Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-04-20
SAVING OF NATIONS.
DR.. Talmage Tells Of the Sacrifices
Of Our Savior.
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In this discourse DR.. Talmage shows
the Nessianic sacrifices for the saw
ing OF all nations and speaks OF
Gethsemane as Il appeared TO him;
text. I. Corinthians $50: eye are
bought with price
Your friend takes you through his
valuable house. You examine the
arches. tho frsscoeS. the grass plots.
the fish ponds. the Conservatives,
the parks Of deer. ana YOU say with
in yourself or you say aloud; What
did all this cost2'' lOu see & costly
diamond flashing in an earring. or
you hear costly dress rustlinr
across the drawing-room. or you see
a high mettled span OF horses har-
messed 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 II is
worth. He says: Il viii estimate
60 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 equipsge. adding up in al max
ing This aggregate"
Well. my friends. hear 40 much
about our mansion in Heaven, about
its furniture and the grand surround
ings. that want TO know how much
IL is all worth and what has actually
been paid for it. I cannot complete
IN a month nor year the magnifi-
cent calculation. but before I get
through to-day I hope 20 give you
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price"
The first insfallment paid for the
clearance OF our souls was the igno-
minious birth Of Christ in Bethie-
hem. Though we may never be care
fully looked after afterwsrd. our ad-
vent into the world IS carefully guard
ID. We came into the world amid
kindly attentions. Privacy and 81
lcnce are afforded when God launches
an immortal soul into the world.
Even the toughest OF men know
enough 10 stand back But l have 20
tell YOU that in the village on the
side OF the hin .hcre was = very bed
lam of uProsr when Jesus was born.
In a village capable Of accommodate
irg only . few hundred people many
thousand people we're crowded. and
amid hostlers and muieteers and cam
! 81 drivers yelling at stupid beasts Of
burden the Messiah appeared No ST.
lsncs. No privacy. 4 better adapted
i place hath the eaClet In the eyrie
hath the whelp in the lions lair. The
exile OF Heaven lieth down upon
straw. The first night out from the
palace OF Heaven spent in an out
house. One hour after LAYING aside
the robes OF Heaven dressed I'm a
wrapper Of coarse linen. One would
have supposed that Christ would have
made a more gradual descent. com
ing from Heaven first 10 a halfway
world Of great magnitude. then 20
Caesars palace. then 10 a merchants
palace In Galilee. then 20 a private
home In Bethany. then 20 a fisher
mans hut and last OF all 70 q stable
No, IL was one leap from the TOP
20 the bottom
Let us open the door Of the caravan
sary in bethlehem and drive away the
camels. Pass on through the group Of
idlers and loungers. What. o Mary. no
light? "No light" she says. save tia.
which comes through the door" What
Mary. no food? None" she saws
-oniy that which was brought in the
sack On the journey" Let the Bethle.
hem woman who has come ia here with
kindly attentions put back the cover.
ing from the babe that we may look
upon 81. Look Look, Uncover youT
head Let US knesl. Let all voices be
hushed. Son OF Mary Son Of God
Child OF day! Monarch OF eternity
In that eve the gAs nee Of God. ON
impotence sheathed in that Babe.
arm That voice TO be changed from
the feeble plant 10 the tone that shall
wake the dead. Hoxauna! Hosanna,
Glory TO God that Jesus came from
throne 90 manger that We might rise
from manRer 10 throne. and that al
the gates are open. aud that the door
OF Heaven that once swung this wa,
60 let Jesus out now swings the Other
way 30 let us in. Let all the bellIner
OF Heaven lay hold the rope and rins
out the news: ~Bshold. bring yos
glad tidings OF great JOY. which shall
be 40 all people. for to-day Is born II
tie city of David Saviour. which Il
Christ the Lord."
The second instaslment paid for on
souls clearance was the scene in Quar-
antania, a mountainous region. full o
eaverns, where are to-day panther
and Wild beasts Of all sorts. so tina
you must now 90 there armed will
} knife or gun or pistol. IL was Their,
that Jesus went To think and 10 pray
J and Il was there that this monster o
Z heil-more sly. more terrible, thai
anything that prowled ia that countr-
: Satan himself. met Christ.
? The rose ip the cheek Of Christ