi-
dence. the angels OF God our cup bearers
The price paid for all Of this on the Gilt OF
Limestone about as high as 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 a midnight blackness over the heavens
our Lord set US forever free. Making no
apology for any one Of the million sins OF our
life, but coniesslng all Of them, we can point
10 that cliff OF limestone and say, "There was
paid our Indebtedness, and God never col
iects a bill twice" Glad am / that all the
tOlhng the matchless one OF this gospel.
Isaac Watts, how do you feel concerning
Him2 And he writes, 81 am not
ashamed to own my Lord" Newton,
what do you think Of this gospel
And he writes, Amazing grace, how
sweet the soundw Cowper what
10 you think Of Him2 And the answer comes,
There Is a fountain filled with blood"
Charles Wesley, what do you think Of HIM
And he answers, "Jesus, lover Of my soul.
Horatlus Bonar, what do you think OF Himl
And he responds, ~ lay my sins on Jesus"
Ray Palmer, what do you think Of Him2 And
he writes, "My faith looks up to Thee"
Fannie Crosby, what do you think OF Him2
And she writes, blessed assurance, Jesus Is
mine" But take higher testimony; Solo
mon, what do you think Of Him2 And the
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 answeris 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 Him2
And the answer comes, "Christ Is all in all. "
! Do you think as we'll Of Him, o man, o wo-
man OF the blood bought immortal spirit2
Yes, Paul was right when he styled 1t '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 80 many drops of this, and so 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 1t be a bitter
draft. Under the divine prescription It ad
ministers to our restoration and spiritual
health, "all things working together fol
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. "They shall reign forever" Doe
not that mean that you are, II saved, to bt
kings and queens, and do not kings and
queens have astles2 But the one that yoJ
are offered was for thirty-three years al
abandoned castle, though now gloriously in
habited. There Is an abandoned royal castl
at Amber, India. One hundred and sevent
years ago a king moved out Of 1t never Il
return. But the castle still stands In indie
scribable grandeur, @and you 60 throug
brazen doorway after brazen doorway
and carved room after carved room
and under embellished ceiling al
ter embellished ceiling, and through
halls precious stoned into wider halls prec
ious stoned, and on that hill are pavilion
deeply dyed and tasseIeG and arched, the FIR
of colored gardens cooled by the snow G
white architecture; birds in the arabesque 8
natural to life that while you cannot hea
their voices you imagine you see the flute
OF their wings while you are passing; wal
pictured with triumphal procession room
that were called "Alcove Of Light" an
'Hal of Victory;" marble, white and blacl
Ike mixture Of morn and night; alabastel
and mother Of pearl, and lacquer work
Standing before it the eye climbs from ste
to latticed balcony, and from latticed ba
oony to oriel, and from oriel to arch, an
from arch to roof, and then descends on lac
der Of all colors, and by stairs Of peFfe
lines to- tropical gardens Of pomegranate an
pineapple. Seven stories Of resplendeI
architecture But the royal castle provide
for you, if you will only take it on the pr
scribed terms, is grander than all that; an,
though an abandoned castle while Christ WI
here, achieving your redemption, Is again OF
cupied by the "chief among ten thousand
and some of your own kindred who hay
gone up and waiting for you are leanin
.. from the balcony. The windows Of Thu
castle look off on the Kings gardens whel
, immortals walk linked In eternal frient
ship, and the banqueting hall of that cast
has princes and princesses at the table, on
the wine is 'the new wine of the kingdom
and the supper is the marriage supper Of Il
Lamb, and there are fountains into which I
. tear ever fell, and there Is music that tren
bles with no grief, and the light that fal
upon that scene is never beclouded, and the
is the kiss Of these reunited after long sep
ration. More nerve will we have there the
! now, or we would swoon away under Il
raptures. Stronger vision will we have the
, than now, or our eyesight would be blindt
: by the bnlliance. Stronger ear will we ha'
i there than now, or under the roll of tn
q minstrelsy, and the clapping Of that accl
I nation, and the boom of that halleluiah v
ould be defeated.
D Glorious gospel You thought religic
4 was a straitlacket; that it put you on Il
j limits; that thereafter you must go cow
: down. No, no, no! 1t is to be castellate