Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-20

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WCuCcriul % now many tunes INC GoS-
pei may be ses. Dr.. Talmage's sermon
to-day shows another way in which the
earthly experience Of our Lord is set
forth. His text was H. Sam, 15I7'
And the king went forth and tarried
in a palace which was far on
Far I'D and FAR back in the history OF
heaven. there came a period when Its
most illustriOus citizen was about 60
absent himself. He was not going 10
sail from beach TO beach; We have often
done that. He was not going 70 put
out from one hemisphere 30 another
bcmisDhere: many OF US have done thaJ.
But ne MAS 10 sail from world TO world
the spaces unexplOred and the lmmens-
tiles untraveled. No world has ever
hailed heaven. and heaven has never
hailed any other world. l think that
the windows and the balconies were
thronged. and that the pearly beach was
crowded with those who had come 10
see him sail out of the harbOr Of light
into the ocean beyond. Out and out
and out. and ON and on and on, and
down and down and down he sped, un-
Ill enc night. with only one to greet
him. when he arrived, his disembarka-
ZION so unuretepdins, so quiet, that II
was not known on earth until the eN-
cNeuent in the cloud gave intimation
10
THE BETHLEHEM RUSTICS
that something grand and glorious had
happened. Who comes there? From
wat port did he sail? Why was this
the place of his destination? question
the shepherds. I question the camel
divers question the angels. / have
found out. BE was an exile. But the
world had plenty Of cXileS Abraham,
~ exile from HarGn; John, an exile
from EphesuS: KOSciuSkO, an exile from
Poland: Nlazzini. an exile from Rome;
Victor Hugo. an exile from France;
kOSsuth. an exile from Hungary. But
this One of whom l speak to-day had
such resOunding farewell and came in
10 such chilling reception-for not even
a hostler went out with his lantern to
light him in-that he is more 10 be
celebrated than any other eXpatriated
exile of earth or heaven.
First, I remark that Christ was an
imperial exile. He got down off a
throne. He took off a tiara. He closed
a palace gate behind him. His family
were princes and princesses. Nashti
was turned out Of the thrOne-roOm by
AhasueruS. David was dethrOned by
AbsalOm's infamy. The five kings we're
hurled into a cavern by JoShua's cour-
age. Some of the Henrys of England
and some OF the LOuiSes of France were
JOSTLED ON'THEIR THRONES
by discontinued subjects. But Christ
was never more hOnored, or more pOpu-
lar. 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 bottom. He was
not pushed OF. He was not manacled
for foreign transportation. He was
not put out because they no more want
ed in celesJian domain, but by choice
departing and descending into an exile
five times as long as that of Napoleon
at ST. Helena. and a thousand times
worse; the one exile suffering for that
he had destroyed nations, the other eX-
lie suffering because ne came to save
a world An imperial exile. King
eternal. blessing and honor and glory
and power be unto him that stitch up
on the throne.
But l gO-further. and tell YOU he was
an exile on a barren island. This world
is one of the.smallest islands OF light in
the ocean Of immensely. Other stellar
Kingdoms are manE thousand times
larger than this. Christ came to this
small PatmOs of world. When eX-
lies are sent out they are generally sent
10 regions that are sandy or cold, or
hOt-sOme Dry TorUgas Of disagree
ableness.
CHRIST CAME As AN EXILE
TO a world ScOrched with heat and bit
ten with cold, TO deserts simoom- swept.
to a bowling wilderness. 1t was the
back door yard, seemingly, of the uni
verse. Yea. Christ came 20 the poorest
part Of this barren island OF a world
Asia Minor, with its intense summers,
unfit for the residence Of a foreigner,
and in the rainy season unfit for the
residence of a native. Christ came not
20 such a land as America, or England,
or France. or Germany. but to q land
One-third of the year drowned, another
third of the year burned up and only
one-third Of the year Just tolerable.
On, it was the barren island of a world.
Barren enough for Christ, for it gave
such small worship and such made
QUaue affection. and such little graft
tude. Imperial exile,On the barren ISL
and of a world.
go further. and tell you that he was
an 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 thrust him out at the point of a
spear. The Roman government against
him with every weapon of its army.
and every decision OF it's courts. and
every beak Of its war eagles. For years
after his arrival the only question was
HOW BEST TO PUT HIM OUT.
HerOd hated him. the high priests hated
him, Judas IscarioJ hated him, GeStas.
the dying thief. hated him. The whole
earth seemingly turned into a detective
10 watch his steps. And yet he faced
this feroCity. Notice that most of
Christ's wounds were in front. He
was nor on retreat when he expired.
Face TO face with the worlds ferocity.
Face TO face with the worlds sin. Face
10 face with the worlds woe. His eve
on the raging cCUntenances of his foam
ing antagonists when he expired. When
The cavalry officer rCweled his steed so
that he might come nearer up and see
the tortured visage Of the suffering ex-