The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-12-11
TABERNACLE PULPIT.

eERMoN ON ROYAL BLOOD PREACHED
BY THE REV. DR.. TALMAGE.
me Discourse Preceded by the singin,
A,g OF Cowper's standard Hymn Begin
ming. 'Thero IL Fountain FILLED will
Blood, Drawn from Immanuel's Veins
BROOKLYN, Dec. 6.-This morning
Ne vast congregation which filed every
available space in the Tabernacle a,
The opening Of the service, sang will
great heartiness and evident feeling
Cowper's we'll known hymn beginning
There IL q fountain filed with blood
Drawn from Immanuel's veins"
The subject of DR.. Talmage's sermon
Was, "Royal Blood" and his text,
Judges viii, 10, Each one resembled
the children Of a king"
Zebah and Zalmunna had been off to
battle, and when they came back they
we're asked what kind of people they
had seen. They answered that the
people had q royal appearance; leach
one resembled the children of king. "
] stand today before many who have
this appearance. Indeed, they are the
sons and daugh(srs of the Lord A.
mighty. Though now in exile, they
lhall 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 10 the last
generation. The family of the Medici
stood as the representative of letters.
ii The family of the Rothschilds IL
significant of wealth, the loss of forty
millions of dollars in 1848 putting them
TO no inconvenience; and within a few
years they have loaned Russia twelve
millions of dollars, Naples twenty-five
millions, Austria forty millions and
England two hundred millions; 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 Bour-
bon in France were families of i'm
perial authority.
THE ROYAL HOUSE OF JESUS.
But come to preach of family
more potential, more rich and more ex-
tensive-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.
First, l 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 give luster
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 |
ut his birth. From thence he started
forth to conquer all nations, not by
them down, but by lifting
them up. st. John saw him on a 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 hoofs of the snow white caval-
cade 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. 1t gathers fra
GRANGE 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
Oculist at Bethsaida. The Saviour of
one world, and the Chief Joy of an
other. The storm his frown. The
sunlight his smile. The spring morn
ing his breath. The earthquake the
stamp of his foot. The thunder the
whisper of his voice. The ocean a
drop on the tip of his finger. Heaven
. sparkle on the bosom of his love.
Eternity the twinkling of his eye. The
universe the flying dust of his chariot
wheels. Able to heal heartbreak, or
hush tempest, or drown a world, or
food immensely with his glory. What
other family name could ever boast of
Buch an illustrious personage2
SWING OUT THE COAT OF ARMS.
Henceforth, swing out the coat of
AIMS! Great families wear their coat
Of arms on the dress, or on the door of
The coach, or on the helmet when they
30 out to battle, or on flags or ensigns.
The heraldic sign is sometimes a lion,
or dragon, or an eagle. Our coat of
arms, worn right over the heart, here
liter shall be Cross, Lamb standing
1nder it and a Dove flying over it.
4randest of all escutcheonsl Most
igniicant of all family "coats of arms!"
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