Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-01-09
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REV. DIR. TALMAGE breaches ON
"FRoM LILIES TO THORNS."
He Tells the Greatest Story of All Times
In Il New way-Tsis Celestial Departure
and Earthly Arrival vivid.y contrastcd.
The Prince Divine.
WAsHINaroy, Jan. 3.-In this dis
course of Rev. DR.. Talmage tho greatcst
story Of all time is told i'll "a new way,
and all realms are drawn upon for illus
tration. His text was II Corinthians
viii, 9, aye know tho grace of our Lord
Jesus Christ, that. thoughE&o was rich,
set for your sakes he became poor. y
That all the worlds which on IL cold
winters night make the heavens ono
great glitter are without inhabitants is
M absurdity. Scientists tell us that
many of these worlds are too bot or too
cold or too rarefed of atmosphere for
residence But, if not fit for human
abode, they may he fit for beings differ
cnt from and superior to ourselves. We
arc told that the world of Jupiter is
changing and becoming fit for creatures
like the human race, and that Mars
would do for the human family with y
little change in tho structure of our
respiratory organs But that there is Il
great world swung somewhere, vast be-
yond imagination, ard that it is the
headquarters of The universe and tho
metropolis of immensity and has Il pop
ulation in numbers vast beyond al sta
tistics and appointments Of splcndor be-
yond the capacity Of canvas or poem or
angel to describe is as certain rs the
Bible is authentic. Perhaps some of the
astronomers with their big telescopes
have already caught glimpse of it, not
knowing what it is We spell it with
SIX letters and pronounce it heaven.
Tho Kings Son.
That is where Prince Jesus lived 10
centuries ago He was the Kings Son.
1t WAS the old homestead Of eternity,
and all its castles were rs old rs God.
Not frost had ever chilled the air.
Nota tear had ever rolled down the
check OF oro of its inhabitants. There
had never been headache, or Il side
ache, or heart ache There had not
heen funeral in the memory Of tho
Oldest inhabi,ant. There had never il
all the land heen woven "a black veil,
Cor there had never been anything TO
mourn over The passage Of millions Of
years had not wlinkled or crippled or
bedinmcl auy Of It's citizens. All tho
neople there were III Il STATE of eternal
adolescence. What floral and pomonic
richness! Gardens Of perpetual bloom
and orchards amending fruitage. Had
some spirit from another world entered
and asked: "What is sin: What is be-
reavement? What is sorrow: What is
death%' the brightest of tho intelli-
gcnces would have failed to give delini-
ten, though to study the question there
was silence in heaven for half an hour.
The Prince Of whom speak had hon
ors, emolumcnts, acclamatiors, such as
10 ether prince, celestial or terrestrial,
ever enjoyed. As he passed the street
the inhabitants took OH FROM their
brows e&rlan:s OF white lilies and threw
them in the way. He never entered any
of the tenlnas withort ~ q - ,''.frsi.-.i-
CTS rising up and bowling il obeisance.
IL al the professions OF the high days
he was the ore who evoked the loudest
welcome Sometimes on foot walking
IN loving talk with the huMtlest Of the
land, but at o5hcr times he took chariot,
and among the 20, GEO that the psalmist
spoke of his vas tic swiftest and most
flaming, OF, as when st. John described
him, no took white palfrey with what
prance OF foot ANA arch Of neck and roll
of name and CLEAN OF eye is only dimly
suggested III the Apocalypse. He WAS
not like other princes, waiting for the
father to die and then take the throne.
When years ago an artist IN Germany
made - pictlrc for the royal gallery
representing the Emperor William on
the throne and The crown prince as hav-
ing one foot ca the step Of the throne,
the Emperor William ordered the picture
changed and said, Let the prince keep
his foot off the throne till leave it. "
Z I:iah Dominion.
Already cuthroned was the heavenly
Prince side ly side with the Father.
What circle Of dominion! What null
titudcs of s.lmirers! What intending
round of glorios! All the towers chimed
the Princes praises. OF all the inhabit-
ants, from the center of the city On
over the hills and clear down to the
beach against which the ocean of i'm
lnensity rolls It's pillows, the Prince was
the acknowledged fuvolite No wonder
my text say Jhat "ho was rich. F" Set
all the diamonds Of the earth in one
scepter, build all tho palaces Of the
earth in one AlhamDra, gather al tho
pearls Of Tic sen III one diadem, put all
the values Of The earth in one coin-the
aggregate coaid not express his aiflu-
ence Yes, ct. Paul was right. Solo
mon had in gold ESQ, 000,C pounds
and in silver 1,039, eco, 327 pounds.
Bat a greater than Solomon IS here
Not TIE millionaire but the owner
Of all things. 70 describe his celes-
tial surroundings the Bible uses all
colors, gathering them in rainbow over
the throne and setting them as agate in
the temple window aud hosting ~ Of
them into IL vail, from striped jasper at
The base to transparent amethyst in tho
capstoEe, while between are green Of
emerald, ard SHOW Of pearl, and blue of
sapphire, aud yellow of topaz, gray Of
chrysoprasc and fame Of jacinth. All
the loneliness Of landscape in foliage
and river and I'LL, and Ill enchantment
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