Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-07-02
REV. DR.. 7ALMAGH.
The Eminent Brooklyn Divines SUM-
day Sermon.
Subject: "The Immense Cost" preached
in London.l

1ot NAtbtu fSdt ncti vi JQA SA9 3tOuA.
did all this cosiy' You see a costly diamond
flashing in an earring, or you hear n costly
dress rustlins across the drawing room, or
you see a high m sttlei span of horses har-
messed with silver aud god, and you begin
to make an estimate of lie value.
The man who owns a large estate cannot
instantly tell you all it is worth. He says,
Il will estimats SO much for the house, SO
much for the furniture, so much for laying
out the grounds, SO much for the stock, SO
much for the barn, so much for the equip
age-ai ding up in all making this agsrs-
gate
Well, my friends, | hear so much about
our mansion in heaven, about its furniture
and the grand surroun lings, that / want
to know how much il is all worth, and what
has actually been paid for it. | cannot
complete in a month nor a year the mag
niiicent calculation, but before | get through
to-day | hope to give you the figures. aye
are bought with n price
With some friend | went to your Tower
to look at the crown jewels. We walked
around. caught one glimpse of them, AMI
being IN the procession were compelled to
pass out. | wish that | could take this au-
dience into the tower of Go IS mercy and
strength that you might walk around just
once, at least, aud SEES the crown jewels OF
eternity, behold their brilliancy aut esti-
mate their value, "Ye are bought with a
price,
Now if you have a large amount of money
to pay, you do not pay it all at once, but
you pay it by installments-s much the
the first of January, SO much the first OF
April, SO much the first of July, so
much the first of October, until the entire
amount is paid, and | have to tell this
audience that you nave been bou hit with
a price," and that that prics was paid in
different Installments.
The first iustallment paid for the clear
ance of our souls was the ignoNinious birth
of Christ in Bethlehem. Taough we may
never be carefully looked after atterward,
our advent into the world is carefully guard
ed. We come into the world amid kindly
attentions. Privacy aud silence are af-
forded when God launches an immortal soul
into the world. Even the rou chest of men
know enough to stand back. But have to
tell you that in the village on the side of the
hill there was a very bedlam of uproar when
Jesus was born.
In a village capable of accommodating
only a few hundred people many thousand
peoI.e were crowded, and amid hostlers aud
muieteers AMI camel drivers yelling at
stupid beasts of burden tn, Messiah ap-
peared. No silence; no privacy. A better
adapted place hath the eaglet III the eyrie-
hath the whelp in the lions lair. The exile
of heaven lieth down unon straw. Tbs first
night out from the palace of heaven spent
in an outhousel One hour after laying
aside the robes of heaven, dressed in a wrap
per OF coarse linen. One would have sup
posed that Christ would have made a more
gradual descent, coming from heaven first
TO a half way world OF great magnitude.
then to CH iar's palace, then to a merchants
castle in Ga lice, then TO a private home IN
Bethany, then to a tisherman'S hut, and last
OF all to a stable. MOI 1t was one leap from
.he top TO the bottom.
Let us open the door of the -clravansary
in Bethlehem and drive away the camels.
Press on through the group of idlers aud
loungers. What, q Mary no light2 mo
light" she says, save that which comes
through the door, What, Mary no fool?
None she says. 'oniy that watch was
brought in the sack on the journey Let the
Bethlehem woman who has coma Ia hers
with kindly attentions put back the GOV ring
from the babs that we may look upon 1T,
Look Look Uncover your head. LIST us
kueel. Let all voices be hlshed. Son OF
Nary Son of Colt Child of n day-non-
arch of eternity In that eye the glance of
a God. O~muipotsnce sheathed in that babes
arm. That voice to be CANCEL from the
feeble plant to the ton that shall wake the
dead. Hosaunai Hosannal
The second lnstlllmen6 paid for QUE souVs
clearance was the scene in Quarantinia, "A
mountainous region, full OF caravans, whers
there are to this day panthers aud wild
beasts of all sorts, 50 That you must now go
there arme vita knife or gun or pistol. 1t
was there that Jesus went TO think and 10
pray. and il was there that this monster OF
hell-more sly, more terrific thai anythin ;
that proved IN the country-satan himself,
met Christ.
The rose IN the cheek of Christ-that Pub
Illus L%entuIlus, IN his letter to the Roman sem
ate, ascribe / TO Jesus-that rose had scat
tered its petals. Abstinence from fool had
thrown Him into emaciation. Along absti-
hence from food recorded in protans history
is that oil the crew of the ship juno; for
twenty three days they hal no5hing TO eat,
But this sufferer had tasted a month and ten
laws before He broke fast. Hunger mus
have agonlzeI every iioer OF tls body anc
guawed on the stomach with teeth OF death
The thought OF a morsel OF bread or inca
must ave thrille the boty with somsthtn5
like ferocity. Turn out "a pacS OF men hun
cry us Christ was a~-hungered, AMI II they
had strength, with one yell they woult de
our you as a lion a kid.
1t was in that pam of hunger that Jesu'
was accostsd, and satan sail, Now chang,
these stones, which look ike bread. into al
actual supply of bread" Hal the tempta
ton come to you aud ma under these cir
cumStancss, We would have cried, Bread i
shall be- and been almost impatient at the
time taken for masticition. But Chris
with one hand beat back the hunger, anc
with the other hlu1 beat back the monarch
of darkness. Oh, We tempted onesi Cnrist
was tempted. We are told that Napoleon
ordered "a coat of mail ma lie, but he was no
quite certain that it was impenetrable, 50 ha
said to the manufacturer Of thu coat OF
mail, Put it on now yourself, ani let u;
try it," aud with shot after shot fro n his
own pistol the Emperor found out that il
was Just what it pretended to be-a cool
coat of mail. Then the mar received a
large reward.
| bless God that the same coat of mail
that struck back the weapon of temptation
from the head of Christ we may now al
wear: for Jesus comes and says: Il have
been tempted, and | know what it is to be
tempted. Take this robs that defended ms
and wear it for yourselves. | shall SCI
through all trials and | shall see you throu It
all temptations"
But" says satan still further to Jesus
come and will show you something worth
looking at; and after a half days journey
they came to Jerusalem and to the top OF
the temple. Just as one might go up in the
tower OF Antwerp anilook off upon Belgium
so satan brought Christ to the ton OF the
temple. Some people at a great height feel
dizzy, and n strange disposition to jump: SC
satan comes to Christ in that very crisis
Standing there at the top of the temple they
look off. A magnificent reach of country.
Grain fields, vineyards, olive groves, forests
and streams, cattle in the valley, locks OF
the hills and villages and cities and realms.
Now" says satan, ''Pll make a bargain
Just jump off. l know it is a great way
from the top of the temple to the valley,
lint If vpi, ara iyiua vnt rnp Hy .Jumn off
1t won't hurt you. An gels will catch you.
Your Father will hold you. Besides, III
make you a large fortune il you will. I'll
give o Asia Minor, I'll give you China.
I'll give you Ethiopia, III give you Italy,
I'll give you Spain, I'll give you Germany,
I'll give you all the world" What a
temptation it must have BEEN
Go tomorrow morning AMI get in au
alteration with some wretch crawling up
from a gin cellar in the lowest part of your
city. NO. you say. 81 would not bemsan
myself by getting into such a contest" Then
think what the King of heaven and earth
endured when He came down and fought
the great wretch of hell, and fou yht him in
the wilderness aud on top of the temple.
But | bless God that in the triu nph over
temptation Christ gives Us thu assurance
that we too shalt triumph. Having Himself
been tempted, He is able 70 sucsor ali thoss
who are te npte1.
care not how great the height or how
vast tue depth, with Christ within us an
Christ bsneath US an | Christ above us and
Christ all ar5uo | us nothing can bstall Us in
the way OF harm. Christ Him self having
been in ths tempest will dslivsr all thOss
who put their trust in Him. be His
glorious name forever.
The third iustallmeut paid for our re.
demption was the Saviour's sham trial. l
call it a sham trial-there has never been
anything so in lec1nt or unfair in any
criminal court as was with assel at the trial
OF Christ. Why, they hustled Him into the
courtroom at . O'CLOCK 10 the morning. They
cnYe Him no tima for couns al. They gave