The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-06-25

and an omnipotent Holy Spirit and a
triumphant heaven i ofer each one q
crown for the asking. Crowns.
How TO get the crown? The way Vic
toria got her crown. on her knees
Although eight duchesses and mar
ouises. all In cloth OF silver. carried her
train, n the windows n arches and
roof OF the abby~ shook with the TIE
Deum' OF the Cyan In full diapason.
she had to kneel. she had to come
down. To get the crown OF pardon and
eternal life. YOU viii have TO kneel
you will have TO come down. Yea
History says that At her coronation
not ony the entire assembly wept with
profound emotion. but Victoria was In
tears So you will have to have your
dry eyes moistened with tears, In your
case tears OF repentance. tears OF JOY.
tears coronation. and you will feel like
CRYING out with jeremiah. oh, that
my head were waters N mine eyes
fountains OF tears"
Yes. she was during the ceremony
seated for awhile on a lowly stone call
ed the Liza Fail. which, as | remember
il, as I have seen IL again and again.
was rough and not a foot high. a lowl>
and humble place In which To be seat
ed, and IL you are to be crowned king
or queen tn God forever YOU must bT
seated on the Liza Fail OF p%rofounL
humiliation. After all that she was
ready for the throne, and let me say
that o Is not going to leave your ex
altaticn half done. There are thrones
as we'll as crown awaiting you. 81
John shouted. II saw thrones and
again he said, They shall reign for
ever and ever Thrones Thrones
Get ready for the hut I
invite You not only to your own coro-
nation. but TO "A mighticr and the
mightiest. In all the ages OF time no
one ever had such "A hard time as
Christ while he was on earth. Bran
bles for his brow. eXpectoration foI
his cheek, whips for his back. spear
for his side. spikes for his feet. con
tumely for his name, and ever in ou
time how many say he is no Christ {
all, and there are tens OF thousands =
hands trying to push him back al
keep him down. But, oh. the huina
and satanic impotency. Can "A spid.
stop an albatross? Can the hole whi'
the toy shovel OF "A child digs IN T.
sand at Cape May swallow the Altar
tic? Can the breath Of a summer IA.
drive back the Mediterranean euro
clydon? Yes. when all the combin,
forces Of earth and hell can kec
Christ from ascending the throne o.
universal dominion. David the psalm
list foresaw that coronation and erie,
out in regard to the Messiah. "tpOr
himself shall his crown flourish
From the ave of black basalt 81. John
foresaw it and cried. - his head
| were many rpwns. Now do not miss
| the beauty of tina 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 ns?'
Well. it means twisted and enwrcathed
flowers. To prepare "A row for your
child and make her the queen ot the
May" you might take the white flowers
out OF one parterre and the crimson
flowers out of another parterrc and the
blue flowers out ~ofanothcr pultcrr" ana
the pink flowers out of another partcrre
ana gracefully and skillfully work
these -four or five crowns into one
crown Of beauty. So all the ~splendors
Of earth ana heaven are to be On
wreathed into one Coronal for our
Lords f~orehead-one blazing glory. one
dazzling brightness. one oVcrpOwcrinE
perfume. n down flashing, up rolling.
| outspreading magnihccnce, ana so on
his head shall he many crowns.
THE GREATEST CROWN.
The worlds best music will yet Toe
| sounded in his praise, the worlds best
architecture built for his worship, the
worlds best paintings descriptive OF
his triumphs, the worlds best sculp-
ture perpetuate the mo of his he
roes and heroines. Already the crown
woven out of many crowns is being
put upon his brow. His Scared feet
are already ascending the throne. \
careful statistician estimates that in
1850 there will be ia. 900, 900 people in
the United States, and by the present
ratio of uniting with the church 100,
900. 900 Of them Will he church members.
What think We Of that, we pessimists
inspired by the devil? The deadest
failure in the universe is the kingdom
Of satan. The %grandest throne of all
time and all eternity is the one that
Christ is now mounting. The most oi
us Will not see the contamination in
this world, but we will gaze upon 1t
from the high heavens. The morning
of that contamination Will arrive, and
what a stir in the holy city! All the
towers Of gold will ring it's arrival
All the chariots will roll into line. The
armies of heaven which John saw
seated on white horses passing in inf
mite calvacade. The inhabitants OF
Europe, Asia, Africa. North and South
America and OF all islands OF the sea
and perhaps Of other worlds. will join
in a procession compared with which
that Of next Tuesday viii not make
one battalion. The conqueror ahead
having on his vesture and on his thigh
written King Of kings and Lord 81
lords" and when he passes through
the chief of the twelve upiifted gates
all nations following, may you and
be there 10 hear the combined shout oi
church and militant and church trium.
phant. Until the choirs standing on
the sea of glass mingled with fire
shall sound in triumph in more jubi-
liant strains, accompanied by harpers
with their harps and trumpeters with
their trumpets, the hundred and forty
and four thousand coming into tbs
chorus, / think we will stick to Isaac
Watts old hymn, which the 1900 ma
tiyes Of Tonga, Fiji and Samoa sang
when they gave up their idolatries for
Christianity. and | would not be sur
prised to see some of you old heroes of
the cross. who for a lifetime have
been toiling i'm the service. beating
time with your right hand a little trem-
ulous with many years:
JeSug shall reign Whcre'er the sun