Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-04-25
CHRISI'S SAD EXILE.
THE LONG ExPATRIATION WAS DR..
TALMAGE'S SUNDAY THEME.
when the King Wont Forth md Tarrled
In Place Which Was Far On-Christ's
Great Homesickness-From tho Throne
room to the Sheep Pom.

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In Place Which Was Far On-Christ's
Great Homesickness-From the Throne
room to the Sheep Pom.
WASHINGTON, April 19.-It is won
derful to how many tunes the gospel
may be set. DR.. Talmage's sermon to,
day shows another way in which the
earthly experience Of our Lord is SET
forth. His text was II Samuel XIV, II,
"And the king went forth and tarried
in place which was far off. "
Far up and fur back i'll the history OF
heaven there came period when Its
most illustrious citizen was about to alb
sent himself. He was not going to sail
from beach to beach; we have often
done that. Hc was not going to put out
from one hemisphere to another heIni-
sphere; many of us have done that But
he was to sail from world to world, the
spaces uncxplored and the immensitles
untraveled No world has ever hailed
heaven, and heaven has never hailed
any other world. 1 think that the win
dows and the balconies were throngcd,
and that the pcarly beach was crowded
with these who had come to see him sail
out of the h;ubor of light into the ocean
beyond. Out and out and out, and OH
and Oh and OH, and down and down and
down he sped, until one night, with
only one to greet him when he arrived,
his Decentralization so unpretending, SC
quiet that it was not known on earth
until the excitement in the cloud gave
intimation TO the Bethlehem rust g that
something grand and glorious had %
pened Who comes there? From who.
port did he sail? Why was this the place
of his destination? l question the shcp-
herds. question the camel drivers. l
question tie angels. l have found out.
He was an exile But the world had
plenty of cxiles Abraham, an exile
from Haran; John, an exile from Ephe-
sus; Kosciusko, III exile from Poland
MazZini, an exile from Rome; Emmett,
an exile from Ireland; Victor Hugo an
exile from France; Kossuth, an exile
from Hungary. But this one of whom
speak today had such resounding fare
well and came into such chilling recep-
tion-for not even II hostler went out
with his lantern to light him in-that
he is more to be celebrated than any 9TH
er expatriated exile of earth or heaven.
From Throneroom to Sheep Pen.
First, l remark that Christ was an
imperial exile. He got down off q
throne. He took Off tiara. He closed a
palace gate behind him. His family
were princes and princesses. Vashti was
turned out Of the throneroom by Ahas-
uerus. David was dethroned by Absa-
lom's infamy. The five kings were
hurled into Il cavern by Joshua's cour-
age. Some of the Henrys of England
and some Of the Louis of France were
jostled on their thrones by discontinued
subjects. But Christ was never more
honorcd or more popular or more loved
than the day he left heaven. Exiles
have suffered severely, but Christ turned
himself out from throneroom into sheep
pen, and down from the top to the bot
tom. He was not pushed off. He was
not manacled for foreign spcrtation.
He was not put out because they no
moro wanted him in celestial domain,
but by choice, departing and descending
into an exile five times as long as that
of Napoleon at St Helena, and thou
sand times worse-the one exile suffering
for that he had destroyed nations, the
other exile suffering because he came to
save world. An imperial exile. King
eternal. Blessing and honor and glory
and power be unto him that stitch up
on the throne. y
But go farther and tell you he was
an exile on barren island. This world
is one of the smallest islands of light
in the ocean of immensely. Other stel-
lar kingdoms are many thousand times
larger than this Christ came to this
small Patmos CT world. When exiles
are sent out, they are generally sent to
regions that are sandy or cold or hot
some Dry Tortugas of disagreeableness.
Christ came as an exile to Il world
scorchcd with heat and bitten with
cold, to deserts sinoom swept, to a
bowling Wilderness 1t was the back
dooryard seemingly of the universe
Yea, Christ came to the poorest part OF
this barren island of world-Asia
Minor, with its intense summers, unit
for the residence Of foreigner and in
the rainy season unfit for the residence
of native. Christ came not to such a
land as America or England or France
or Germany, but to Il land onethird OF
the year drowned, another third of the
year burned up, and only one-third of
the year just tolcrable. Oh, it was the
barren island of world! Barren enough
for Christ, for it gave such small wor-
ship and such inadequate affection, and
such little gratitude Imperial exile Oh
the barren island of world.
The Earth Against Him.
1 go farther and tell you that he was
all exile in hostile country. Turkey
was never so much against Russia,
France was never so much against Ger
many, as this earth was against Christ.
1t took him in through the door of a
stable. 1t thrust him out at the point OF
spear The Roman government against
him with every weapon of its arm, and
every decision Of its courts and every
baak of its war eagles. For years after
his arrival the only question was how
best to put hin out. Hcrod hated him,
the high priests hated him, the Phaisees
hated him, Judas Iscariot hated him.
Gestas, the dying thief, hated him. The
whole earth seemingly turned into de-
tectivc to watch his steps. And yet he
faced this fcrocity. Notice that most OF
Christ's wounds were in front. Some
scourging on the shoulders, but most OF
Christ's wounds III front. He was not
on retreat when he expired Face to face
with the worlds ferccity. Face to face