Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-30
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
SPEAKS ON GLORIOUS HERTZ
AGE OF GODS CHILDREN.
Thoughts Suggested by His Contact
with the Imperial spiendors of Euro
ropean ADMINISTRATIONS Members
of the Royal House of Jesus.

In this discourse DR.. Talmage, who
during his journey homeward has seen
much of royal and imperial splendors
in passing through the capitals of Eu-
rope, shows that there is no higher
dignity nor more illustrious station
than those which the Christian has as
a child OF God; text. Judges viii, Is.
Each one resembled the children of
king"
Zebah and Zalmunna had been off to
battle, and when they came back they
were asked what kind of p eople they
had seen. They answered that the peo-
pie had a royal appearance. Each
one resembled the children of king"
That description of people Is not ex-
tinct. There are still many who have
this appearance. Indeed, they are the
sons and daughters of the Lord Al
mighty. Though now in exile, they
shall yet come to their thrones. There
are family names that stand for wealth
or patriotism or intelligence. The
name of Washington among us will
always represent patriotism. The fam
lily of the Medici stood as the repre-
sentative of letters. The family OF the
Rothschilds is significant of wealth.
the loss of $40 900 900 in 1S4S putting
them to no inconvenience. and within
few years they have loaned Russia $l2,-
000. 900. Naples $25 1000 900, Austria $40.-
900 900, and England 5000, 900, and
the stroke of their pen on the count
ing room desk shakes everything from
the Irish sea to the Danube. They
open their hand and there is war, they
shut IL and there is peace. The Roman
offs of Russia, the Hohenzollerns Of
Germany, the Bourbons of France, the
Stuarts and Guelphs of Great Britain.
are houses whose names are intertwin-
ed with the history of their respective
nations symbolic of imperial author
ity.
But preach of family more poten-
tial, more rich and more extensive
the royal house of Jesus, of whom
the whole family in heaven and on
earth is named. We are blood rela-
lions by the relationship Of the cross;
all of US are the children Of the
King.
First, l speak of our family name.
When we see descendant Of some one
greatly celebrated in the last century,
We look at him with profound interest.
To have had conquerors, kings or
ter to the family name. In our line
was King. and a Conqueror. The
Star in the East with baton of light
woke up the eternal orchestra that
made music at his birth. From thence
he started forth to conquer all nations.
not by tramping them down, but by
lifting them up. st. John saw him on
white horse. When he returns he
will not bring the nations chained to
his wheel or in iron cages. but l hear
the strike of the hoofs of the snow
white cavalcade that brings them to
the gates in triumph.
Luster From Star and Spear.
Our family name takes luster from
the star that heralded him and the
spear that pierced him and the crown
that was given him. 1t gathers fra
GRANGE from the frankincense brought
to his cradle and the lilies that flung
their sweetness into his sermons and
the box of alabaster that broke at his
feet. The Comforter at Bethany. The
Resurreetor at Main. The supernatur-
al 0culist at Bethsaida. The Savior of
one world and the chief joy of another.
The storm his frown. The sunlight his
smile. The spring morning his breath.
The earthquake the stamp of his feet.
The thunder the whisper of his voice.
The ocean drop on the tip of his
finger. Heaven sparkle on the bosom
Of bis love. Eternity the twinkling of
his eye. The universe the flying dust
OF his chariot wheels. Able to heal
heartbreak or hush tempest or drown
world or food immensely with his
glory. What other family name could
ever boast of such an illustrious per-
sonage?
Henceforth swing out the coat of
arms. Great families wear their coat
of arms on the dress. or on the door OF
the coach. or on the helmet when they
go out to battle, or on flags and en-
signs. The heraldic sign is sometimes
lion or a dragon or an eagle. Our
coat Of arms. worn right over the heart,
hereafter shall be cross. a lamb
standing against 1t and dove flying
over 1t. Grandest of all escutcheons.
In every battle | must have II blazing
on my fiag-the dove, the cross. the
lamb. and when l fall wrap me in
that good old Christian flag, so that the
family coat of arms shall be right over
my breast, that all the world may see
that | looked to the Dove of the Spirit
and chung to the Cross and depended
upon the Lamb of God. which taketh
away the sin of the world
The Royal House OF Jesus.
You cannot see large estate in ont
morning. You must take several
walks around it. The family property
of this royal house of Jesus is so great
that We must take several walks to
get any idea Of its extent. Let the first
walk be around this earth. All these
valleys. the harvests that wave in
them and the cattle that pasture them
all these mountains and the precious
things hidden beneath them and the
crown of glacier they cast a. the feet
of the Alpine hurricane-all these
lakes. these islands. these continents.
are ours. In the second walk go
among the street lamps Of heaven and
see stretching off on every side will
derness of worlds. For US they shine.
For us they sang at Savior's nativ-
ity. For us they will wheel into line
and with their flaming torches add to
the splendor Of our triumph on the
day for which all other days were
made. In the third walk go around
the eternal city. As we come near it,
bark to the rush of its ehariots and