The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-12-18
ROYAL BLOOD.
Rev. T. Dewitt Tamage on the
Glories of Christianity.
The Royal House of Jesus-The Sadness of
One Member the Sadness of ALL
Wonders of the Future Home
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Wonders of the Future Home
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In late sermon at Brooklyn Rev. T.
Dewitt Talmage took for his subject
Royal Blood" His text was from
Judges viii, IS, Each one resembled
the children of king" He said:
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 a royal appearance Each
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 AL
mighty. Though now in exile, they
shall yetcome 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 gener-
alton. The family of the Medici stood
as the representative of letters. The
family of the Rothschilds is significant
of wealth, the loss OF $40, 900, 600 in 1s4s
putting them to no Inconvenience; and
within a few years they have loaned
Russia $4,000, 900, Naples S25, 600, 600,
Austria $40, 600, 900 and England $780,
OOO, 600; and the stroke of their pen on
the counting room desk shakes every
thing 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 Austria, the
house of Stuart in England, the house
of Bourbon in France, were families
of imperial authority.
But 1 come to preach of family
more potent, more rich aud more ex-
tensive-the royal house of Jesus, of
whom the whole family in Heaven and
on earth is named. We are blood rela-
tions by the relationship of the cross;
all of us are the children of the King.
First-I 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 luster
to the family name. In our line was a
King and Conqueror. 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 Oh white
horse When He returns He will not
II. oh 70 HE
wheel, or in iron cages; but / hear the
stroke OF the hoofs of the snow white
cavalcade that brings them to the gates
in triumph.
Our family name takes luster from
the star that heralded Him, and
the spear that pierced Him, and the
crown that was given Him. 1t gathers
fragrance from the frankincense
brought to His cradle, and the lilies
that flung their sweetness into His SER
mons, 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 another. The storm His frown
| The sunlight His smile. The spring
morning His breath 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 eye. The
universe the flying dust of His chariot
wheels. Able to heal the heart break,
or hush the tempest, or drown world,
or flood immensely with His glory.
What other family name could ever
boast of such an illustrious personageP
| Henceforth swing out the coat of arms!
| 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 flags or ensigns. The
heraldic sign is sometimes lion, or a
dragon, or an eagle. Our coat of arms,
worn right over the heart, hereafter
shall be a cross, lamb standing under
it and dove flying over it. Grandest
of all escutheons! Most significant of ali
family coats of arms" In every bat
tie must have it blazing on my flag
the dove, the cross the lamb; and when
fall wrap me in that good old Chris
tan flag. so that the family 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 Jesus THAT dear friend,
On whom my hopes OF life depend;
No! when blush be this my shame
That no more reyere his name.
Next 1 speak of the family sorrows.
If trouble comes to one member of the
family, all feel it 1t is the custom,
after the body is lowered into the
grave, for all the relatives TO come to
the verge of the grave and look down
into it. First those nearest the departed
come, then those next of kin, until
they have all looked into the grave. So
when trouble and grief go dowr
through the heart of one member Of
the family they go down through them
all. The sadness 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 o.
the filial, maternal and paternal rela
tons of life, we stand so close together
that when trouble sets its battery, al
feel the thrill of distress.
In the great Christian family the sor
row of one ought to be the sorrow o.
all Is one prosecuted? All are perse
cuted Does one suffer loss? We al
suffer loss. Is one bereaved? We art
all bereaved.
Their streaming eyes together flow
For human guilt and mortal woe,
If you rejoice at another's misfor
tune, you are not one of the sheep, bu
one of tho goats, and the vulture o
sin hath alighted on your soul and no