The Monitor-register., 1896-07-17

sons Where tnere are GistlnguiSned peo-
pie present, you are introduced: "This
Is the Senator" z" 'This is the Gov
ernor. " ''This is the President Be-
fore we sit down at the Kings table in
heaven think we will want to be in
troduced. Oh, what time that will be,
when you and /, by the grace of God,
get into heaven and are introduced to
the mighty spirits there, and some one
will say: "This is Joshua" ''This is
Paul. - '"This is Moses - ''This is John
Knox" " "This is John Milton. " ''This
is Martin Luther" "This is George
Whitefield." Oh, shall we have any
strength left after such round of celes
tlal introduction? Yea, we shall be
potentates ourselves. Then we shall sit
down at the Kings table with the sons
and daughters of God, and one will
whisper across the table to us and saw.
Behold what manner of love the Father
hath bestowed upon us that we should
be called the sons Of Godi" And some
one at the table will say: "How long
Will it last? All other banquets at which
l sat ended. How long will this last?"
and Paul will answer, "Foreverl" and
Joshua will say, "Forever!" and John
Knox will say, "Foreveri" and George
Whitefield will say, "Foreveri'
Splendid Gospel.
And the wine at that banquet will be
old wine. 1t will be very old wine. 1t
will be the oldest wine of heaven. 1t
will be the wine that was trodden out
from the red clusters on the day when
Jesus trod the wine press alone. Wine
already more than IS centuries old.
And no one will deride us as to what
we We're in this world. No one will
prlng up our lmperfections here, our
sins here. All our earthly imperfections
completely covered up and hidden.
Mephlbosheth' feet under the table.
Kingly fare. Kingly vesture Kingly
companlonship. We shall reign for ever
and ever. | think that banquet will
mean more to those who had it hard in
this world than to those who had it
easy. That banquet in David's palace
meant more to Mephibosheth than to
any one else, because he had been poor
and crippled and despised and rejected.
And that man who in this world is
blind will better appreciate the light of
heaven than we who in this world had
good eyesight. And that man who in
this world was deaf will better appreci-
ate the music of heaven than we who in
this world had good hearing. And
those will have higher appreciation of
the easy locomotion of that land who in
this world We're Mephibosheths
o my soul, what q magnificent gos-
pell It takes man so low down and
raises him so highi What a gospel
Come now, who wants to be banqueted
and impalaced? AS when Wilberforce
was trying to get the emancipation
hill" through the British parliament
and all the British isles We're anxious
to hear of the passage of that "emanci-
| patton bill, when q vessel was coming
into port and the captain of the vessel
knew that the people were so anxious to
get the tidings, he stepped out ON the
PROV of the ship and shouted to the peo-
pie long before he got up to the dock,
"Freel" and they cried it. and they
shouted it. and they sang it all through
the land, Free, free" So today 1
would like to sound the news of your
present and your eternal emancipation
until the angels of God lowering in the
air. and watchmen on the battlements,
and bellmen in the town cry it, shout
| it, sing it, ring it, Free, freer" l
come out now as the messenger of the
palace to invite Mephibosheth to come
up. I am here today to tell you that
God has wealth of kindness to bestow
upon you for his Sons sake The doors
of the palace are open to receive you.
The cupbearers have already put the
chalices on the table. and the great,
loving, tender, sympathetic heart of
God bends over you this moment, say
ing, "Is there any that is yet left of
the house of Saul, that I may show him
kindness for Jonathan's sake?"
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