The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-01-08
BLOODliD.
we Are All the Children OF tho
Groat King.
And Our CoGt-sf-Arms is the Grandest
Of AIl--scrhion by Rev. r. de-
witt Talmage, II. u.

The subject OF DIR. Talmagc's sermon
IN Sunday was: Royal Blood, and his
text: Judges viii, rs: Each one re-
sembled the children OF king"
Zebah and Zalmunna had been Oft TO
battle, and when they came back they
were asked what kind OF people they
had seen. They answered that the peo-
ple had royal appearance; each one
Iescmbled the children OF king"
s,and to-day before many who have
tais appearance. Indeed, they are the
sons and daughters OF the Lord Al
mighty. Though now in exile, they
shall vet 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 in the last
generation. The family OF the Mcdici
stood as their representative Of letters
The family of the Rothschilds is signiii.
cant of wealth. the loss of $40, O0O 600
In lS4s putting them to no inconven-
fence, and within n few years they have
loaned Russia Sl2, OOo, 900. Naples SIS, &.
900, 600, Austria $40 900, 600. and Eng
land 5000, 600, O00; and the stroke OF
their pen on the countng.room desk
shakes everything from the Irish sea 10
the Danube. They open their hand,
and there is war; they shut il, and
there Is peace. The house of lIapsburg
In Austria, the house of Stuart in Eng
land, the house Of Bourbon IN France
were families OF imperial authority.
But come To preach of n family
more potential, more rich and more ex-
tensivc-thc Royal House of Jesus of
whom the whole family in Heaven and
on earth Is named. We are blood rcla-
tons by the relationship Of the Cross;
all Of us are the children of the King
First speak Of our family name.
When we sec the descendant Of some
one greatly colc brated in the last cen
fury we look at him with profound in
tercst TO have had conqucrors, kings
or princes in the ancestral limo give
lustcr 20 the family name. In our
line was king or conqucror, The
Star in the East with baton of light
woke up the eternal orchestra that
made music at His birth. From thence
lie started forth to conquer all nations,
not by trampng them down, hut by
lifting them mp 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 cavalcadc that bring them to the
gates in triumph
Our family name takes lustcr from
the state that heralded him, and the
spear that pierced him, and the crown
'that was given him II gathers fra
GRANGE from the frankinccnse brought
20 his cradle, and the lilies that flung
their sweetness into his sermons, and
the box of alabastcr that broke at his
feet The Comforter ut Bethany. Tho
Rcsurrcctor at Main The supcrnat-
ural OculiSt at Bethsaida. The
Saviour of ono world, and the Chief
JOY of another The storm his
frown. The sunlight His smile. The
spring morning His breath. The earth
quake the stamp of his foot The
thunder the whisper OF his voice, The
ocean a drup on the end of His finger
Heaven sparkle on the bosom OF his
love. Eternity the twinkle of His eye
The universe the flying dust OF His
chariot-whccls. Able To hear heart
break, or hush a tempest or drown
world, or food immensely with HIS
glory What other family name could
ever boast Of such IN illustrious per
Sonagc?
Henccforth swing out the coat OF
arms, Great families wear their coat
Of arms on the dress, or on the door Oh
the coach. or on the helmet when they
go out 10 battle, or on flags and cnsigns
The hcraldc sign is sometimes llon'
or II dragon, or an eagle. Our coat OF
arms worn right over the heart mere
after shall lie cross n lamb standing
under Il and dove flying over II
Grandest of all cscutchcons! Most sig
niRcant of all family coats OF arms y
. In every battle must have IT blazing
on my nag-thc dove, the cross the
lamb; and when fall wrap me in that
good old Christian flag, SO that the
family coat Of arms shall be right over
my breast, that all the world may sec
that I looked 10 the dove OF the Spirit
and chung To the cross, and depended
on the Lamb OF God, which taketh away
the sin of the world
Ashamed " Jesus that dear Friend
On whom INV hopes OF life depend;
No, when blush bo this my shame
That no more revere his name,
Next speak of the family sorrows
II trouble come 10 one member of th'
family, all feel IL. 1t Is the custom, M
ter the body is lowered into the grave
for all the relatives 10 come Ia the verge
A OF the grave and look down into II