The Forrest City times., 1891-12-11
TABERNACLE PULPIT.
DR. TALMACE ON OUR ROYAL
 BLOOD.
There is . Fountain Filled with Blood Drawn From Immanuel's veins."- Each One Resembled the Children of . King"

Zebah and ZaErnrnna had been oi to batfie, and when they came back they were asked what | kird of people they had seen They answered, | tfat the TeoDie had royal appearances; "eacn one resem b ed the children of a king Istanc | to day before many who have this appeaTan, e. l Indeed. they are the sons and daughters of the ! ord Almighty. Though now n exile, they shall yet come 10 their thrones. There are l family names that stand for wealth, or patrf- | otism, or intelligence. The name of Washing i ton means patr otism. although some of the | lood Of that race has become very thin in the | lust generation. The family of the Meuici stood | as the representative of letters The family or | the Rothsehilds is significant of wealth, the loss Of forty millions Of dollars in lsis putting them to no inconveui nee: and within few ye-as they have loaned Russla ! lsoo0,Oo0 of dollars, Naples 2S,0o0eoo, Austrla | 40Oooooo, ad Engl8ad aO,Oooooo; and the
 stroke ot their pen on the counting room aess sss Danube. They open their hand and there IS war; they shut IL, and there is peace. The house of Hapsburg in Austria. the house ot ] stuart in England the house of Bourbon ID France, were families of imperial authority. But come 10 preach Of a family more poten, 1 house of Jesus, of whom the whole family in heaven and on earth Is named. We are blood
 relations by the relationship of the cross all or us are the children of a King
 First, speak of our family name When we see a descendant of some one greatly eelS- hrated in the last century we look at nm NlLn
 profound interest To have had eonqaerors, rs'rs, iings, or Princes in the ancestral me glFe 1 irstre 10 the family name. In our line was | King and Conqueror. The star in the East
 with baton Of light woke up the eternal orenes, s, I ira that made music at his birth From thence
 he started forth to conquer all nations, not oy trampling them down. but by hftfng them up
 St. John saw him on white horse when ns returns he will not bring the nations chained tO bis wheel, or in iron cages, but l hear the stroke of the hoof of the 5now-whtte caVaIcaoe that bring them to the gates in triumph
 Our family name takes lustre from the star
 that heralded him, and the spear that plerceu him. and the crown that was gwen nm 1s
 gathers fragrance rom ths sa, e,,s5 brought to hIs cradle, and the lilies that nung their sweetness into his sermons, and the oox
 Of alabaster that broke at his feet The com
 forter at Bethany. The resurrector at Nan. saviour of one world, and the chief joy oi an other. The storm his frown. The sunlight ms smile The spring morning his breath. The
 earthquake the stamp of his foot The thunder the whisper of his voice The ocean drop on
 the tip of his nnger Heaven sparkle on the bosom of his love. Eternity the tw1nkling ol his eve The universe the flying dust of his chariot-wheels. Able to heal hsartbreak, or hush a tempest, or drown world, or hood m
 mensity with his glory. What other IaLialy
 name could ever boast of such an llustrlous parsonage!
 Hence forth swing out the coat of armsi Great families wear thelr coat of arms on the dress, or on the do of the coach. or un the helmet when they go out 10 tattle, or on nags ana ensigus. The Leraldlc sign Is sometimes Lon, or a dragon. or an eagle. our coat oi
 ai ms worn rigflf over the heart hereafter shall
 be cross, q lam0 standing uncer lt, anu
 dove flying over it. Grandest Of all escutcneons! Me st significant of all family coats CT arms In t, cry battle must have it tlazing on my hlg--the dove, the cross, the lamb; and when
 fall wrap me in that good old Christian nag, 70
 that the family coat Of arms shall be right over
 my brt ast that all the world may see that l
 looked to the dove Of the spirit. and eiung 70
 the cross, and ue pended upon the lamb Cf God.
 which taketh away the sin Gf The world
 Ashamed of Jesusf-that dear Friend,
 On whom my hopes of life depend;
 No when | blush be this my shame
 That no more revere n4s name.
 Next I speak Of the family sorrows. If
 trout le come to one member Of the family. all
 feel it. 1t is the custom, after the fody IS
 lowered into the grave, for all the relatives to
 come to the verge of the grave and look down into IL First those nearest the departed come,
 then those next Of kin, until hey have all looked
 into the grave. 70, when trouble and grief go
 of the family. they go down through
 the.n all The sadnt ss Of one is the sadness of all A company of persons j1la ,sn
 two persons at the ends of the line touch the
 battery and all the circle feels the shock. Thus,
 by reason of the hIial, maternal, and paternal
 when trouble sets its battery, all feel the thrill
 of distress. In the great Christian family, the sorrow Of one ought to be the sorrow Of all Is one persecutedY All are perseeuted Does one
 suffer lossg We all suffer loss. Is one be-
 Ieavedr We are all bereaved
 Their streaming eyes together flow
 For human guilt and mortal woe.
 If you rejoice at another's misfortune you are not one Of the sheep, but one Of the goats;
 soul, and not the Dove of the spirit.
 Next notice the family property. After a
 man of large estate dies, the relatives assemble
 to hear the will read So much of his property
 is willed to his sons, and so much to his daugh-
 ters, and so much to benevolent societies. Our
 Lord Jesus hath died, and we are assembled
 t-day to hear the will read He says: My
 peas n ufT Thrnnph la Ia Es.
 says. "All are yours" What everythingg
 Yes, everything This world and the next fn
 distinguished families there are old pictures
 hanging on the wall They are called the heir loom Of the estate. They are very old, and
 have come down from generation to generation.
 So look down upon all the beauties of the
 natural world as the heir-looms of our royal
 family The morning breaks from the East. The mists travel up hill above hill, mountain
 above mountain, until skylost. The forests are
 full Of chirp, and buzz and song Trees leaf
 and birds wing hutter with giadness. Honey
 makers in the log, and beak aga nst the bark
 and squirrels ehattering on the rail. and the call Of the hawk out Of clear sky, make you
 fee glad The sun, which kindies connagra- tons among the castles Of cloud, aad sets
 minaret and dome afame stoops to paint the lily white, and the butter-cup yellow, and the forget-ne-not blue. What resist the sGnl Light for the voyage over the deep. Light for the shepherd guard who have no lamps to burnl Light for the down cast and the lowlyi Light for aching eyes and burning brain and wasted captlVef Light for | the smooth brow Of childhood, and for the dim vision of the octogenarianl Light for Queens
 cOronet and for sewing girls needle! Let there be lighti Whose morning Is thisg My morn ] ing Your morning. Our father gave US the picture and hung 1t on the sky in loops of fire It is the heirloom Of our family. And so the | night. IL is the full moon. The mists from shore to shore gleam like shattered mirrors; and | the ocean, under her glance, comes up with l er at tides, panting upon the beach,
 milgling as 1t were, foam and fire. The 1 cheap light through the broken window-pane ] into his eatin; and to the s.ck it seems light i from the ot CT shore which bounds thus great i deep of human pain and woe. If the sun seem | like song full and poured from hrazen instr1I menis that hN heaven and earth with great | harmonies, tfe moon Is paintiye and mild stand | ing b. heath the throne Of God, nding up her 1 soft, sweet voice of praise. while the stars | listen, and the sea. No mother ever more i sweetly guarded the siek-eradle than all night | long tLis pale watcher Of the sky bends over
 the weary. heartsiek, slurnbering earth. Whose | Is this black-framed, black-tasSeled picture of 1 the nightf Ii Is the heirloom of our family 1 of the snowi the coral Of the beach, the odors | Of the garden, the harmoaies Of the air
 You cannot see large estate in one morning | You must take several walks arouud it. The | family property of this royal house Of Jesus is
 So great that We must take several walks to get
 any idea or it's extent Let the first walk be
 around this tarth, All these valleys, the har- l vests that wave in them. and the cattle that 1 pasture them-all these mountains and the | precious things hidden beneath them, and the
 crown of glacier they cast at the feet Of the Alplne hurrieace-all these lakes. these is- 1 lands. these continents are ours. In the second | walk, go among the street-Iamps Of heaven and
 see stretching or on every side wilderness of | worlds. For us they shine. For us they sang
 at q Sayiours nativity. For us they will wheel ! Into line, and with their flaming torches
 aed to the splenaor of our triumph on
 In the third walk, 20 around the Eternal City
 As we come near it, hark 10 the rush of it's