Orange County observer., 1897-07-01


ys-l,,As, fountains that were ever rafn-
| howe as.i instead of fa2ellation IL Il
! coronation INT q coroaatiou Utte-3r cc.Ir---
! ing one whose sixtisth anniversary Is now
I being celebrated.
It was great day whe.. about al eighth
/ of II srlile from the gate of Jerusalem. I'M
der q sky palid with thicke-s darkness,
and On mountain trammeIed Of earth
quake end the air on fire with the bias
| pheraia- - mob q crown of spikes vas
i put upon the paIlid and agonized brow of
| our Jesus But that particular coronation.
amid tears and blood and groans and shiv-
! ,nS eataclysras. made your own corona
/ ton possible. Paul was not man To lose
| his equilibrium, but when that old mis-
/ sionary with crooked back and in
famed eyes, got glimpse OF the crown
| coming to him, and cosnInR 10 yon. II you
/ will Try repentaneeyand faith accept it. he
| went into ecstasies, and his poor eyes
fsffaslscd and his crooked back straightened
as he cried to Timothy. There is laid up.
| for me crown Of righteousness and to
| fl,e Corinthians "These athletes run to
| 'obtaio n corruptible. we an incorruptible!
crown" And to the Thessalonians he
speaks Of 1.-THE crown 81 glory" and to the
| Philippians he says. MY joy and crown
/ -rha apostle Peter catches the inspira-
ton and cries out, ".Ye shall receive a
crown of glory that fadeth not away"
! an, 81. John Joins in the rapture and says,
/ Faithful to death and will give thee
| crown OF life" and elsewhere exclalms,
Hold fast that no man take thy crown
| Crowns crowns crownsi You did not ex-
pcct In coming here to-day TO be invited to
| I, coronation. You can scarcely believe
your Own ears but in the name II par
/ doning God and a sacrificing Christ and an
/ omnipotent Holy Spirit and triumphant
heaven offer each one crown for the ask
Ing Crowns. crowns How to sget the
crown? The way Victoria got heF crown,
On her knees Although eight duch-
essea an.f marquises. all in cloth OF
silver. carried her train. and the VIII
doU4 and arches and roof of the abbey
shook with the .'Te Deum" % the organ in
full diapa-on. She had to kneel, she had to
come down. To get the crown Of pardon
and eternal life YOU will have TO kneel. you
! will have to come down. Yea. history
saws that at her coronation not only the en-
tire aa1semblv wept with profound emo
ton but Victoria was i'll tears. so you Will
have to have your dry eyes moistened With
tears. in your ease tears ofrepentance. tears
Of iov tears of coronation and You will feel
ike crying out With jeremiah "Oh. that
my head were waters and mine eyes 1ount-
aims Of tears
In all the ages of time no one ever had
such a hard time as Christ while lie was
on earth Brambles for His brow. expec-
tOrationS for His cheek, whips for His BACK,
spears for His side. spikes for His feet.
contumcly for His name, and even IN our
time how many say He is no Christ at all.
and there are tens of thousands or hands
irving to push Him back and keep Him
down But, Oh the human and satanic
impotency, Can a spider stop an alhatross!
Can the hole which the toy shower OF
| child digs IN the sand at Cape May
swallow the Atlantic? Can the breath OF
a summer fan drive back the Mediterranean
euroclydon? Yes, when all the combined
forces osr5sa sa.ss.1 :,
from ascending the thsone sunfsslSuE
dominion. David the psalmist foresaw
that coronation and cried out in regard 10
the Messiah. Upon Himself shall His
crown flourish" From the cave OF black
hasalt 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 it
saws. con His head were many crowns'1
Well it means twisted and enwreathec
flowers. To prepare crown for your chlid
and make her the queen OF the May you
might take the white flowers out or one
uarterre and the crimson flowers out OF
anot her rarterro and the blue flowers out
of another parterre and the pink flowers
out Of another parterre and gracefully ana
. SkillfulIv work these four or five crowns
into one crown Of beauty. 50 all the
splendors Of earth aud heaven are 10 be
onWreathcd into one coronation our LORD :
forcheal-one blazing glory, one dazzling
/ Brightness one ovcrpowerlng perfume. one
down flashing. up rolling. outsnreanlnS
nacnilcenco. and so on his head shall be
MANY crowns
The worlds best music will yet be sound
r ci in His praise the worlds best archlte'-
ture built for His worship the worlds best
paintings descriptive Of His triumphs. the
: worlds best sculpture pcrpetuate fhe mem
| ory Of His heroes and herolnes. Already
. thr crown wOyen out Of many crowns is be-
in. .ut upon His brow. His scared feet
ar. already ascending the throne. A care
fuI otatistician estimates that in 1850 there
, viii be Ia 900 600 people IN the United
states. and by the present ratio q unit.
: In. with the church 100 600 900 Of
them Will be church members. WHAT
think ye Of that vc pessimists Inspired by
. the deyil> The deadest failure in the uni
verse is the kingdom 81 satan. The grand
; "-t throne Of ali time and all eternity is the
ono that Christ Is now mounting Ihe
most of rs will not see the contamination
: in this world. but we will gaze On il from
, the high heavens The morning of that
c0nsumInation will arrive, and what a stir
in the holy city, All the towers Of gold
will ring its arrival. All the chariots will
, roll into line. The armies Oh heaven
. which John saw seated on whitA horses
Z | passing In infinite cavalcade. The in
, habitants Of Europe Asia. Africa. North
a 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 will not make one bat
: talon. The conQueror ahead. having on
, his yeSture and on his thigh written, hlne
! Of kings and Lord OF lords. and when he
] Easses through the chief of the twelve up-
lifted gates all nations following. may
you and | 10 there - hear TN" combined
shout - chureh militant and ehureh
! triumphant. Until the choirs standing oH
the sea - glass mingled with ire shall
/ | sound The trlunTh Il II nore lutllant strains