Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-06-30
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like crying out with Jeremiah, "nh that
my head were waters and mine eyes founf-
| aims of tears
In all the ages of time no one ever had
such a hard time as Christ while he was
| on earth. Brambies for His brow, expec-
torations for His cheek whips for His back
spears for His side, spikes for His feet
| contumely for His name, and even in our
| time how many say He is no Christ at ALL
and there are tens of thousands OF hands
! trying to push Him back and keep Him
down. But, oh. the human and satanic
| impotencyl Can spider stop an albatross2
Can the hole which the toy shovel OF
| child digs In the sand at Cape May
| swallow the Atlantic2 Can the breath OF
| 4 summer fan drive back the Mediterranean
euroclydon? Yes, when all the combined
forces of earth and hell can keep Christ
from ascending the throne Of universal
dominion. David the psalmist foresaw
| that coronation and cried out In regard to
the Messiah, Upon Himself shall His
crown flourish" From the cave of black
basait ST. John foresaw it and cried, 'On
His head were many crowns" Now do not
miss the beauty of that figure. There is
no room on any head for more than
one crown Of silver, gold or diamond.
Then what does the book mean when 1t
says, "On His head were many crowns2'
Well, it means twisted and enwreathed
flowers. To prepare IA crown for your child
and make her the queen of the May" you
might take the white flowers out of one
parterrs and the crimson flowers out Of
another parterre and the blue flowers out
OF another parterre and the pink flowers
out of another parterre and gracefully and
skillfuliy work these four Ave crowns
into one crown of beauty. So all the
splendors Of earth aud heaven are to be
enwreathed into one coronal for our Lords
fOrehead-one blazing glory, one dazzling
brightness, one overpowering perfume, one
down flashing, up rolling, outspreading
magniiicence, and SO on his head shall be
many crowns.
The worlds best music will yet be sound
ed in His praise, the worlds best architec-
ture built for His worship the worlds best
paintings descriptive of His triumphs, the
worlds best sculpture perpetuate the mem
ory of His heroes and heroines. Already
the crown woven out Of many crowns Is be-
ing put upon His brow. His Scared feet
are already ascending the throne. A care
full statistician estimates that In 1850 there
will be ia, ,O0OOO people in the United
States, and by the present ratio OF unit
ing with the church 10000, 900 of
them will be church members. What
think We of that, ye pessimists inspired by
the devila The deadest failure in the unf-
verse is the kingdom of satan. The grand
est throne OF all time and all eternity is the
one that Christ is now mounting. The
most OF US will not see the consummatton
In this world, but We will gaze on 1t from
the high heavens. The morning Of that
eonsummation will arrive, and what q stir
In the holy ethyl All the towers of gold
will ring its arrival. All the ehariots will
roll into line. The armies of heaven
which John saw seated white horses
passing In infinite cavalcade. The in
habitants of Europe, ASIA Africa, North
and South America and Of all islands Of the
sea- and perhaps of other worlds, will join
In procession compared with which that
of next Tuesday will not make one bat
talon. The conqueror ahead, having on
bis vesture and on his thigh written, king
of kings and Lord OF lords, and when he
passes through the chief OF the twelve up
lifted gates, all nations following, may
you and l be there to hear the combined
shout of church militant and church
Until the choirs standing Cd
the sea of glass mingled with fire" shall
sound the triumph In more jubilant strains
by harpers with these trum-
pets, the hundred and forty and four thou
sand coming into the chorus, / think We
will stick to Isaac Watts old hymn, which
the 5000 natives of Tonga, Fiji and Samoa
and l would not be surprised
% see some Of you old heroes of the Cross.
mo fof Aiifetime kese D. d toiling- IN :: =
,ervice, beating time with your right hanu
! little trenulous with many years:
Jesus shall reign where er the sun
Does his successive journeys run;
His kingdom stretch from shore to shore
Till suns shall rise and set no more.
Let every creature rise and bring
Peculiar honors to our King;
Angels descend with songs again,
And earth repeat the loud amen.