The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-01-14
ALNAoE's SERMON.
II Ye know the grace Of our Lord Jesus
Christ, that, though He was rich, vet for
your sakes He became poor. - nc orinthi-

s .IlaL I'LL tile WOIl0S WliCl1 OLD ScOl1A "a
winter night make the hehvens one,
grea t. glitter are without inha bitants
is an absIlldity. Scientists tell us chat
many Of these worlds are too hot or too
cold or too rarefied of atmosphere for Il
residence. But, il not fit for human
abode they may lie fit for beings diff
ferent from and superior to ourselves
We are told that the world Of Jupiter
is changing and becoming fit for Great
uTes like the human race, and that
Mars would do for the human family
with q little change in the structure of
our respiratory organs But that there
lis a great world swung somewhere,
vast beyond ina .,ination, and that it
is the Headquarters Of the universe,
and the metropolis Of ilnmensity, and q
has a popula ton in numbers vast be-
You'd all statistics, and appointments
of splendor beyond the capacity OF can
vas or poem or angel to describe, is as
certain as the Bible is authentic. Per-
haps some of the astronomers. with
their big telescopes, have already
caught glimpse of it. not knowing.
what it is. g5 We spell it with six letters
and pronounce it heaven.
That is where Prince Jesus lived
nineteen centuries ago. He was the
Kings son. 1t was the old homestead
Of eternity, and all its castles We're as
4. old as God. Not a frost had ever
chilled the air. Not a tear had ever
rolled down the; cheek of one OF its in
habitants. There had never beer a
i headache. OF suicide or a heartache.
4 There had not been a funeral in the;
i memory Of the Oldest inhabitant.
I. There I'll had never in all the land been 1rl
i woven a black VEIL for there had never
L q ~ with n
i passage of millions OF years had not
wlinkled or crippled or bedinmed any
. Of it's citizens. All the people there
Il We're in a state Of eternal adolescence.
i What floral and pomcnic richness!
i Gardens Of perpetual bloom and or
q chard in unending fruitage. Had
some spirit from another world en-
tered and asked: ''What is sin? What
is bereavement? What is sorrow?
q What is death?'' the brightest of the
intel1,genccs would have failed to give
definition, though to study the question
there was silence in heaven for half an
hour. i.$5 R .55.,5
The Prince Of HON I, speak had
i honors, emoluments scclanations,
) such as no other prince celestial or
!, terrestrial, ever enjoyed. AS lie passed
, the street. the inhabitants took off
: their brow garlands Of white lilies ana
: threw them in his way. He never. en-
tered any of the temples without all of
q the WorshiEers rising UP and bcWing IL
obesiance. In all the professions Of
q tile high days he was the SOne WlC
4 evoked the loudest WELDON @. Some
J times on foot walking III loving talk
with the humblest of The land, but al
u other times lie took chariot and amCna
Il the twenty thousand that the Psallnis
j spoke Of, his was the swiftest and mos
4 4 f1amiuiy; or, rs when ST. John described
= him, lie took white palfry with wba
9 4 pIaEce OF foot and arch CT neck, ant
: roll of name, and CLEAN Of eye, is onl!
i dimly suggested in the Apocalypse
8 He was not like otter princes, Waitin:
= for the father. to die and then take TIL
throne. " hen, years ago. IN artist il
= Germany made a picture far the Roya
7. Gallery, representing Emperor Will
n lam on the throne, and the crow
d prince as having one foot on the ste]
~ of the throne, Emperor William OF
y dered the picture changed. and said
!, "Let the prince Keep his foot eff til
I, throne until leave it,
- Already enthroncl was the heavenl
ID: prince, side by side with the Father
" What a circle of lominion! Wlla
n. lnllltltudcs Of admirers! What unent
n. luS 3IOuuu Ol# SlOIlCS. AL inc tOWtl
q. cllimed With the Princes praises.
: = all the inhabitants, from the center {
~ the city on over the hills and clea
ne down to the beach against which til
IN ocean of immensely rolls its billoW
ID. the Prince was the acknowledged +;
at vOrite. No wonder my text says Il
: was rich' Set all the diamonds of ii
earth in one scepter; build all the pa
- aces of the earth in one Alhanbr:
60 gather all the pearls of the sea in OF
lis diadem; put all the values of the cart
he in one coin, the aggregate could n
he express his atfluence. Yes. st. Pa
ha was right. Solomon had in gold f6Ss
600, 900, and in silver f1,O29,377.O0
.. But a greater than Solomon is mel
Ell Not the millionaire but the owner
en all things. To describe his celesti
;ed surroundings the Bible uses all color
nd gathering them in rainbow over t
ere throne and setting them as agate
~ the temple window, and hosting tive:
- Of them in a wall, from striped jasp
- - at the base to transparent amethyst
n, the capstone. While between are gre
'ng of emerald and snow Of pearl, a
Der blue Of sapphire, and yellow of top;
md gray of chlsoDrasc. and flame of Il.
cinth All the loneliness of landsca
in foliage and river, and rill. and
s enchantment aqua :larlne, the sea
nm. glass mingled with fire. as when I
q. sun sinks in the Mediterranean.
al tile thrill OF music, iDstrume entail 4
Der vocal, harps. II Ynpets. doxologi
'isit There stood the Prince. surrounded
wns those who had under their wings
blIc velocity Of millions of miles in Il S
,.na |, ond, himself rich in love, ricl, in ado
=, ton, rich in #poWe', rich i'll worsh
4 rich in holiness. rich in tsall the Il
nan nan ness Of the lsodhead bodily. Y
! e But one day there was a big disas
nJaa: in department Of Gods universe.
una race had fallen! A world in ruins! {
ad. planet the scene of catastrophe!
.to. globe swinging out into darkness, "
~ mountains, and seas. ard islands,
- awful centrifugal of sin seeming
1 s.r:S oyerpoWer the beautiful tripetal
tnS righteousness, and from it grt
ette reached heaven Such sound
never been heard there. Plenty
sweet sounds, but never an outcry
distress or an echo of agony Att
nae one groan the Prince rose from all
for: blissful circumja cehce, and started
sur the outer gate and descended into