The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-23

80.
The subject OF DR.. Talmage's dis
course was Royal Blood, and his text,
Judges viii, IS: "Each one reseInbled
the children Of . king" Following is
the sermon:
Zebah and Zalmunna had been off to
battle, and when they came back they
were asked what kind of people they
had seen. They answered. that the peo-
pie had a royal appearance; leach one
resembled the children of a 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 to their thrones. There are fami-
ly names that stand for wealth, or pa
triotism, or intelligence. The name Of
Washington means patriotism, although
some of the blood of that race has 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 it, and there 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 l come to preach of a 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 of the King.
First, speak of our family name.
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 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 to 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 to His wheel,
or in iron cages; but hear the stroke
of the hoof of the snow-white cavalcade
that bring them to the gates in tri-
umph.
Ourfamily name takes luster from
the star that heralded Him, and the
spear that pierced Him, and the crown
that was given Him. II gathers fra
GRANGE from the frankincense brought
to His cradle. and the lilies chat flung
their sweetness into His sermons, and
the box of alabaster that broke at His
feet. The Comforter at Bethany. The
Resurrector at Main. The supernatural
Oculist at Bethsaida The Saviour OF
one world, and the Chief Joy of anoth'
er. The storm His frown. The sun.
light His smile. The spring morning
His breath. The earthquake the stamp
of His feet The thunder the whisper
of His voice. The ocean a drop on the
tip of His finger. Heaven ! sparkle on
the bosom Of His love. Eternity the
twinkling of His eye. The universe the
flying dust of His chariot wheels. Able
to heal heartbreak, or hush temp
est, or drown world. or food immen
sity with His glory. What other family
name could ever boast of such an illus
trious parsonage?
Henceforth, swing out the coat o.
arms! Great families wear the coat o.
arms on their dress, or on the door Of
the coach, or on the helmet when they
60 out to battle, or on flags and en-
signs. The heraldic sign is sometime!
lion, or dragon, or an eagle. Oul
coat Of arms, worn right over the heart
hereafter shall be a Cross, Laml
standing under it, and dove flyint
over it. Grandest Of all escutcheons
Most significant Of all family coats o
arms" In every battle must have i
blazing on my fiag--the Dove, tn,
Cross the Lamb; and when fall wral
me in that good old Christian flag, S,
that the family coat Of arms shall b.
/, ! ,;rh< oyor ~, hroaet Abok oil <ho .ro-,
} may see that l looked to the Dove O
the Spirit. and chung to the cross, an,
, depended upon the Lamb of God, whicl
taketh away the sin of the world
Ashamed Of Jesus! that dear Friend
, On whom my hopes Of life depend:
No! when blush be this my sharne-
That 1 no more revere his name.
Next, speak Of the family sorrows
II trouble come to one member of tn
family, all feel it 1t is the custom
after the body is lowered into tn
grave, for all the relatives to come I
the verge of the grave and look dow
, into it. First, those nearest the dc
parted come, then those next of kir
until they have all locked into tn
grave. So, when trgrble and grief g
down through the heast of one membe
Of the family, they go down throug
them all. The sadness of one is til
, sadness of all A corspany of person
: ioin hands around an electric battery
5 the persons at the ends of the lin
touch the battery. and all the circl
, feels the shock. Thus, by the reaso
l of the filinl, maternal and paternal RI
, lations of life, we stand so close t
. gether that when trouble sets its ba
3 terry, all feel the thrill, cf distress. l