Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-06-25

ton and cries cut, eye shall receive
crown of glory that fadeth not away"
and ST. John joins in the rapture and
says, Faithful to death, and l will
give thee a Crown of life, and else
where exclaims, "Hold fas. that no
man take thy crown " Crowns, crowns,
crowns! You did not expect IN coming
here today to be invited to corona
ton. You can scarcely believe your own
cans, but in the name If pardoning
God and a sacr' icing Christ and an en-
nipoteni Holy Spirit and a triumphant
heaven | oncr each one crown fCr the
asking. Crowns, crownsl How to get
the crown? The way Victoria got her
crown. on her knees Although eight
duchesscs and maTquises, all in cloth Of
silver, cauied her train, and the win
dows aud arches and roof Of the abbey
shock with the "Te Deum" Of the organ
in full diapasOn, she had to kncol, she
had to come down. To get the crown Of
pardon and eternal life, you Will have
TO kneCl, you will have to come down.
Yea. History says that at her corona
ton not only the entire assembly wept
with profound emotion, but Victoria
was in tears. So yen will have to have
your dry eyes moistenod with tears, in
your case tears Of repentance, tears Of
Joy, tears Of coronation, and you will
feel like crying out with jeremiah,
"Oh, that my head were waters and
mine eyes fountains Of tears.
Yes, she was during the ceremony
seated for awhile on lowly stone called
the Liza Fail, which, as remember it,
as ! have seen it again and again, was
rough AID not q foot high, a lowly and
humble place in which to be seated, and
if you ale TO be crowned king or queen
to God forever you must be seated on
the Liza Fail Of profound humiliation.
After all that she was ready for the
throne, ana let me say that God is not
going TO leave your oxaltation half done.
There are thrones as well as crowns
awaiting you. 81. John shouted, Il
saw thrones. and again he said, They
shall reign forever and ever, Thronesl
Throuesl Get ready for the coronation.
But invite you not Gully to your own
coronation, but to a mightier and the
mightiest. IN all the ages Of time no
one ever had such a hard time as Christ
while be was On earth. BIamblos for
his brow, oxpectoration for his cheek,
whips Tor his back, spears for his side,
spikes for his feet. contumely for his
name, and even in our time how many
say be is 10 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 impo-
tency Can a spider stop an albatrossf
Can the hole which the toy shovel Of
child digs in the sand at Cape May
swallow the Atlantic? Can the breath Of
a summer fan drive back the Mediter-
rauean curoclydon; Yes, when all the
combined forces Of earth and hell can
keep Christ from ascending the throne
Of universal dominion. David the
usalmist fCresaw that coronation and
cried cut in regard to the Messiah,
Upon himself shall his crown -four
ish" From tie cave Of black basalt
st. John lmcsaw it aud cried, ION his
head were many Clowns. 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 II
saws. "On his head were many crowns"'
Well. it means twisted and enVTeathcd
flowers. To prepare a crown for your
child and make her the queen Of the
May" You might take the white flowers
out Of one paterIe 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 skillfully work these
four or five crowns into one crown Of
beauty So all the splendors Of earth
and heaven are to be enwreathed into
one coronal for our Lords forehead
one blazing glory, one dazzling bright
ness, one ovcrpowerirg perfume, one
down flashing, up rolling, outspread-
ing magnificenco, and so on his head
shall be many crowns.
The Greatest Crown.
The worlds best music will yet be
sounded in his praise, the worlds best
architecture built for his worship, the
words best paintings descriptive Of his
triumphs, the words best sculpture per-
petuate the memory Of MS heroes and
heroinos. Already the crown woven cut
Of many crowns is being put upon his
brow. His scared feet are already as.
cending the throne. \ careful statisti-