Show SATUR 11 1 1 T V I 1 SERMON I 1 DY REV amm URVIS DA THE GUEST AT THE DOORSTEP text D hold I 1 stand at the door anil and ho knock icv ev ill 20 bakia I 1 century has bus guile gone I 1 b since the genius of that master painter holman hum gaie to us that thrilling ly lv noble picture tile the light of tile the world arld eien the lie untrained eye en it se sec iha hint I 1 it great thought lias has aten transferred fro trum nd to in candis 1 TI theres eres a patient face it kindl ene c tv the wounded hand band Is at tile the lenoci the nail na 11 pierced foot peers from beneath the priestly robe Twill twilight glit und c ciering cuing dimi damp haie bno ome oine in his bis h baud and Is the lighted lamp of truth thedoor the door Is 6 ivy grown so loll 1011 long unopened A touch of genius theres no lat latch 1 on the outside it cau can only be from iNi thill holman ului haut lim baa jut just limbed into the spirit world ei eien er oue one knows the meaning of his glorious glorio u picture even without a title aera reader knows who Is meant in fittest alir be behold flold I 1 stand at the door aud and knock although no name Is mention ed the spirit of god comes canies to the door of the human heart and knock lie ile stands there while the sun Is guing going down and night Is coming on alth ith its heavy dens deas and damps ue wats and knocks but only human duac is can call slip back the bolts fur him to in come lu ill the visitor whose dark door Is this its till the door of the jewish nation where ii hi comes as messiah then rejected 7 to the gentiles it Is the door say th commentators of the church noted for its wealth and voluptuousness but its more than that thai sub it out erring one my dark door and the visitor Is none other than the king of kings and the lord of lords of whom thom the angels shouted when be came home lift up your heads 0 v e ties and be ye lifted up ye everlasting doors and the king of glory shall shrill come in Is lie be at my door surel aureli not he belongs to the pa palace ace on only y balmoral Pe peterhof Peter bof potsdam r ruyal aal yal guest rooms with purple and fine lin en ell gold and ivory must tint walls and ad 1 flour I for a king royal vat rat and fores and nursery must furnish food but look lie ile is passing lato into reters peters house a fis hermans simple cottage lie ile I 1 stopping at zacchaeus that hated bated tax gatherer and at simons the leper unclean and to mary and mar mal thas quiet humble folks why master I 1 was looking for thee too but was looking tit at tile the church at the p people eople at the minister the choir the ritual the creed and then your voice spoke so quietly john behold I 1 stand at the door and knock enock say Is that what that godless prisoner meant aben lien he was dying at the county pil the other preacher ive beell bad the death sweat was gathering catherin z but come closer chaplain jesus has baa come to even this poor dyall thief somehow I 1 thought of another dying thief his reception it if tiny any man hear bear and open the door good otle notice tenil ial if others er may force me with screw and rack and fagot lie respects the anc redness of my human will every mans manh heart 1 Is ili bis castle come in come in but bill im ashamed master ive had othar orbi l guests guest save the name been on these steps and through these bior or rigors blasphemy was here bere with blitek blackened ened lips selfishness with bard eyes and close draia robes robe temper xyth with murder and strife at her heels beek lust just red lipped hot breathed and sear scar let robed and drunkenness with blood shot eye and slavering mouth huh even now they leer tit at me from dirk corners corner with their foul memories but come thou ilion in I 1 thought when n king come there would be bands band of mu music booming of 01 cannon tramping of Rold soldiers lers battle flags waving yet I 1 knew tint thit was the blunder of peter james jame und and instead theres quiet love joy jov peace and fragrance as of lowers flowers from celestial g gardens Is 19 my reception cold or stilted or formal forgive we tup patient one that wn was tur my sin in in the church t inattention polite unbelief live give nip nie the quick sense rense of a lover to t thy de dp irv arcs the intuition llon it a mo her for lier her hild the int insign it i t of f a bird for clime 0 lonely one of milo my homp home a beth an any y where a lazarus heart bearl dball wel come it miry mary heart adore a martha heart arve the divine guest 1 IT I will romp in and ull iii with him W what I 1 idt nn an honor lionar in the lie ild palmetto a white mans carriage carria gp lirneo down before at a negro kepros homo home it n lave pro perow now generous Ione rou bos pita vitality lity was e extended tit ohp table wa was spread and their former master und and mistress 4 ant ait down to ent eat not it dirk darl faeo hat at tit lit that table all stood s ns IIA of old to sene p mw matar ter cupped supped with slave but not for a moment did it tile the freed man think of sitting with him says mys 1 I 1 call you not ser servants but lr arlend lend fa alp N our guest ive ire now N voine brothers of tile the broad men of bub ahas for the ires fires of our hospitality must not go out doors that chave been double locked double bolted and double barred are now wung swung wide nide open even the door of coueS conscience euce once rusted now pones poises at 1 1 1 touch there ate aie unsuspected r rooms 0 otiis in our souls house the lofty apartment or of veneration with angel free frescoed cled ellins was dark and spider and dust settled on its frieze and molding the windows of faith and hope ar are now cleaned the sky window of prayer Is open apen to the blue |