The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-03-17

Rev. Or. Talmage Gives New
Meaning to an Old Text.
The Scene In Heaven When Christ
Claims the Church a. His bride.
The Robes of KinEIy
bridegroom.

Copyright, 1876. by Louis Klopsch.l
LOS ANGELES, Cal. Jan 29.-From
On incidental reference to anancient ori
entail marriage custom the preacher in
/ this sermon draws lessons applicable
10 modern life. The text is Psalm xiv
s, "All thy garments smell Of myrh
and aloes and cassia out Of the ivory
palaces"
The marriage bells are Ginning. Tie
glorious robes Of a kngly bridegroom
and of his bride. the daughter Of a
queen. and the garments of her many
bridesmaids are rustling Royal jew
els are flashing. The most skillful of
musicians are playing. And as the
wedding march sounds forth the mar
riage procession is approaching the
kings throne room over boulevards Of
gold The nmUberlcss inhabitants Of
the metropolis of the universe, with
its walls Of jasper and its gates of
pearl and its palaces Of spotless ivory,
are making the welkin ring with halle
luiahs of never ending joy. The ban
quoting house IS prepared with the
wedding supper for the coming guests,
for the Divine Bridegroom Of my text
is bringing bis Queenly bride to her
place at his side. over which hangs the
banner that his hands have placed
there, the banner Of love. Never on
earth nor in heaven has been seen and
never shall be witnessed a welding
procession like unto this. Gorgeous
ness infinite, wealth and power unlim-
tied, splendOr and magnifcence pass
ing ell understanding. will there be
manifested on every hand.
Earth has beheld some wonderful
wedding pageants. When the present
Emperor William Of Germany was
married to the beautiful Princess Au-
gusta Victoria the representatives, Of
all the civilized governments Of the
earth were there Among Berlin's
guests at that time were the king and
queen Of SaXony. the Grand Duke
Alexis Of Russia, Grown Prince Ru-
dolph Of Austria. the crown prince Of
Sweden, the present king OF England.
tile late Duke Of AOsta Of Italy and
scores OF other nOtables. The young
bridegroom came from POtsdam at the
head Of his gigantic foot guards TO
meet his bride. on the day Of the GER
emony the homes and the stores and
the public buildings We're decorated
When the nuptlal VOWS were taken the
cheers Of the people who crowded the
streets about the royal palaces echoed
the thirty-six salvos Of artillery which
thundered the news to the world that
Prince William and Princess Augusta
Victoria were one.
Memorable in the annals Of the world
are such spectaces. in which all that
human ingenuity could conceive has
been done to render the nuptials Of the
rulers Of nations scenes Of Overwhelm-
ing magnifcence. But the elimination
has vet to cOme-not here. but I'm that
glorious realm i'm which the Lord Of
Hosts has set his throne. The mar
riage Of the Lamb will be the grandest
and most glorious Of all unions. when
Christ takes TO himself his church,
which he has redeemed with his pre-
ciOus blood "a glorious church, not
having spot or wrinkle or any such
thing. holy and without blemish."
Human Imagination fails TO conceive
Of a spectacle SO glorious. Let us IN
stead of dwelling on the marvellous
scene take but one detail Of its beauty,
the wonderful garments with which
the Divine Bridegroom is TO be robed
on that glorious occasion. The psalm
lst mentions them i'm the words Of my
text They are wedding robes that
have the aroma Of myrrh and aloes
and cassia. Let US try to describe them
and TO learn a few practical gospel les
sons from them.
The royal robes Of the Divine Bride
groom will be the most expensive OF |
an garments Costly was the wedding !
apparel Of Louis XIV, which he wore |
when he was married to Maria There |
sa Of Spain: Of Prince Ferdinand when |
he stood by the side Of his bride, lsa-
bella Of CASTLE: Of the dauphin OF /
France, who. as Prince Francis mar |
rled the beautiful Mary, queen Of |
Scots: Of Emperor Nicholas H.. who I'm |
1894 gave his heart and hand I'm mar |
rage TO the beautiful Princess Alix Of |
Hesse; Of Napoleon Bonaparte when /
In 1910 he welded Marie Louise IN the /
place Of the dethroned and exlled |
Josephine But the robes Of the Heav- |
anly Bridegroom will suIpass all these /
In their value. How do we know? /
The oriental imagery Of the text signi-
lies IL. Fine and beautiful in texture,
they are to be perfumed with myrrh /
and aloes and cassla out Of the ivory
palaces
BY the adornments Of robe you can
form some estimate Of its value Let
me take you into the Berlin palace,
where are guarded the royal Jewels Of
Prussia. lift before your eyes the
beautiful diamonds and pearls which
he Hohenzollen queens have worn for
Then say TO you, when
he eldest daughter Of Queen Victoria
married the Crown Prince Frederick,
he wore these gems" What would
'ou answer "Ah." you would reply,
her wedding dress must have been
made Of very expensive material to
ave been appropriate for such adorn-
nents as those" Suppose should tell
.ou that when the noted German ar
Dr .Schllemann made his ex-
under ancient Troy he found
here the costlest Of feminine and
masculine adornments. There were
Wristbands of gold. earrings Of gold,
Of gold, headbands Of gold
iaras Of precious stones. finger rings
4 gold. "Ah," you say, If the ancient
Of Troy had such rich