Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-09-01
CHILDREN OF A KING.
Or. TALMAGE breaches OF THE
sc!ONS OF ROYALTY.
The Royal House of Jesus, and the
Sun, the Moon, the Stars and All
Nature Are It's HeritnRe-The Cross
It's Great HeraIdic Sign.

Sun, the Moon, the Stars and Al
It's Great HeraIdic Sign.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 26.-In this dis
course DR.. Talmage, who during hi
journey homeward has seen much o
royal and imperial splendors, In pass
ing through the capitals of Europe
shows that there is no higher dignity
nor more lllustrious station than thos.
which the Christian has as a child ol
God; text, Judges viii, IS. Each one
resembled the children of a king"
Zebah and Zalmunna had been off Il
battle and when they came back they
were asked what kind Of people they
had seen. They answered that the
people had 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
family of the Medici stood as the re-
preventative of letters. The family OF
the Rothschlds is significant of wealth,
the loss of S40,0O0.000 In 1S4S putting
them to no Inconvenience; and within
n few years they have loaned Russia
S12,000,O00. Naples. $25.O0O.000. Aus
tria, S40.000,0 900. and England $500, ,0O0,-
900; and the stroke Of their pen on the
counting room desk shakes everything
from the Irish sea to the Danube. They
open their hand. and there is war; they
shut 1t 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 inter-
twined with the history of their re-
spective nations symbolic OF imperial
authority.
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 relations by
the relationship Of the cross; all of us
are the children of the King.
The Ancestral Line.
) First ! speak of our family name.
When we see descendant Of some one
greatly celebrated IN the last century,
we look at him with profound inter-
est To have bad conquerors. kings or
princes In the ancestral line gives lus-
ter 10 the family name. In e, star
was "A King aud Conqueror. II woke
lIp 70 tIs Tifv EAtseffniar EsAtsefnar orchestra that made
music at bis BIRTH From thence he |
started forth to conquer all nations, |
not by trampllng them down, but by |
lifting them up. st. John saw him on |
q white horse. When he returns, he |
will not bring the nations chained to |
his wheel or in iron cages; but | hear |
the stroke of the hoofs of the snow |
white cavalcade that brings them to
the gates In triumph.
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 |
Resurrector at Main. The supernatural |
Oculist at Bethsalda. The Saviour 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 foot. The thunder the whisper Of |
his voice. The ocean drop on the tip |
of his finger. Heaven a sparkle on the |
bosom of his love. Eternity the twin |
king Of his eye. The universe the fly
ing dust Of his chariot wheels. Able
to heal a heartbreak. or hush a tenn |
pest or drown Il world. or food i'm |
mensity with his glory. What other !
family name could ever boast Of such |
an Hlusrious personageF
He2ceforth. 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
ensigns. The heraldic sign Is some
times q lion, or a dragon, or an eagle. |
Our coat OF arms worn right over the |
heart, hereafter shall be a cross, a |
lamb standing under 1t, and a dove |
flying over 1t. Grandest Of all escutch- |
eons Most significant Of all family |
escutcheons, In every battle | must |
have 1t blazing on my 6ag-the dove, /
the cross, the lamb; and when 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 clung to the |
Cross. and depended upon the Lamb Of |
God. which taketh away the sin Of the |
world.
Ashamed Of Jesus. that dear friend,
On whom my hopes OF lie oepeho'
mol When ! blush. be this my shame
That no more revere his name.
Next speak Of the family sorrows. |
II trouble come to one member Of the |
family. all feel 1t. 1t Is the custom,
after the body Is lowered into the |
grave for all the relatives to come to |
the verge Of the grave and look down
into 1t. First those nearest the de-
parted come. then those next Of kin,
until they have all looked into the
grave So. when trouble and grief go |
down through the heart of one member
of the family. they go down through |
them all. The sadness of one Is the |
sadness Of all. A company Of persons
join hands around an electric battery; |
the two persons at the ends Of the line
touch the battery and all the circle |
feels the shock. Thus, by reason OF
the filial. maternal and paternal re-