The Progress., 1897-01-09
CAREER OF A PRINCE.
"R,ch, YET FOR YOUR sAkEs HE BE-
CAME POOR"

rev. DR.. Talmage Tells That Remarkable
story of Christ's Career In New way
An Overpowering CONTRASTING Celes-
tn, DcDazture and Earthly Arrival
WARRINGTON Jan. 8.-In this discourse
Of Rev. DR.. Talmage the greatest story !
all time is told In ne" way as a.u az
realms nre drawn upon for Illustration.
His text was II Corinthians VIII, y, re
know tho grace Of our Lord Jesus Chrls''
that though he was rich, yet for your
sakes he became poor: ,a
That ull the worlds which on n colo
winters night make the heavens ono greso
Glitter are without inhabitants is an ao-
enrditv. Scientists tell us that many OF |
these worlds are too hot or too cold or zoo
rnrefled of atmosphere for residence But
n not fit for human abode, they may DC
At for beings different from ana superior
to ourselves. We nre told that the "orlu
of Jupiter Is changing and becoming ht
for creatures like the human race ana 'h,o
Mars would do for the human family with
n little change in tho structure of our re-
sniratory organs. But that there Is great
world swung somewhere, vast beyond
imagination, and that 1t is the headquar-
tiers of tho universe and the metropolis OIL
immensity and has n population IN num-
| hers yast beyond all statistics and appoint
|
| cnnyns or pnrm or angel to describe ls as
| ,.crtnin us tho Bible is authentic. Perhaps
| some of the astronomers with their Dig
| Telescopes l,:,vs already caught glimpse
| of it, not knowing what 1t Is. we spell IL
with six letters and pronounce 1t heaven
Tint is whore Prince Jesus lived 19 CEN
turtles ago. He was tho kings Son. ~
was the old homestead Of eternity, and all
its castles W, re ns old as God. Not frost
Ind ever chilled the air Not tear had
ever rolled ,wn the cheek OF one OF It's IN
hnbitants There had never been head
ache or u side ache or n heart ache. 1here
had not bce,. a funeral in the memory OF
tho Oldest in.,abitaet. There had never IN
all the land been woven black ven, 1ol
there had never been anything to mourn
, over. The passage OF millions of years
, had not wrinkled or crippled or bedimmeo
any of Its citizens. All the people there
we're in a state Of eternal adolescence
} What floral and pomonic richness! Gar
deps of perpetual bloom and orchards ir
amending fruitage. Had some spirit from
z another world entered and asked, What 1
, sinp What is bereavement? What Is sor
rowP What Is death? the brightest OF
intelligenoes would have failed to CIV
G definition, though to study the question
!, there was silence In heaven Tor nail ~
= The Prince on tho Throne.
h The Prince of whom I speak had honors
=, emoluments, acclamations such as no OIL
- or prince, celestial or terrestrial, ever er
1, ioyed As he passed the street the inhat
n itants took off from their brows garland
of white lilies and threw them in the wa!
He never entered any of the temples Will
d out all the worshipers rising up and bow
ing in obeisance. In all the professions
the high days he was the one who evoke
the loudest welcome, sometimes on 100
walking In loving talk with the humble
!. of the land, but 1T other times he toe
chariot, and among the 10000 that Il
&c psnlmist spoke of his was the swiftest ar
N most Gaming, or as when St John d
scribed him, he took white pnlfrey, WI
III what prance Of foot, and arch of neck, al
s, roll OF name, and CLEAN of eye Is on
c dimly suggested in the Apocalypse. I
: was not like other princes, waiting for {
l. fnther to die and then take the shron
a. Whom years ngo an artist In Germa'
>x- made picture for the royal gallery repl
y senting tho Emperor William on .
be throne ard the Crown Prince rs hay11