Milford chronicle., 1901-04-05

WASHINGTON, March 31.-In this dis
course DIR. Talmage shows the Messianic
sacrifices for the saving of all nations
and speaks Of Gethsemane as it appeared
to him; text Corinthians Vi, 20, "Ye
are bought with price"
Your friend takes you through his val
liable house. You examine the arches,
the frescoes, the grass plots, the fish
ponds, the Conservatives. the parks Of
deer, and you say within yourself or you
say aloud, what did all this cost =
You see a costly diamond flashing in an
earring, or you hear a costly dress rus
Ting across the drawing room, or you see
a high mettlpd span of horses harnessed
with silver and gold. and you begin to
make an estimate Of the value.
The man who owns Il large estate can
not instantly tell you all it is worth, He
says, Il 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. adding up in all max
ing this aggregate
Well. my friends. hear so much about
our mansion in heaven. about its furni-
ture and the grand surroundings, that !
want to know how much it is all worth
and what has actually been paid for il.
] cannot complete in a month nor year
the magnificent calculation, but before
get through today hope 10 give you
the figures "Ye are bought with a
price"
With some friends went to the Tower
of London to look at the crown jewels
We walked around, caught one glimpse
of them and. being in the procession.
were compelled TO pass out. ! wish that
| could take this audience into the tower
| of Gods mercy and strength. that you
might walk around just once al least and
see the crown jewels of eternity. be.
! hold their brilluncr and estimate theii
value. 'Yp are bought with price
Now. if ynu have large amount OF
money to pay you do not pay il all AT
/ once. but you pay it by inStalmCntS-S6
much the LIST Of January. So much the
| list of April. So much the LIST Of July $,
much Ike LIST of October, until the entir,
amount is paid. and have to tell this an
dicncc that you have been bought witt
Il price" and that the price was PAL,
in different inStallmpnts.
The first inStalmpnt paid for the clear
ance Of our souls was the ignomiuiou
birth Of Christ in Bethlehem. Thnugl
we may never hc carefully loDked aftc
| afterward. our advent into the wOrl
is carefully guarded We come int
the world amid kindly attentions PR
vacy and silence are afforded when Go
launches an immortal soul intu-tha- world
Even the toughest of men know enoug
tp sand be- - I have to tell yo
that in the aage on the side OF tn
bill there was very bedlam Of up
roar when Jesus was born. In a villag
capable of accommodating only a fey
hundred people many thousand peopl
were crowded, and amid hOstlcrs an
muleteers and camel drivers yelling a
stupid beasts of burden the Messiah al
peared No silence. No privacy A be-
ter adapted place hath the eaget in tn
eyrie. hath the whelp in the lions lai
The exile of heaven licth down upn
straw. The first night out from the pa
ace Of heaven spent in an clubhouse. o.
hour after laying aside the robes
heaven dressed in a wrapper of cOar'
linen. One would have supposed til;
Christ would have made a more gradu
descent, coming from heaven first to
/ half way world of great magnitude, thI
to CAESARS palace. then to a merchant
: castle in Galilee, then to a private hon
/ in Bethany, then to fsherman's hut al
last Of all to a stable No! II was OF
leap from the top to the bottom.