Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-02-04

ti1raS Oh DItClOuS DlOhN'f AHo~-
of gold. "Ah," you say, "if the ancient
inhabitants of Troy had such rlch
wristbands as these, truly the ancient
dresses and robes must have been OIL
the most expensive materials" NO won
der. then, that Agrippina, wife OF Ell
peror Claudius, had robe made ell
tirely of gold. No wonder, then, Dari-
ms. king of the Perslans. had golden
mantle with jeweled clasps and win
two great golden war hawks woven III
IN the texture. No wonder that among
the royal wardrobes of Herod the
Great was found garment MADE en-
tirely of silver threads and that fllny
+he-"vounger wrote Of Roman lady
who had a dress made up entirely Oh
nrecious pearls. If the adornments Oh
the apparel of the ancients were 50 eA-
pensive. we can understand why soioh
and Pvthagoras and Cato and ran
miss and Didlus by "sumptuary laws
tried. 10 restrict extravaganza Id dress
II An Oriental Description.
Now. what gold and silver and pre-
cious stones In dress mean 10 the "es'
ern mind myrrh and aloes and cassia
On a sense mean to the oriental nina.
As would say to you, Her dress was
spaaliling with jewels" the oriehlai, "
Mhlt sumptuousness and expensive
ness Of apparel, would say, HIS gar
,nonts were aromatic with myrrh anu
oloes and cassia." Myrrh was one OF
the treasures of the east Wheh tne
,y,oe mon came to bow at the manger,
what EXPENSIVE presents did they
hiring? Gold and frankincenSe ana
mvrrh. These oriental sages would not
have offered to king present ol
mvrrh unless it had been OF great
value DIR. Kitto tells us this: "Myrrh
was offered In presents, as naturai
nroducts were in those days, because
such as were procured from distant
countries were very rare. In the same
way we often hear Of rare amman
or bird being presented to royalty III
the present day" "The aioes Oh
Cochin China" wrote DR.. faussetI'
"are worth their weight In gold" Inc
value Of cassla also was enormous ~
. was used, as DR.. McChntock ni-
,or,ns us. as an ingredient In the COST
liest unguents. When the psalmis'
Z tells us that Christ's wedding garments
, smsIl Of myrrh and aloes and cassia We
, know that he means US 10 unusrs'ano
| how precious they will be.
3 Let us consider what makes tnen
: nreeious. They are the glory OF oul
Z lord He will wear them In JOY ano
,.ot,tude for the sacrifices his people
j have made in his cause. Ihey are ~
q inc to cost all the moneys we give u
e our churches and to our reformator!
0 institutions. We must give this none.
: for Christ's robes. He bids us give
d They are going to cost all the money
|. we send to fcreign MISSIONS '"
10 +eaeh all men" IS the Bible command
e MOI only have they cost money, pu
d blood. They are going to cost all III
n blood of the martyrs which has pee
It shed in the past. All, now the q
"a no.so of those wedding robes is roiiln
nm If the dead body Of a common Ii
10 horer slain by an express train III Ne
70 yorl, state Is worth $1,000, how muc
,e must have been worth the martyre
le blood of a Paul, Peter, Stephen
n. Polycarp, Justin Martyr, SaVoh
III rola. a Ridley. an Elphege, a Gileyn
IN Muler. n John Rogers, a Lawrence oa
or ders. a John Harper, Breboeul' Id
n lermand and Of the thousands ana u
Iir tens of thousands of men ana "oin'
ne slain by sword and spear ana Dat'l
of az or burned at the stake and torture
Il. with untold agonies in many "chal
he bars Of horrors!" God alone can kno
Id how the value of Christ's wedding ga
M ments is increasing.
e. The Supreme Cost.
Rut the supreme element i'll the &C
rid of those wedding garments is the pio
lat of Christ himself. 1t was by nls o'
las suffering and death that he won [
he RIGHT to wear them. Do you woho
M that Isaiah when in prophetic Vlsi
ion he sees these wedding robes descriL
lat them by their color-the color Oh
of bloody sacrifice? "Who IS thls, CT
ar be that cometh from Edom with dy
est Garments from Bozrah-this that
len Glorious in his apparel? Wheret'
ch, ort thou red In thine apparel ana
re garments like him that treadeth III
not wine vat?" All, my friends, am &
1ch today we can talk about the royal CT
son and not the royal purple OF Chris
i've wedding garments. l am giau
in even in heaven, when looking upon
GUS divine face Of Jesus, we shall no'
1ty. allowed for one moment to forget
lich enormous cost in money and DloOu
bed the marriage robes in which Christ
I'm he clad as the Bridegroom When
nv +okes the church as his bride IN e
hat nal nuptials. Am going beyond
loes right in declaring that Christs "
lem ding robes are to be the most expen'
les Of garmentsf
Rut. drawing near to the Divine br
ide- groom. find that Chrlsts "eu'
, Of robes have a wonderful curative q
ling ity. Their touch Is like the cool d
vore upon the fevered brow. Oh, ye3'
ere- are more than that. Their touch g
hen spiritual and physical healing.
Isa- like the healing power OF Cnr
Of earthly robe when the border OF IL
mar pressed just an instant by the
Of finger Of the poor woman VINO nat
10 in issue of blood for twelve years
mar sooner did her flesh come IN COL
Z of with ITS folds than Immediately
vben woman was made whole from
the hour" We have read how the an
killed devotees used to travel many mile
Teay. be cured Of their physical pains al
hose tomb of ST. Ann de Beaupre' 0
,ow? the "healing spring" Of Lourdes' Q
,ipni. the flowing robes Of st. ANTI
pQrnQr6 Dill i