The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-04-12
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tcopyssht ieoi BY Louis Islopseh. S S Ia Al !, II
In this discourse DR.. Talmago shows
the Messianicssacrifices for the saw
Ing Of allsnations and speaks Of
S5 Gethschlano as 1t appeared to him;
text, /. Corinthians e:2o: "Ye are
" bought with Q price"
Your friend takes you through his
valuable house. You examine the
arches, tho frcacoes, tho grass plots,
S the lfsh ponds, the conseryatories,
IN the parks of deer, and you say with
\ in yourself or you say aloud: "What
did all this oost?, You SEQ costly
} diamond flashing in an earring, Or
you hear q costly dress rustling
across the drawing-room, or you SEQ
o high mettlcd span of horses her
messed with silver and gold, and you
begin to make an estimate Of the
value.
The man who owns large estate
cannot instantly tell you all it Is
worth. He says: II will estimate
SO much for the house so much for
the furniture, so much for laying out
II tho grounds, SO much for the stock,
so much for the barn, so much for
the equipage, adding up In all maxi
\ ing this aggregated" .
Well, my friends, I hear so much
about our mansion in Heaven, about
its furniture and the grand surround-
ings, that / want to know how much
1T is NIL worth and what has actually
been paid for it.. I cannot complete
in a month nor a year the magnifi-
cent caloulation, but before L get
through to-day hope to give you
tho figures. "Ye are bought with
price"
Tho first installment paid for the
clearance of our souls was the igno-
{ minious birth Of Christ in Bottle.
hem. Though we may never be care
fully looked after afterward, our ad-
& vent into the world is carefully guard
ed. NJ We came into the world amid
kindly attentions. Privacy and ST.
lenea are afforded when God launches
an immortal soul into the world.
Even tho roughest Of men know
enough to stand back. But have to
Sell you that in tho village on the
sido OF the hill there was very bod
lam Of uproar when Jesus was born.
In o village capable Of accommodate
Z ing only q few hundred people many
thousand people were crowded, and
amid hostlers and muleteers and cam
.el drivers yelling at stupid beasts Of
burden tho Messiah appeared. No ST.
lonoc. No privacy. A better adapted
place hath tho eaglet in the eyrie,
hath tho whelp in the lions lair. Tho
exilo sof 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 in a
wrapper Of coarse linen. Ono would
have supposed that Christ would have
made q more gradual descent, COM
ing from Heaven first to o halfway
world Of great magnitude, thon to
Caesars palace, then to merchants
palace in Galilee, then to q private
home In Bethany, then to a fisher
4 mans hut and last Of all to a stable.
No! Itwas one leap from the top
6 to tho bottom. l.8 a
VI Let. JUS open the door Of the caravan
& sary in bethlehem and drive away the
X camels Pass on through tho group OF
u tdlers and l9ung gers.8 }Whht, Q Mary, no
aIl ig ht I'm 8 light, she saysSnsnve that
which comes throughst tho door,: What,
Mary, no food? None" she says,
"cnly that ;sh!cli was brought II The
{ sack on the Journey" Lot the Bethle-
\ hem woman who has come in here with
. kindly attentions put back the cover
Ing from the babe that we may look
upon It, Lookl Loolsi Uncover your
& head. Let us kneel. Let nil voices bo
hushed, Son Of Maryl Son Of Godi
Child Of a dayl Monarch Of eternityi
& In that eye the glance Of God. Om-
impotence shcnthed in that Babes
arm. THAT voice to be changed from
che feeble plant to tho tone that shall
wake the dead. Hosannal Hosannal
Glory to God that Jesus came from
throne to manger that we might rise
IRON mangor to throne, and that all
the gates aro 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 all the bcllmen
OF Heaven lay hold tho rope and ring
OUT tho news: Behold, I bring YOU
glad tidings Of great JOY, which shall
be to all people, for to-day is born in
the oity of David Saviour, which is
X Christ the Lordl"
~.I The soeond installment paid for our
souls clearance was the sceno in Quar-
nntnnia, mountainous region, full of
caverns, whore are to-day panthers
and wild beasts Of all sorts, 80 thnt
2 you must now go there armed with
knife or gun or pistol. It was there
thnt Jesus went to think and to pray.
and 1t was there that this monster Of
hell--1nore sly, more terrible, than
anything that prowled in that country
\ Satan himself, met Christ.
The roso IN the cheek Of Christ
that Publius Lentullus, in his letter to
tho Roman senate, ascribed to jesus
that rose had scattered its petals. Alb.
stinence from food had thrown him
anto emaciation. A long abstinence
from food recorded in profane his
tory 10 that Of the crew Of tho
ship Juno. For % days they had moth.
y Ing to eat. But this sufferer had tasted
month and ten days before he broke
fast. Hunger must have agonized every
e q IS OF the body and gnawed on the
4 ssofnAsh with teeth OF donth. The
4 Shorgnt Of morsel Of bread or meat
sb!H,t have thrilled the body with some
lbing like ferocity Turn out a pack Of
/ men hungry as Christ was a a-hungered.
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