Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-12-08
SERMON BY DIR. TALMAGE
THE ROYAL BLOOD or JESUS THE
SUBJECT OF THE DISCOURSE.

Good Christians Are All the Subjects of
the Great King of the Universe Graphic
Picture of the Kings Estate-Oh, for
the Reunion of Suintsi
BROOKLYN, Dec. G.-Ihis morning the
vast congregation which filed every avail
able space in the Tabernacle at the opening
Of the service sang with great heartiness
and evident feeling Cowper's well known
hymn beginning:
There ia fountain filled with blood
Drawn from 1mmanuel's veins
The subject of DR.. Talmage's sermon
was Royal Blood" and his text, Judges
viii, IS, Each one resembled the children
of king"
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 people had u royal
appearance; leach one resembed the chill.
dren of king" l stand today 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 family names that stand for wealth or
patriotism or intelligence. The name OF
Washington means patriotism, although
some of the blood of that race has become
very thin in the last generation. The fam
lily of Medic stood as the representative OF
letters.
The family of the Rothschids is signifi.
cent of wealth, the loss of forty millions of
dollars in 1913 putting them to no incon.
veuience; and within a few years they have
loaned Russia twelve millions of dollars,
Naples twenty-five millions, Austria forty
millions and England two hundred mil
lions; 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 il peace. The house OF
Hapsburg i'll Austria, the house of Stuart
in England, the house Of Bourbon in
France were families of imperial authority.
But | come to preach Of Il family more
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 rc-
lationship OF the Cross AL Of Us are the
children of tho King
THE FAMILY NAME.
First, speak of our family name When
we see descendant of some one greatly cell
ehratrd in the last century we look at I'm
with prOfOuud interest 10 have had con-
Iuer0rs, kings or princes III the ancestral
line give lUater 10 the family name. la Our
line was Il king and calqueror. The
Star in the East with baton .. light woke
up the eternal orchestra that made music
1t his birth. From thence be started forth
70 conquer all nations, not 10y trampug
hem down, but by lifting them up. st.
John saw him on white horse. When lie
returns ne will not bring the nations
ehained TO his wheel or in iron cages; but
hear the stroke OF the hoofs of the snow
white c;lvalcadc that bring them to the
gates in triumph.
Our family uame takes lllster from the
star that helalded him, AMI the spear that
pierced him, aud the crown that was given
linn. 1t gathers fragrance from the frank.
incense brought to his cradle, and the
lilies that fang their sweetness into his
sermons, and the box of alabaster that
broke at his feet. The comforter ut Beth
any. The resurrector Mt Main. The super
natural oculist Mt Bethsaida. The Saviour
of one world, and he chief JOY of another.
The storm his frown. The sunlight his
smile, The spring morning his breath.
The earthquake the stamp OF his foot. The
thunder the whisper of his voice. The
ocean Il drop on the tip of his finger.
Heaven a 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 II heart break, or
hush a tempest, or drown Il world, or flood
immensely with his glory. What other
family name could ever boast of such an
illustriouS peroonaEeY
Ilenceiorrh, swing out the coat of arms!
Great families Wear their cost of arms on
the dress, or on the door of the coach, or
on the helmet when they 90 ont to battle,
or on flags and ensigns. The heraldc sign
is sometimes a lion, or a dragon, or an
eagle. Our coat of arms, worn right over
the heart, hereafter shall be II cross, IL lamb
standing under it and "A dove dying over it,
Grandest OF all esCutCneoMe! Most signih-
cant of all family coats OF arm-." In every
battle must have it blazing on my flag
the dove, the cross, the lamb, and when |
fall wrap me in hat good Old Christian flag,
SO that the family coat of arms Shall he
right over my breast, that all the world
may see that looked TO the dove of the
spirit, and chung to the cross, and de-
pended upon the Lamb of God, which
taketh away the sin Of the world.
Ashamed of Jcsus-that dear friend,
On whom my hopes of life depend;
No. when | blush be this ny shame
That | no moro revere bis name.
TIE FAMILY SORROWS.
Next ] speak Of the family SORROWS If
trouble come to one member of the family,
all feel it. IL is the custom, after the body
is lowered into the grave, for all the rela-
tives to come to the verge Of the grave and
look down into it. First those nearest the
departed come, then those next of kin, I'M
til they have all looked into the grave SO
when trouble and grief 80 down through
the heart Of one member of the family,
they 90 down through them all. The sad
ness OF one is the sadness of all.
A company of persons join 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 lilial, maternal and paternal rela-
lions Of life, we stand so close together
that when trouble sets its battery all feel
the thrill of distress. In the great Chris
tian family the sorrow OF one ought to he
the sorrow OF all. Is one prosecuted? All
are prosecuted. Does one suffer loss? We
all suffer loss. 5 one bereaved? We are
all bereaved.