in the Valley of the Shadow of Death, heard a voice
in the darkness which proved to him that there was
another sinner at the mouth of hell besides himself.
There is no text that comes oftener to your mind
than this, that whoso hateth his brother is a murderer;
and, communicant as you are, you feel and you know
and you are sure that there are many men lying in
lime waiting the day of judgment to whom it would
be more tolerable than for you were it not that you
are to be at that day the highest monument in heaven
or earth to the redeeming, pardoning, and saving grace
of God. Yes, this is the name that shall be written
on you; this is the name that shall be read on you
of all who shall see you in heaven; this name that
Emmanuel pronounced over Mansoul that day from His
ascending chariot-steps, a very Spectacle of wonder,
and a very Monument of the mercy and the grace of
God.