Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-12-03

uSteb, tnan tEe (O3uy VeSbmentS winch
laid in osken presses-robss that had been
embroidered with gold, and been worn by
popas and archbishops on great occasions.
There was q robe that had been worn by
Plus VII. at the crowning of the first
Napoleon. There was also vestment
that had besn worn at the baptism Of
Napoleon ii. As our guide opened the
oaken presses and brought out these
vestments of fabulous cost, and lifted
them up, the fragrance of the pungent aio
matics In which they had been preserved,
filled the place with q sweetness that was
almost oppressive. Nothing that had been
done in stone more vividly impressed me
than these things that had been done in
cloth, and embroidery, and perfume. But
to-day open the drawer of this text, and
look upon the kingly robes Of Christ,
and as lift them, flashing with eternal
jewels, the whole house is filled with the
aroma of these garments, which "smell OF
myrrh, and sloes, and cassia, out Of the
ivory palaces"
Your fret curiosity is TO know why the
robes of Christ are odorous with myrrh.
This was hright.lesfed Abyssinian plant.
1t was trifoliated. The Greeks, Egyptians,
Romans and Jews bought and sold it at q
high price. The first present that was
ever given to Christ was sprig Of myrrh,
thrown on His infantile bed in Bsthlehem,
and the last gift that Christ ever had was
myrrh pressed into the cup of His cruci-
fixiO1. The natives would take q stone
and bruise the tree, and then it would
exude a gum that would saturate all the
ground beneath. This gum was used fol
purposes Of merchandise. One piece of IL,
no larger than a chestnut, would whelm 8
whole room with odors. 1t was put in
closets, in chests, in drawers, in rooms
and its perfume adhered almost to 1t. So
when in my text / read that Christs gar
ments smell Of myrrh, I Immediately con
clude
THE EXQUISITE SWEETNESS OF JESUS.
know that to many He is only lik'
any historical person; another Johr
Howard; another philanthropic OberliD
another Confucius; grand subject for {
printing; q heroic theme for poem; {
beautiful form for q statue; but to thos'
who have heard his voico, and felt Hi
pardon, and received His bsnediction, HI
is music, and light, and warmth, anC
thrill, and eternal fragrance. Sweet ss
friend sticking to you when all else be
tray. Lifting you up while others try Il
push you down: Not 30 much like morn
ing -glories, that bloom only when tt
sun is coming up, nor like "four o clocks,
that bloom only when the sun Is goinl
down, but like myrrh, perpstally aromatic
the same morning, noon, and night
yesterday, to-day, forever.
Your second curiosity is to know VIII.
the robes of Jesus are odorous with aloes
There is some difference Of opinion abou
where these alces grow, what is the colo
of the flower, what is the particular sp
pearancs of the herb. Suffice it for yo'
and me 10 know that aloes mean bitternes
the world over, and when Christ come
with garments bsaring that particula
odor, they suggest to me the bitterness
Saviour's sufferings. Were there eve
such nights as Jesus lived-nights on th
mountains, nights on the ses, nighisi in tn
desert? Who ever had such hard rtcer
ton as Jesus had? A hostelry the 6rsl
an unjust trial in oyer and terminer ar
other, a foul mouthed, yelling mob th
last. Was there q space on His back Q
wide as your two fingers where He was nc
whipped? Was there space on His bro'
an inch square where he was not cut Of th
briers? When the spike struck at the ir
step, did it not 20 clear through the ho
low of the tcot? Oh, long, deep, bitte
pilgrimage. Aloes! Aloes!
oDOROUs WITH CAssIA.
You third curiosity is TO know wh
these garments Of Christ are odorous wit
cassis. This was q plant that grew
India and the adioining islands. You d
not care TO hear what kind Of flower
had or what kind Of stalk. Its enoug
for me to tell you that it was used med
cinally. In that land and in that ae'
where they knew but little about pharmi
CIV, cassia was used to arrest many form
of disease. So when in my tsxt we fin
Christ coming with garments that smell (
csssia, il suggests to me the healing an
curative power of the Son OF God. "Oh,
Won say, now you have Q superauou
lides. We are not tick. Why do v
want eassia? We are athletic
Our respiration is perfect. Oar imf
are 1.-THE, and in these cool days we feel v
could bound like the roe" / beg to diffs
! my brother, from you. None Of you ca
| be better in ply sical health than / Am, az
vet I mugt ssy we are ell sick. ] hay
taken the diagnosis Of your case, and ha,
examined all the best authorities on Il
subject, aud have come now TO tell yo
that You are full Of wounds and bruis
and putrefying tores which have not hst
bound up, or Modified With eihtIaent II
msrasmus Of sin is On us-the palsy, Il
= dropsy, the leprosy. Tie man that is e
piring TO night on Fulton street.-the all
, psthic and homeopathic doctors hayil
: given him up, and his frisIds now stan
ing around to take his last words-is /
more certainly dying a. to his body thi
you ad ! are dying unless we have tax
the medicine from Gods spotheGMy, A
the leaves Of this Rihls are only 30 mai
prescriptions from the divine phyicia
written, not in Latin, like the prescri
tions of earthly physicians, but written
plain English, 60 that q mAD, though
\ fool, need not err therein. Thank G.
that the Ssvior's garments smell Of cass
:. THE IVORY PALACE.
Il You know, or if you do not know I v
tell you now, that some Of the palaces
= oldsn time were adorned with ivory. Al
y and Solomon had their homes furnish
ls with it. The tgsks Of African and Asia
e eisnhanis vere twisted into oil manners
i shspss, and there were stairs OF iyo
and floors of ivory, aad pillars Of ivo
and widows Of ivory, and fountains q
dropped into basins Of ivory, and roo
J. that had ceiling, cfiyory. On white
Of overmasteripg beauty. Gresn tree-branc
', sweeping the white curbs. Tapestry r.
r. ing the snowy floors. Brackets or u
flashing on the lastrous surE'andil