Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-12-11
DIR. TALMAGE's SERMON
THE ROYAL BLOOD OF ,ze,,e
THE SUBJECT.
Good Christians Are All th. s,,,
the Great King of the Universe
Picture OF the Kings Estata-oh 80
the Reunion of Saints!
An Interesting p;.co,,..

AN Interesting DISCOURSE.
The subject of DIR. Talm,oo,s
was wa: no ,sa $1,000 and his text, Judges
dren of king" 'A'o eiii'-
battle, and when they came hac,, ~ 4he w.
were asked what kind of peona tho,, Ivy l,e !
seen. They answered that the noo no
had royal appearance: .each ona pn
sembled the children of q king, 7 stand
to-day before many who have tbis . ~
pearance. Indeed, they are the sons and
daughters of the Lord Almighty. Thomnh
now In exile, they shall vet come tn their
thrones: There are family names that
stand 1or wealth or patriotism or intel
ligence. Nhe name of Washington means
patrlotiSna, although some of the blood
OF That race has become very thin dnring
the last generation. The family of
Medlcl stood as the representative Of
letters. '''O''' ~
The family Of the Rothschilds is sip-
niflcant OF wealth, the loss of $40. 0Oo. ono
in 1s4s putting them to no Inconvenience:
and within few years they have loaned
Russia S12,000,Ooo, Naples S25, 900 900.
Austria $40, 100000 and England 5000 :
100000 and the stroke of their pen IN
the counting-room desk shakes eyerv-
thing from the Irish Sea to the Danube
They open their hand and there is war:
they shut it, and there is peace. The
mouse OF Hapsburg in Austria, the house
OF stuart in England, the house of
Bourbon in France were families of i'm
peral authority.
But come to preach Of 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
relationship of the Cross; all of us are
the children of the King
First, L speak of our family name
When we see a descendent 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 give Iuster to the FAM
lily name. In our line was king and a
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 tramping them down,
but by lifting them up. St. John saw
Him on white horse. When He re-
turns He will not bring the nations
chained to His wheel or in iron cages: but
i hear the stroke of the hoofs of the
snow white cavalcade that bring them to
the gates in triumph.
Our family name takes luster from tho
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 sermons, and the box
of alabaster that broke at His feet. The
comforter at Bethany. The resurrector
at Main. The supernatural ocuist 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
earthquake the stamp of His foot. The
thunder the whisper of His voice. The
ocean drop off the tip OF His finger
Heaven sparkle on the bosom of His
love. Eternity the twnkling of His
eye. The universe the flying dust of
His chariot. Able to heal heartbreak
or hush a tempest, or drown world, Or
flood immensely with His glory. What
other family name could ever boast of
such an illustrious parsonage?
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 and ensigns.
The heraldic sign is sometimes a lion, or
dragon, or an eagle. Our coat-of-
arms, worn right over the heart here
after shall be cross, a lamb standing
under it and dove flying over it.
.Grandest of all cscutcheons! Most sig
nifcant of all family ''coats-of-arms."
In every battle I must have it blazing
on my fag-the dove, the cross, the
lamb, and when 1 tall wrap me in that
good old Christian flag, so that the fami-
ly 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;
MOL when blush be this my shame
That no more revere His name
Next / speak of the family sorrows.
If trouble come 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 lnIO tue grave Nv "nSA
trouble and grief go down 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 per-
sons at the ends of the line touch the
battery, and all the circle feels the
shock. Thus, by reason OF the hllal'
maternal and paternal relations OF life
we stand so 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 to be the
sorrow of all Is one prosecuted? All
are prosecuted. Does one suffer loss:
We all suffer loss. Is one bereaved:
We are all bereaved.
Their streaming eyes together now
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
alightcd on your soul, and not the dove
of the spirit.
Next l notice the family property
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