Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-03
Special to the Gazette.
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There is s fountain filed with blood
Drawn from EmanuePs veins:
And sinners plunged beneath that Hood
Lose all their guilty ttains.
The Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage, DID,,
preached an eloq7ent sermon on "Fhe
Fragrance of the Gospel" taking for his
text: "All thy garments smell Of myrrh
and Aloes and cassia out Of the ivory
palaces "-Psalms XIV, 8. He said:
Among the grand hdornments OF the
city Of Paris is the church oiNotre Dame,
with its great towers and elaborated rose
windows and sculpturing OF the last
Judgment, with the trumpetiDg angels
and rising dead; its battlements Of qusr
telfoil; its sacristy, with ribbed ceiling
and statues Of ssInts. But there was
nothing in all that building which more
vividlY appeEled to my plain republic an
tastes than the costly vestments which
laid in osken presses-robes that hst
been embroidered with gold and been
worn By popes aud srchbishops On great
occasions. There WAS q robe that hsd
been worn By Plus VII. ~ the GROWING
Ct the FIRST Napoleon. There was also a
Vestmept that had been worn at the blp-
tism of Napoleon II. AS our guide opened
the oaken presses ana brought. out these
yestments OF fabulous cost, and lifted
them up, the fragrance of the pungent
aroma'ics in which they had been pre-
served, filed the place with q sweetness
that was almost oppressive. Nothing
that had been done In stone more wildly
impressed me than these things thSt had
been in cloth, snd embroidery, and per-
ipme. But 10 day open the drawer Of
this text. ard I look upon the kingly
robes Of Christ, AID as lift them, fash
ing with eternal jewels, the whole house
is
FILLED WITH THE AROMA
Ct these garments, which ''smell or mYrrl
snd sloes and cSssis out OF the ivory pal.
aces"
IL my text the King steps forth. HE
robes rustic and bl,z. IS He advarcss
EzS pomp and power snd glory over
master the spectator. Moro brilliant is
Persian sprince; than Marie Altoiaette
on the day when Louis WI put upon hel
the necklace Of 800 diamonds; than Anne
Boleyu the day when Henry VIII wei
coined her to his palace; ali beauty and
all pomp forgotten, while we stand in the
presence Of this imperial glory, King OF
Zion, King Of earth, King OF heaven, King
forever! His garments not worn out. not
dusthedtaggled; but radiant and jaw
elied and redolept Il seems IS II they
must have been pressed hundred years
amid the DIVERS OF heaven. The ward.
robes from which they have been taken
must have been sweet with clusters OF
campfire and and sll manner
Of pre- cious wood. Do yen not inhsle the
odort? Az, ay. They smell Of myrrh
snd sizes and CASSIE, out Of the ivory pal
aces.
Your frs. curiosity Is 10 know why the
robes Of Christ are o.orous with myrrh.
This was bright-leafed Abyssinisn
plant. 1t was trifoilsted, The Greeks,
Egyptians, Romans and Jews bought and
sold 1t a. high price. The first present
that was ever given to Clriet WAS s sprig
Of myrrh, thrown on his infkntile bed in
Bethlehem, and the LAST gift thst Christ
ever had was myrrh pressed into the cup
Of His crucyfixion. The natives would
take stoue ard bruise the tree, and then
1t would exude gum that would sstu>
rate oil the ground beneath. This gum
WAS used for purposes Of merchandise
Ore piece OF 1t, no larger than chestnut,
would whelm Z whole room with doors
l, WAS pat in closets, in chests, in draw
ers, in rooms, and It's perfume adhered
almost interminkbly 10 anything that WAS
anywhere near 1t. So when In my text !
read that Christ's garments smell OF
nyrTh. l Immediately C include
THE EXQUISITE twEETNEss
OF Jesus. know that to many he is only
Ike sry historical person; another John
Howard; another philsntnroplc Oaerlin !;
another CONTIGUOUS; grand sui iect for
& painting; heroic theme for 6
poem; beautiful form for y statue !;
but 10 those who have heard His
voice, snd felt bis parcop, and received
His benedictiop, he is music, and light,
snd warmth, AID thrill, Aad eternal tfas
grsrce. Sweet as friend sticking to
you when all else betrEy. Lifting you up
while others try to push you down. Not
SO much like morning glorles, this! bloom
only when the sun Is coming up, nor like
"Iouc CLOCKS" that bloom only when
the SUI is going down, but like myrrh,
perpstuAliy oromstlc-.he same morning,
noon snd night-Yes:erdsy, to-day, for-
ever. II seems as, il we cSnnot wear
Him out We put On Him al our bur-
dens, I'll ct Him with all our griefs, and
set II m foremos. Ia all our battles, and
pet He is ready to lit and to sympathize
and to help. We have go imposed upon
Him thst one would think In eternal at.
front He would quit our soul; and yet
to-day he addresses Us with the same
tenderness, dlHns upon Us with the same
smile, pisiss Us with the same compassion.
There is no name lice His for US. II is
more imperial than G .ar's, more mu-
steal than Bss.heveu's, more cong uering
than Clkyleasg 2e'', mora eloquent than
C!cer6'J. 1: tnreos with al life. It
weeps with all pathos. L. groans with
al pain. It stoops " tn sll condescen-
sion. l. bresths with al perfume. Who
like Jesus to set broken bone, to pity
homeless orphan, to nurse sick man, to
take proiigsl back without any scold.
lug, to aillun!ne Q cemetery sll splowed
with graves, to make queen unto God
out OF tie los. woman Of the street, to
catch the
TRARs OF HUMAN SORROW
II lschrymLsorY that ehsll never be