Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-09-05
SERMON
Rev. Or. Calttla;;

Nv vUt. l0INIGt
Subject: Children OF a Kine-The ROYAL
House OF Jesus. and the Sun, the
Moon. the stars and All Nature Are
Its Heritage - Cross Its Heraltiic Sign.
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WARRINGTON, D. C.-In this discourse
DIR. Talmage who, during his journey
homeward has seen much of royal and i'm
perial splendors, in passing through the
capitals of Europe, shows that there is no
higher dignity nor more illustrious station
than those which the Christian has as n
child of God; text, Judges viii, ls: Each
one resembeld the children Of king
Iebah and Zalmunna had been off To
battle, and when they came back they
were asked what kind of people thev had
seen. Tho answered that the people had
a royal appearance; leach one resembled
the children of a king" That description
OF people is not extinct. Tb re are still
they are the sons and daughters OF the
Lord Almighty. 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 al
WAYS represent patriotism. The family
OF the Medici stood as the representative
Of letters. The family of the Rothschilds
Is significant of wealth, the loss of s4O,-
100000 in lS4S putting them to no incon-
venlence, and within few years they
have loaned Russia $4,000. 900; Naples.
$25 1000; Austria, $40 OOO, 900, and Eng
land, 500 O,OOO.0 900. and the stroke of their
pen on the counting room desk shakes
everything from the Irish Sea to the Dan
ube. They open their hand, and there is
war; they shut it and there is peace.
The Romanoffs of Russia, the Hohenzol-
lerns 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 respective
nations symbolic of imperial authority.
But l preach of family more potential,
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
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 interest. To have had
conquerors, kings or princes in the ances-
trail line gives lustre to the family name
In our line was a King and 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 trampling 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 stroke of the
hoofs of the snow-white cavalcade that
brings them to the gates in triumph
Our family name takes lustre from the
star that hara ldaI Hin, aud tho I,
pierced Him, and the crown that was
given Him: 1t gathers fragrance 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 Bethsaida. The
Saviour of one world, and the chief joy of
another. The storm His frown. The sun
light 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 sparkle on the bosom
His eye. The universe the flying dust of
His chariot wheels. Able to heal heart
break or hush a tempest, or drown a
world, or flood immensity with His glory.
What other family name could ever boast
of such an illustrious parsonage?
Henceforth, swing out the coat of arms,
Great famines 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 sometimes lion, or a dragon, or
an eagle. Our coat of arms worn right
over the heart hereafter shall be cross,
a lamb standing under it, and
dove flying over it. Grandest of all es-
cutcheons. Most significant of all family
escutcheons! In every battle must have
it 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
l 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.
Ashamed of Jesus, that dear friend,
On whom my hopes of life depend;
No! When l blush, be this my shame
That | no more revere His name.
Next, | speak of the family sorrows. If
trouble come to one member of the family
all feel it. 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 it. First those near
est the departed 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 sad
ness Of all. A company of persons join
hands around an electric battery; the
two persons at the ends of the line touch
shock. Thus, by reason of the filial, ma
ternal and paternal relations of life, we
stand so close together that when trouble
sets its battery, all feel the thrill OF dis
tress. In the great Christian family the
sorrow of one ought to be the sorrow of
al. Is one prosecuted. All are perse-
,uted. Does one suffer loss? We all suf
Ter loss Is one bereaved? We are all be-
-eaved.
Their streaming eyes together flow
For human guilt and mortal woe.
If you rejoice at another's misfortune,
you are not one of the sheep, but one of
he goats, and the vulture of sin hath
lighted on your soul, and not the Dove
If the Spirit
er a man of large estate dies the relatives
assemble to hear the will read So much
# the property is willed to his sons, and
70 much to his daughters, and so much to
societies. Our Lord Jesus hath
lied, and we are assembled to-day to hear
he will read. He says, MY peace l give
INTO you" Through His apostle He says,
AL Things are yours. w ever
Yes, everything! This world and the |
lext! In distinguished families there are |
Id pictures hanging on the wall. They |
re cancd the "heirlOoms" of the estate. |
they are very old, and have come down
rom generation to generation. So l look |
pon all the beauties of the natural world |
5 the heirlooms of our royal family. The
norning breaks from the east. The mists
ravel up, hill above hill. mountain above
until sky lost. The forests are
ull of chirp, and buzz, and song. Trees
eaf and birds wing futter with gladness.
in the log, and beak against
he bark, and squirrels chattering on the
all, and the call of the hawk out of a
lear sky make you feel glad.
The sun, which kindles cOnfagrations
mong the castles of cloud and sets nina
ct and dome afame, stoops to paint the !!
ly white, and the buttercup yellow, and
he forgetmenot blue. What can resist
he sun? Light for the voyager over the
eep! Light for the shepherd guarding |
ne flocks afield! Light for the poor who |
ave no lamps to Lurn! Light for the |