Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-12-25
REV. DR.. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIVINES sun
DAY SERMON.
Subject: Royal Blood"

Zebah and Zulmunna 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 resembled the child.
rem OF 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 com to their thrones. There are family
names tina stand for wealth or patriotism
or intellig The name of Washington
means patriotism, although some of the blood
of that race has become very thin in the last
generation. The family Of Medici stood as
the representative of letters.
The family of the ROthschilds is signifi-
can't of wealth, the loss Of forty millions of
dollars in 184S putting them to no incOn.
venience; and within 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 1t, end 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 relationship of the
Gross; all of US are the children of the King.
First 1speak of our family name. When
we see descendant Of some one greatly cell
ebrated In the last century we look at him
with profound interest. TO have had con-
querors, 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 con-
oil nf NV fran mi, fbovr
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 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. 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 Bethany The res
director at Main. The supernatural oculist
at Bethsaida. The Saviour of one 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 on the tip
of His finger. Heaven a sparkle on the
bosom Of His love. Eternity the twinkling
OF his eye. Inc universe Cno uylQg QuSC OF
His chariot wheels. Able to heal heart
break, or hush tempest, or drown a world,
or food immensely with His glory. What
other family name could ever boast of such
an illustrious parsonage?
Henceforth, swing out the coat of armsl
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
and ensigns The heraIdic sign is sometimes
a hon, or dragon, or an eagle. Our coat
of arms worn right over the heart, hereaf-
ter shall be cross, a lamb standing under
it and dove flying over it. Grandest of all
escutcheons! Most significant of all family
coats of arms" In every battle L must
have it blazing on my aag-the dove, the
cross, the lamb, and when [ fall wrap me in
that good old Christian flag, SO that the fam
lily coat of arms shall be right over my breast,
that all the world may that l 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
No! when blush be this my shame
That no more revere His name.
Next l speak of the family sorrows. If
trouble come to one mem Der OF the family,
all feel it. 1t is the custom, after the body
is lowered into the grave, for all the rela-
tives to come to the verge of tue 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 ali
A company OF persons join hands around
an electric battery; the two persons at the
ends of the line touch the battery, and all
the circle feels the snOc6. Thus, by reason
of the filial 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; Does
enc suffer loss? We all suffer loss. Is one
bereaved? We are ali bereave3
Their streaming eyes together flow
For humsn guilt and mortal woe.
If you rejoice at anothers misfortune
you are not one of the sheep, but one OF the
goats, and the vulture of SIN hath alighJed
on your soul, and not the dove Of the
spirit.
Next [ notice the family property. After
man of large estate dies the relatives as
semble to hear the will real. So much Of
the property is willed to his sons, and so
much to his daughters, and so much to be-
nevolent societies. Our Lord Jesus hath
the will read He says, my peace I give
unto you" Through His apostle He says,
"All are yours" What! EVERYTHING?
Yes, everything! This world and the next.
In distinguishing families there are old pic
lures banging on the wall They are called
the ''heirlooms" of the estate They are
very old, and have come down from genera
ton to generation.
SO look upon all the beauties of the nat
ural world the hejrlooms of our royal
family. The morning breaks from the east
The mlsts travel up hill above hill, mountain
above mountain, until sky lost. The forests
are full OF chirp and buzz AMI song Traes's
leaf and birds wing hutter with gladness.
Honey makers in the log, and beak against