The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-08-23
PRINCE ANDPROPHET
Rev. DR.. Talmaso's Sermon on
tho Great jewish Lawsiver'
Yhe wisSorr q Moses IN DEALING WIN
the People srd Ma Worder'"'
Miracles 60 Demonstrate
HE Power.


so,no, shows the significance Of ihe
testimony Of lsreers great loader 10
Icons as the Messiah The text j.
lake xvi. 81. III they hear not Moses
and the prophets. neither VIII they d.
porsuoded. though one rose from 'n'
dead"
The symbol D the graveyard Is n''o
Nv Jesus fo~ his gospel TEACHINGS jn''
rs many artists use skeletons i''
,se,r models in great artistic master
n,eces The parable Of Dives ana
ra,arus e nothing more or lees than
n rroht panorama, a collection Of yer
bal pictures showing Che eternai tr"s
edy os a misspent life.
scono the First-An eastern prince
ia in his palace. All that wealth ana
mover ana temporal grandeur can give
&c his His clothes are Of royal purple
Ills dining room Is q banquet hall
Ills walls are Of white marble His
eoors are mosaics. Ills Railways ana
bedrooms and porlors are filed with
sts,usrv and richest tapestries ano
bcs,,lful artistic masterpieces. Upon
his doorstop crouchos a poor hee9Hr'
starving 10 death. malodorous and Of
fans,ve from innumerable Ulcers ana
obscessas which have broken out over
hts body on account Of improper neuI
ishment
Scene the Second-Two graves ana
tho celestial advent Of the beggar ana
the eternal Incarceration Of him VINO
had once been king among men. Inc
earthly psuper hns been crowned. Inc
earthly prince has been stripped OF his
all. Then Dives, down IN the region
Of the lost looks up aud sees Lazarus
who had once sat at his doorstep de-
spised besgar. hvt now cherished ana
cared for by Abraham. the father OF
the faithful. and he cries out. Il pray
thee. father. that thou wouiost send
Lazarus to my fathers house. for ]
have Eve brethren. that he may TESTIFY
unto them. lest they also come into
this place Of torment"
Then what happens7 God seems to
reach down and lift skeleton out OF
Its cravo and cioths IL again with
flesh. BE stands this resurreeted dead
man before us and points TO him as ne
SAYS: III they bear not Moses and the
prophets. neither will they he pei
euaded though one rose from the
dead" The statement practically Is
that II man " open to conviction ne
will be convinced by the writings Of
Moses and the prophets, II he is not
convinced by them. nothing would
convince him-not even the testimony
Of a specier This IS a startling asser-
ton. Have we ever fully realized
that those words are 50 convinoingl
What was there In the life and writ
ings Of that ancient lewgiver that
makes them 80 inhuentiall
The Rank Of Moses.
Moses by the law Of adoption took
the rank Of one who was well born.
lie was the adopted son Of Pharaoh's
daughter He was the heir apparent
Of the greatest throne on earth. He
had All that wealth and position and
honor could give him. He was born
great And yet this Egyptian prince,
this adopted child OF Pharaohs daugh-
Ter. was ready to surrender all Of king
" power IN order 70 be a follower Of
the true God. Now. every effect must
have a logical cause. A man does not
surrender a great prize OF life just
for a whlm. There must have been
some great impelling force In Moses
life 70 have led him 70 serve God and
espouse the cause Of the Hebrew
slave.
We have read Of men and women
surrendering their faith for an earthly
throne. but did you ever know Of a
man surrendering an earthly throne
for his religion unless he deeply and
conscientlously believed IN that rcli-
gioni Whom a German princess a few
years ago married Emperor Nicholas
and became Empress Alix of all the
Russias. she renowned the Lutheran
church and Joined the Greek church,
Of which her husband is the spiritual
head. When the English Princess
Ena Of Battenberg became Queen Vic
toria Of Spain, she left the Episcopa-
lian church. IN which she had been
confirmed and baptized. and joined the
Catholic church. which IS the estab-
lished church Of her adopted country.
These two princesSes changed theiT
religious creed IN order 70 win royal
diadem. But what would you say II
the present Prince Of Wales should Join
the Roman Catholic church, What
would you say II he should turn from
the Episcopallan church and give his
religious fealty to the pope Of Rome
as did Cardinal John Henry Newman
II he did this. he would by that act
surrender oil his rights 70 the British
throne. The British people Will not
have a Roman Catholic for their king
When they got rid Of James H.. the
last king Of that religion. they made
perpetual stipulation that none but
Professionals should sit on the British
throne The prince knows that the
price hs would have TO pay for Joining
the Roman Catholic church would hs
the loss Of his throne. II ne con
eluded 20 Join that church In spite oi
that penalty. YOU would say that mar
must De sincere. No man lightly re
nounccs throne And yet this Is Jus
what Moses did He was the son oil
Phsraoh's daughter lie bad. IN tbs
sight Of the law. the right Of success
sion. As II he bad really royal blooC
In his veins. The Egyptian thron
was his IL he simply kept still AM
said nothing And yet here was
prince. hero was a young man bou