The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-12-09
aROYAL BLOOD"
Rev. Dr. Taimage's Sunday Sermon
ct the Brooklyn Tabernacle. 4.
zAs Royai House OF Jesus-we Are Blood
Reiations by tho Reiationship Of the
Cross-AIl the People Arc His
heirs ana Only Have 20
Asa for Ihsirl Portion. ~


The subject Of DR.. Talmage's dis
eourse was Royal Blood, and his text,
Judges viii. 10: Each one resembled
the children Of king" Following is
ths sermon: $M ID a M
Zebah and Zalmunpa had been of 10
battle, and when they came back they
were asked what kind Of people they
had seen. They answered that the peo-
ple had royal appearance; each one
resemblcd the children Of o king" !
stand to-day before many who have this
appearance. Indeed, they are the sons
and daughters Of the Lord Almighty.
Though now in exile, they shall yet
come 10 their thrones There are fami-
y names that stand for wealth, or pa
triotism, or intelligence. The name of
Warrington means patriotism, although
some Of the blood Of that race as be-
come very thin in the last generation
The family Of the Medici stood as the
representative Of letters. The family
Of the Rothschilds is significant OF
wealth, the loss OF forty millions Of dol
lars in 1s4S putting them to no incon-
venience; and within few years they
have loaned Russia twelve millions of
dollars, Naples twenty-five millions,
Austria forty millions and England two
hundred millions; and the stroke Of
their pen on the counting room desk
shakes everything from the Irish sea to
the Danube. They open their hand. and
there is war; they shut 1t, and here Is
peace. The house of Hapsburg in Aus
tria, the House Of Stuart in England,
the House Of Bourbon in France, were
families Of imperial authority.
But / come to preach Of family
more potential, more rich, and more ex-
tensive-the royal house Of Jesus, Of
whom the whole family in heaven and
on earth is named. We are blood rela-
tons by the relationship of the cross;
all OF us are the children ofthe King.
First, / speak of our family anne.
When we see descendant OF some one
greatly celebrated in the last century.
we look at him with profound interest.
To have had conquerors, kings, or
princes in the ancestral line gives lus-
ter to the family name In our line
was a king and a conquerer. The star
In the east with baton OF light woke up
the eternal orchestra that made music
at His birth. From thence He started
forth 10 conquer all nations not by
trampling them down, but by lifting
them up. St John saw Him on white
horse When He returns, He will not
bring the nations chained 10 His wheel,
or in iron Gags; but hear the stroke
of the hoof Of the snow-white cavalcade
that bring them to the gates in tri-
umph itiii t}tt tl
Our family name takes luster from
the star that heralded Him, and the
spear that pierced Him, and the crown
that was given II m IL gathers fra
GRANGE from the frankincense brought
70 His cradle. and the lilies that flung
their sweetness into His sermons. and
the box of alabaster that broke at Hi,
feet. The Comforter at Bethany. The
Resurrector at Main. The supernatural
0culist at Bethsaida. The Saviour oi
one world. and the Chief Joy Of anoth
err The storm His frown. The sun
light His smile The spring morning
His breath. The earthquake the stamI
OF His feet The thunder the whisper
Of His voice. The ocean q drop on th,
tip Of His finger. Heaven n sparkle OF
the bosom OF His love. Eternity ths
twinkling Of His eye. The universe the
flying dust OF His chariot wheels Abls
70 heal heartbreak, or hush temp
est, or drown a world. or flood immen
atty with His glory. What other family
name could ever boast Of such an Illus
trious parsonage?
Heuceforth. swing out the coat o.
armsl Great families wear the coat o.
arms on their dress. or on the door o,
the coach. or on the helmet when theJ
70 out 10 battle, or on flags and en-
signs The heraldic sign Is sometime,
. lion, or o dragon. or an eagle. Oui
coat Of arms, worn right over the heart
hereafter shall be q Cross, n Laml
standing under II, and a dove fiyins
over It Grandest Of all escutcheons
Most significant Of all family coats O
srma" In every battle must have 4
blazing on my fag-the Dove, th,
Cross. the Lamb; and when l fall wraI
me In that good old Christian flag. 5,
that the family coat of arms shall b,
right over my breast, that all the wori,
may see that looked 10 the Dove O
the Spirit and clung 70 the cross, an,
depended upon the Lamb Of God, which
taketh away the sin Of the world.
Ashamed Of Jesusi that dear Friend
On whom my hopes OF life depend;
Mol when blush be this my shame
That no more revere his name.
Next, l speak of the family sorrows
II trouble come 20 one member of th,
family, all feel IL IL Is the custom
after the body is lowered into th,
grave, for all the relatives 10 come :.
the verge Of the grave and look dow
into It First those nearest the de
parted como, then those next Of kin
until they have all looked into th.
grave So, when trouble and grief g,
down through the heart Of one member
Of the family. they go down through
them all The sadness Of one is Tn,
sadness OF all A company Of person.
join hands around an electric battery
the persons at the ends OF the lin,
touch the battery, and all the circl,
feels the shock. Thus, by the reasor
Of the filial. maternal and paternal re
lations OF life. we stand 80 close 10
gethcr that when trouble sets its bat
terry, all feel the thrill Of distress II
the great Christian family, the sorrow