Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1900-10-05
A GLORIOUS FUTURE.
VI. laimsge Tells of the Heritage
Of Gods Children.
sermon Suggested by His Contact
WIN Imperial spiendors of
Europe-Thc Royal House
Of Jesus.
acopyrsht. 1900. by Louis Klopsch.l
Washington

seen much of royal and imperial
spiehoors in passing through the cap
,tais OF Europe, shows that there is no
hgher dignity nor more illustrious
station than those which the Chris
tian has as child of God; text,
Judges Sis: Each one resembled
the children of king"
Aebah and Zalmunna had been off to
battle, and when they came back they
were asked what kind of people they
mad seen. They answered that the peo-
pie mad royal resemblance. each
one resembled the children of king"
That description of people is not ex-
tlnct' 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 rep
resentative Of letters. The family Of
the Rothschilds is significant of
wealth. the loss of S40,O00,0O0 in 1s4S
putting them to no inconvenience, and
within few years they have loaned
Russia $12,000,0O0, Naples S25,O00,000,
Austria $i0,000,O00 and England $780,
100000, and the stroke of their pen on
the counting~room desk shakes every
thing 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
Hohenzollerns of Germany, the Bour-
bons of France, the Stuarts and
Guelphs of Great Britain, are houses
whose names are intertwined with the
history of their respective nations
symbolic of imperial authority.
But l preach of a family more po-
tential, 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-
tions by the relationship of the cross;
all of us are children of the King.
First, speak of our family name.
When we see a descendant of some
one greatly celebrated in the last CEN
fury, we look at him with profound
interest. To have had conquerors,
kings or princes in the ancestral line
gives luster to the family name. In
our line was King and Conqueror.
The Star Of 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 a white horse. When He re-
turns, He will not bring the nations
chained to His wheel or in iron cages,
but I hear the strike 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 super
natural Oculist at Bethsaida. 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
n drop on the tip Of his finger. Heaven
n sparkle on the bosom of His love
Eternity the twinkling of His eye
The universe the flying dust of His
chariot wheels. Able to heal heart
break or hush tempest or drown a
world or food immensely with His glory
What other family name could ever
boast of such an illustrious person
age?
Henceforth swing out the coat OF
armsl Great families wear their coat
~ arms on the dress, or on the dooI
~ the coach, or on the helmet wher
thew 90 out to battle, or on flags anc
ers;ons. The heraldic sign is some
times n lion or dragon or an eagle
Orr coat of arms, worn right over The
heart. hereafter shall be cross,
i
lamb standing against 1t and dove
dying over it. Grandest OF all escutch
eonsi Tn every battle I must have II
blazing on my fag-the dove tht
cross. the lamb, and when fall wral
me in that good old Christian nag 81
that the family coat OF arms shall o'
r;obt over my breast, that all th'
world may see that I looked to th'
Dove of the Spirit and chung to th'
Cross and depended upon the LAM
- Cod. which taketh away the sin O
the world.
Acclaimed OF Jesus, that dear FRIEND
On whom my hopes of life depend;
No, When l blush, be this my snahe-
THAT no more revere HIS name
Next. I speak of the family sor
rows. If trouble come to one mempe'
- The family, all feel it. 1t is the Gus
tom after the body is lowered int
t tb crave, for all the relatives to com
~ the verge of the grave ana 1901
49, into II. First those nearest tn
son.rted come, then those next o
u rtpa until they have all looked into tn
grave. So, when trou' le al anu on gli mem y
down through the heart OF one mem men,
her of the family they ; 60 "a cow "r
through them all. The sadness dnsa Of on \
is the sadness Of al n.onnS 1o am eestri
bs ssy the two sn,ts at the snS snd
81 Of. 'n circle feels the shock Thus us b ,
tne - - the flial, maternal and pa