St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-06-13
IALMAGE'S SERMON.
Tho ExpeEiencs Of the Saviour q
m Exile.

Tho Experisncs Of the Saviour =
m H1ile.
Compared VITA OtAsr Eziles Hs wes ~
Aoss Feeioen-Hls Hopeases 6as-
rosnAlngs - ~ Aria
f1ains ~ Palestine
It IS wonderful to how many tunes
tho Gospel may be set DR.. Talmage'a
latest sermon shows another way in
which the earthly experience Of our
Lord is set forth. His text was II.
Samuel, xv., IL:
And the king went forth aad earried In 4
place which was far "a.
Far up and far back in the history
Of Heaven there came = period when
its most illustrious citizen wns about
to absent Himself. He was not going
to sail from beach to beach; we have
often done that He was not going ia
put out from one hemisphere to an
other hemisphere; many Of us have
done that. But He was to sail from
world to world, the spaces unexplored
and the -hemispheres untraveled. No
world has ever hailed heaven, and
heaven has never hailed any other
world. think that the win
dows and the balconies were
thronged, and that the pearly
beach was crowded with those
who had come to see Him sail out Of
the harbor Of light into the ocean be-
yond- Out and out and ont, and on
and on and on, and down and down
and down He sped, until one night,
with only one to greet Him, when He
arrived, His disembarkat ion SO UMPIRE
tending, SO quiet, that it was not
known ON earth until the excitement
in the cloud gave intimation to the
bethlehem rustics that something
grand and glorious had happened.
Who comes there? From what port did
He sail? Why was this the place of His
destination? Questions the shepherds.
Iquestion the camel drivers. question
the angels have found out. He was
an exile. But the world had plenty of
exiles. Abraham, an exile from Har-
an; John, an exile from Ephesus; Kos
ciusko, an exile from Poland; Mazzini,
m exile from Rome; Emmett, an exile
from Ireland; Victor Hugo, m exile
from Hungary. But this one of whom
speak to-day had such resounding
farewell and came into such chilling
reception for not even an hostler
went out with his lantern to light Him
in-that He is more to be celebra ted
than any other expatriated exile Of
earth or Heaven.
First. / remark that Christ was nm
imperial exile. He got down off =
throne. He took of tiara. He closed
. palace gate behind him. His family
were princes and princesses. Vashti
was turned out Of the throne room by
Ahasucrus. David was dethroned by
Absalom's infamy. The five kings were
hurled into q cavern by Joshua's cour-
age Some of the Henrys of England
and some Of the Louiscs of France
were jostled on their thrones by dis
subjects. But Christ was
never more honored, or more popular,
or more loved than the day He left
Heaven. Exiles have suffered severely,
but Christ turned Himself out from
throne room into sheep pen, and
down from the top to the bot
tom. He was pushed of. He
was not manacled for foreign
He was not put out
because they no more wanted Him in
celestial domain, but by choice depart
ing and descending into an exil five
times as long rs That of Napoleon at
St. Helena, and = thousand times worse.
the one exile suffering for that he had
nations, the other exile suf-
fering because He came to save
world An imperial exile. King eter-
nal blessing and honor aud glory
and power be unto Him that stitch
upon the throne"
But l 20 further, and tell you he
was m exile on . barren island. This
world Is one of the smallest islands
IF light in the ocean Of immensely.
Other stellar kingdoms are many
times larger than this.
Christ came to this small Patmos of =
world. When exiles are sent out they
ire generally sent to regions that are
sandy or cold, or hot-somc Dry Tor
.ugas of disagreeableness. Christ
anne IS m exile to a world sc0rchods
with heat and bitten with cold. to
deserts simoon-swcpt, to = bowling
It was the back-door yard,
of the universe. Yea, Christ
:ame to the poorest part of this barren
sland of world-Asia Minor, with
is intense summers, unfit for the
residence of q native. Christ came
not to such land as America, or En-
gland, or France, or Germany. but to
J land onc-third Of the year drowned,
another third Of the year burned up,
md only one-third of the year Just
tolerable. Oh! it was the barren island
IF . world. Barren enough for Christ,
Tor it gave such small worship and
such inadequate affection, and such
little gratitude. Imperial exile on tho
barren island Of world.
/ go further, and tell you that He
was an exile in hostile country. Tur-
Key was never SO much against Rus
sin, France was never 20 much against
Germany, Is this earth was against
Christ. It took Him in through the
door OF . stable. It thrust Him ont It
The point Of : spear. The Roman gov
against Him with every
weapon of its army, and every decision
Df its courts, and every beak Of its
war eagles. For years after His ar
rival, the only question was how
best to put him out. Herod hated
Him, the high priest hated Him, the
Pharisees hated Him, Judas Iscariot
hated Him, Gestas. tho dying thief,
ha ted Him. The whole earth seem
ngly turned into . detective to watch
His steps. And yet He faced this fe-
rocity. Notice that most Of Christ's
were in front Some scourg-
ing on the shoulders. but most Of
christ's wounds In front. He was not
IN retreat when He expired. Face to
lace with the worlds ferocity. Face
10 face with the worlds sin.
Face IN face with fAA xrnrld,e