Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-07
OUR ROYAL FAMILY.
Each of the Lords Children the Heir
to a Noble Inheritance.
MANY MANSIONS In HIS HOUSE.
The Old Homestead to Which We Are In
yited to Return at Last.
A GRAND REUNION OF ALL IN HEA VEN

uext: Judges, viii, IS: Each one resembled
the children OF king.
Zebah and Zalmunna had been off to bat
tie, 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 chill
dren OF "A king / stand to-day before many
WHO have this appearance. Indeed, they
are the sons snd daughters Of the Lord Al
mighty. 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, al
though some of she blood of that race has
become very thin in the last generation.
The family Of the Medici stood as the repre-
sentative OF letters. The family of the
RClhschilds is significant of wealth. the loss
ol $4,000 900 in lS4S putting them to no incon-
NenieRce: ana within afcw years they have
loaned Russia Sl2.G00 COO, Naples S25, ,000. coo,
Austria $50 900 600 and England 100000 600,
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.
Our Own Royal Family.
But come TO preach of a family more po-
rcntial. more rich and more extensive-the
LOYAL lOnSG OF Jesus, OF NnOm Ene WnOle
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, 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. In our line we =
q King and a ConCucror. The star in the
East with baton of light woke up the eternal
orchestra that made music aJ 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 Il
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 cayalcade that bring them
to the gates in triumph.
Our family name takes luster from the
star thar ncraldcd him, and the spear that
pierced him, and the crown that WAS given
incense brought to his cradle.
u@ncclogth. swing out the coat OF arms.
Great lanIiiies wear their coat of arms on
thc dust or on the door of the
coach. or on the helmet when they go
CUT to hattie. OF on flags and enSigEs.
IN evr"N battle must have it blazing
lsEy uag-JAc dove, the cross the lamb; and
wngU fall wrap me in that good old Chris
rIa8 rla.: thar the family coat of arms
shall bc right over any breast. that all the
world may see tlat depend upon the Lamb
OF God. which .aketn away the sin OF the
world.
Ashamed Of Jesus!-that dear friend,
No. when 1 blush hc this my shame
That NJ more revere his name.
The sadness OF One the Sadness OF All.
Next l speak OF the family sorrows. If
trouble come to one member of the family,
all feel il. Ii is the custom, after the body
Is lowered inro the grave, for all the rela-
t5vcs to come to the verge of the grave and
look down into it. First those nearest the
departed come. then those ne Vt of kim until
9asru-. lad - In Go
when trouble and grief 60 down through the
heart Of one member of the family, they go
down through them all. The sadness OF one
is the 81 uneSS of all In the great Christian
family. the sorrow of one ought to lie the
~u-ruw of all. Is one prosecuted? An are
peG~ecufcd. Does one suffe" loss? We all
suffer loss. Is one bereaVed? We are all
RcTraVuu.
Their streaming eyes together flow
For human guilt and mortal woe
Ill you reioice at another's misfortune you
IRE not one OF the sheep, but one of the
.saats: and She vulture of sin hath alightcd
un Your soul. and not the Dove of the Spirit.
Next. notice the family property. After
q laan OF large estate dies, the relstives as
-cEble TO hear the will read. Our Lord
Ic~us hath died, and we are assembled to-
day to hear the will read. lie says: my
1rs:Cc ! give lutO YOU Through his apoS-
lie He -aye: "All are yours. What! every
;tiuv" cS. everything! This world and
rue leNJ | look upon all the beauties of
-Lc nHtural world a. the heir-ooms of our
IS .:I family.
Whose morning is this? MY morning
Er,llr morning. our Father gave us the pic
'utr and hung ii on the sky in loops of fire.
L. - the heirloom Of our family. And so
rie night j j. the fun moon. The miSts
nom sIorc 10 shore CLEAN like shattered
mirrors: and the ocean, under her glance
comes Up With great tides.
The Vast Extent of Our Inheritance.
Nou cannot sec a large estate in one morn
5ug- J on must take several walks around
It. The family property of this royal house
ot Jesus l. 80 great that we must take sew
CI;l walks to get any idea of it, extent. Let
t..g first walk be around this earth. All
iGesv valleys, the harvcsts and the cattle
al. JaS~c mountains al these lakes these
Islands, these continents are ours. In the
second walk 20 among the street lamps of
heaven and -" stretching OFF on every side
a wilderness Of worlds For us they shine.
in-hc third walk go around the Eternal
City ~ y" come near 1t, bark to the rush
ofIs cEariots and the Wedding peal of its
great towers.
Almost every family looks back TO n
E.la''~,oad-some country place where You
=saw mp I tell you OF the old homestead
of eternity In MY Fathers house are many
mansions. Angels walk there and the good
OF :t|i #gH-. The poorest man in that house
:sa millionaire. and the lowliest n king and
the lamesi wDru he speaks is AN anthem,
and th" shortest lie am eternity.
] am in q foreign land. But my Father is
waiting Tor me to come home. / have broth
els and sisters there. In the Bible have
letters from there. telling me what a fine
place II j.. The iamily mansion is not a f1ail
I-uI~e. built in a month. soon TO crllnble
htit an old mansion which is as firm as the
uay il WAS bGlit. Its walls are grown with
tgy ivy OF many ages and the urns g the
Eat"WGy are abioom with the century plants
OF s'tsTEitN-
a Family Reunion in Our Mansion.
\ family r.ansion means reunion. Some
O. your families are very much scattered
Tie children married, and went off TO St
Louis. or Chicago, or Charleston; but per-
lap- once a year YOU come together at the
ola place How YOU wake MP the old piano
slla' his been silent for years Father and
mother 60 not play ON it. How You bring
cut u" old relics and rummage the garrett
and open old SCrap-books, and shout and
laug.l. guh cry, and talk old times and
though spu MAY be 4j years of age act as
Ii rI-l ypG were &c,
Yet soon u j. .soodby AZ the car window
:tiE1 gC"uhY at The steamboat wharf But
LOW WEI We acS AT the reunion in the old
mansion ol heaven? Ii is a good while since
ruE larEcu at the door OF the grave There
VIII Dc Grace, aud Mary, and Martha and
Charlie and Lizzie. and ali the darlings of
your hoCSch"ld-not pale, and sick, and
gsiSping Tor breath. as when you saw them
ilSr. hat their eve bright with the luster of
beaver, and their cheek roseate with the
hWsG o. celestial summer
" ha: Ciaehiu@ OF hands, What cnIrac-
lu-s, N hat coming together OF llp to lip,
W ilat tears oi Joy! NoG say: ''I thought
ia,re ~ gre no tears in heaven There must
hc. cor the bible says that: 'Isod shall wine
'ESip AWAY and If there were no tears
l'fHc, how could He wipe them away? They