St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-23
REV. DR.. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLN DIVINE'S SUNDAY
SERMON.
Subject: "RoyaI Blood"

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TEXT: Each one resembIpd the oh 3t7rey
| OF a king."-Judges viii, IS.
| Zebah and ZuImunna had been off t,
| battle, and when they came back they were
asked what kind OF people they had seen
They answered that the people had roya
| appearance; leach one resembleu the child
rem of king / stani to-day before man
who have this appearance Indeed, they
are the sons and daughters of the Lord Al
mighty. Though now in exile, they shalt
yet come to their thrones There are family
names that stand for wealth or patriotism
or intelligence. he name of Washington
means patriotism although some of the blood
OF that race has become very thin in the la st
generation. The family Of Medici stood as
the representative of letters.
The family of the Rothschlds is signifi-
cant Of wealth. the loss OF forty millions of
dollars in 1913 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 countinr
room desk shakes everything from the Irish
sea to the Danube. They open their hand.
and there is wa; they shut it. and there is
peace The house of Hapsburg in Austria,
the house Of Stuart in England, the house OF
Bourbon in France We're families of imperial
authority.
But come to preach of a family more
potential, more rich and more excessive
the royal house Of Jesus, of whom the whole
family in heaven and on earth is namei. We
are blood relations by the relationship of the
Cross; all of us are the children of the KIM.
First, Ispeak of our family name. When
we see descendant of some one greatly Gel
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 I'D tb,
eternal orchestra that made music at His
birth. From thence He started forth to con-
quer all nations, not by t:amping 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 l 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
aud 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 earthuuake the
stamp of His foot The thunder 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 flying dust of
His chariot wheels. Able to heal a heart
break, or hush tempest, or drown world |
or Hood immensely with His glory. What |
other family name could ever boast Of such |
an lllustrlous parsonage?
Henceforth, swing out the coat of arms; |
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 heraldc sign is sometimes
a hon, or dragon, or an eagle Our coat
Oh arms, worn right over the heart, hereaf-
ter snail be cross a lamb standing under
1t and a dove flying over it, Grandest OF all
Most significant of all family
coats OF arms" In every battle I must
nave 1t blazing on my aag-the dove, the
ross, the lamb, and when fall wrap ms in
hat good old Christian flag, so that the fam
~ coat OF arms shall be right over my breast,
nat all the world may see that l looked to
ne cove OF the spirit, and chung to the cross,
md depended upon the Lamb Of God, which
aketh away the sin of the world
Ashamed o: Jesus-that dear ;riend
On whom my hopes Of life depend;
No! when blush be this my shame
1hat no more revere His name.
Next | speak of the family sorrows. IF
rouble come to one member Of the family. |
II feel it. 1t is the custom, after the body
) lowered into the grave, for all the rela-
ives to come to the verge Of the grave AMI
ook down into it. First those nearest the
eparted come, then those next of kin, until
hey have all looked into the grave 50
'hen trouble and grief go down through the
cart of one member of the family. they 20
own through them all. The sadn ass OF one
the sadness of all.
A company OF persons join hands aroun
n electric battery; the two persons at the
ads of the line touch the battery, and all
lie circle feels the shock Thus, by reason
the filial, maternal and paternal relations
life, we stand so close together that when
ouble sets its battery all feel the thrill o:
stress. In the great Christian family tho {
rrow of one ought to be the sorrow OF all.
one prosecuted? All are prosecuted Does
le suffer loss? We all suffer loss. Is one ;
,reaved? We are all bereavel
Their Streaming eyes together flow
For human guilt and mortal woe !
If you rejoice at anothers misfortune /
~ are not one of the sheep, but one of tne
tatS and thp uI1itI,ra Of. hot oil | q