Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-07-24

sway. con" You saw. II can't start.
have been 30 lanei BIZ sin AMI 80 iatnel ~
ay.l habit l can't start. / an lame IN BON
feet" Nv friend. We come out with our
PRAYERS aud sympathies 10 he.p YOU up 70
The ralase. II YOU want TO get 10 the
rala.p YOU may 81 there. start now Inc
HOLY Spirit villa help you. All you haVet2
40 4 Just 20 throw yourself on your lace AZ
the tert ni the King, a. Mephibosheih did.
Uaphibasheths cauinial comparison seems
axtrayacant 90 the world, but when a man
has seen himself as he really Is and seen .
I how he has been treating the Lord, there T
I il no term vehement enough q express MS
. self condemnation. The dead Cog OF
/ Mephib0sheth's comparison fails TO des'une
. the mans utter louhins OF himself
] Mrphihlsheih's p0s,uring does not seem 700
+ PROSTATE When a soul is convicted, hrst
+ he prays upright. Then the muscles OF MS
neck relax, aud he Is able 70 bow his head.
After awhile. by an almost suPerhumnn ei-
/ fort. he kneels down 10 pray. After awhile,
I when ne has seen God and seen himself, he
thrOws& imself fiat on his face at the feet 81
/ the King Just like MephibOsheth. The Tact
is, II We could see ourselves as God sees Us,
we would perish az tho spectacle. You
would have no time 10 overhaul other peo-
pie. Your cry would be. "God be mercltul
10 me, a sinner.
And again, Nephibosheth in my text
stands for the disabled human soul saved
for the sake of another Mephibosheih would
. never have got into tho palace on his own
account. Why did David rausack the realm
tu md that poor man and then bestow upon
him a great fortune and command a farmer
I OF the name OF Zih1 10 culture the estate and
give TO THIS Invalid MeDhibosheth half the
proceeds every year? Why did King David
make such mighty stir about a poor fellow
who would never be Of any use 10 the throne
of Israeli 1t was Tor Jonathau's sake. II
was what Robert Burns calls for "auld lang
syne.' David could not forget what Jona-
than had done for him In other DAYS. Three
times this chapter has It thar all this
Kindness on the part Of David 10 Mephib-
. Osheth was for his father JOuathan's sake.
The laughter Of Peter Martyr, through the
wee OF her husband, came down TO penury,
anl the senate OF Zurich took care OF her iOt
her fathers sake. Sometimes a person has
applied 10 you for help and YOU have refused
him. but when you found he was the son or
brother of some one who hal been your bene-
factor in former days, and bya glance you
saw the resemblance Of your old friend In
the face OF the applicant, YOU relented, and
You said. "Oh, l will do this for your fathers
sake You know by your experience what
my text means Now my friends, II is on
that principle that you and ! are to get into
the Kings palace.
The most important part OF every prayer
is the last three or four words Of il, "For
. Christ's sake Do not rattle of those words
rs though they were merely the finishing
stroke OF the prayer. They are the most
important part Of the prayer. When in
rHrnestness You 20 before God and sy-y,
"For Christs sake it rolls in, as il Were,
upon Gods mind all the memories Of
Bethlehem ami Geunusarct and Golgotha.
When You say before God. "tor Christs
sake" you hold before Gods mind every
groan, every tear, every crimson drop Of
His only bogotten Son. fthere Is anything
in all the universe that will move God TO an
act Of royal beneactiOn, il is TO say,
"FOr Christ'S. sake God is omnipo-
tent, but He Is not strong enough TO re-
siSt that cry, "For Christ's sake II a
little child should Rneel behind Gods
throne and should say, For Christ's sake
the great Jehovah would turn around on
His throne 10 look at her and listen. No
, prayer ever gets to heaven but for Christ 5
sake. No soul is ever comiortei but for
Chris's sake. Tho world will never be re-
deemed but for Chrst's sake. Our name,
{ however iIlustrious it may be among men,
before God stands only for Inconsistency
ana sin, but there Is a name, a potent
name, a blessed name, a glorious name. an
everlasting name, that we may put upon
] our lips as a sacrament and upon our
forehead n a crown, and that IS the
+ name OF Jesus, our divine Jonathan,
who stripped Himself OF His robe and put
: on our rags and gave US His sword and took
u our broken reed, go that now, whether we
+ dying, II we Speak HAT name 1t nov moves
, heaven TO the center, and God saws: LET
the poor soul come in. Garry him up into
, the throneroom Of the palace. Though he
may have been in exile, though sin may have
/ crippled him on this side, aud sorrow NAV
: have Grip ed him on the other side, and he
, Is lame in both his feet, bring him up into
j, the palace, for want to show him eyerast.
t ing kindness, for Jonathan's sake"
" Again, MephibOsheth in my text stands
u Eor the disabled human soul lifted to the
. Kings table II was more difficult in those
. times even than it is now for common meu
: to get into a royal dining room. The sub
l. jects might have come around the rail OF the
= palace, ana might have seen the lights kin.
L died, and might have heard the clash OF the
:, knives and the rattle Of the golden goblets
&c but not get in. Stout men with stout fee
, could not get in once in all their lives 10 one
u banquet, yet poor Mephibosheth goes in
)" lives there, and is every day at the table
: Oh, what getting up in the world It wa,
u Tor poor Mephibosheth! Well, though you
Il and / may be wOefully famed with sin, fo
lo our divine Jouathan's sake / hope we will
II all get in 10 dine with the King.
:, Before dining We must be introduced /
y you are invited to Il company of persons
u where there are distinguished people pres
=
'e tor" "This is the Governor" "This is the
D. President" Before we sit down at the King
Ill table in heaven | think we will want to bt
" introduced. Oh, what a time that will be
re when you and l, by the grace of God. get int
III heaven. and are introduced to the mighty
- spirits there, and some one will say: This il
L Joshua" This is Paul" This is Moses.
~ This is John Knox" This is John Mil
IN tom "This is Martin Luther" This il
George Whiteaeld." Oh, shall we have an,
or strength left after such a round of celes
e. tial introductionf Yea, we shall b,
potentates ourselves. Then we shall sit dow
10 at the Kings table with the sons and daugh
er tiers of God, and one will whisper across tn
st table to us and say, "BehOld what manner o
10 love the Father hath bestowed upon us tina
" we should be called the sons Of God" An,
y some one at the table will say; chow Ions
~ will 1t last? All other banquets at which
y sat ended. How long will this last?" an,
90 Paul will answer "Foreverm and Joshua
l9 will say Forever" andJohn Knox will say
~ Forever and George Whitefeld will say
/ "Forever!"
u And the wine at that banquet will be oil,
~, vino. 1t will b. very old wine It will b
10 the oldest wine of heaven. 1t will be tn
~ wine that was trOdden out from the ret
y clusters on the day when Jesus trod the win
= press alone, Wine already more than eight
: cen centuries old. And no one will .derid
g. g. us as to what we were in this world. n
Is one will bring up our imperfections here
- our sins here All our earthly imperfec
" tlOns completely covered up and hid
g den. Mephibosheth's feet under tn
If table. Kingly fare. Kingly vesture. KING
I ly companionship. We shall reign for
ly ever and ever. think that banquet wi
st mean more to those who had it hard /
~ this world than to those who had
easy. That banquet in David's palac
meant moro To ManhihOsbp than 70 N