The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-05-15
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
TnE NOTED DIviNE's SUNDAY
DISCOURSE.


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Far up aud iar back ln tho history ol I
heaven there came period whoa g. most /
l illustrous Citizen was about 10 absent Hlm- .
SELF. Ho was not going 30 sail from beach % F.
hoachiw have often done that. ne was NOT /
| going 70 put out from one Hemisphere Co nn. /
| other hemisphere many OF as have done
that. But TO was 20 sail from world ID
/ world, the spaces unoxplorol and the im
menaltle8 untraveled. No world has even
l hailed heaven, and heaven has never hailed
any other world. 1 think that tho win.
/ doWs and the balconies were throngel
and that the poarly beach was crowded
with those who had come 10 see Him sall
out Of the harbor Of light into the ocean
beyond. Out and out and out, and on
nnd on aud on. and down and down and
down Ho sped, until one night, with only
. one 70 greet Him when do arrived, His dis
| embarkatlon 80 unprgiendlng 80 quiet that
u was not known on earth until the excite
/ ment Ia the cloud gave intimation 20 the
Bethlehem rustios that something grand and
glorious had happened Who comes thereY
From what port did He sall2 Why was this
I the place OF His destination j question the
shepherds. question the Gamer drivers.
question the angels. Ihaye found cut. He
was an exile. But the world had plenty OF
oXiles Abraham, an exile from Haran;
John. an exile from Ephesus; Kosciusko, an
exile from Poland; Mazzlni an exile from
Rome; Emmett, an exile from Ireland; Victor
Hugo, an exile from France; Kossuth, an exc
ile from Hungary. But this one OF whom i
speak to-day had such resembling farewell
aud came into such chilling rocepton-for
not even a hostler went out with hts lantern
10 light Hin in--that He Is more to be cele-
brated than any ether expatriated exile Of
earth OF heaven.
First, remark that Christ was an I'M
perial exile. He got down of a throne. He
took OF a tiara. He closed a palace gate be-
hind Him. His family were princes and
pHncessess. Nashtl was turned out OF the
throneroom by Ahasuerus David was de-
thronei by Absalom's .iniamy. The i've
kings were hurled into cavern by Joshua's
courage. Some of the Henrys Of England
and some OF the Louis OF France were iostled
I on their thrones by disconnected subjects.
But Christ was never more honored or moro
! 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 bottom. He was not pushed Off. He
was not manacled for foreign transportation.
He was not put ont because they no more
: wanted Him in celestial domain, but by
choice, departing aud descending into an
exile five times as long as that OF Napoleon
/ at st. Helena, aud q thousand times worse
Q stroyed Nations, the other exile suffering be-
, cause He came TO save a world. An imperial
exile. King eternal. blessing and honor
I and glory And power be unto Him that sit
= teth upon the throne, GlsaaHl2-f izaz-1sis7.,.
But 4 SO farther and tell you He was an
: exile On barren island This world is one
OF the smallest islands Of light ia the QceaI
u Of immensely. Other stellar Kingdoms az
i many thousand times larger than this
ri ma 10 oil Arrsn Of "a rorl a
/ When exiles are sent out, they are generally
> sent to regions that are sandy or cold or no
some Dry Tortugas Of disagreeableness
u Christ came as an exile TO a world scorcheC
a with heat and bitten with cold to deserts 81
moon swept, to bowling wilderness. II wa
l. the back doOryard seemingly Of the universe
Yea, Christ came to the poorest part of thi,
barren island of a wOrd-Asia Minor, will
). its intense summers. unfit for the Residence
Of foreigner, and in the rainy season unn
Il for the resdence-Of a native. Christ cam
n no. to such a land as America or England o
France or Germany, but to a land one-thirC
, Of the year drowned another third of tn,
,f year burned up, and only One-third Of tn
year just tolerabe. Oh, It was the barrel
II island Of world Barren enough for Christ
N for It gave such small worship and such in
adequate affection, and such little gratitude
y Imperial exile on the barren island OF
world The earth against Him.
/ 90 further and tell you that He was a
exile in hostile country. Turkey was neve
=. so much against Russia, France was never s
5 much against Germany, as this earth wa
c. against Christ It took Him in through tn
door of a stable. 1t thrust Him out at tn
rH point Of a spear. The Roman Governmen
If against Him with every weapon Of its arm
and every decision Of its courts and ever
at beak Of its war eagles. For years after HI
n arrival the only question was how best
put Him out. Herod hated Him, the hig
is priests hated Him, the Pharisees hated Hin
% Judas Iscariot hated Him, Gestas, the dyin
~ thief, hated Him. The whole earth seen
n ingly turned into a detective to watch II
steps, And yet He faced this ferocity. Motto
u that most of Christ's wounds we're in from
IT Some scourging on the shoulders, but mo-
OF Christ's wounds In front. He was not Q
d retreat when He expired. Face to face wit
ar the worlds ferocity. Face TO face with I'll
World'ssin. Face to face with the world
lie Woe, His eyes on the raging count
of nances Of His foaming antagonists whe
He expired. When the cavalry ofic
d, roweled his steed so that he migi
- come nearer up and see the tortured visal
70 Of the suffering exile, Christ saw 1t. WhC
IS the spear was thrust at His side, and whe
the hammer was lifted for His feet, and wht
~ the reed was raised to strike deeper dow
in the spikes Of thorn, Christ watched the who
procedure. When His hands were fastene
OF to the cross they were wide open still wit
ar benedic.ion. Mind you, His head was NJ
fastened. He could look to the right an
OF He could look to the left, He could look U
- and He could look down. He saw when Il
- spikes had been driven home and the har
ar round, iron heads were in the palms Of H
hands. He saw them as plainly as you ey
81 saw anything in the palms of your hand
ks No ether, no chloroform, no merciful anm
thetio to dull or stupefY, but, wide awak
al He saw the observation Of the heavens, Il
". unbalancing OF the rocks, the countenanc
" quivering with rage and the caehinnatiC
ne diabolic Oh, it was the hostile as well
20 the barren island of q world.
~ 60 farther and tell you that this exi
er was far from home. It is $4,000, 900 mil
4, from here to the sun, and all astronome
no agree in saying that our solar system is on
3st one OF The smaller wheels Of the great N
chnery Of the universe turning around sor
on one great center, the center 50 far distant
ed Is beyond all imagination and calculatio
and H. as some think, that great center