The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-08-29
CHILDREN OF \ KING.
DR.. TALMAGE breaches OF THE
SCiONS OF ROYALTY.

The Royal House of Jesus, and the
Sun, the Moon. the Stars and All
Nature Are It's EIcrita=c-The Cross
Its Great TicraIdic Sign.
WASHINGTON. Aug. HG.-In this dis
course Or. Talmagr. who during bis
Journey homeward has seen much Of
royal and imperial splerdors, IN pass
ing through the capitals Of Europe,
shows that there is no higher dignity
nor more iluStriouS STATEN than those
which the Christia has as IL child Of
God; text, Judges viii, IS, Zach one
resembcd the children Cf Il king
Zebah and Zalmunna had been off to
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.
will always represent patriotism. The
family Of the Mcdici stood as the re-
preventative Of letters. The family Of
the Rothschilds is significant Of wealth,
the loss Of S40,000.000 in 1913 putting
them to no Inconvenience: and within
a few years they have loaned Russia
S12,0OO.COO. Naples. $25,0000C0, Aus
tria, S4O.000000. and England S200,O00,-
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 it and there is peace. The Roman
offs Of Russia, the uoEenZollerns of
Germany, the BOurbOuS Of France, the
Stuarts and Guelphs Of Great Britain
are houses whose names are inter
twined with the history of their re-
spectve 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, l speak Of our family name.
When we see a descendant Of some one
greatly celebrated in the last century,
we look at him with profound inter-
est. TO have had ccnquerors, kings or
princes in the ancestral line gives luS-
ter 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 tnat made
music at his birth. From thence he
started forth to conquer all nations,
not by tran:pling them down, but by
lifting them up. st. John saw him on
a 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 Bethsaida. The Saviour Of
one world, and the chief JOY of another.
The storm his frowl. 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 a drop on the tip
of his finger. Heaven Il sparkle Oh the
bosom Of his love. Eternity the twin
kiln. Of his eye. The universe the fly
ing dust Of his chariot wheels. Able
to heal a heartbreak, or hush 4 tenn
pest. or drown a world or food i'm
mcnSity with his glory. What other
family name could ever boast of such
an i!lustrious parsonage?
IIenccf0rth. swing out the coat or
arms, Great families wear their coat
OF arms on the dress. or on the door
Of the coach. or Oh the helmet when
they 90 ont 10 battle. or on flags and
ensignS The hcralGic sign is So,ic-
times lion. or Il dragon, or an eagle.
Our coat of arms worn right over The
heart, hereafter Shall be cross.
lamb standing under it, and dove
living over it. Grandcst Of all eScutch-
cons. Most significant Of all family
eScutcheons! IL every battle must
have it blazing on my tiag-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 tE1t all
the world may see that looked to the
Dove of the Spirit. and clUng to the
Cross, and depended upon the Lamb Of
Cod. which taketh away the sin Of the
world.
Ashamed O. Jesus. that dear friend,
On whom my hopes Of life depend
No! When ! 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 tie 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 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 ut 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-