The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-12-17
SERMON BY DR.. TALMAGE
THE ROYAL BLOOD OF JESUS THE
SUBJECT OF THE DISCOURSE.

Good Christians Arc All the Sub jects OF
the Great King Of the Univsrse-Graphic
Picture of the Kings Estate-Oh, for tho
Reunion of Saints!
BRoKLYN, Dec. G.-This morning
4 the vast congregation which filled every
liable space in the Tabernacle at the
tning of the service sang with great
..eartncss and evident feeling Cowper's
r we'll known hymn beginning:
There is fountain filed with blood
Drawn from Immanuers veins
The subject Of DR.. Talmagc's sermon
was "Royal Blood" and his text, Jud-
ses viii, Is, Each one resembled the
children of king"
Lebah and Zalmunna had been off to
battle, and when they came back they
were asked what kind of people they had
seen. They answered that the people
had royal appearance; leach one re-
sembled the children of king"
stand today before lnany 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 FAM
lily names that stand for calth or pa
riotism or intelligence. The name of
Washington means patriotism, although
some of the blood of that race has / =
come very thin in the last generation.
The family Of Mcdici stood as the repre-
sentative of lett"s.
The family o. the Rothschilds is sicni-
iicant ofwealth, tfe loss offo .,ymillons
of dollars in 1913 putt lg them to no in
convenience; and within q few years
they have leaned Russia twelve millions
OF dollars, Naples twenty-five millions,
Austria forty millions aud England tv o
hundred millions; and the stroke of their
pen on the counting room desk shakes
everything from the Irish soa to tie
Danube. They open their hand, and
there is war; they shut il, and there is
peace. The house of IIapsburs in Aus
tria, the house of Stuart in England, tho
house OF Bourbon in France were ialni-
hes Of imperial authority.
But come to preach OF a ia@lly more
pot" ltial, more rich and more extensive
the royal house OF Jesus, Of whom the
whole family in heaven and on earth is
nalled. We Are blood relate by the
relationship of the Cross; all of us arc
the children Of the King.
First, speak of our family name.
When we sec descendant of some one
greatly celebrated in the last century VIC
look at him with profound interest. 10
have had conqucrors, kings or princes in
the ancestral line give lustcr TO the FAM
lily name. In our line was king and a
conqueror. The Star in the East with
baton Of lighs woke up the eternal or
chcstra that made music at his birth.
From thence he started forth to conquer
all nations, not by trampins them down,
but by lifting them up. st. John s. W
him ell 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 hoois Of the snow white
caValcadc that bring them to the gates
III triumph.
Our family name takes MStcr from tho
star that hcralded him, and The spear
that pierced him, and the crown tha.
was given him. IL gathers fragrance
from the franknccnse brought to his cra-
die, ald the lies that flung their sweet.
moss. Into his sermons. and the box of
that broke at his feet. Tho
comiorter at Bethany. The resurrccte
at Main. The supernatural oculist at
Bcthsaida. The Saviour of one world,
and the chief JOY ofanother. The storm
his rown. The sunlight his smile. Thc
spring n orning his breath. The earth
quake the stamp of his foot. The thun-
der the whisper Of his voice. The ocean
drop on the tip OF his finger. Heaven
a sparkle on the bosom of his love.
Eternity the twinkling of'his eye. The
universe the hylng dust of his chariot
wheels. Able to heal q hcartbreak, or
hush tempest, drown world, or food
immensely with his glory. What other
family name could ever boast Of such an
lllustrious parsonage?
Henceiorth, swing out the coat of
arms! Great families wear their coat Of
aims on the dress, or on the door of the
coach, or on the helmet when they 90
eat to battle, or on flags and ensigns.
The heraldc sign is sometimes lion, or
an eagle. Our coat OF arms, worn right
over the heart, hereafter shall bel cross,
lamb standing under it and dove fly
lngoverit. Grandest of all cscutcheons.
Most significant Of all family "coats of
arms" In every battle must have it
blazing on my ilag-the dove, the cross,
the lamb, and when l fall wrap me in
That good old Christian flag, 80 that the
family ceat of arms shall be right over
my breast, that all the world may see
that l looked to the dove of the spirit,
and cluns to the cross, and depended
upon the Lamb of God, which takcth
away the SIN of the world.
Ashamed Of JcSus-that dear friend.
On whom my hopes OF life depend;
NO! when blush be this my shame
That no more revere his name.
Next l speak of the family sorrows.
Ii trouble come to one member of the
family, all feel it. 1t is the custom, af-
ter the body ls lowered into the
grave, Tor 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 tie family, they
60 down through them all. The sadness
OF one is the sadness of all.