The Penn's Grove record., 1897-01-08
REV. DIR. TAIMAGE.
SUNDAYS DISCOURSE BY TUE
NOTED DIVINE.
Subject: "a Princes oareer.n

TEXT "Yo know the grace OF our Lord
Jesus Christ, that. though He was rich, yet
for YOU sake He became poor."-u Cor
inthians will, 9.
That oil the worlds which on q cold win
ters night make the heavens one great gilt
ter are without Inhabitants Is an aburdity.
scientists tell us that many of these worlds
are too hot or too cold or too rarefed Of at
mosphere for residence. But, II not ut for
human abode, they may be ft for beings
different fro and superior to ourselves.
We are told that the world OF Jupiter is
changing and becoming ft for creatures like
the human race. and that Mars would do for
the human family with a little change In the
structure of our respiratory organs. But
that there Is II great world swung some
where. vast beyond imagination, and that 1t
Is the headquarters of the universe aud the
metropolis OF immensely and has q popula-
ton In numbers vast beyond all statistics
and appointments of splendor beyond the
capacity OF canvas or poem or angel to de-
scribe Is as certain as the Bible Is authentic.
Perhaps some of the astronomers with their
big telescopes have alregdy caugbta glimpse
o it, not knowing h 1t is. We spell II
with six letters and pronounced it heaven.
That Is where Prince Jesus lived nineteen
centuries Ego. He WAS the Kings Son. 1t
was the old homestead of eternity, and all its
castles were as old as God. Not a frost had
ever chilled the air. Not q tear had ever
rolled down the cheek Of one Of Its inhabi-
iants. There had never been a headache or
a side ache or a cart ache. There had not
been a funeral In the memory OF the Oldest
inhabitant. There had never In all the land
been woven a black veil, for there had never
been anything to mourn over. The passage
OF millions of years had not wrinkled or Grip
pied or bedimmed any OF its citizens. All
the people there were In u state of eternal
adolescence. What floral and pomonic RICH
nessi Gardens OF perpetual bloom and or
chards in unending fruitage. Had some
spirit from another world entered and asked,
What Is SIM What Is bereavement What
Is sorrow2 What Is deathY the brightest OF
Tho i~ntelligence5 would have failed TO give
definition, though to study the question
there was silence in heaven for half an hour.
The Prince of whom I speak had honors,
emoluments, acciamations such "a no other
prince, celestial or Terrestrial, ever enjoyed.
AS He passed the street the inhabitants took
of from their brows garlnnds OF white lilies
and threw them In the way. He never en-
tered any oft h temples without all the wor-
shippers rising up and bowling in obeisance.
In all the professions OF the high days He
was the one who evoked the ioudest welcome,
sometimes on foot, walking In loving talk
with tho humbiest of the land, but at other
times He took chariot, and among the 5000
that tho psalmist spoke Of His was the swift
est and most flaming, or, rs when st. John
described Him, He took white palfrey, with
what France of foot, and arch OF neck, and
roll o mare, aud CLEAN OF eye Is only dimly
suggested in the Apocalypse. He was not
Ike other princes, whiting for the Father to
die and then take the throne. When years
ago an artist in Germany made a picture for
the royal gallery representing the Emperor
William on the throne and the Grown Prince
as having one foot on the step Of the throne,
the Emperor William ordered the picture
changed and said, "Let the prince keep hus |
foot on the throne fill + leave ~ -
Already enthrcned was the heavenly
Prince side by side with the Father. What a |
circle OF dominlonl What multltudes OF ad-
mirersl What unending round OF glorles!
All the towers chimed the Princes praises.
OF allthe inhabitants, from the center Of the
city on over the hills and clear down to the |
beach against which the ocean OF immensely |
rollsit pillows, the Prince was the acknowl-
edged favorite. No wonder my text SAYS
that HE was ricb." Set oil the diamonds |
Of the one scepter, build all the
palaces Of the earth In one ALEXANDRA,
gather all tho pearls Of the sea In one dia-
dem, put all the values of the earth in one
coin, the aggregate could not express His
af1uence. Yes, St. Paul was right. Solo
mon had in gold $50, 900, 900 pounds,
md in silver 100000 SIT pounds. But q
greater than Solomon is here. Not the mill
%ionaife, but the owner OF all things. To de-
sciibe His celestial surroundings the Bible
uses all eolors, gathering them In rainbow
over the throne, and setting them as agate in
the temple window, and hoisting twelve OF
Them into a wall, from striped jasper at the
base to transparent amethyst in the cnpstone.
while between are green of emerald, and |
snow of pearl, and blue OF sapphire, and
yellow OF topaz, gray OF chrysoprase, and
lame OF jacinth. All the loneliness of land |
scape In foliage aud river and rill and all
enchantment ~fGuamarlne, the sea OF glass
mingled with fire as when the sun sinks in
Tho Mahtf ar1.ap IN N ~ All tha khp{n - rn,xata /
Instrumental and vocal. harps, trumpeis, |
doxologies. There stood the Prince, sur
rounded by those who had under their wings
tho velocity Of millions of miles In q second, |
Himself rich in love, rich in alteration, rich |
In power. rich in worship, rich In holiness.
rich in tall the fullness OF the Godhead bod |
ily."
But one day there was a big disaster In a |
department OF Gods universe. A race falleni |
A world in ruins! Our planet the scene Of |
catastrophe! A globe swinging out into
darkness, with mountains and seas and ISL
ands, an awful centrifugal Of sin seeming to |
oyerpower the beautiful centripetal of
righteousness, and from it a groan reached
nenven. Such a sound had never been heard |
there. Plenty of sweet sounds, but never an
cutlery OF distress or an echo OF agony. At
That one groan the Prince rose from all the
the outer gate and descended into the
night of this world. Out Of what a bright
harbor into what n rough seal 'Stay with
us" criei angel after angel and potentate
after potentate. mo" said the Prince, 81
cnnnot stay. / must be of for that wreck Of
9 world. l must stop that groan. must
hush that distress. must fa,hom that abyss. l
must redeem those Nations. Farewell, |
thrones and temples, hosts cherubic, So
raphic, a~rchangelic! I will come back
again, carrying on my shoulder a ransomed
world. TIL this Is done ! choose earthly
seoff to heavenly reclamation, and q cattle
pen TO a kings palace, frigid zone OF earth
to atmosphere of celestial radiance. I have
no time to lose, for bark ye to the groan
that grows miRhtier while / waiil Fare
WE'LL FAREWELL" rye know the grace Of
cur Lord Jesus Christ, that, though Fl. was
rich, yet for your sskes He became poor"
Was there ever q contrast SO o~verpowering
as that between the monday OF Christ's
celestial departure and the midnight Of His
earthly arrival? Sure enough, the angels
weri out that night in the sky, and an
especial meteor acted as escort. But all
That was from other worlds. and not from
this world. The earth made no ~demonstra-
tion Of welcome. II one of the great princes
OF this world steps out at a depot, cheers
resound, u the bands play, md the flags
wave. But for the arrival OF this mission
ary Prince of the skies not q torch hareo,
not q trumpet blew, not a plume fiuttered.
All the music and the pomp were overhead.
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than a barn door.
The Rajsh OF Cashmere sent to Queen Vic
toria n bedstead of carved gold and a canopy
that cost Sf50, coo, but the world had for the
Prince OF Heaven and Earth only litter of
straw. The crown jewels in the Tower of
London amouat 10 SIS, 000, 600, but this mem
her OF eternal royalty had nowheret to lay His
head. To know how poor He was ask the
camel drivers, ask the shepherds, ask Mary, |
ask the three wise men of the East who after
ward came 10 Bethlehem. To know how
poor He was examine all the records of real
estate In all that oriental country and see
whit vineyard or what field He owned. Not
one. OF what mortgage was He the mortga-
gee? OF what tenement was He the andlord2
OF what lease was He the lessee? Who ever
paid Him rcni? Not owning the boat or
which He sailed, nor the beast on which He
rode. nor the pillow on which He slept. He
had so little estate that in order to pay His
tax He had to perform a miracle. putting tbs
amount OF the assessment in a nsh's mouth
and having it hauled ashore. And after His
death the world rushed in to take an inven-
tory OF His goods, and the entire aggregate
was the garments He Ia worn. sleeping in
them by night and travelling In them by day,