Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-12-11
TABERNACLE PULPIT.
DIR. TALMAGE ON OUR ROYAL
BLOOD.
'-rhere Is q Fountain Filled with Blood
Drawn From ImmsnueTs Veins."-
Each One Resembied the Children of
King"


kind OF people they had SEEN They answered,
that the people had royal appearance; "each
one resembled the children OF king. island
today before many who have this appearance.
Indeed, they are the soma and daughters OF the
Lord Almighty. Though now IN exile, they
shall yet come 10 their thrones 1here are
family names that stand for wealth, or patri-
otism, OF intelligence. The name OF Washing
ton means atrotism, although some OF me
blood OF that race has become very thin IN tne
last generation The family OF the Med' - STOOD
as the representative OF letters. The f9.dily OF
che Rothschilds is significant OF wealth, me
loss of forty millions OF dollars In 1913 putting
them TO no inconveuit nee; and within
few yeras they have loaned Russia
l2,000OO0 OF dollars, Naples 25,OOO,OOO, Austria
tO,O0O000, and England DOo0,OoO; and the
stroke OF their pen on the counting-room Desk
shakes everything from the Irish sea TO the
Danube. They open their hand ana there u
war; they shut II, and there Is peace. Inc
house OF Hapsburg in Austria, the house OF
Stuart in England, the house OF Bourbon In
France were families of imperial authority.
But come to preach OF family more poten,
tial more rich, and more extensive-the roya
mouse OF Jesus, OF whom the whole 1amliy IA
heaven and on earth Is named we are piooo
relations by the relationship OF the cross; Ill Oh
Us are the children OF King.
First, I speak OF our family nome. When we
see descendant OF some one greauy ceie-
brated In the last century we look at hlm win
profound interest To have had conQuerors,
Gings, or Princes In the ancestral line gave
hstre 20 the family name. In our line was
King and q Conqueror. The Star In the EPst
ira that made music at his birth. From thence
he started forth 10 conquer all nations, not Dy
trampling them down, but by lifting them up;
St John saw him on white horse. When ne
returns he will not bring the nations chained
20 his wheel, or in iron cages, but near the
stroke OF the hoof OF the snow-white caValcaoe
that bring them 70 the gates In triumph
Our family name takes lustre from the star
that heralded him, and the spear that pierced
him, and the crown that was given MN. ~
gathers fragrance from the frankincense
brought to his cradle, and the lilies that hung
their sweetness into his sermons, and the box
OF alabaster that broke at his feet The com
forLer at Bethany. The resurrector at Main
The supernatural oculist at Bethsaida- the
saviour of one world, and the chief Joy OF an
other. The storm his frown. The sunlight MS
Emile. The spring morning his breath. The
earthquake the stamp of his foot The thunder
the whisper OF his voice. The ocean q drop on
the tip OF his finger. Heaven sparkle on inc
bosom OF his love- Eternity the twinkling OF
his eye. The universe the flying dust OF his
chariot-wheels. Able 10 heal heartbreak, or
hush tempest, or drown world, or nood I'M I'M
mensity with his glory. What other family
name could ever beast OF such an Mustrlous
Henceforth, swing out the coat OF armsl
Great families wear their coat OF arms on the
dress, or on the door OF the coach, or on the
helmet when they go out TO battle, or on uags
and ensigns. The leraldic sign Is sometimes
lion, or O dragon, or an eagle. Our coat OF
arms worn right over the heart hereafter shall
be "A cross, a lamb standing under II, ana a
dove flying over It. Grandest OF all escutcheons
Nest Significant OF all family coats OF arms "
In every battle l must have IL blazing on my
hag-the dove, the cross, the lamb; and when L
fall, wrap me In that good old Christian flag. so
that the family coat OF arms shall be right over
my breast, that all the world may see that
looked 10 the dove OF the spirit, and chung 10
the cross and depended upon the lamb OF God,
Ashamed OF Jesusi-that dear Friend,
On whom my hopes Of life depend
MOI when 4 blush DO this my shame
That no more revere his name
Next / speak OF the family sorrows. II
trout lie come TO one member of the family, all
feel it. 1t Is the custom, after the tody is
lowered into the grave, for oil the relatives TO
come 10 the verge OF the grave and look down
Into IL. First those, nearest the departed come,
then those next Of kin, until they have all looked
down through the heart of one member
OF the family, they go down through
them all The sadness OF one Is the sadness
hands around an electric battery; the
two persons at the ends OF the line touch the
battery. and all the circle feels the shock. Thus,
by reason OF the tlial, maternal, and paternal
relations of life, we stand close together that
when trouble sets It's battery, all feel the thrill
OF distress. In the great Christian family, the
sorrow OF one ought 10 be the sorrow OF all Is
one perseoutedf All are prosecuted Does one
suffer lossY We all suffer Loss. Is one be-
| reavedi We are al bereaved
Their streaming eyes together flow
For human guilt and mortal woe.
II you rejoice at another's misfortune, You
are not one OF the sheep, but one OF the goats;
/ and the vulture OF sin hath alighted on your
SOUL and not the Dove OF the Spirit
Next notice the family property. After a
man OF large estate dies, the relatives assemble
70 hear the will read. SO much OF his property
Is willed 10 his sons, and so much 20 his daugh-
ters, and 80 much to benevolent societies. Our
Lord Jesus hath died, and we are assembled
to-day TO hear the win read He says: MY
peace give unto you ThTSg rough, his apostle he
! Yes, everything This world and the next In
distinguished families there are old pictures
banging on the wall They are called the heir.
have come down from generation 70 generation
J 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 bill, mountain
! above mountain, until skylost The forests are
full Of ehrp and 61zz ana song Trees leaf
makers in the log, and beak against the bark,
and squirrels chattcring on the rail. and the
& SI he S nav 0u. Oh When g Tnd Ssy mnfe you
tons among the castles OF cloud, ADD sets
minaret and dome afame stoops to paint the
ny white ana the eutter9uP yellow and III,
the sum- Light for the voyage over
the deep Light for the shepherd guard
Ing the hocks aieldl Light for the poor
who have no lamps 70 burnt Light for the down
cast and the lowlyi Light for aching eyes, and
burning brain and wasted captivel Light for
the 6InOOLn DTOW OF CnllOnOOu, anu lot the dim
vision Of the octogenarianl Light for Queens
coronet and for sewing-girl's needlei Let there
be light Whose morning Is thisY My morn.
Ing. Your morning. Our father gave US tho
picture and hung II on the sky in loops OF fire.
Il is the heirloom of our family. And so the
night 1t Is the full moon. The mists from
shore 70 shore CLEAN like shattered mirrors; and
the ocean, under her glance, comes up with
great tides, painting upon the beach,
| mingling as Il were, foam and fire. The
poor man blesses God for throwing such q
| cheap light through the broken window pane
! Into his cabin and 10 the sick IL seems q light
| from the other shore which bounds this groa,
| deep Of human pain and woe, IL the sun seem
hke O song full and poured from brazen instru
ments that ill heaven and earth with grea,
harmonies, the moon Is plaintive and mild stand
ing beneath the throne of Cod sending up her
soft, sweet voice OF praise, while the stars
listen, and the sea No mother ever more
| vweetly guarded the sicl1-cradle than all night
hong this pale watcher of the sky bends over
the weary. heart-siclx slumbering earth Whose
{, b this black-framed, black tasseled picture OF
The night II Is the heirloom Of our family
Ours, the grandeur OF the spring, the crystait
Of the snow, the coral OF the beach, the odors
Of the garden, the harmonies OF the air.
| You cannot see large estate In one morning
| You must take several walks around It. The
family property Of this royal house Of Jesus Il
| % great that we must take several walks 10 gel
any idea ofits extent Let the first walk b.
around this earth, All these valleys, the har
vests that wave in them, and the cattle thai
pasture them-all these mountains, and the
! ofecfoun things hidden beneath them and thu