The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-12-24
An lntorsstine Discourse.

An Interesting Discourse.
The subject of DIR. Talmage's sermon
was Royal Blood" and his text, Judges
viii. Is. Each one resembled the chill
dren 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 re-
sembled the children of king" stand
to-day before many who have this ap-
pearance. 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 intel
ligence. The name of Washington means
patriotism, although some of the blood
Of that race has become very thin during
the last generation. The family of
Medici stood as the representative of
letters.
The family of the Rothschilds is sig
nificant Of wealth, the loss of $40, DOC, 900
in 1S4S putting them to no Inconvenience;
and within few years they have loaned
Russia $4,000, 600, NapleSS2 600, 600,
Austria $40, OOO, 900 and England $500,
700, 900; 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 i'm
perial authority. -
But come to preach of family more
potential. more rich aud more extensive
the royal house of Jesus, of Whom the
whole family in Heaven and on earth is
named. We are blood relations by tho
relationship of the Cross; all of US are
the children of the King.
First, l speak of our family name
| When we see 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 luster to the fam
| lily name. In our line was a king and q
| 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 a white horse. When He re-
turns 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 bring 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. It 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'resurrecter
at Main. The supernstHrRl, ocnlist at
Berhsaida-. The SAVIOUR of lone 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 a drop off The tip OF His finger.
Heaven q sparkle:on the bosom of His
love-, Eternity the twinkling of His
-eye. The universe the. flying dust of
His chariot. Able to heal heartbreak,
or hush tempest, or drown a world, or
flood immensely with His glory. What
other family pane could ever boast of
such an ilIustriOus 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 60
out to battle, or on flags and ensigns.
The heraldic siga is sometimes lion, or
dragon, or an eagle. Our cOat-Of-
arms, worn right over the heart, here
after shall be cross, lamb standing
under it and dove flying over it.
Grandest of all escutcheons! Most sig
nifcant Of all family ''coats-of-arms."
In every battle l must have it blazing
on my fag-the dove, the cross, the
lamb, and when fall 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 1 speak of the family sorrows.
II 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 into the grave. So when
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 flial.
maternal and paternal relations of life,
We stand so close together that when
trouble sets its 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. Docs one suffer loss?
We all suffer Toss. Is one berexved?
We are all bereaved.
Their streaming eyes together dow
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
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