Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-04-06

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WASHINGTON. March 31.-In this dis
course DR.. Talmage shows the Mes
sianic sacrifices for the saving Of all
nations and speaks of Gethsemane as
it appeared to him; text, | Corinthians
Vi. 20, aye are bought with price"
Your friend takes you through his
valuable house. You examine the arch
es. the frescoes. the grass plots, the fish
ponds, the conservatories, the parks Of
deer, and you say within yourself or
you say aloud. "What did all this costT'
You see n costly diamond flashing in
ln earring, or you hear costly dress
rustlng across the drawing room, or
you see a high mettled span of horses
harnessed with silver and gold, and
YOU begin to make an estimate OF the
value.
The man who owns a large estate
cannot instantly tell you all it is worth.
He says. 81 will estimate so much for
the house. so much for the furniture,
so much for laying out the grounds, so
much for the stock, so much for the
barn. so much for the equipage-add-
ing up in all making this aggregate"
Well, my friends, | hear so much
about our mansion in heaven, about its
furniture and the grand surroundings,
that want to know how much it is all
worth and what has actually been paid
for it. cannot complete in a month or
a year the magnificent calculation, but
before | get through today | hope to
give you the figures. "Ye are bought
with price"
With some friends | went to the Tow
er of London to look at the crown jew
els. We walked around. caught one
glimpse of them and. being in the pro-
cession, were compelled to pass out.
wish that could take this audience in
to the tower of Gods mercy and
strength. that you might walk around
Just once at least and see the crown
jewels Of eternity, behold their bril-
lance and estimate their value. "1e
are bought with price"
The First Instnllment.
Now, If you have a large amount OF
money to pay, you do not pay it all at
once, but you pay it by installments-
so much the lst of January. so much
the 1st of April. so much the 1st OF
July, so much the lst Of OctOber-until
the entire amount is paid, and | have
TO tell this audience that you have
been bought with a price" and that
that price was paid in different Install
mcnts.
The first installment paid for the
clearance Of our souls was the igno-
birth of Christ in Bethlehem.
Though we may never be carefully
looked after aftPrward. our advent into
the world is carefully guarded. We
come into the world amid kindly at
tentions. Privacy and silence are af-
fordcd when God launches an immortal
soul into the world. Even the toughest
Of men know enough to stand back.
But | have to tell you that in the vii
lage on the side of the hill there was n
very bedlam of uproar when Jesus was
born. In a village capable Of accom-
modating only a few hundred people
many thousand people were crowded,
and amid bOstlers and muleteers and
camel drivers yelling at stupid beasts
Of burden the Messiah appeared. No
silence. No privacy. A better adapted
place hath the eaglet in the eyrie, hath
the whelp in the lions lair. The exile
of heaven ieth dcwn upon straw. The
first night ont from the palace Of heav-
en- spent in an outlouse! One hour
after laying aside the robes Of heaven.
dressed in a wrapper Of coarse linen.
One would have supposed that Christ
would have made more gradual de-
scent. coming from heaven first to a
half way world of great magnitude,
then TO CTsar's palace. then to mer-
chants castle in Galilce. then to a pri-
vate home in rcthany, then to fisher
mans hut and last Of all to a stable.
No: 1t was one leap from the top to the
bottom.
Let rs open the door Of the caravan
,ary In Bethlehem and drive away the
,amels. Press on through the group
If idlers and loungers. What, o Mary!
No light? mo light" she says. save
hat which comes in through the door,"
What. Mary, no food? None" she
says, "only that which was brought In
The sack on the journey" Let the
woman who has come in
here with kindly attentions put back
he covering from the Babe that we
may look upon it. Look. Look! Un-
cover your head. Let us kneel. Let
Ill voices be hushed. Son Of Mary!
Son Of God, Child of a dayl Mon
arch of eternity. In that eye the
glance of God. Omnipotence sheath
I'd in that Babes arm. That voice to
be changed from the feeble plant to
the tone that shall wake the dead.
Hosanna. Hosanna! Glory be to God
that Jesus came from throne to man
ger, that we might rise from manger to
throne and that all the gates are open
and that the door Of heaven, that once
swung this way to let Jesus out, now
swings the other way to let US in. Let
Ill the bellmen of heaven lay hold the
rope and ring out the news: Behold, ]
bring you glad tidings Of great Joy.
which shall be to all people. For to-
day is born In the city Of David a
Saviour. which Is Christ the Lordl"
Christ's Temptation.
The second installment paid for our
souls clearance was the scene In Quar-
antanla. q mountainous region, full Of
caverns. where are to this day PAN
theirs and wild beasts Of all sorts, so
that you must now 60 there armed
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