St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-29
A GLORIOUS FUTURE.

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Dr.. Talmage Tells of the Heritage
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Sermon suxxested hy Hla Contact
with Imperial Sple.dors Of
EuroPe-TAe Royal House
Of Jesas.
tcop,rIsAt. laeo, By Louis Kicpsch-l
"7-s washington.
In this discourse DR.. Talmage, who,
during, hls Journey Aomexard, has
seen much of sroyA and Imperial
splcndors in passing through the cap
itals of Europe, shows that there is no
higher dignity nor more illustriohs
station than those which the Chris
tan has as a. child, of God; text,
Judges s:ls: "Each one resembled
the children of king"
Zebah and Zaln1unna 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 ; royal resemblance. 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 rep
resentative Of letters. The family OF
the Rothschilds is significant of
wealth, the loss Of $40, 100000 in 1s4S
putting them to no inconvenience. and
within a few years they have loaned
Russia S12, ,0OO, 900, Naples $4,000, 600,
Austria SAC, ,00O. geo and Eng and $780,
0oO, 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-
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 I 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 descendant OF some
one greatly celebrated in the last CEN
f1ry, We look at MIN With profound
interest. To have had conquerors.
kings or princes in the ancestral line
gives luster to the family name. In
our line was a 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 natiQna
chained to His wheel or in iron cages.
but / 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 a1d the crown
that was given Him. It 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 ats 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
Ia drop on the tip Of his finger. Heaven
| a 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 a heart.
break or hush a tempest or drown a
world or flood immensityw with His glory
What other family name could evel
boast Of such an illustrious person
age?
Henceforth swing out the coat oi
arms! Great families wear their coat
Of arms on the dress, or on the door
| Of the coach. or on the helmet wher
they go out to battle. or on flags an6
ensigns. The heraldic sign is some
times lion or dragon or an eagle
| Our coat of arms, worn right over thu
heart, hereafter shall be a cross, Z
lamb standing against 1t and dove
Hyinc over it. Grandest of all escutch
cons! In every battle I must have Il
blazing on my fiag-the dove, thu
cross, the Lamb. and when fall wraI
me in that good old Christian flag. 81
that the family coat Of arms shall b
right over my breast, that all thu
world may see that I looked to th'
Dove of the Spirit and clung to th'
Cross and depended upon the Laml
Of God, which taketh away the sin o
the world.
Ashamed Of 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, 1 speak Of the family sor
rows. If trouble come to one membe
Of the family, all feel It. It is the Gus
tom, after the body il lowered int
the grave, for all the relatives to com
to the verge Of the grave and lool
down into it. First those nearest tn
departed come, then those next o
kin, until they have all looked into tn
grave. So, when trouole and grief &
down through the heart OF one mem
Der of the family, they go dow
through them all. The sadness Of on
Il the sadness Of al. A company Q
persons join hands around an electri
battery; the two persons at the end
OF the line touch the battery. and al
the circle feels the shock. Thus, b.
reason of the filial, maternal and pa
ternal relations of life. We stand s.
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