The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-08
Receive the Right Hand Of Fellowship
from Dr. Talmags.
A Sermon on the Flood-"Alas and
Did My Savior Bleed and Did
My Sovereign DIe9"
s.rhs Blood of Christ His Son Cleanseth
from all sin"-"Bow shall We Es-
care IL We Neglect SO Great
SALVATORE" - The Har-
vest Home.

BRooxLrx, March There was great
"Hsrysst Hone" In thu Brooklyn reber
nscle this morning. One hundred and
ninety new members stood ~ in the aisies
aud received the right hand OF fellowship
from DR.. Talmsge, and to each one ap sp-
proprste word OF counsel or congra'ulstion
was addressed. This MAKES the communion
membership OF this church 1921. The open
ing hymn was:
Alas, and did my Saviour bleed.
And did my Sovereign def
The subject of the sermon was "rhe
Blood" aud the text was from L. John, l..
THE blood OF Jesus Christ. His Son,
cleanseth us from all sim" DR.. TaImsgs
said:
Eighteen centuries ago there lived one
Jesus. PucIius Lentulus, in q letter to the
Roman Senate, describes him as "a man oil
stature somewhat tall; his hair the color oil
. chestnut foil; ripe, plan TO the ears
whence downward it is more orient, curling
and waving about the shoulders; in the
partition OF his hair: forehead plain
SPOT or wrinkle, lovely led
his nose aud mouth so forked as nothing
osn he represented; his beard thick, IN color
like his hair. not very long; bis eyes gray
quick and clear" He mustdie. The French
army in Italy found brass plate on which
was . copy of his death warrant. signed 6y
John Zorobabel. Rachael Robani, Daniel
Robani and Capet. sometimes men on the
scaffold Rave been rescued by the OBJ No
such attempt was made In this case. fJr the
mob were . ar s. him From "A NJ till 3
r. NJ Jesus hung dying. lt was scsne OF
blood. We are so constituted toat nothing
IL 90 exciting as blood. II 10 not the child s
cry In the street that so arouses yen as the
crimson dripping from its lips. In the dark
hall seeing the finger marks of blood on the
nIssteriug Won cry: What terrible deed
has been done herer Looking upon this
suspended victim Of the cross. We thrill with
the siehs of blood-blood dripping from
thorn and nail, blood rushing upon his
cheek, blood sstoratiog his garments. blood
gathered IN pool beneath. There Is one
crimson word in the text that rouses up our
attep ton and calls back that scene: THE
blood of Jesus Carist, His son, cleanseth as
from ell san"
THE BLOOD OF THE CROSS
was royal blood. Through our democratic
preferences, We may in theory disregard
royal pretentioDe; yet when We see the son
of king. our liveliest interest is aroused II
= king OF An is,ar q no matter how insignifi
cant, visi. this lar d, what throngs turn out
20 zee him. l. Is called an honor 10 lave In
ones veins the blood of the house of Stuart
or CT the house of Hapsburg Is it nothing
when point you to the outpouring blood oil
the king of the Universe? In England, the
name of Henry was so great that Its honort
we're divided among different reigns. 1t was
Henry the Fret and Henry the Second and
Henry tbs Third and Henry the Fourth and
Henry the Fifth. In France. the name o.
Louis wss 90 fay orably regarded that 1t Wa:
Louis thu First. Louis the Second. Louis the
Third, and so on. Bot this King OF whom
speak was Christ the First. Christ the Last
and Christ the Only. He reigDed before the
Car noun sed the throne of Russia or the
throne of Austria was iifted-"King Eternal
immortal Through tie indulgence ol
the royal family, the ply seal life degener
a ed, aud some of the kings have been almost
imhecile. auo their bodies weak and theIl
blood thin ard watery; but the crimson nfe
thai flowed upon Calvary had IN II the health
of the IMMORAL God.
AKing d;iuei You remember when one
OF the Cars of Russia was in his fatal SICK
nees that bulletins were eveTv hour dis
patched from the prlace. saying; The hint
10 better" or '"rha King is worse, or TIDE
King is oelirious." or 1.-The King rested
easier through the night" or The King Il
dying aud THE KING 10 dead" The bell
tolled IL, the flags signaied IL, the telegraph
flashed it. Tell il now 10 all tfe earth snt
to all the heavens-Jesus, our King, Is sich
with His last sickness Let co1riers carry
the swift dispatch. His pains are worse; Hs
Il bresthipg last groan, through his Dooy
Quivers the last anguish; the King is dying
the King 10 deadl Ye who come roun(
about the Cross look out how you tread II
what you see beneath 1t is roy blood. i
Il said that the Unitarians make too much
tn. humanity of Christ respond that vi
make TOO little III some X Eap surgeon
standing " der the Crots had caught on
drop Of the blood on his hand and aDaly zee
IL it would have been found Il
have tue same plscoDs, the same disk, tn
same fibrin. the came alhumen. Ii was I'm
mistakable humsn blood II Is q man tina
heres there. His bones are Of the same ma
terial - ours. His nerves are sensitive IKE
ours. III it were an angel being dtspoiled,
vould not feel II so much, for IL belongs to
different order of beings. But my Savior
A = man. and INV whole sy n pathy IL aroused
can immsgIne how the spikes fel how no
The temples burped-vhst deathlv sickness
,,e;xed M, heart--how mountain and city an
mob evan from his dying vision-ssmethin
~ the meaning Of that cry for help tina
mskss The blood OF ali the ages cardls Wit
horror; Ny god. my God why hast tho
fo,xaken NE"
go still farther and say IL was
A REorHER's RLcoD.
uvou saw an entire stranger maitreafe
and his life bleed oozing away on The pave
ment. you would fee. Indignant; but II, con
ing slor the strest. you saw company Q
Williams beating out the life OF yoor ow
brother. the sight of his hlesd would max
Won mad. You would bound into the ARRAY
A. the peril Of Iosir your life. you vonl
rush In spying: You vagsbondsl This
nv br sther. dare you to touch him again /,
You would fight until you fell dead oesid
him. That - your brother maltreatsd on ia
orom. They spit on him and slapped him l
she face. How do you feel about that
iniIins Of The bleed upon the leaves be