Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-12-17
SERMON BY DIR. TALMAGE
THE ROYAL BLOOD or JESUS The
SUBJECT or The DISCOURSE.

Picture Of the Kings Estats-Oh. for
the Reunion Of saintsi
BROOKLYN, Dec. 6.-This 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 is fountain filled with blood
Drawn from ImmAnuel's veins
The subject of DIR. Talmage's sermon
was Royal Blood" and his text, Judges
viii, is, Each one resembled the children
of king"
Zebah and Zalmunna had been of to
battle, and when they came back they were
asked what kind of people they had seen.
They answered that the people had royal
appearances; leach one resembled the chill
dren Of a king" 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. Phe fam
fly of Medici stood as the representative of
letters.
The family of the Rothschilds is signifi-
cant of wealth, the loss of forty millions of
dollars in 1S4S putting them to no incon-
venience; and within q 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 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 | come to preach of a 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 re-
lationship of the Cross; all of US are the
children of the King.
THE FAMILY NAME.
First, speak of our family name. When
we see a descendant of some one greatly eel
ebrated in the last century we look at him
with profound interest. To have had con-
auerors, kings or princes in the ancestral
line give luster to the family 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
lo mil hrinn tho nations
chained to his wheel OF in iron cages; but
hear the stroke of the hoofs of the snow
white cavalcade that bring them to the
gates in triumph.
Our family name takes Iuster from the
star that heralded him, and the spear that
pierced him, and the crown that was given
him. 1t gathers fragrance from the frank
incense 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 Beth
any. The resurrector at Main. The super
natural oculist at Bethsaida. The Saviour
of one world, and the chief joy of another
The storm his frown. The sunlight hi
smile The spring morning his breath
The earthquake the stamp of his foot. Th
thunder the whisper of his voice. Th
ocean drop on the tip of his finger
Heaven a sparkle on the bosom of his love
Eternity the twinkling of his eye. Tn
universe the flying dust of his chario
wheels. to heal a heartbreak, o
hush a tempest, or drown world, or foo'
immensity with his glory. What othe
family name could ever boast of such al
illustrious personageS
Henceforth, swing out the coat of arms
Great families wear their coat of arms Oh
the dress, or on the door of the coach, o
on the helmet when they go out to battle
or on flags and ensigns. The heraldIc sig
is sometimes a lion, or dragon, or a
eagle. Our coat of arms, worn right owe
the heart, hereafter shall be cross, a lam
standing under it and a dove flying over ii
Grandest of all escutcheons Most signifi
cant of all family "coats Of arms" In ever
battle must have it blazing on my flag
the dove, the cross, the lamb, and when
fall wrap me in that good old Christian flag
so that the family coat of arms shall t
right over my breast, that all the worl
NAV see that l looked to the dove of til
spirit, and clung to the cross, and d
pended upon the Lamb of God, whic
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 I no moro revere his name.
THE FAMILY SORROWS
Next I speak of the family SORROWS.
trouble come to one member of the famil
all feel it. 1t is the custom, after the boo
is lowered into the grave, for all the rel
tives to come to the verge of the grave al
look down into it. First those nearest ii
departed come, then those next of kin, u
til they have all looked into the grave.
when trouble and grief go down throug
the heart of one member of the famil
tbey 90 down through them all The sa
ness of one is the sadness of all.
A company of persons join hands arour
an electric battery; the two persons at I'll
ends of the line touch the battery, and a
the circle feels the shock. Thus, by reasc
of the filial, maternal and paternal rel
tions of life, we stand so close togeth
that when trouble sets its battery all fe
the thrill Of distress. In the great Chri
tian family the sorrow of one ought to
the sorrow of all. Is one prosecuted! A
are prosecuted Does one suffer lossf v
all suffer loss Is one bereaveds We a
all bereaved.
Their streaming eyes together flow
For human guilt and mortal woe.
II you rejoice at another's misfortul
YOU are not one of the sheep, but one
the goats, and the vulture of sin hal
alighted on your soul, and not the dove
the spirit.
THE FAMILY PROPERTY.
Next | notice the family property. Aft
a man of large estate dies the relatives a
semble to hear the will read. So much
the property is willed to his sons, and
much to his daughters, and so much to
pevolent societies. Our Lord Jesus ha
died, and we are assembled today to he
the will read. He says "My peace l gi
unto you" Through his apostle he say
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