DR. TALMAGE'S SERMON.
The Humiliated Prince.
@hrist, that, though He was rich, for your sakes
He became poor. —11 Cor. 8: 9.
Tuanr all the worlds which, on a cold
winter's night, make the heavens one
great glitter, are inhabitantless, is an
absurdity. Philosophers tell us that
many of these worlds are too hot or too
cold, or too rarefied of atmosphere for
residence. But, if not fit for human
abode, they may be [it for beings differ-
ent from and superior to ourselves, We
are told that the world of Jupiter is
changing until it is almost fit for crea-
tures like the human race, and that
Mars would do for the human family,
with a little change in the structure of
the respiratory organs, But that there
is a great world somewhere, vast
vond imagination, and that it is
IE HEADQUARTERS OF THE UNI-
VERSE
and the metropolis of immensity, and
has a population in numbers vast
or poem or angel to deseribe,
tain as the Bible is authentic,
13 A8 Cer-
t
telescopes, have
glimpse of it,
We spell with
nounce it Heaven,
That is where
nineteen centuries
King's son. It
ol eternity, and all its
old as God.
ed the air,
the cheek
There had never
or a sideache, or a |
had not been a funeral
of the oldest
never, in
black veil,
anything to
of millions of years had n
crippled or bedimmed )
All the people there
state of eternal ad
floral and pomonic richness!
of perpetual bloom, and orch
ending fruitage. Had some
world entered
already
not Knowing
SIX
what 1t
it letters
U'rince
ago
was {
of one
Zens,
1 s
QIeSCelCe,
another
“What is
what |i
brightes
have failed
to study the question there
in Heaven for half a
q
to give
of whom 1
ments, acclamations,
prince, celestial or i ever en-
joyed. As He passed the reet, 1
inhabitants took off from their brows
garlands of white lilies, and threw them
in the way. He
the temples witn
terres
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h
never entered any of
itnout all the wor YOET
rising up and bowing in obeisance. In
all the processions of the high days He
was the one who evoked the loudest
welcome, Somet'meson foot, wall
in loving talk with t ] i
land, but at other
iot, and, among the twent: h
that David spoke of, His was the
est and most flaming; or, as when .
described Him, He took a whit
frey with what prance of foot,
of neck, and roll of m
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0
ne
Limes
only it
f eye, 18
Apocalypse.
princes, iting r the rather to d
ne. Whena
3 ist in Grermnany i
picture for the Royal Gallery rej
ing Emperor Willa n the
and the Crown
foot on the step «
William ordered the picture
and **Let the prince keep
¢ ' + 3 » $ TE
foot off the throne till 1 leave it,
YI
irOns .
sid.
ALLE
the Ieavenly
the Father,
lominion! What
mirers! What
'
ies
ADY ENFHRONED
Prince side 1
What a circl
myrmiodns
was
with
of
unending round of glor-
All the towers chime the Prince’s
praises! Of all the inhabit:
the centre of the city, on over
and clear down to the beach
which the ocean of immensity
billows, Piince was
edged favorite. No wonder
ays: “He was rich.” Set
liamonds of the earth in one i
build all the palaces of the earth in one
Alhambra, gather all the pearls of the
sea in one diadem, put all the values of
the earth in one coin, the aggregate
would not express his affluence, Yes,
Paul was right had in gold
nts
HLS,
from
the hills
against
volis its
acknow-
my text
all the
sceptire,
the
1
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ight, Solomon
six hundred and eighty million pounds,
and in silver billion twenty-nine
million three hundred and seventy-
seven pounds sterling, But
A GREATER THAN SOLOMON.
here. Not the millionaire, but the
quadri'lionaire of heaven. To describe
His celestial surroundings the Bible
15¢8 all colors, gathering them in rain.
bow over the throne, and setting them
as agate in the temple window, and
hoisting twelve of them into a wall,
from a striped jasper, at the base, to
one
is
while between are green of emerald and
snow of pearl, and blue of sapphire,
and yellow of topaz, gray of chryso-
prasus, and flame of jacinth, All
pets, doxologies. There stood the
under their wings the velocity of mil-
lions of miles in a second, rich in love,
worship, rich in holiness, rich as God.
But one day there was
A BIG DISASTER
in a department of God’s universe,
race fallen! A world in ruins! Our
planet the scene of catastrophe! A
globe swinging out into darkness, with
mountains, and seas, and islands, an
awful centsifugal of sin seeming to
overpower the beautiful centripetal of
righteousness, and from it a groan
reached heaven, Buch a sound had
never been heard there, Plenty of
sweet sounds, but never an outcry of
distress, or an echo of agony. At that
one groan the Prince rose from all the
blissful circumjacence, aud started for
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the outer gate, and descended into the
night of this world, Out of what a
bright harbor into what rough sea,
and potentate after potentate, °‘'No,”’
said the Prince; “1 canuot stay; I must
be off for
THAT WRECK OF A WORLD.
I must stop that groan. I must hush
that distress, I must fathom that way,
Farewell,
thrones and temples, companions cheru-
bie, seraphie, archangelic! Excuse this
absence, for I will come back again,
carrying on my shoulders a ransomed
world. Till this is done 1 choose earthly
scoff to heavenly acclamation, and a
cattle pen to a king's palace, frigid zone
of earth to atmosphere of celestial ra-
diance. 1 have no time to lose, for hark
ve to that groan that grows mightier
wait. Farewell! Farwell!”
“Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus
that, though He was rich, yet
for your sakes He became poor,”
Was there ever a contrast so
between the noonday
midnight of
HIS EARTHLY ARRIVAL?
ti at
» angels were out
and especial meteor
11 that
was from
fl yr
we tomb int
had so little ests
He had )
il after His death t
s }
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wer ms
‘a 1
nan's table,
man’s
another
inspired au-
ns
inl
es of Christ have Ix
LODO
He
§ composed His a
COM Presse «1
Way.
i rn tha
widen the
n of nearly all
They called Him
| aitof,
bibber, tI
ransacked the dict
um from lid to lid to ex-
tation. I can think
) sll-to-do men who es-
poused His cause, Nicodemus and Jos-
eph of Arimathea, His friends for
the st part were people who, in that
» where ophthalmia or inflamma-
¢ eyeball sweeps ever and anon
irge had blind, slick
I were anxious to get well,
and troubled peopled in whose family
there was some one dead or dying. If
now f only two 1
become
S00
opie who
would have heard what was done
the contents at the post mortem. Poor?
The pigeon in the dove-cote, the rabbit
in its burrow, the silk worm, in its co-
the bee in its hive is better pro-
vided for, better off, better sheltered.
the brute has a home
Cox.
creation
If on windy days the raven
Gambol like a dancing skiff,
Not the less he loves his haven
On the bosom of the oliff,
If almost with eagle pinion
O'er the Alps the chamois roam,
Y ot he has some small dominion
Which no doubt he calls his home.
But the Crown Prince of all heavenly
dominion has less than the raven, or
HE WAS HOMELESS,
Aye, in the history of the universe there
down. Who can count the miles from
the top of the throne to the bottom ¢f
the Cross? Cleopatra, giving a banquet
tojAntony, took a pearl worth a hundred
thousand dollars and dissolved it in vin.
egar and swallowed it. But when our
Prince, according to the Evangelist, in
His last hours took the vinegar, in it had
been dissolved all the pearls of His
heavenly royalty. Down until there
was no other depth for Him to touch,
troubled until there was no other harass.
ment to suffer, poor until there was no
other pauperis to torture, Billions of
dollars spent in wars to destroy men,
who will furnish the statistics of the
value of that precious blood that was
shed to save us? “Ye know the grace
of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though
He was rich, yet for your sakes He be-
Citing poor,”
THE PLACE STUDY IT.
Only those who study this text in two
places can fully reach its power, the
Hold Land of Asia Minor and the holy
How I should like some
day to take a drink out of Jacob 8 well,
and take a sail on Galilee, and read the
Sermon on the Mount while standing on
Olivet, and see the wilderness where
Christ was tempted, and be some after-
noon on Calvary, at about three o'clock,
the hour at which closed the Crucifixion,
and sit under the sycamores and by the
side of brooks, and think and dream and
pray about the poverty of Him who
came our souls to save, But you and I
will probably be denied that, so here, in
another continent and in another hemi-
sphere, and in scenes as different as pos-
sible, we recount as well we may, how
And
IY
hind
Of,
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in the other holy land above, we
all study the riches that Iie left b
when He started for earthly expedit
Come, let us bargain to meet
door of the Father's
bank of the river
under the tt
each other
atl the
on the
EYE
ytitsicds rate, JERS €
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vil
a
otland and his ol
again walk the heat!
and hes
iments, The night t
Id died, a
ar the bagpipes
n, the dying old
said : “What's th
the tune, yes, that's the
Gad, I have got home
“Bonny Scotland and
were the last words |
passed up to the highla:
country. And
hundreds
HOMESICK FOR HEAVEN,
because you have so many bereave-
some because you have so many
Se
ments,
many ailments, homesick, very home-
sick, for the fatherland of heaven ; and
the music that you want to hear now is
the song of free grace, and the music
vou want to hear when you die is free
grace,
God you will sing of the “grace of our
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rich, for your sakes became poor !
Yes, ves; for your sakes! It was not
it was all pain, It was not on
ation, for
HE
CX HOTA
KNEW THIS WORLD
it was not
thirst and vociferation of angry
mobs. For your sakes! Wipe away
your tears. To forgive your wrongdo-
ing, to companionship, your loneliness,
to soothe your sorrows, to sit with you
by the new-made grave, to bind up your
wounds in the ugly battle with the work
with the sunlight of a glorious morn,
For your sakes! No; I will change
that. Paul will not care, and Christ
will not care, If I change it, for I must
get into the blessedness of the text my-
self, and 50 I say; “For our sakes!”
For we all have our temptations and be-
reavements and conflicts. For our
sakes! We who deserve, for our sins,
to be expatriated into a world as much
poorer than this than this earth was
poorer than heaven. For our sakes!
But what
A FRUITFUL COMING DOWN
to take us gloriously up, When Artax-
erxes was hunting, Tribazus, who was
attending him, showed the king rent
in his gurment, The King said § “How
shall I mnend it?” “*Bygiving it to me,”’
said Privazus, Then the king gave him
the robe, but commanded him never to
wear it, as it would be inappropriate.
See tha startling and comforting fact |
while our Prince throws off the habit,
commands us to wear it, and it will
our spiritual state we may pat on the
splendors of heavenly regalement,
For our sakes! 0, the per sonality of
this rebgion! Not an abstraction, nor
elaborate masonry, not an ice-castle
like that which Empress Elizabeth of
Russia, over a hundred years ago, order-
ed constructed, winter with jts trowel
of erystal cementing the huge blocks
that had been quarried from the frozen
rivers of the North, but a father’s house
with a wide hearth crackling a hearty
welcome, A religion of warmth and
inspiration and light, and cheer, some-
thing we can take into our hearts and
homes and business recreations and joys
and sorrows, Not an
gift like the galley presented to Plolemy,
which required four thousand men
row, and its draught of water was
that it could not HEAT
shore, but something you
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great come
Citi run
hs
stream of annovance, howeve
LIteil AUBOVYALCE, JHOWEYEL
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Enrichment now, enrichment
evel
RIGHT ABOUT FAC]
going in the
While you are
ter into life
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peace
An Oil Romance.
rmer Harrisbu
A fi
held a State office an
iladelphia, was a
n and, after leavin
he State, he settled in ¢
ited
f 4
LERNI0
then grealiy ex ul
Here
walled for
its borders,
rie and
they came,
8 funds
18 fund
i on of bread
and his family
with
terest
ao it
‘1 won't
“you have
1 $1
untlv:
bi ARi84 Ny
help youl"
*But you must,’
‘you can do it. It
, and you
now, If 1
pers atv Lt!
won't
e man;
10u a
0 ahead
lose, it is nothing of
Draw up these papers,
eis
“Well, the lawyer, to get rid o
+
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do it.
eels 4
Cens
must
out
to do.
as his pay an interest in the oil well,
What happened?
The oil well was a gusher the
and
The lawyer was on hand,
very first chance he get he sold out for
£17,000 cash, With his money in
he hastened home and told his
rejoiced,
“And now, mother,’”’ said he to his
And they lit out for Philadelphia.
A,
A Mutual Surprise,
of Cal,, a short time since had an oc-
sasion to visit one of his sheep
ramps in the mountains, about thirty
miles east of Tehama, When he ar-
and remained at the camp alone, The
cabin was built of logs and a shed ex-
tended over one end. In the evening
Bogard killed a fine, fat sheep and
hung it up under the shed. During the
night he was awakened by what he sap-
posed to be a dog eating his mutton,
Quietly slipping out of bed in scanty
raiment he procured a piece of board
about four feet long and four inches
wide, He tiptéed around the house
with the intention of giving the dog a
terrible surprise. Arriving at the spot
he could, in the dim light, distinguish
some object pulling at the mutton, He
raised his board and brought it down
with all his might upon the back of a
grizzly bear. The bear gave an un-
earthly growl and sprang at Bogard
who had already dropped Ing stick and
was making for the door at a 2.40 gait,
As Bogard jumped into the door his
bearship suceeded in taking hold of
his nether garments, which, being of
light material, gave way and Bogard
reached a place of safety. Bogard and
liis herder killed the bear the next day,
It weighed about 800 pounds,
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON.
i T BUNDAY, Ocor, 23, 1887.
Throe Miracles,
LESSON TEXT.
(Matt, 9: 18.831. Memory verse, 289
LESSON PLAN.
Toric oF THE QUARTER :
King in Zion.
GOLDEN TEXT FOR THE QUARTER:
Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the
power, and the glory, and the victory,
and the majesty: for all that 18 in the
heaven and in the carth 48 thine; thine is
the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted
as head above all.—1 Chron. 29 : 11,
tly over Death
i { 1. Authority over Slekness, va, 20-22
nerity over Bundness, ve 27.51.
{ Lesson | 4
B, Authority over Death, va. 18,
Outline
i
GOLDEN TEXT:
{ faith be € unto you.
Ae
Matt. 9 : 29.
Day Home IR
Matt. 9: ]
ily ove
ADINGS:
« 1
» ad
{
ANA]
FTHORITY OV}
+. A Needy Sufferer:
Wise ca it {John 6: 3
II. A Splendid Result:
WAS Imai
ii. LTHORIT
I. An Importunate Cry:
Have mercy on
Have mer
David
) nef Day
Mark 10
* v » wt
Master, master
* 47
« 34
we perish (1a
Il. A Searching Question:
Believe ve I am able
RY
4 4 PRE
hat to do this
Jel
i Do £ }vovit
Believest the
John 14
Do ye now believe
IHL A Rich
Tin
iy the
John 16
Reward :
eves were
of
Ope d {1sa. So : 5).
Jesus Jdfouched their eves:....th
received their Matt, 20 :
Their eves were opened, and they
him {Luke 24: 31).
Whereas I was blind,
o : 20).
1. “Have mercy on
David.” (1) The
recogni | (2) The
sought,
“According to your faith be it done
unto you.” (1) Faith the measure
of blessing; (2) Blessing the out-
come of faith,
“They went forth, and spread
abroad his name in all that land,”
(1) Their new found joy ; (2) Their
wide-spread proclamation,
111. AUTHORITY OVER DEATH,
I. The Dead Child:
My daughter is even now dead (18)
Is the child dead? And they said, He is
dead (2 Sam. 12 : 19),
I pray thee, let this child’s soul come
into him again (1 Kings 17 : 21).
Ie sat on her knees till noon, and then
died (2 Kings 4 : 20).
There was carried out one that was
dead (Luke 7:12),
Il. The Present Friend :
Jesus came into the ruler’s house (23).
A very present help in trouble (Psa.
46 : 1).
When thou passest through the waters,
I will be with thee (Isa, 43 : 2).
Lo, Iam with you always (Matt, 28 : 20).
The Lord stood by me, and strengthened
me (2 Tim, 4: 17).
IL The Omnipotent Helper :
He. ,..took her by the hand : and the
damsel arose (25).
Even the winds and the sea obey him
{tat 8: 27)
All authority hath been given unto me
Matt, 28: 18).
The dead shall hear the voice of the Son
of God (Jahn 4: 95),
eVes
ie $
sight
now 1 see
son of
us, thou
Lord's mercy
come forth, Hethat was dead
came forth (John 11 : 43, 44).
1. “Come and lay thy hand upon her,
and she shall ” (1) The dead
daughter ; (2) The believing father ;
(3) The supreme Lord.-—{1) The
father’s request ; father’s
confidence,
2, “The damsel is not dead, but sleep-
eth.” (1) Death disclaimed ;
Bleep affirmed,
3. “I'he damsel arose.”
death ; (2) To life;
Christ,
nye,
(2)
(13 From
( 3) Through
A
LESSON BIBLE READING,
RESTORATIONS TO LIVE.
The widow’s son at Zarephath (1
17 : 17-24).
The Shunammite’s
or
ai 3
Kinm
son
20, 21
daughter
KE « Or “
£5 nig,
Grit
Sy
i —
THE STABLE CURE
Constant with
Hemedy
Companionship
Excellent
Consumption
a
Horse an for
practice
gly
a
he
£
and bought a Ix
whole day in the open
of the steed himself, and
about the neighborhood. At first his
weakness was such that he could not
stay in the saddle more than fifteen or
twenty minutes at a time and he had to
pull up very soon if the hos broke
into a tre Every day, however, he be-
le stronger, and
of months he was able to ride
twenty miles on a stret
little fatigue, He altributed
covery in part to the fact that
only rode, but groomed his
busied himself an hour
stable every day.
In this opinion he confirmed what 1
remember hearing an old physician say
| years and years ago, namely that a
| “horse barn,’ alled it, of
{ the healthiest places in the
sins AIMS
ise,
riding
Sh
+
Ve
. lied
came a Litt
i Af
in a couple
ten or
very
his re-
be not
horse and
or two in the
with
1
* as he «
is one
world.
A Superstition of the Chinese,
—————————
1 saw a Chinaman burning pape:
{ his doorway recently when I
to be passing his house late at night, in
| a back street in Brooklyn, and 1 had
| the cariosity the next day to ask an
{ explanation from an intelligent Chris.
| tianized Mongolian. He said that de-
vout Celestials, particularly those who
| have just arrived from China, always
{ burn paper in each doorway of the
| house before retiring at night. They
| believe that the progenitors of the pres-
| ent Chinese dynasty were dissatisfied
with the Chinese customs which grew
up at the close of their dynasty, of per-
| mitting aliens to enter the Flowery
™
chanced
the Tartars to the cusiom. To mark
their displeasure they placed in the sky
a star of death-dealing influence, which,
if it should shine into their doors or
upon the floors ten nights in succession,
would cause the death of all who in-
habit the house, Red, which to the
Chinese niind typifies all that is good
and righteous, is the antidote; hence
the red curtains hung before every Chi-
nese house and laundry, Fire, which
produces a red light, expels the demons,
hence the customs of burning paper in
doorways.
The Swedish and Danish Govern
ments have decided to lay down a new
submarine cable between their respec.
tive countries, The cable, which will
consist of four wires, will be from Hel
singborg to Elswore and by the island
of Hveen,