Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1896-05-02
"CHRIST'S EXILB,"
DR.. TALMAGE'S SUNDAY THEME,
Christ Was Nere. More Honored or
More Popular or More Loved
Than the Day He Left /
Heaven.

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Far up and fat pack IN the history q
heaven there ~:ine 2 period when it, most
citizen was about to absent Him
se1. tie was not going 20 sail frer-. beach to
heachs We have often donc.nat. He was not
going 70 pnt cut FIN one hemisphere 10 an
":her hertrrnere: nany Of US have done
that But He was 70 sail from world 70
World, the spaces tnexplnr"t and the i'm
inensitie3 untrave!ef 10 world mas ever
hailed heaven -H1 heaven has never hailed
any o'hct world. l think that the win
d"oe and the balconies We're ~th-ct9ed,
and that the pearly beach f,as crowded
with those va" Int ONE 70 see Him sail
oct OF tDa t'l.or d light into the ocean
heycr" Dat and out and out. and on
tHi Oh ailt Oh. and down and down and
down He sped. until ore night. with only
one TO greet Him when He arrived, His dis
eEnbarkatiou 50 1npre,end,n2 SO quiet that
il vas not kacwn IN earth unti' the excite
!nent in tho cloud gave .nHmatiOn TO the
Dethlehen r17tice thai something grand and
glceious had tspreaei. Who comes there?
From what ;~trt did He sail? WIZ was this
the place Of His destination? Iquesttor the
Shepherds I question the c"mel drivers. I
question the angels ihave found out. He
was an exile But the world had plenty of
exiles Abraham. An exile from Haran;
Fchn, an exile from Ephesus; Koscinsko. an
exile fro:C Poland; Mazzini. an exile from
Rome: Emmett. an exile frou Ireland; Victor
Hugo. an exile fr"Tr Vance. kOssuth. al ex-
lie from But this one Of whom /
Sp"af day had such resembling farewell
md cane into such chilling reception for
hot even a host!or went out with his lantern
- light Him III that He is moret to be "ele-
hTat"i than any other cSpatriafed exile nf
earth Gr heaven.
First. I rema,h that triis, wae an I'm
p.riat exile H 90. towr of q throne. He
took Of = tia-a. He closed a palace gate be-
hir' Him. His family were princes and
irince>,tSe. Nashti was turned out Of the
lhroneroon lv Ahasuerus. David was de-
thronel by Atsalom's iufamv. The five
kings were hurled into a-rnvern rv Joshua's
courage. Sorerf the Ferrys Of England
and soma nfttd 1ouis0 OF France wese joetlel
OF theif thrones by disconnected subjects.
lux Christ was never more h0nOred or more
popular Or more loved than the day He left
heaven. EXiies have suffered severely. but
Christ turned Himself ont from ttroneroom
INTO sheep pen. and down from the top to
the bottom. He was not pushed off. He
was not manacled Tor foreign transportation:
he was not pnt nut because they no mere
wanted Hun in celestial domain. but by
choice, departing ami descending into IA
exile tive times as long rs that Of Napoleon
ut 81. Helena. and Il Thousand times worse
the one exile suffering for that he had de-
= -NtAtic1l@. tilt III A. III lis L
cause Hncalne to save a world. An imperial
exile. King eternal "Blessinv and honor
and glory and power be unto Him that sit
teth upon the throne.'
But | gn farther and tell you He VAS AZ
exile on q barren island. This world is one
Of the smallest islands of light in the ocean
"f immensely. Other stellar kingdoms are
many thousand times larger than this.
Christ came to this small ratmOp Of a world.
When exiies are sent ontsfhey arc generally
sent y regions that are sandy or cold or hot
some Dry Tort'igas Of disagrecahleness,
Christ cnme Rs an exile TO II world scorched
with heat and bitten with cold. to deserts ST
moon SWEPT. TO a bowling wilderness. 1t was
the back dOCryard seemingly of the universe.
Yea. Christ came to 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 To such a land rs America or England OF
France or GERMANY, but t. a and une-third
OF the year drowned, another third Of the
year burned up, and only one-thirI Of ths
ytar just tolerable. Oh, it WAS the barren
island Of a world, Barren enough for Christ
for 1t gave such small worship and such in,
adequate affection, and such little gratitude
Imperial exile on the barren island Of !;
world. The earth against Him..
I go further and tell YOU that He was al
exile IN a hbstiie country. Turkey was never
SO much against Russia. France was never sc
much against Germany. as this earth wa:
against Christ. It took Him in through the
door Of q stable 1t thrust Him out at the
point Of a spear. The roman Government
against Him with every weapon of it's arm
md every decision OF its courts and ever,
'eak Of lis WAY eagles. For years after Hi
rival the only question was how best #
lut Hin ont. Herod hated Him. the hief
priests hated Him. the Pharisees hated Him
Judas Israriot hated Him. Gc-tas. the dyins
thief. hated Him. The whole earth seem
insly turned into a detective to watch Hi
steps. And yet He faced this f~erocity. Motto,
that most of ChriSts wounds We're in front
Some cuurging on the shoulders. but mos
OF Christ's wounds in front. He was not OF
retreat when He expired. Face to face will
the worlds ferocity Face to face with tn
worlds sin Face TO face with the world
woe. His eyes IN the raging counte
nance@ - His foaming antagonists whel
He expired. When the cavalry office
rowelel his steed 50 that he nigh
come nearer ~ and see the tortured visag,
Of the suffering exile. Christ saw il. Whel
the srear WAS thrust AZ His side. and whel
the -amm"r Was lifted Tor His Ieet. and whe.
the reed was raised 10 strike deeper dow
the spikes IF thorn. Christ watchedthe whol
procedure. When His hands We're fastene,
10 the cross they were wide open still witt
heueiie:ion. Mine YOU. His head was no
fastened. He could look to the right an,
He could look 70 the left. He could look u
and He could lcok down. He saw when til
spikes had heeH driven hone. and the hare
round. iron heads were in the palms Of HI
hands. He saw them as plainly as YOU eve
saw anything in tho palms Of your hand
NJ ether. no chloroform. no mercifui ana;
ihetic 10 duh or stupefv. but. wide awake
He saw the observation Of the heavens. tn
E~nhalancinG of the rocks. the couutenance
quiverinc with rage and the cachinnatio
tiahollr. oh. il was the hostile as we'll a
the barren island Of q world.
| 60 farther and tell YOU that this e2i
WAS far from home. II is IS. 600. 900 nils
from here To the sun. and all astronOne
agree IN saving that our solar system Is on.
one q the smaller wheels Of the great u;
chiuery e the universe turning around SON
Cao great center. the center 50 far distant
j. heyoni all Imagination and calculation
and i, ~ some think. that great center
the distance * heaven. Christ came far fro
home when H came here. Have YOU eI'
thought y the hpr e>ickness Of Christ? Son
p q wa An1v What honeslrkDess i when =
> nave been oriv 2 few weeks absent from Il
dome>tie circle. Christ was tnlTv-thr
: yea- away from home Some q YOU fe
heTe>i.Nce9s when YOU are a hundred o.
Thousand Mites away from the Iom.ST