The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-09-01
A GLORIOUS FUTURE.
Dr.. Talmage Tells of the Heritage
of Gods Children.
Sermon Suggested by His Contact
with Imperial splendors of
Europe-The Royal House
of Jesus.
tCopyright, 1900. by Louis Klopsch.l
Washington,

In this discourse DR.. Talmage, who,
during his journey homeward, has
seen much of royal and imperial
splendors in passing through the cap
itals of Europe, shows that there is no
higher dignity nor more illustrious
station than those which the Chris
tian has as a child of God; text,
Judges Sis: Each one resembled
the children Of king"
Zebah and Zalmunna had been of to
battle, and when they came back they
were asked what kind of people they
had seen. They answered that the peo-
pie had a royal resemblance. Zach
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 rep
resentative of letters. The family OF
the Rothschilds is significant OF
wealth, the loss of 100000 in 1s4s
putting them to no inconvenience, and
within few years they have loaned
Russia $4,000 900, Naples s25,000,OOO,
Austria $4,000, 900 and En- and $780,
900 900, 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-
G bons of France, the Stuarts and
, Guelphs of Great Britain, are houses
whose names are intertwined with the
history of their respective nations
U symbolic of imperial authority.
: But l preach of family more po
: tential. more rich and more extensive
the royal house of Jesus, of whom
the whole family in Heaven and ol
= earth is named. We are blood rela
q tions by the relationship OF the cross
y all of us are children of the King.
q First, l speak of our family name
When we see a descendant of som
one greatly celebrated in the last cen
tury, we look at him with profoun
!, interest. To have had conqueror:
r kings or princes in the ancestral lin
gives luster to the family name.
IL our line was a King and Conquerol
E. The Star of the East with baton c
II light woke up the eternal orchestr
a that made music at His birth. Fror
thence He started forth to conquer a
q nations, not by trampling them dow
but by lifting them up. st. John sa'
re Him on a white horse. When He RI
N turns, He will not bring the nation
chained to His wheel or in iron cage
s' but hear the strike of the hoofs
to the snow white cavalcade that bring
in them to the gates in triumph.
;r Our family name takes luster fro
the star that heraldcd Him and II
{ spear that pierced Him a1d the crow
lg that was given Him. 1t gathers fr
o. GRANGE from the frankincense brougl
n to His cradle and the lilies that fur
their sweetness into His sermons al
n' the box of alabaster that broke at Fl
feet. The Comforter at Bethany. II
sb Resurrector at Main. The supe
- natural Oculist at Bethsalda. II
Saviour of one world and the chef j
hu of another. The storm His frow
ed The sunlight His smile. The spril
~ morning His breath The earthqual
II the stamp of His foot. The thund
the whisper of His voice. The ocei
a drop on the tip of his finger. Heav
)e- a sparkle on the bosom of His 10y
ri Eternity the twinkling of His ey
"a The universe the flying dust of +
chariot wheels. Able to heal a heal
Gu break or hush tempest or drown
nd world or food immensity with His glol
ed What other family name could ey
.od boast of such an illustrious perso
~, age?
''ii Henceforth swing out The coat
nd arms! Great families wear their &C
a of arms on the dress, or on the dc
Iod of the coach, or on the helmet VIII
they go out to battle, or on flags a
ensigns. The heraldic sign is son
to times a lion or a dragon or an Gag
DR.. Our coat of arms, worn right over
tbo heart, hereafter shall be a cross.
lamb standing against it and dC
leu fiving over it. Grandest of all escut
the cons! In every battle l must have
nd blazing on my flag-the dove,
h+ cross, the lamb. and when | fall WI
me in that good old Christian flag,
ne, that the family coat of aims shall
lad right over my breast. that all
en- world may see that I looked to
an Dove of the Spirit and chung to
~ Cross and depended upon the La
iSn of God, which taketh away the sin
'at- the world.
hot Ashamed OF Jesus, that dear friend,
-, On whom my hopes of life depend
Id No, When blush. be this my shame
in That no more revere His name.
Next, speak of the family s
irs' rows. If trouble come to one mem
of the family, all feel il. 1t is the
the tom. after the body is lowered i
the grave, for al the relatives to &C