The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-30
TALMAGE's SERMON.
The Experience of the Saviour as
en- Exile.
Compared with Other Exllcs He was the
Most Forlorn--Hls Hopeless sur
roundinss on the Arid
Plains of Palestine.

the Gospel may be set. DIR. Talmages
latest sermon shows another way In
which the earthly experience OF our
Lord is set forth. His text was IL.
Samuel, XIV, II:
And the king went forth and tarriea In
place which was far on
Far mn and far back in the history
of Heaven there came period when
its most illustrious citizen was ABOUT
to absent Himself He was not going
to sail from beach to beach; we have
often done that. He was not going to
mt 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 pcarly
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 out, and on
and on and on, and down and down
and down He sped, until one night,
with only one to greet Him, when lie
arrived, His Decentralization so UMPIRE
tending, so quiet, that 1t 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.
l question the camel drivers. question
| the angels. have found ont. lie 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,
an exile from Rome; Emmett, an exile
from Ireland; Victor Hugo, an exile
from Hungary. But this one OF whom
| l 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 moro to be celebra ted
than any other expatriated exile OF
earth or Heaven.
First. / remark that Christ was an
imperial exile. He got down of a
throne. He took of tiara. He closed
n palace gate behind him His family
were princes. and princesses. Vashti
was turned out of the throne room by
Ahasuerus. David was dethroned by
!. Absalom's infamy. The FIVE kings were
hurled into a cavern by Joshuas cour
age. Some of the Henrys of England
: and some of the Louises OF Francs
. were iostled on their thrones by dis
contented subjects. But Christ wa
| never more honored, or more popular
: or more loved than the day He LEI
$ Heaven. Exiles have suffered severely
r but Christ turned Himself out from
throne room into sheep pen, ant
down from the top to the bot
; tom. He was pushed off. II
c was not manacled for foreigl
: TRANSFORMATION. He was not put GU
n because they no more wanted Him u
a celestial domain, but by choice depart
!, ing and descending into an exil nv
!. times as long as that of Napoleon
:. st. Helena, and thousand times worse
= the one exile suffering for that he ha
:, DESTROYED nations, the other exile SUI
:, fering because He came to save
{, world. An imperial exile. King etel
= nal. blessing and honor aud glor
u and power be unto Him that sittet
y upon the throne"
i But l go further, and tell you b
was an exile on q barren island. Tn
:" world is one of the smallest islsne
D. of light in the ocean OF immensit,
NJ other stellar kingdoms are man
thousands times larger than thi
III Christ came to this small Patmos OF
in world. When exiles are sent out the
Dr. are generally sent to regions that Al
III sandy or cold, or hot-some Dry To
tupas of disagreeableness. Chri
came as an exile to world scorchs
8. with heat and bitten with cold,
mr. deserts simoon-swept, to a howlir
~ wilderness. It was the back-door var
a seemingly, of the universe. Yea, Chri
or came to the poorest part of this BARR
- island of a world-Asia Minor, wi
D. its intense summers, unfit for {
residence of a native. Christ car
ne not to such a land as America, or E
- gland, or France, or Germany, but
10 land one-third of the year browne
-, another third of the year burned
~ ~ and only one-third Of the year j.
la tolerable. Oh! it was the barren isla
of a world. Barren enough for Chri
for it gave such small worship q
lie such inadequate affection, and So
JUS little gratitude. Imperial exile on
A barren island Of world.
,sa go further, and tell you that
w.. was an exile in hostile country. I
W.. kew was never 50 much against 4
STA. France was never so much agail
Germany, as this earth was agaf
~ Christ. 1t took Him in through
~ door of stable. 1t thrust Him out
=. :. the point of spear. The Roman g
IN eminent against Him with ev
inc weapon of it's army, and every decis
ur - of it's courts, and every beak OF
ms war eagles. For years after His
ma rival, the only question was
ner best to put him out. Herod ha
de- Him, the high priest hated Him,
cry Pharisees hated Him, Judas Iscal
pm hated Him, Gestas. the dying tn
re- hated Him. The whole earth sc
me ingly turned into detective to wa
and His steps. And yet He faced this
Dot, rocity. Notice that most OF Chr
int wounds were in front. Some sco'
d. ing on the shoulders. but most
Christ's wounds in front. He was