Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1896-10-15
GATES OF ChRbUNCLE
Heavens Gates MAY VOL &c Made
OF Pearl, a Bright, Pc3,ucid, Cheer.
ful Capitalization.

Perhaps because i human disease Of most !
painful and ofttimes fatal characteris named
S..er II, the church and the world have never F,
"'he justice to that intense and all-suggestive
precious tone, the carbunclc. The pearl
.hat Christ picked up to illustrate His SER
mon, and the jasper and the sapphire and
.ne amethyst which the apocaiyiti tic vision
niasoned into the wall Of heaven Lave hal
proper recognition, bat this. in all the ages,
sthe first sermgn Oh the carJunc.c.
ms precious stone is found il the East
tnuies, III color IS an intense scarlet, and
heid up between your eye anlthe mn i is a
nlrning coal. Th" poet puts it into rAy.bn
as he writes:
Like to the burning coal whence CONES rs
name;
Among the Greek as Anthrax known to
fame.
3Iod sets it high up in Bible crystaIiosrapnv.
ne cuts IL with a divine chisel, s~harpens it
WIN precise geometry, and kinrles its fro
INTO an almost supernatural fame OF beauty.
us law OF symmetry. its law OF zones. its law
paraileli5m. something to excite the
lzement OF the scientist, chime tho cantos
sWffe poet and arouse the alteration Of the
Christian. No one but the infinite God could
.ashlon n carbunclc as large as your thumb
nail, and as il TO mako all ages a,preniate
this precious stone He ordered II - be sci in
the first row Of the high priests breast. plate
ia olden time and higher up than the ONYX
ana the emerald ana the diamond. and in
Ezaklelsp prophecies 1ncerniugt the splcndor5
"t.the Iyrial court. the far1uncie is mon
toned, tn" briiiiancie5 Of the walls and OF
the tas5ellatei floors suggested by the Bible
sentence; Thou hast walked up ami down
III the midst Of the stones Of fire. Bat il
my text it Is not Il solitary specimen that /
hand you, as the keeper OF 4 museum might
take down from the Shelf q precious
stone and allow you to exafnin"
F., it. t'or IS it in tho panel d 4
door that YOU might + and AMI study for its
unique carvings or bronzal t~ra"crics, but
there is q WED.e gate Of ID lifted hefora our
admiring aad ustounGcl vision, aye, two
gates % at, aye! many catcs Of il: II Will
make thy gates of tcartunr.rs.' What "ate-!
Gates OF the Church. Gates Of anything
worth possessing. Gates 81 successful en-
terprise. Gates Of salvation. Gates OF Ma
tional achievement. Isaiah, vino Egrote this
text, wrote also AL tint apout Carlst ''aS til"
lamb Of the slaughter. ind spoke 81 Christ
as saying, Il havetrodthe winn press alone.
and wrote, Who is this that colneth from
Edom. with dyed garments from BoZrahI
And do you think that Isaiah ia my text
merely happened To represent tho gates Il,
red gates, az earninc gates. a5 -ates Of ear
buncle! No. He means that is through
atonement, through blool-rel struggle
through agonie4 w1 got into anything WORT
getting into. Heavens gates may Wet +
made Of pearl, Il bright, ~lciiutid, cheer u
capitalization. because AL the struggles ar
over and there is beyond those gates. npthin.
but r%aptures and cantata ani triuinrhal pro
cession AMI everlasting holiday and kiss Q
reunion, and 50 the twelve gates arc tWeiv
pearls. and could be nothing less than pears
But Christ hoistcl the gates Of pardon IN Iii
own blood. and the marks of eight Hnger
and two thumbs are on each gate. and az II
lifted the gate it leaned against His fOreiea
and took from it Il crimson impress. ana q
those gates arc deeply dyed, and Isaiah wa
right when he spoke Ct these gates as Sat'
Of carbunclc.
What an odd thing it is. think some, tn
idea OF vicarious suffering or suffering +
others! Not at all The world had seen '
carious suffering millions Of times befol
Christ came and demonstrated it on a sca
that eclipeed all that went before and all tn
shall come after. Eachae. lived only loI
enough after the birth of her son to give hi
name. In faint zShisp"r sh" said, Ca
him Bcn-oni." which means Lon OF II
pain" and all modern travellers on the rof
from Jerusalem to Bethc! ulp'overt their hea
and stand revcrcntiv ut the tomb OF laeh
who died for her boy. Eat in all ages n
many mothers die for their f,ildren, aad
many cases grown UP children. who 10y
creancv stab clear through the mothe4
heart. Suffering for others? Why, the wor
is full of it. Jump said the engineer
the fireman on the locomotive. lone
ne is enough to die. jump. And - I
engineer died at his post trying 10 save
train. When this summer the two trai
crashed int each other near Atlantic u
amonc the forty-Scven who lost thelr ~
The engineer was found dead with one ma
= y the throttle Of the locomotive ana |
other on the brake. Ave! thcro are nj
,lreds here to-day suffering Tor Others. !
know and God knows it Is vicarlouS sac
flee. But on ono limestone hill about {"
rho height Of this church, five minutes W.
from the Ga,ds Of Jerusalem. was the >
FINEST casc OF suffering tor others liial
world ever SAW or ever WILL see. 1hrl9t
victim. human and satanic malev"Ience
eyerutionpr, the whole human rae nav
IN oyp-whcImfn M. Interest III the 'pecta'
10 npcn !; way for us sinful men ana SIN
women INTO glorious I'araah a"d II" -
and eternal cxultatlon. CHRIST. WIN III
trimming with the rush 81 opener after
nnn,,. mex the gate. ANA behold. It IS u
cate a gate Of ~leele-t hue, i gate OF {
nuncle. 40 I, e
MORALS. There are NouAS men ~ -
men who hope. through the s'ttl'}heh'
80 acri3 controversy between silver
cold. or the nimetttiic quarrrls INV y
b,come ea.v To make Il iNlhG. lhat !
will never come 1t never ila> "'th ="
rnake LIVING. The rnrn who have Ii
- now. went THROUGH hari-hlpS ana
,Ian;als 70 which nost yonnS men ",
noyer consent. Unless ta"y got X ~ ihu
lance, YOU cannot mention tWenls-nn.
rrho have come 70 :. Eprabio fortune
,Iid NOT fight their way. inch by lheh.
n,n,nst foarfui odds thai a2aln N a-a'
most DESTROYED them. For some Eco
snn God has arranged It for al the cent?
-b.t the oniv WAY for most p'oi't' - :,
notihno1 for themselves and their fam
is With both hands and all the alaNd !,
Of body, mind ana soul = push 9a% ,sr
push open ne red gate. t N x Sa'e O. me en'
~ \ time would call the rotl o. ,
mho oyercame oH-tae.e. How many Of
,nirhtv men who went one Way on zen
I'VE avenue AMI reached the lnHel ;
So,atr ar walked the other WAY on Zen
Yonia avenue and regehel tie Nh,t' Il
Siano, haY aa 70 m s5i"s EYER s.sr h4. Ina .: ss!2
brutal altack did Horace Mann 'ldurs
tveen the time when h" first teSan Z,
Cor a better common school system y :,
INV wa placed on the steps 81 me
Hnnsa oycriookin- the Commons. !.
Read the biography Of ko6art ia,
Baptist rrrnsh"r ~. %a. . . 'na1in li Ne a 10
"a world with his Christian eteQaeh,'
~ Geor-e PEABODY. wao never ""Ara
W aos ana d,uitd himself All lnNarle,
he might whilo liy.a- an ar
Ky - ,-tl asti testament