The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-03-10
THE KING OF KINGS.
An Imperial Messenger Coming
Through the Stable Door.
ExlIed From Heaven to Hostile Earth
Born In Another Mans Barn-Burled
in Another Mau's Grave.
DR.. Talmage expounded a passage In
the life Of Christ. Opening hymn:

Lne lie OF CnrlSI. opening nymn:
'-ob, could speak the mAtehless worth;
on could sound the Elories forth,
Which II my Savior shine"
SUBJECT: "THR ROYAL RxMR."
TExT-Isaiah, liV.: Surely he hath
borne our griefs and carried our sOr-
rows"
Far up and far back in the history Of
heaven there came a period when its
most illustrious citizen was about to
absent himself. He was not going to
sail from one beach to another beach
most Of US have done that; nor from one
hemisphere to another hemisphere
many of US have done that; but to push
out from one world to another world,
che spaces all unexplOred, the immensi-
ties all untraVeled. No other world had
ever hailed heaven, and heaven had
never hailed another world. think all
the windows and balconies were filled
with spectators and the city walls and
the opaline beach were crowded with
those who had come down to see Christ
sail out Of the harbOr of light into the
oceans beyond. Out and out and out,
and on and on and on, and down and
down and down, he sped till one night
with only one to meet him the Celes-
tiAl Visitant arrived. So unObserVed
and 30 quiet and so unpretentiOus the
Decentralization, that the earth knew
nothing of 1t till from the excite ment
in the clouds the Bethlehem rustics got
intimatiOn that something great and
glorious had happened. Who goes therep
From what point cid he sall2 Why this
the place Of his destinations question
the shepherds, question the angels, j
question the camel drivers, question
him. have found out he was an exilel
Not the only exile the world has seen.
KOsciusko was an exile from Poland.
MaZZini was an exile from Rome. Rob-
ert Emmett was an exile from Ireland.
Victor Hugo was an exile from France.
KOssuth was an exile from Hungary.
Abraham was an exile from Canaan.
John was an exile from EphesuS. But
Shis one of whom l speak started with
such resounding farewell and arrived
amid such dark and chilling reception
for not 80 much as a hOstler went out
with lantern to let him in-was more
10 be celebrated than any other expa-
triated one of earth and heaven.
First, he was an Imperial Exile. He
got down off Of q throne. He took off a
tiara. He closed behind him palace
gate. All his family we're Princes and
Prineesses. Vashti was turned out Of
the thrOle-rOOm by Ahasuerus. David
was dethrOned by AbsalOm's infamy.
The five Kings were flung into the
cavern by JOshua's courage. Some of
the Henrys of England and the LOuises
of France were jOstled on their thrones
by discOntented subjects. But Christ
was never more hOnOred or beloved or
popular in heaven than on che day he
exiled himself. Australian exile has
been severe for English criminals. ST.
berian exile has been severe for Russian
offenders. But Christ turned himself
out from thrOne-rOOm to sheep pen,
down from the top to the bOttOm-not
pushed of OF manacled for safe trans
pOrtatiOn, or put out as though he we're
no longer wanted In the celestial do
main, but by choice departing and de-
scending into exile five times longer
than that of Napoleon at St.. Helena,
and a thousand times more RgOniEing,
the former of these exiles destroying
nations, but the latter saving a world.
Again, Christ was an exile on a barren
island. Our world was one OF the small
est islands in all the oceans Of immen-
sIty. Some Of the other stellar king
dOms, hundreds Of thousands Of times
larger than ours, but He chose this
small patmOs Of world for exile. When
men have been banished they have gen.
orally been sent to some rocky or cold
or sandy place-some Dry TOrtugas of
disaRreeableness Christ extled Him
self to a world which has scOrehing
heats and biting cold and simOom swept
desert and bowling wilderness. 1t Is
one of the back-dOOr yards Of the uni
verse. Yea, he came to the poorest parts
of this island Of a world. Asia Minor
has such intense summers that foreign
ers do not dare to stop there, and when
the rainy season comes IL is unfit for
residence. To no such land as America
or England OF France or Germany did
Christ come, but to land third OF the
time burnt up and third OF the time
drowned, and only One-half tOlerable.
It was q barren island Of q world, for
what did it yield that Christ wanted2
But little gratitude, but small worship,
and no adequate affection on all this
surface, nothing worthy OF celestial
ambassador? Yea, he was an exile in 2
hostile country. Turkey is not 80 much
against Russia, Germany is not so much
against France as this world, was
against Christ. 1t took Him in through
the door Of a stable and drove Him out
OF 1t with the point Of a spear. Roman
Government against Him with every
bsyonet of her army, and every decision
of her Court and every beak Of her war
eagles. The one great question for
years after Christ came In was which
was the best way to put Him out. He
rod hated Him; Phari5ees hated Him;
chief priests hated Him; Judas Iscariot
hated Him; and Gestas, the dying thief
hated Him. The whole world turned
itself into detective to watch His
steps, but he faced this hostility. He
died with His face to the foe, and the
palms nailed we're open to the last with
benedietiOn. No wound on His back
save by the scourges. His chief wounds
in front. He was not on retreat when
He expired, but face to face with the
worlds hostility, face to face with the
worlds sin, face to face with the worlds
woe. With His eyes wide open on the
raging cOuntenances Of His foaming
antagonists He expired. When the
cavalry officer roweled his horse to get
near enough to catch the tortured ex-
preston Of the suffering exile. Christ
noticed 1t. When the spear was aimed
for the side and the hammer was lifted
for the foot and the rod was raised to
drive deeper down the spikes of thorn,
Christ looked at the whole procedure.
when the nails had been driven fully
home and the large round iron head of
them touched the middle Of the hand,
he saw 1t as plainly as you ever saw