Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1891-12-18

nocn one resem6Led the Children
or king."-Judges viii, IS.
leoah and Zulmunna had been off n
oaeee ana when they came back they were
They answered that the peopIe had = rovai
appearance; each one resembled the child.
ren OF King stand to-day before many
VINO have this appearance. Indeed. thew
are tue sons and daughters Of the Lord Al
mighty. Though now In exile. thew shall
yet come to their thrones. There are family
names that stand for wealth or natriotiew
or intelligence. The name of Washington
means patriotism, although some of the blood
Oh That race has become very thin in the last
generation The family of Medici stood az
the representative OF letters
The family Of the Rothschilds il sigpia-
can't OF wealth, the loss OF forty millions of
collars In 1913 putting them to no incon.
venience; and within few years thew have
loaned Russia twelve millions of dollars
Naples twenty-five millions Austria forty
millions aud England two hundred millions:
and the stroke of their pen on the countiur
room desk shakes everything from the Irish
Sea to the Danube. They open their hand,
ana there Is war; they shut 1t, and there is
peace The house of HGpsburg In Austria,
the house OF Stuart in England, the house OF
Bourbon in France were families of imperial
authority
nut come to preach of family moro
potential, more rich and more extensive
the royal 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 OF US are the children of the King,
First, Ispeak Of our family name When
We see a descendant OF some one greatly cell
eorated in the last century we look at him
with profound interest. To have had con-
querors, kings or princes in the ancestral
line give luster to the family name. In our
line was king and a conqueror. The Star
in the East with baton OF light woke up ths
eternal orchestra that made music at His
birth. From thence He started forth to con.
quer all nations, not by tramping 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 hoofs of the snow white cavaloade
that bring them to the gates in triumph.
Our family name taxes luster from the
star that heralded Him, and the spear that
pierced Him, AMI the crown that was given
Him. 1t gathers fragrance from the frank
incense brought to His cradle, and the lilies
| that flung their sweetness into His sermons
and the box OF ala abaster that broke at HIS
feet. The comforter at Bethany, The rss-
director at Main. The supernatural oculst
at Bethsaida. The Saviour OF one world
| and the chief Joy OF another. The storm His
morning His breath. The earthquake the
stamp OF His foot. The thunder the whisper
| of His voice. The ocean a drop on the tip
| OF His finger. Heaven a sparkle on the
bosom OF His love. Eternity the twinkling
OF His eve. Tho universe the flying dust Of
His chariot wheels. Able to heal heart
break, or hush a tempest or drown a world,
or food in,mensity with His glory. What
other family name could ever boast OF such
an illustrious parsonage?
Henceforth, swing out the coat OF armsl
| Great tauJilieS wear their coat OF arms on the
dress or on the door OF the coach, or on the
helmet when they 10 out TO battle or on flags
and ensigns The beraldic sign is sometimes
hon, or dragon, or an eagle. Our coat
of arms, worn right over the heart hereaf-
ter shall be n cross, a lamo standing under
It and a dove flying over it, Grandest OF all
escutcheonsl Most significant of all family
coats OF arms" In every battle l must
have il blazing on my hag-the dove, Ene
cross, the lamp, and when fall wrap me in
that good old Christian iig. so that the fam
ily coat of arms shall be right over my breast,
that all the world may see that looked to
the dove of the spirit and chung to the cross,
and depended upon the Lamb OF God, which
taketh away the sin of the world.
Ashamed OF Js,us-thst dear friend,
On whom my hopes OF life depend;
| Eoi when blush he thi+ my shame
That no moro revere His name
Next I speak OF the family SORROWS II
trouble come to one member OF the family,
ali feel it. 1t is the custom, after the body
is lowered into the grave, for all the rela.
tives to come to the verge Of tue grave ant
look down into it. First those nearest the
departed come, then those next OF kin, until
thew have all looked into tbn grave. so
when trouble and grief go dom through tne
heart of one member OF the family, they "a
down through them all. The sadness OF one
Is the sadness OF all.
company OF persons JON hanis arouuu
an electric battery; the two persons at tne
ends OF the line toucn the battery, and al
the circle feels the shock. Thus, by reasoi
of the filial maternal aud paternai relation
Of life we stand 80 close gsther that wnei
trouble sets its battery all feel the tnrlii
distress. In the great Christian tamiIy Ca Ca
sorrow of one ought to be the sorrow OF al
Is one persecutedt All are Psrsecu'oo Doo on
one suffer lossp We all suffer loss S on
bereavedf We are all bereaved.
Their streaming eyes together now
For human guilt and mofpA "oe'
TO Won rejoice at anothers mistortun
xou ara not one of the sheep, but on5 OF 10
goats, and the vulture OF sln hath angnTe .S
On your soul, aud not the dove OF tn
spirit.
Next notice tho faelily property. Afte
A man Of large estate dies the relatives as
semble TO hear the will read. SO much Q
the property Is willed TO his sons, and $
much to his daughters and so much to h'
nevolent societies. Our Lord Jesus hat
died, and we are assembled to-day to hea
the will read He says. "My peace | Civ
unto YOU" Through His apostle He say
IAN are yours" Whati Everything
Yes, everythingi This world and the mex
In distinguishing families therc are Old pit
lures banging on the wall They are calle
the "heirlooms" of the estate. They ar
very old and have come down from genera
ton to generation. ,
20 iook upon all the beauties Of the nat
ural world as the heirlooms OF our roya
family. The morning breaks from the east
The mists travel up hill above hill, mountal
above mountain, until sky lost. The forest
are full OF chirp and buzz and song Trees
leaf and birds wing hutter with gladness
Honey makers in the log, and oeaE agains
the bark. and squirrels chattering on tn
rail and the call Of the hawk out qt a clea
sky make you feel glad. The sun, whic
' kindles confiagrations among the castles o
slouds and acts minaret and dome anamt
stoops to paint the lily white, and the butter
cup yellow, and the forget-me-not Glue
What can resist the sum- Light for tn
= voyager over the deep Light Lor tne shet
herd qua ding the focks afieldl ihgnt 10
sha moor who have no lamps to burn Ligh
, for for The downcast and the lowlyl Light 10
aching eyes and burning brain, ami waste
csptieei Light for the smooth brow
childhood, and for the dim vision OF tn
b octogenariani Light for queei's coronst
:. and lor ss~.n1 gus neotl' ,ni.s bs' mere
- inc Your morning. Our Fatler gave
ths picture. and hung it on the SKY In lool
:. Of Are II is the heirloom OF our family.
, And 30 the night. 1t is the full inooI
Tho mists from shore to shore gleam lii
scattered mirrors. and the ocean, under hi
glance. comes up with great tides, pantin
spon the beach, mlngling, as 1t were. toa
. and fire. The poor man blesses God fc
shrowing such cheap light throu IN u
aIo. ,2indnM pane in his cabin, and 70 u