The Lexington intelligencer. [volume], April 27, 1901, Image 8

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CT11E ONE ABOVE ALL
!
J)r. Talmafe Soaads Praises f the
f Vwld's Redeemer.
I
ga rta mfre Is tke Pwrvrwlia
f i:, and if i never
. j Kf.-.r V Tke iccr '
in ii-i. u.rt-r.---
1 h!' we u it- Wtea we com t
rwak of tke porr cf Canst. the CM
,ueror. e are poirg to ("nw c-r
:ni'.e fr:n tr:r,3iThil area 11 ora-
torio and evervth:rg prard an.i a::
i jvcdeus. Tie' Frecch navy fcsre
; fe by wk:ci tsey give . T...
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r.v.r kaad.
t.i surroir.'
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irti from 'r to
r-.Ter I rV
all of r - i
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cf death rr-f P ""
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t or ;run :r i
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tkose Is '17 fo - oeo-'""
i iiiffrf ct mnsbxation. And I kve
to tell too tkat tirse rir,circ cf
I tee cross may a.ira i.
t"or. i.-tnte nc varenrs r-rrj. i
ne (it to :r.g oft !
kile fv.rj to preach
r la this d.core IH. J Jeu t ct . y..o w.:i i-e
t.uedt Ik pr- the w..ri4' lie- fJlt ; ;H,r;, jrd umin : i r--uro.
rtfr nd ru's brforf u the P01" You ou' i to pTtt I ir . 13
r:t cf some f Hi freat o.scipiel i y0,ir sT
Txi fj?i.Mi; J'hn -He j j0d,j,4Ii u-J yreirV.d t-i-:
Vt mn' k from tve it above ! . ... , .r,.,. rrc.i''.
The mi coapicuiu character of' ntJ jo5ln I'r.ntaa rr-ihu V:rst ''."
k'i.vrr ivm oiit uiV'D the platform-' v. LrvnrT fT'rtoni'1' '
BThe cpr hch. oansonded i!ji:anard Tajson. V. ar i
I pht. po ated doa to H:tn from the janeJ op a:aii.!'! 'he :ie of the pi'-
at hea kT or.U a ratification J iT in(j . out v i-.-rje. h Je
r
a h-!r'
it '
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y cr kia
v.Vr j.-ar latt
.v rb ""ih of
t" f eartb-
tie : e? fs
-sr-im e? rt-Ata :nt
- Hi n etrtft.y
! -. fr.'.-r ' arrv
f -.h ar.J r -i.e a.-.ir laa
hare. Z I I ICIL tl SUAK 1
fr,eT -
rest to the ce!r:;a3 ei-j or John
f the trrer cf n.theeT. the finsrerof
fTLrioiy. ihe fitifvr of ehrouo!opy.
the finder of eeots -a.l e finfer
Hiat!iip in one direcwoa- Christ it
the orertoppiii? are of all time. He
f the ox hatr.ana in a I. music, the
rarefuleM Ure is all snipttsre. the
n.rtt eiquisite tBicflinp ut l rhtsan.l
hJe ia all paietinf . the acme of a"
e'.'inaies. the dome of all cathedra led
fTaenr and the peroration of ail
7ieDd;d UnrJre.
The Greek aiphaVt it maile up of
J4 letter, acd heo fhrist compared
Hiave'.f t the first letter and the last
letter, the apha ar.d the omeira. He
Plripr'.ated to H:rr.elf all tne f pf n-1 Quicker than e
ii.'Tf that yoo can pe'! out wth thve
two Setters and a'.! the letter between
tketx. "I am the a'.pha and the oraega.
the be?iDB!iiy ard the end. the first
and the JaM," or. if you prefer the
oris cf the text, -abote aH."
It BaBS. after yon have p.ied np al'
'p.e and Himalayan altitude, the
f'vrj of Christ would have to spread
its wieps and descend a thousand
) to touch thus simmit.
Peliom. a high mouniaia of Thea!y:
tsa, a h:rt monntaln. ad Olympas.
hh inourita'.n. but mythfliofy tells
hen the fiae'e warred eain?l the
jrodt they piiH rep thete three aio'in
taint and from the top of them pr
oed to cale the hearem. hut the
Ytiht ta nut preat encoph. an!
there a a compete failure. And
after ail the jr'anlt- tsaiah and Pan).
ropbeie and apo:olr r-nt:
Kapbaet and Virhael Angela, artintir
fiar.tt; ckembim and aeraphim and
rcharfel,ee'iet?ial giants hare failed
to climb to the top of Chrt' frlory
tkry may all well ooite in the word
of the text and aay: "He that cometh
tfrom ahore i a bo re aJl."
Virtt. Chrict mutt be abore all else
!b our preaeh'nir. There are to many
to-kt ou hoBi'letict acattered
through the wvrld that all laymen as
well at all rierjrynieo hare made up
1keir mifd what termont oopht to
' he. That erni'.u it moat effeetoa!
which mott pointedly putt forth Chrift
at the pardon of a'.l tin and the cor
recio of all eriL individual, social
vi::cal. natinnaL There it bo reaton
by we thonM rinp the end'ea change
few phratea. There are thote
whrt thick thai if an exhortation or
ditcottrte hare frequent mention of
justification, tasetification, eorecant
of work and covenant of frace that
therefr it ir.vjtt be profoundly evan
reHcal, while they are .suspicion of
disconrte which prraent the tame
trnth, but under different phrase.il
cpy. Now. I tT there ia nothing in
n the opulent realm of Anglo-Sat-
3 tie word treasnret that
we inherited fmi the Lat'.B aid the
Xireek aad the Indo-Eompean bnt we
a-.ate a rht : marshal it in relijioot
scu.sion. Chritt et the ewmple.
His i!!aktrat:oua were from the jrrass.
the fewer, the tpif.Je, the ta'.ve. the
'Wsyard fowl, the crystals of talt.
t well at from the teat and the ttar.
-fid we do st propose, in onrStinJay
chool teaching and is our pulpit ad--tJrst
to be put on the limit.
1 Know that there ia a (Treat deal said
1 tr day araintt word, at thourh
-tbey were nothitt;. They may be
tised. bnt they have an imperial
f Cveer. Hy are the bridfe between
tocl and ol. between Atmhty God
and the humaa race. What did God
write cpothe tablet of atont
Word. What did Chritt
it u a ..
Cerres. tr
ftr fr.n f
c-: rc tbr
orf Jxiv. t:
r h - cferaal
n.- A.a. pvr tout.
r tter d e . 'he wil
n tree 1 and
- :at;B. a.oae. uTturea
fa the a'r i t.ts for
;tjr t tr'" "d to
oa y ir i wnu..i
- '"ii.'Ji: "1 w..l
e
V - .
aou luc I'trr aiiu i-.-i . (
nuncry. I - - ., . v.
er :te t-e i w-i .vtm.
f
tn-Mi
lor orwhelmed h'
... , . m . . . - i I
. . i . , i . .. kn5Uu. a
and dream atat tfce .(lr.B prrc- ut. - ..i..ik.
as ev on
the :
ran had aftenpu
human will.
.. . . m V
Krhter tn.m tr.e ir::. irr?-rrj
than the fountain, deeper than te j
aeas. are these tio.-j-c i '!en!r.
hat no melody. Cowe rt. l.ae f- see
cess, sunset sky has ro color, com
pared with these rloriout tbem
These harvests of crace ?ripe c?
c.in sickie them.
Kindiiti? Mi'.ni: with 'heir ere ai-d
produ-insr reToin'tou with teir
power, liphticjr up dyin beds with
their flory. they are the $weete$:
thought for the poet, ard they are
the most thriilins ii'rustration far the
orator, and they offer the ino.t in
tense scene for the artist, ani they
are to the embassador of tje sky li
enthu'fru. Complete pardon for tke
direst eniit. 5weetct eoir.fort for
phastliest aruy. P.ripbtest ho(- fc-r
jrrirjiiiet !.ath. Grandest re.-Tc-tion
for darkest sepu'eher. Oh. w:t
a Gospel tu preach! Ctrit over all
in it. n birth. Hi sofferiap. Hi
miracles. Hi par We Hit eat. H
tears. Hi blood. Hi atonement. Hi
intercession what ploriou theme!
TV we exercise faith. CbrUt i it
object. Do we have love? 'It fasten
on Jesus. Hje w a fondre for
the churvh? It lcaue Christ died
for it. Have we a hope of Heaven?
It is because Jetj went ahead, the
herald am' the forerunner.
The roval robe of Demetriua wa
o costly, so beau'iful. that after h
had put it off no one ever dared pat
it on. but ihit robe of Christ, richer
than that, the poorest and the wan
nest and the wortt may wear
"Oh, my tins, mv tins." aaid Mar
tin Luther to Stanpi;. "at tins, my
tins!" The fact i that the brawny
German ttudent had foand a Latin
Pible that had made him quake, and
nothinp else ever did make him
quake, and when he found how
through Chriat he mat pardoned and
saved he wrote to a friend aayinp
"Come over and join us. treat and
awful tinners aaved by the prace of
God. ot teem to he only a Iender
tinner, and you don't much esto! the
mercy of God. hut we who hare been
auoh very awful sinners praite Hit
prace the more now that we have
been redeemed." Cam it be that yon
are to desperately egotistical that
you feel yourself in first-rate spir
itual trim and that from the root of
the hair to the tip of the toe yon are
carles and immaculate What you
need is a lookinp plat, and here it
it in the Bible. Poor and wretched
and miserable and blind and naked
from the crown of the head to the
ole of the foot, fail of woanit and
putrefying tore. Xo health in na.
And then take the fact that Chrirt
fathered up all the note araiaat on
and paid them and then offered t
the receipt.
i . . .
a ao moon we need H m in our
of-owt! We are independent of c;r
ruuuuiKTi u we nave Hi erace,
Why. He nude Paul sin in the don
treon. and under that prace St. John
from desolate Pa;mot heard the blast
oi tne apocalyptic trumpet. After
all other caadiet have been snufed
. i
:lf larreLne otia
-1 Wo of heatealy
'.:: e ar,-i
coce ?'-e
tit.-".e-y.
vU.r,-'vr. H. '.. fr from home, dying
.-' i -hen tempie, sad:
O God!" What di-i
Try a . . .
25c Box
AKMOTJB'S
Fine Art Toilet
Best lor the Money.
CRENSHAW
& YOUNG.
Of
Soaf
re
br rotvr.
h re af
ia 'he
"t'.lcirr to T
d.vW WilV-vrv- say tn his wife.
"CocU Ks;Je me and let na
talk cf Heaves. I never knew what
ha-pin '" fUB;1 Chriit."
Wt-: dM Hatnah More mj!
-t, to Hejren. thirk what that
is! To po to Christ. ho died that I
cirbt live! Oh. plorioat praTe! Oh.
hat rloriot: thlnr it is to die'
Oh. the love of Christ, the love of
Christ!"" W: id Xr. Toplady. the
r'vat hvmnn-.aker. sy in his last
hoi r? "Vh. B)-ure Ike dop'h
t;,i,n; tti. tne snn-
tjt air ..;!: 1 ua!l toon
r -:olj. lu t-te caa live
f- !j " r a 'toa baa
mir.v-'ri tn n.y s-u.
What did tre lijuif Janeway aay?
"I eta as eaity die as c'o my eyea
or tora try head in sleep. Before
few hour have pe.eJ I shall stand
on MoitBt in with the one hun
dred ad forte-foar thngsaad and
with the just men made perfect.
and e tlalt ascribe riches and honor
and flory and majesty and dominion
unto God and the Lamb." I, lay
lor. condemned to bjm at the stake,
on hi way thither lvke away from
the pardmen atd went boundinp
an! leapinr and jumpinp toward the
tre, elad to po to Jesus and to die
for Him. Sir Charles Hare ia hit
latt moment had tuch rapturous vi
tion ihat be cried: "t'pward. opward.
npwardl" Aad so irrcat wa the peace
of one of Christ' dis-iple that he
put his finder i'n the pulse in hi
rit and counted it and observed
i:s bahiup heat until hit life had
end-i here to becin in Heaven. Hut
pran;:.-r than that r the testimony
of tb- wofiont m:si'rarr. when in
the Mamartice dunpeon he cried: "IJ
am now ready to be offered, and the
time of mr departure it at hand. I
have foupht the pood fitrht. I hav
6nished my course. I hare kept the
faith. Henceforward there is Laid op
for me a crown of righteousness,
which the Lord, the righteous Jodpe.
will pive me in that day. and not to
me only, bat to all them that love
Hit appeariap!" Po yon not aee that
Christ is above all in dying aiSeeia
t'on? Toward the last hoar of our earth
ly residence we are speeding. When
I see the tprinp blossoms scattered,
t say: "Another season pone for
ever. When 1 close the liihle on
Mount Ov"? Woet ofVa' V' X
M ChrUi .tea. tK. v L M S n ' br!-r the perfect day.
IJnmination of the universe? Oat of'
words. "Let there be Ipht." aad
1 pfct was. Of coarse, thoapht U the
e-arpo. and word are ocly the h'p.
t bow fast wcVid yoor earpo po on
without the ship? What yoti teed,
say fnend. in all jour work, ia your
fnday school class, in yonr reform
atory institution, and what we ail
teed is to enlarpe our rocabulary j
whea we come to speak about God 1
ad Out.', and Heaven. We ride '
few old words to death when there
la rack an illimitable reaoaree.
FhVepeare etrp'oyed ll.Qf d:Ser. '
est word for fraantic parpove. V:l-'
ind after under the hard hoof of
raUmity aH the poo! of wrijly en
joyment have been t raffled into
Jeep mire at the foot of the rtcrnal
rock the Christian, from cap of
franite. lily rimmed a4 vie covered
pau out the thirst of his ouL
A thousand feet tuwierpro';a4. by
Spht f torch toilinp in a m:aer'
lhaft, a led,.-e of rock may fail tpo,
. and we may die a miaer't death
far out at sea. falling from tke e'up
sery ratlines and broken on the hai
rard. we may die a taiior'a death.
n miatioa of it rev in hotpiui amid
broken hone nod reekir.e bn;
Heating Stoves,
Steele Ranges,
Cook Stoy
Cheapest and Best at
0. Fa
Tel. 105
Lexington
ton employed d ffereut word rrRC fever mt d e a ok
for poetic purpose. Sufn Cheste
employed over U.flW different words
fcr pal parr-3es. brt the most of
s k'e less thac l.tH words that w - ' arr "y
ran manape. !ess tha WO, actj tiat
cakf-s to ttnpid. t
ben we cosce to : firth the love ,
f t-.m!, e are prir.y to take the
letcerest plrase-;.ct te,rr
antnropttt oa-t fit the fie'.i 0f
latt. tervirp our (.vj n4 our v,-.
try. lup thro-.ph ,i. lf.4r1i ,
us. -i I
atli. r.-.
- St Viet
ro-
ciay d,e a patr.o;
.l tfcere are only t-
-artcre. the dea h of
irer
il! tiyt" This is tbe Jetut whom we
preched at Corinth and in Cappa
docia and at Antioch and at Jerusa
lem." Little rhildren clad In white will
ay: "This i the Jeu hotMk ln
His arms and blessed as, and when the
storms of the world were too cold and
loud broupht ns into this bvautiful
place." The multitudes of the bereft
111 say: "This is the Jrsu ho com
forted n when nr heart broke
Many who bad wandered clear off from
God and plunped into vapahondism,
but were saved by prace. will say:
"This ia Jesus ho pardoned us. We
ere lost on the mountains, and he
broupht ns home. We werepuiity. and
He made ut white at snow. Mercy
l)ind&, prace eniaralirled." And
then, after each one has recited hi pe
culiar deliverance and peculiar
mereict, recited them a by solo, all the
voices will come together in a preat
chorus which aha!! make the arches re
echu with the eternal reverberation
of piadues and peace and triumph.
Edward I. u to aoiiou to po to
the Holy Land that when he was a boot
to expire he bequeathed $: 60.000 to
have hi heart after hit decease taken
and deposited in the Holy tand, and
hi request was complied with. But
there are hundreds to-day whose
heart are already in the holy land of
Heaven. Where yovir treasures are.
there are your hearts also. John Ban
yan, of whom I spoke at the opening
of the discourse, eaupht a plimpt of
that place, aal in his quaint way b
said: "And 1 heard in nsy dream, and,
lo, the bell of the city rang again for
joy. and a they opened the gate to
1 - 4 V . 1 I 1- .1.
Sabbath nict. I tar: "Another RaM V , ., , , . ,fB'
r,th departed." When I burr A' " Xj bn'
friend. I tar: "Another earthly mt
traet'on pone forever." What nimble
feet the years hsve! The roebucks
and the lichtningt run not so fast.
From decade to decade, from sky to
sky. they po at a bound. There it
a place for n. whether marked or
not. where Tau JBJ I -;) gep the
latt sleep, and tbe men are now living
who wilL with solemn tread, carry
us to our restinc place, brighter
thin a ban 'ite ting hl! thronph which
the light f.-et of the dancers go np
and down to the sound of trumpeters
will be tke epnlehr through whose
rifu the hcly li-hl of Heaven
streameth. (iod will watch you. H
will tend Hi angels to guard your
tlnmberiap ground until, at Chrit't
behest, they that! roil away the stone.
So Uo Chriit L ab.ve all in Heaven.
The E.ble ditiac:ly savi that Christ U
the rhie f tbrme cf the Celestisl ascrip
tion, at! the thrones ftcirp his throne,
all the palm waved before Li face,
a7. tb crown d owa at hi feet. Cheru
b;3i to cherubim, seraphim to
S'rarl,;. redeemed spirit to redeemed
spirit siall recite the iiavioiir'a earth
ly SJ-riBoe.
tanJ on tome high hill of Heaven.
ti ia t'l the radiant sweep the most
rl n .-as ekject will be Jeso. Mynal
rvr-rg trv afterward breaking forth
:r ,o awv.a station. The
and there wert street of gold, and
men walked on them, harps in their
hands to sing praise with all, abd
fur that thty shut up lha gate.
Grand Central Hotel,
Reopened axp
Newly Furnished
Good Mca and best acrvice. Your
patronkgo solicited.
D. M. FRAZIER. Rropr
on iev nm
"wawtvnr
nor dilarboo f our sv J
tf ha ntaosw in our u
"Ughiaiag Balaaosd" g Hri(
boaght of tb KaaastCtjl'
oiapaay. Oar offic beltinJ
Sor r coapetlad t iW
flrat gatotia eagiaa walcttiJ
tvecwoatnf tbevibraiioa tkiJ
tna floor - walla of iHesriil
which made it almost tHJ
atiuag on the toor naaatiha;!
wrtu with aay dagraw of suw&
Oor asw aaglMU thaaai
la town and It now lUwkaJ
aid with anew I Mile noU thtw J
bort haxd'y know now than
agiaa. no twm no goo Wii
aat to toll ail oar brultaprJ
OTr tho coaauy about h. Mil
t8 that if thee hspps kat
oar town we trill tsktt. at. J
la ahowlag It U them as l trj
taka in showing a naw toy. I
This new englae addit tvl
on thlag il ha log tsawi
it the moat coarwaiett aid bwij
oSSco in tha cwnnty, aados
In tha atatn. Wa hava at 4
aad two smaller aad a r
dr press and wa jaet belt tat iu
ineaa on to r HUghUlt"ti4ii
wseai to know that aha aw an
nwIL I
It I away to start aad, ml
atartad U. joat )t italoatisin
the rawt. It kna no apecial m
anoor it. Wo imn.'T pat inc
torni oi two by foar pieces an
navy boar1 toor near that t
nawdia tairta with amailopM
It that woald b liable U o
andiatont and casa delay ,
ngl M la noaded anoai. Ilasta
la U pump lo wear out t4i
age, Una making It acoooaa.
Millor's Photos
Kxce'i ail other in quality, fine
finish ai3 art tic lightings. Nice
F'hotos tl rdoea and up. Spe
cial prkes to c hildreo ou Tuesday
in Gir Utto to Sin
On aotoaat of tb fact that
donbt ptatOD In lb eyllsosr :
xptoaion Ukta ptaoa bettvai
piatM nanda la lha eesler af '
Ue fall fore to ntlllted i
Jarrlag Is peeetalad.
Tea, w ar tickled wrt
ais aad w doalt min
readers ao.
le rj::.
il. hi lux- irtrc, aij e i
l e tke forai--
tie tztr f r the fame throuph which
tiy ptii. mm t: "This r Jetus,
' r wV : we died." The apost'.et, aU
tk kr?-er for the ship wreck and the
-i.i-g thr -h which they it.
Ceo. I. D. i. s,
VETERINARIAN,
Pbone 117 LijTCM,a!o.
ARAUE CHANCE.
Haviag decided to do out ey hold
lariofcows aad belters, some 60 hoat, I
o3e for sal oas and nil. My line com
prtt banhoras, Angeae Harefcrd aad
jrrMV mixed An mr A v t.
maryrs. aU j relereec n mtla strain, formerly beiesr
' la ercaaxry bnleeas. 8me Twenty odd
wim ia i at hwi ata ms: ts enJee
shortly. pTicoaraarlnc froai i to fw
per head. Call oa or nddreaa.
TsLnor eixrsoit.
aprTyeaxl AalirUK Mo.
Rnsb-Peak Wedin;
A rsry pretty bat qsiet '
aolamailad VadaasaiaT alwrK'
o'ciochalU hoaof thtsoi
Mr. and Mr. Jama Peak, at!
thoir sidasi dtBfbUr. klJtO
naitod la avsmin to Vt.t
Poraat City, Arkaaaa. D' 't
offlclatlag. Th parlors
dsworntad wiU poned pM"
flowers.
Th gro,nttraageru'
Lexiogton eiti, bat I
horn and reared In oor Bid.1
lo on of oar old and won tf
peeled tamllve. She 1H
axaelUai enrlatUn eharact''!
!iaultiA aad la roaaaated tl "
oaalifioatioaa which fit bet W
. 1 .lV..kiM.llll
wvtfmutvm vi vw
ana baa linked her tniar.
onotl wihe th coop tH
proapetvo Jnaraey tbroM ""j
De. aad air, both left '.
train Wed next. tar a
after Map 15 Ihey will
K areat City. Ark.
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