The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-12-11
ROYAL BLOOD.
Rev. T. Dswitt TaImaEs on the
Glortes Of Christianity.
The Royal House Of Jesus-Ttas Sadness OF
One Member the Sadness OF All
Wonders OF the Future Home
DspIeEsd.

lgG ~ III 4fLAlAAdEG 1S2- 4OL LIS saHI-[s
Royal Blood" His text wss from
Judges viii. Is, Each one resembled
the children of a king" He said:
Zebah and ZaImunna 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 q royal appearance each
one resem bIed 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 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 thihSin the last gensr-
alton The family of the Msdici stood
as the representative of letters The
family of the Rothschilds Is significant
of wealth, the loss OF $40, 900, 900 in 1s4s
putting them to no Inconvenience and
within few years they have loaned
Russia Sig, 600, goo, Naples S25, coo. 600,
Austria $40 OOo. 600 and England $500, =
600, GOO; 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 I come to preach of = family
more potent, more rich and more ex-
tensiYe-the royal house of Jesus, of
whom the whole family in Heaven and
on earth is named. We are blood rela-
tons by the relationship of the cross;
all of us are the children Of the King.
Eirst-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 iuster
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 on white
horse. When He returns He will not
bring the nations chained to His
wheel, or in iron cages; but 1 hear the
stroke of the hoofs of the snow white
cavalcade that brings 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 frankincenss
brought to His cradle, and the lilies
that flung their sweetness into His ser
mons, and the box of alabastsr that
broke ut 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 fFOwn
The sunlight His smile. The spring
morning His breath. The thunder the
whisper of His voice. The ocean q
drop on the tip of His finger. Heaven
a sparkle on the bosom of His love.
Eternity the twinlIling of His eye. The
universe the flying dust of his chariot
wheels Able to heal the heart break.
or hush the tempest, or drown a~wOrld.
OF food immensity with His glory
What other family name could ever
boast of such an ulustrious 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 eusigns- The
heraldic sign is sometimes lion, or n
dragon, or an eagle. Our coat of arms,
worn right over the heart hereafter
shall be u cross, a lamb standing under
it and q dove flying over it. Grandest
of all escutheonsl Most significant of all
family coats of arms In every bat
tie must have it blazing on my flag
the dove, the cross the lamb; and when
1 fall wrap me in that good old Chris
tian flag, so that the family coat of arms
shall be right over my breast. that ali
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 talzeth away the sin of the world
Ashamed OF Jesus eth 1t dear friend,
On whom my hopes OF life depend;
No! when blush be this my shame
That no more revere his name
Next speak of the family SORROWS
If trouble comes to one mem Der of the
family, all feel it. 1t is the custom
after the body is lowered into tbs
grave, for all the relatives to come K
the verge of the grave and look dovr
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 dow
through the heart of one member o
the family they go down through then
all The sadness of one is the sadness
of all. company of persons joiI
hands around an electric battery; tbs
. two persons at the ends of the lin
tough the battery. and all the circl,
feels the shock. Thus, by reason o
the FLAT, maternal and paternal rela
tiops of life, we stand so close tOgethe
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 0
ALI Is one perseeutedP All are persa
cuted. Does one suffer loss2 We Al
suffer loss. Is one bereaved? We AZ
all bereaved.
Their streaming eyes together now
~ A-s.sas.tn guift and mortal woe
If you rejoice at anOther's misfoE
tune, yOu are not one of the sheep, bu
one of the goats, aud the vu1ture O
sin hath alighted on your soul and nc
the dove of the spirit
Next, [ notice the family property
After man of large estate dies, tn
relatives assemble to hear the vii
read. So much OF the property /
wilied to his sons, SO much to hi
daughters. and SO much 70 benovoien
societies Our Lord Jesus hath died
and we are assem- bled to-day to hsa
the viii read. He says: MY peace
give unto you. Through His aposAl
He says; "Au are yours" What
every thing? Yes. everything2 Thi
world and the next Ia distinguishes,
families there are old pictures hanging
On the wall They are called the ssheir