The Grenada sentinel., 1899-08-05
THE IVORY PALACES.
Dr.. T2lmage on the Glories of the
World to Come.
Ths Attractiveness Of Christ, VINO
Opens the Way for His Faithful
FOllowers-,The Christian's
Guide to Heaven.
copyright. 1899. Louis Klopsch.1

copyright. 1899. Louis Klopsch.1
Washington, July %.
In this discourse DR.. Talmage sets
forth the glories of the world to come
and the attractiveness of the Christ,
who opens the way; text, Psalms, 45:s:
"All thy garments smell OF myrrh and
aloes and cassia ont Of the ivory pal
aces"
Among the grand adornments of the
city of Paris is the church OF Notre
Dame, with its great towers and elab-
crate rose windows and scupturing of |
the last judgment, with the trumpet
ing angels and rising dead; its battle
ments of quatre foil; its sacristy. with
ribbed ceiling and statutes of saints.
But there was nothing in all that great
building which more wildly appealed
to my plain republican tastes than the
costly vestments which lay in oaken
presses-cobes that had been embroid-
cred with gold and been worn by popes
and archbishops on great occasions.
There was robe that had been worn
by Plus VII. at the crowning Of the
first Napoleon. There was also vest
ment that had been worn at the bap-
tism of Napoleon II. As OUR guide
opened the oaken presses and brought
out these vestments of fabulous cost
and lifted them up the fragrance OF the
pungent aromaics in which they had
been preserved filled the place with
sweetness that was almost oppressive.
Nothing that had been done in stone
more wildly impressed me than these
things that had been done in cloth and
embroidery and perfume. But to-day
l open tho drawer of this text, and !
look upon the kingly robes of Christ,
and as l lift them, flashing with eter-
nal Jewels, the whole house is filed
with the aroma Of these garments.
which "snen of myrrh and aloes and
cassia out Of the ivory palaces"
In my text the King steps forth. his
robes rustic and blaze as he advances.
His pomp and power and glory over
master the spectator. More brilliant is
He than Queen Vashti, moving amid the
Persian princes; than Marie Antoi-
nette on the day when Louis XIV. put
upon her the necklace of 800 diamonds;
than Anne Boleyn the day when Henry
VIII. welcomed her to his palace-all
beauty and all pomp forgotten while
we stand in the presence of this i'm
perial glory, King of Zion, King OF
earth, King of Heaven, King forever!
His garments not worn out, not dust
bedraggled, but radiant, and jeweied
and redolent. 1t seems as it they must
have been pressed hundred years
amid the flowers of Heaven. The
wardrobes from which they have beer
taken must have been sweete'
with clusters of campfire, and franklin
cense, and all manner Of precious wood
Do you not inhalc the odors? Aye, aye
"They smell OF myrrh and aloes ant
cassia out of the ivory palaces
Your first curiosity is to know VIII.
the robes of Christ are odorous will
myrrh. This was bright-leafed Abys
sinian plant. 1t was trifoliated. Th'
, Greeks, Egyptians, Romans and Jew
bought and sold it at high price. Th'
! first present that was ever given II
, Christ was a sprig of myrrh thrown OF
His infantile bed in Bethlehem. and tn
,, last gift that Christ ever had wa
myrrh pressed into the cup of His cru
y citixion. The natives would take
stone and bruise the tree, and then
would exude gum that would saturat
all the ground beneath. This gum wa
used for purposes of merchandise. On
piece of it no larger than chestnu
would whelm whole room with odors
1t was put in closets. in chests, in draw
!, ers, in rooms, and its perfume adhere
almost interminably to anything nca
It. So when in my text read tina
Christ's garments smell of myrrh in
mediately conclude the exquisite swee
:, ness of Jesus.
:, know that to many He is only lik
v any historical person-another Joh
Howard. another philanthropic Cbe1
: lin, another Confucius, grand subjee
for a painting, heroic theme for
:, poem, beautiful form for a statu
but to those who have heard His voit
: and felt His pardon and received Il
- benediction He is music and light an
warmth and thrill and eternal fr;
. GRANGE, sweet as a friend sticking
~ you when all else betray, lifting you u
y while others try to push you down. nj
:. :. so much like morning glories th'
r bloom only when the sun is coming u
~ nor like "four o'clocks," that bloo1
only when the sun is going down. b.
like myrrh. perpetunlly aromatic, II
:. same morning, noon and night. yes'e
day, to-day. forever. 1t seems as If "
u cannot wear Him out. We put on Iii
all our burdens and afHict Him wit
all our griefs and set Him foremost
all our battles, and yet He is ready
F. lift and to sympathize and to help. "
V, have SO imposed upon Him that OF
i. would think in eternal atfront /
II. would quit our soul, and yet to-day /
q. addresses us with the same tenderness
|: dawns upon us with the same smi'
"a pities us with the snrae compassion.
#. There Is no name like His for us.
# Is more imperial than Caesars, mo
Is m musical than Beethoven's, more co
,e quering than CharIemagne's. more el
G, quent than Cicero's. 1t throbs with