Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-07-31

he crest rghe Great Divine Paints Attract
# sveuess g Christ Glowing Col
ors-F0rc:a Drs-Froni Ivory Palaces to Cruel
GSfosl AeyOUHxion Agony.
rcopyrieht EoIcopyright, Louis Klopsch, 1891
WASHINGTON, July 30.-In this DIS
curse Or. course Dr. Talmage sets forth the glo-
IS OF tie rfesl of the world to come and the at
Observation-Disclosures of the Christ, who opens
lie way; tethe Iway; text, Psalms, XIV s, "AH thy
szrrnents APARTMENTS smell of myrrh and aoes and
Eassia out Hassa out of the ivory palaces
Among the Among the grand adornments of the
ctv of PareityS of Paris is the Church of NOtre
Dame witDame,' with great towers and elabo-
rate waite rose windows and sculpturing OF
lie last judtheslast Judgment with the trumpeting
ngels and angels and rising dead; its battlements
a Cuatre f6f; Guntre FOIL its sacrsty, with ribbed
ceilings andeilfngs and statues of saints. But
there was there was nothing in all that building
which morwhich more wildly appealed to my
plain repuhtitin republican tastes than the costly
yestments vesttneuts which lay in oaken presses
#-robes tha+rdbes that had been embroidered
with gold aHdthegold and been worn by popes and
IrchbishOpapch bishops great occasions. There
was q robsyasaa robe that had been worn by
Plus VII gPitis VII at the browning of the first
Napoleon Napoleon There also a vestment
that had bftatydIad been worn at the baptism of
Al Napoleon Napoleon II. AS guide opened the
oaken preseakenD presses and brought out these
gestments gesfnients of fabulous cost and lifted
them up ttEhena lIp the fragrance of the pungent
aromatics iar0ghattcs in which they had been pre-
served fllBhrHted filled the place with sweet
ness that VASES that was almost oppressive Moth
ing that hadgbehnt had been done in stone more
gividly mrfSb1iy impressed me than these things
that had tf4sat dad been done in cloth and en-
broidery a1arolery and perfume But today
oben the drapen THE drawer of this text, and look
upon the ktna6n the kngly robes of Christ, and
lift thena ffft!them, flashing with eternal jew
els the Wnlse the whole house is filed with the
aroma OF tAxsnlaa OF these garments which "smeu
OF myrrh D6dn1yrrh and aloes and cassa out of
the ivory EHhecixory palaces"
The Rose4The Robes o Christ.
In my tenn tiny text the King steps forth.
His robes Efstrobes rustic and blaze as he adj
vances. HHncesJ His pomp and power and
glory overg2Dzy overmaster the spectator. More
brilliant isiirilhant is he than Queen Vashti NOV
Ing amid ing amid the Persian princes; than
Marie An AfaEie Antoinette the day when
Louis XVMDuis tXVI put upon her the necklace
Of 800 disoBosob diamonds; than Anne Boleyn
the day Tfafel day Iwhen Henry VIII welcomed
aer to hishen ltoe his palace-all beauty and all
oomp forgponIp forgotten while we stand in the
presence cereseace of this imperial glory King
Of Zion, KbfyZion;i King of earth, King of heaven,
King fore king Iforeveri Her garments not worn
cut not Goat, mot dust bedra ggled, but radiant
and jevelahd Ijeweled and redolent. 1t seems as
II they ndfthey> must have been pressed 100
years amSearse amid the flowers of heaven
The ward fEhes wardrObeS from which they have
been takeIbeenst taken must have been sweet with
clusters clusters Of camphor and franklin
eense and fehseand all manner Of precious wood.
DO you rdso lyon. not inhale the odors? Aye,
ave. ~Thseye.luttThey smell of myrrh and aloes
and cass and cassia out of the ivory palaces
Your first Your first curiosity is to know why
the robes tire Tbbes of Christ are odorous with
nyrrh 1a5xrhs This bright leafed
Abyssinia Ab5ssinian plant. 1t trifolated.
The GreeHheE Greeks, Egyptians, Romans and
Jews bon Jews bought and sold it at high price.
The first Hheefrs present that was ever given
20 Christ TO Christ was sprig of myrrh thrown
IN his infen his infantile bed in Bethlehem, and
The last gfi1etIast gift that Christ ever had was
nyrrh prnayrrh pressed into the cup of his
srucifxonrucifNon. The natives would take a
stone andstone< and bruise the tree, and then it
would CxJTt0uld eXude gum that would saturate
I'll the grcait the ground beneath. This gum was
used for used for the purposes of merchandise
One pfeceOne piece of it no larger than chest
nut woulhuthWiould whelm a whole room with
doors ItpdoIslu1t was put in closets, in chests
IN draweifp drawers, in rooms, and it's perfume
adhered adhered almost Unfortunately to any
Thing thafffine that anywhere near it. So
tPYhen in Ehenin my text read that Chrst's
garments GARMENTS smell of myrrh L mmed
1tely con sltRy conclude the exquisite sweetness
Of Jesus or Jesus
Spice GaSpice Gales From Heaven.
L know taaknow that to many he is only like
any histanyal historical person; another John
Howard HnMarf another philanthropic Ober-
Tin; anotain; another Confucius; grand sub
Iect for ajecf rfGn painting; heroic theme for
poem; n ltfoeInj a beautiful form for statue;
put to thasset those who have heard his voice
and felt aAS felt his pardon and received his
benedict1aenetietion he is music, and light, and
warmth War1nthy; land thrill, and eternal fra
iyrance-SgraaIcea+Swe friend sticking to
you wheHoa1I when all else betray; lifting you
up whileNphBlkle Others try to push you down;
not so ufHo4 sh gnuch like morning glories, that
bloom oltaloonil only when the sun is coming |
up nor lthp 'fon like flour oclocks" that bloom |
only wheenfN eT5len the sun is going down, but |
like myfseke ralIErh perpetually aromatic-the |
same mogatne morning, noon and night, yester- |
day, todS4aEoteday, forever. 1t seems as If we |
cannot vnannntnEear him out We put him |
all our bAiE esay burdens and af1ict him with all
our riefeurngrtefs and set him foremost in all |
bur battjesr dlatttes; and yet he is ready to lift
and to aaMao4ot sympathize and to help. We |