Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-02-18

any one of the million SINS of our life,
but confessing all Of them, we can point
to that cliff of limestone and say, 'tIhere
was paid our Indebtedness, and God
never collects bill twice. Glad am |
that all the Christian poets have exerted
their pen in extolling the matchless one
Of this gospel Isaac Watts, how do you
feel concerning him? And he writes,
81 am not ashamed to own my Lord. y
Newton, what do you think of this Cos
pei! And he writes, Amazing grace,
how sweet the sound!' CoWper, what
do you think Of him? And the answer
comes. ''There is fountain filled with
blood" Charles Wesley, what do you
think Of him? And he answers, "Jesus,
lover of my soul. " Horatius Bonar,
what do you think of him? And he re-
spends, ''T 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 assur-
ance, Jesus is mine" But take higher
testimony: Solomon, what do you think
of him? And the answer is, Lily of
the valley. Ezekiel, what dc you think
of him? And the answer is, 'sPlant of
renown' y David, what do you think of
him? And the answer IS, my shep-
herd . st. John, what do you think Of
him? And the answer is, Upright and
morning star" ST. Paul, what do you
think Of him? And the answer comes,
Christ is all III all" Do you think az
we'll Of him, 0 man, O woman Of the
blood bought immortal spirit? Yes, Paul
was right when he styled it "the glo-
rious gospel.
And then as druggist, while you are
waiting for him to make up the doctors
prescription, puts into bottle SO many
grains Of this and SO many grains OF
that, and so many drops of this and so
many drops of that, and the interlnix
ture taken, though sour or bitter, re-
stores to health. So Christ, the divine
physician. prepares this trouble of our
lifetime, and that disappointment, and
this persecution, and that hardship, and
that tear, and we must take the inter
mixture, yet though it be bitter draft.
Under the divine prescription it admin
listers to our restoration and spiritua.
health, "all things working together for
god. Glorious gospel!
The Royal Castle.
And then the royal castle into which
we step out Of this life without SO much
as soiling our foot with the upturned
earth of the grave. They shall reign
forever and ever. +" Does not that mean
that you are, if saved, to be kings and
queens, and do not kings and queens
have castles? But the one that you are
offered was for SO years an abandoned
castle, though now gloriously inhabited.
There is an abandoned royal castle ut
Amber, India. One hundred and seven
ty years ago king moved out Of it ney-
er to return. But the castle still stands
in indoscribable grandeur, and you &c
through brazen doorway after brazen
doorway, and carved room after carved
room, and under embellishel ceiling
after embelished ceiling, antf thxough
halls precious stoned into wider halls
precious stoned, and on that hill are pa
vilions deeply dyed and tasseled and
arched, the fire Of colored gardens cooled
by the snow of white architecture; birds |
in arabesquo so natural TO life that
while you cannot hear their vuicOs you
imagine you sec tho fiutter of their
wings while you are passing; walls
pictured with triumphal professions;
rooms that were called "Alcove of
Light and Hall of Victory" marble,
white and black, like mixture of morn
and night; alabaster, and mother Of
pearl and lacquer work.
Standing before it the eye climbs from
step to latticed balcony, and from lat
To,
arch, and from arch to roof, and then
descends on ladder of all colors, and hy
stairs Of perfect lines to tropical gar
dens of pomegranate and pineapple
Seven stories of resplendent arChltec
turel But the royal castle provided for
you, if you will only take it OH tho 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
ten thousand" and some of
your own kindred who have gono up
and waiting for you are leaning from
the balcony. The windows of that castle
look off on the Kings gardens where
walk linked in eternal friend
ship and the banqueting hall of that
castle has princes and princesses at the |
table, and the wine is F'tho new wine of
the kingdom, " and the supper is the
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 reunited after
long separation. More nerve will we |
have there than now, or we would swoon |
away under the raptures. Stronger Wis
ion will we have there than now, or our
syesight would be blinded by the bril-
lance. Stronger ear will we have there |
than now, or under the roll Of that min
strelsy, and the clapping of that accla-
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