Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-01-14
CAREER Of A PRINCE"
DR.. TALMAGE'S SUNDAY THEME
story Of Christ's Career In a New
Way.

ter are without inhabitants Is an apurdiy
tel us that many Of these Wotlns
are too hot or too cold or too raretied OF at
nozphere for rxi!ence. Bur, II not fit for
human ABODE tpey nay be fit for beings
differen. from and superior to ourselves.
We ar tod that the world Of Jupiter Is
changing ana ii com ne 1r for creatures like
the human race. and that Mars would DO Tor
Ia human family with q little change IN the
Of our respiratory organs. But
that there is a great word swung Il
where. vast beyond Imagination, and that 1t
IS the headquarters Of the universe and the
metropolis OF immensely and has a popu a
ton III hunters vas. beyond all statistics
and appointments Of splendor beyond the
capacity 81 cauFa5 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 already caught a glimpse
Of it, not knowing what it Is. We spell it
with six letters AID pronounced it heaven.
That is where Prince Jesus lived nineteen
centuries ago. He was the K ng's Son. 1t
was the old homestead OF eternity, and ell its
castles were as'o.d as Col. Not a frost had
ever chiilel the air. Not a tear hal ever
rolled down tho cheek Of one Of its iahabi-
,ants. There had never been a headache or
q side ache or q Heart ache. There had not
been II funeral III the memory Of the Of lest
inhabitant. There had never in all the land
been woven q black veil, for there had never
Ott!i an III t'|ht JHAi oNCL' Il Ith1Sh ~
Of millions Of years had not wrinkled or Grip
pied or bedimIn~d any OF its citizens. All
the people. thers were In Il state Of eternal
adolescence. What floral and pomonic rich
ness! Gardens Of perpetual bloom and Or
chards in unending fruitage. HAD some
spirit from another world entered ard asked,
What is sin? What is bereavement? What
is sorrow? What is death? the brightest OF
the in'elIigences would have failed to give
defln ton, though to study the question
there was silence in heaven for. half an hour.
The Prince OF whom [ speak hal honors,
emoluments, acciamatiOns such as no other
prince, celestial or terrestrial, ever enjoyed.
As He passed the street the Inhabitants took
off from their bows garlandso Of white lilies
and threw them in the way. He never en-
tered any ofthe temples without all the wor-
shippers rising up and bowling in obeisance.
In ali the professions OF the high days He
was the one who evoked the loudest welcome,
sometimes on foot, walking in loving talk
with the humbiest of the land, but ut other
times lie took chariot, and among the 90 0
that tin p~sainist spoke Of His was the swift
est and most flaming, or, as when ST. John
described Him. He took white pa!frey, with
what prance of foot, and arch OF neck, and
roll ofmane, and CLEAN Of eye ia only dinly
suggested in the Apocalypse. He was not
like other princes, waiting for tho Father to
die and then take the throne. When years
ago an artist in Germany made Il picture for
the royal gallery representing tho 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
changes and said, Let tho prince keep his
foot off the throne till l leave it,"
Already enthronrd was the heavenly
Prince side by side with the Father. What a
circle of d~oninion. What multitudes Of ad-
mirers! What amending round Of glories!
| All the overs chimed the Princes praises.
OF all the inhabitants, from the center OF the
! CITY on over the hills and clear down to the
beach against which the ocean OF immensely
tolls its pillows, the Prince was the acknowl-
edged ~fayorite. No wonder my text saws
that she was rich.' Set all the diamonds
Of the earth in ono scepter, build all the
palaces Of the earth in enc Alhambra,
gather all the pearls OF the sea in one dla-
lem, put all tbs values Of the earth in one
coin, the aggregate could not express His
nfiuence. Yes, ST. Paul was right. Solo
mon had in Go!ll ESQ, eco, 600 pounds,
END in silver 1.029, Go,377 pounds. But a
greater than ol0mOn Is here. Not the mill
~ionaile, hui the owner Of all things. 10 &c
scribe Ills celestial surroundings the Bible
uses all c0lora, gathering them in rainbow
over the throne, and setting them as agate in
the temple window, and hosting twelve OF
them into n wall, from striped jasper ut the
base to Transparent amethyst in thocapstone.
while between are green OF emerald, AMI
snow of pearl, and blue OF sapphire, and
yellow OF topaz, gray OF c!fNsopr.ses ind
tame Of jacinth. All the loneliness Of laud-
scape in foliage AMI river aud rill and all
~enchantment ,u~quannrine.: the sea Of glass
mingled with fire. as Wlcn the sun sinks in
tho Mediterranean. All tho thrill Of music,
instrumental and vocal. harpa. trumpets,
doxologics. There stood the Prince, sur,
rounded by those who had under their wings
the velocity OF millions O! miles in a second.
jitrNyaH 9 -:t ~, iny-n - oh Il, .tAvn-too viii
n power. r eh In worship, rich in holiness.
1ch IL 'alI the fullness of the GoIhead bod
Ivy
tut onn dav ;here was q big disaster in a
department 11Gods universe. 4 raos fallen!
A world in ruin! Our planet the scene OF
.ata>truphe. 4 globe swinging out into
1arknes-, with mountains au seas and isl
anis. al awful centrifugal OF Sill seeming to
0yerp0Wor the beautiful centftpethl ol
righteousness. and from ita grOan reached
heaven. Surh n sound hafnryer been heard
there. Plenty Of swe t sounds. but never ar
0utctylo O distress or an echo OF agony. 4,
that one croan tic Prince rose from all the
b!iss'ut CIRCUMFERENCE and started from
thi' cutter gate and descended into the
night Of thj- world. Out Of what q br;gh,
harhor into what IL rough sea, 'Slay with
as ere! angel after angel AMI potantate
ATE p0feutatr. Nc" saii the Prince, II
aaunot STAY. must be of for that wreck O
y = 4 hNH FtNi tttt$ StohH. 1 uur
hush that distress. Unjust ia honthat abyss. !
must redeem those Nations. Farewell
thrones au temples, hosts chorubic, Sc
.aphic, archan-elic. ! vii! come bacs
lGaln. Carrying o. my shoulder y ransomec
world. I'LL this is done / choos. earthl,
.cotf 10 heavenly acelaynation. and a cattle
pen 10 Il kings palace. frtSid zone Of eartt
% atmosphere of-celestial raIiance. have
40 time 10 lcS,. for hark We TO the croai
thar grows miehtier while I wait. Fare
we'll FareWell!' 'Ye know tho grace Q
our lor! Jesus Christ, tAat. though q Wa;
:ioa. yet for your sakt.s Il became poor"
Was thfre ever Il contrast 50 ogo-p0werin.
Is that be, weeo the ~noonia. OF Christ
t.e.c9tial departure ard the Midnight of Hi
earthly arrtva? sure enough. thu angel
Yer, cut that night in the sky, and a.
. ,speci.i me.eJr acted rs escort. Bot a.
hat was from other worlds. ard not froG
his world. Tie earth made &c denonstra
lion ot wricor1e. II one Of the g-ea, rs.ace
81 this world steps ont at 4 depot, cheer
.esouEd. AZ the Lands play. and the fac
wave, But far the arrival Of this mission
AIRY lriacv or the skies not q torch Jared
!, net atrumpet tl1w. not n plume ~tuttereJ
, Al the music ana the po22p were overhead
Our world opened Tor Him nothing bette
than harm door.
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