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gHE IVORY PALACES.
= Talmage on the Glories Of the
World to Come.
=. Affrsctiveness Of Christ, who
a.... the Way for His Faithful
reIlowers-The Christians
Guide to Heaven.
fcopyrieht. 1899, Louis Klopsch.1
Washington, July 80

fcopyright, 1899. Louis Klopsch.1
Washington, July 30.
!, this discourse DIR. Talmage sets
] firth the glories of the world to come
1 nd the attractiveness of the Christ,
xho opens the way; text. Psalms, 45:s:
.all thy garments smell of myrrh and
.,o.x and cassia out of the ivory pal
! sees.
Among the grand adornments of the
,;fy Of Paris is the church of Notre
I)ane, with its great towers and elab-
.rste rose windows and scupturing of
the last Judgment, with the trumpet
4 ipr angels and rising dead; its battle
4 ,nents Of quatre foil; it's sacristy, with
ribbed ceiling and statutes of saints.
/ Bat there was nothing in all that great
j building which more wildly appealed
ITO my plain republican tastes than the
! costly yestments which lay in oaken
sfesses-robes that had been embroid-
tfed with gold and been worn by popes
nd archbishops on great occasions.
There was a robe that had been worn
|sby Plus VII. at the browning of the
frst Napoleon. There was also vest
y nent that had been worn at the bap-
tkm Of Napoleon ii. AS our guide
spened the oaken presses and brought
uut these vestments of fabulous cost
nd lifted them up the fragrance of the
\ pungcnt aromatics in which they had
!. teen preserved filed the place with a
! sweetness that was almost oppressive.
= Nothing that had been done in stone
nOre wildly impressed me than these
things that had been done in cloth and
! enbreidery and perfume. But to-day
open the drawer of this text, and |
lok upon the kingly robes of Christ,
{ nd as lift them, flashing with eter-
nal jewels, the whole house is filled
xith the aroma of these garments,
which smell of myrrh and aloes and
sassis out Of the ivory palaces"
II ny text the King steps forth. His
robes rustic and blaze as he advances.
ms pomp and power and glory over
nazter the spectator. More brilliant is
AethanQ Queen Vashti, moving amid the
Petsian princes; than Marie Antoi-
/ 1ette on the day when Louis XIV. put
spon her the necklace of 500 diamonds;
Nm Anne Boleyn the day when Henry
~. welcomed her. to his palace-all
eeanty and all pomp forgotten while
~ stand in the presence of this inn
grial glory, King of Zion, King of
nth. King OF Heaven, King forever!
& ls garments not worn out, not dust
/ edfaggled. but radiant, and jeweled,
snd redolent. It seems as if they must
lave been pressed a hundred years
mid the flowers of Heaven. The
NAFdrobes from which they have been
taken mnst have been sweeter
sksth clusters OF campfire, and franklin
i sensc, and all manner of precious wood.
a,o yoa not inhale thepdors? Aye, aye,
Ihsy smell of myrrh and aloes and
I assln out Of the ivory palaces
aour first curiosity is to know why
~ robes Of Christ are odorous with
Zsyrh. This was bright-leafed Abys-
nan plant. It was trifoIiated. The
eeks Egyptians, Romans and Jews
s.saghf and sold it at high price. The
~ present that was ever given to
ssslst WAS sprig of myrrh thrown on
S MANTLE bed in Bethlehem, and the
sassl 1ift that Christ ever had was
ffn pressed into the cup of His cru
sa:sHAion. The natives would take a
ae and bruise the tree, and then it
! s eqn exude gum that would saturate
Nv she ground beneath. This gum was
~ ior purposes of merchandise. One
{ leeee 81 It no larger than a chestnut
Suld wheim whole room with odors.
a1 vas put in closets. in chests. in draw
= rooms. and its perfume adhered
ost interminably to anything near
g when in my text l read that
garments smell of myrrh l inn
'a'ely conclude the exquisite sweet
- Of Jesus.
s .now that to many He is only like
historical person-another John
afo, another philanthropic Ober-
snOtner Gonfucius, a grand subject
painting. q heroic theme for n
beautiful form for a statue.
g g those who have heard His voice
5. q teie His pardon and received His
cslon He is music and light and
AL atn and thrill and eternal fra
G. sweet as friend sticking IL
Ss ~. Nnen all else betray, lifting you np
81 osners Try to push you down, not
ecn like morning glories that
only when the sun is coming up,
ne -four o'clocks," that bloom
r. Naen the sun is going down, but
I'm. perpetually aromatic, the
!; ofning, noon and night, vesicr-
xQay, forever. II seems as If We
a. Wear Him out. We put on Him
ssS burdens and afflict Him with
IN grlefs and set Him foremost III
50 BATTLES, and yet He is ready "a
D. u g sympathize and to help. We
! imposed upon Him that one
sa.nk IN eternal affront He
aaf our soul. and yet to-day He
3 ns with the same tenderness
,n 40 with the tame smile
With the same compassion.
Ao name like His for us. i,