Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-07-08
REV. DR.. TAIMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIViNE'S SUM-
DAY SERMON.
SUBJECT: THE IMMENSE COST. >
CPREACHED IN LONDON.)

TExr: aye are bought rtrh a price.
Cor. vi. 20.
Your friend takes you through his valua-
BILE house You examine the arches, the
frescOes, the grassplots, the fishponds, the
conservatories, the parks Of deer and you
say within yourself or you say aloud, What
did all this costg' You see a costly diamond
flashing in all earring. or you hear costly
dress rustlins across the drawing room, or
you see high III attle SPIN OF horses har-
messed with silver and god, and you begin
to make an estimate OF tie value.
The man who owns a large estate cannot
instantly tell you all it Is worth. he says,
II will estimate so much for the house, so
much for the furniture, SO much for laying
out the grounds, 50 much for the stock, 80
much for the barn, so much for the equip
age-adding up in all making this aggre-
gate"
Well, nv friends, | hear 50 much about
our mansion in heaven, about its furniture
and the grand surroundings, tnat want
to know how much it is all worth, and what
has actually been paid for It. | cannot
complete in a month nor a year the mag
niticent calculation, but before get through
to-day l hope to give you the figures. "Ie
are bought with price"
With some friends went to your Tower
to look at the crown jewels. We walked
around, caught one glimpse of them, and
being IN the procession were compelled to
Tass out. | wish that l could take this au
dience into the tower OF Gods mercy and
strength that you might walk around just
once, at least, and SEQ the crown jewels OF
eternity, behold their brilliancy and estl'
mate their value "Ee are bought with
price"
Now il you have a large amount OF money
to pay, you do not pay 1t all at once, but
you pay it by installments-so much the
the first OF January, so much the first OF
April 50 much the first OF July, so
much the first OF October, until the entire
amount is paid, and l have to tell this
audience that you have been bought with
a price" and that that price was paid in
different Installments.
The first installment paid for the clear
ance OF our souls was the ignoslinlous birth
Of Christ in Bethlehem. Though we may
never be carefully lookei after atterward,
our advent into the world is carefully guard
ed. We come into the world amid kindly
attentions Privacy and silence are ar
forded when Col launches an immortal soul
into the world. Even the rouS uShest OF men
know enoug,. to stand back. But have TO
tell you that in the village on the side Of the
hill there WAS a very bedlan OF uproar when
Jesus was born.
IN a NlllAEe VI
only a few huuired people many thou
people were crowded, aud amid hostlers and
muleteers ami camel drivers yelling at
stupid beasts OF burden tho Messiah ap-
pearei. No silence; no privacy. A better
| adapted place hath the eaget i'll the eyrie-
/ hath the whelp in the lions lair. The exile
| Of heaven lieth down uoon straw. The hrst
| night out from the palace OF heaven spent
| in an clubhouse! One hour after laying
49,, Irau aaI in " r an
per OF coarse linen. One would have sup
posed that Christ would have made more
| gradual descent coming from heaven first
| TO n half way world OF great magnitude,
then to CRsar's palace, then TO merchants
| castle in Gaiilee, then 10 a private home in
Bethany, then TO n tishermans hut and last
of all TO stable. mol 1t was one leap from
the top to the bottom
Let us open the door of the clravausary
, in Bethlehem and drive away the cames.
| Press on through the group OF idlers and
Ioungers What . Mary! no lightf No
| light she says, save that which comes
! through tho door" What, Mary no food!
''Nonp.n she says, 'only that wnch was
| brought in the sack on the journey" Let tho
Bethlehem woman who has come in here
with kindly att ntions put back the covering
from the babe that we may look upon 1t.
Lookl Look Uncover your head. Lo5 us
/
Maryl Son OF Coil Child OF day-tnon-
arch OF eternity In that eye the glance of
! n God. Omnpotence sheath ii in that babes
arm. That voice to be changed from the
feeble plant to the tone that shall wake the
dead. Hosannal Hosannal
The second installment paid for our souls
| clearance was the scene in Quarantania, u
| mountainous region, full oil caravans, wher3
there are to this day panthers and wild
| ,tr If ali In that nuSf,
there arme vita knife or gun or pistol. 1t
was there that Jesus went to think and to
pray. and it was there that this monster OF
| hell-more sly, more terrific than anything
| that prowled in the country-Satan him sell,
met Christ.
The rose in the cheek OF Christ-that Pub
| lius Lentullus, IN his letter to the Roman SEN
ate, ascribe to Jesus-that rose had scat,
tered its petals. Abstinence from food had
thrown Him into emaciation. A long absti-
nence from food recorded in profane history
| is that of the crew of the SHIP Juno; for
twenty-three days they had nothing &c eat
But this sufferer had tasted a month and ter
days before He broke fast. Hunger mus
have agonized every fioer OF tho body anc
gnawed on the stomach with teeth OF death
The thought of a morsel OF bread or inca
must have thrilled the boly with something
like ferocity. Turn out q pack OF men hun
had strength with ono yell they would d,
YOUR you as a lion a kid.
1t was in that pang of hunger that Jesu
was accosted, and satan said, "Now chang
these stones, which look like bread, into a
actual supply of bread" Had the tempta
ton come to you and mo under these cir
cumstances, we would have cried, BREAD
shall be" and been almost impatient at til
time taken for mastication. But Chris
with one hand beat back the hunger, an
with the other hand sat back the monarch
of darkness. Oh, We tempted onesl Chris
was tempted. We are told that Napoleon
ordered a coat of mail made, but he was no
quite certain that it was impenetrable, 50 h
said to the manufacturer of the coat o
mail, Put it on now yourself, and let u
try it," and with shot after shot from hi
own pistol the E nperor found out that /
was just what it preten1ed 10 be-a goo
coat of mail Then the man received
large reward.
bless God that the same coat Of mai
that struck back tho weapons Of temptation
from the head OF Christ we may now al
wear; for Jesus comes anl says: II hav
been tempted and / know what it Is TO b
tempted. Take this robs that defended mi
and wear it for yourselves. l shall SO
through all trials and shall see you throu Z
oil temptations"
DuI, says satan SUlll IuTCueT 10 jesus
''come and will show you something wort
looking at. and after half days journe,
they came to Jeru salem and to the top o
the temple. Just as ono might go up in tn
tower OF Antwerp an look Off upon Belgium
so satan brought Christ to thu top OF thu
temple. Some people at great height fet
dizzy, and strange disposition to jump;
satan comes to Christ in that very crisis
Standing there at the top Of the temple the
look off, A magnificent reach Of country
Grain fields, vineyards. olive groves, fores
and streams, cattle in the valley, focks O
the hills and villages and cities and realms.
SNOW" says satan, "rll make bargain
3 Just jump Off know it is great wa
, from the top OF tho temple to the vale,
but IL you are divine you can fly. Jump of
1t won't hurt you. Angels viii catch you