The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-10-05

Jerusa,em." Before tho sermon hs
expounoed she parable in Luke con.
cerning the Widows plea before the
unjust judge, and showed how God
honored prayer. To-day wascommun.
ion Sabbath and numbers were ad dad
10 the church membership, which now
reachen considerably beyond thrse
thousand. The opening hymn was:
Nea ermy God t. Tkeo;
Fen thoagh IL be-
A c-oss that ratsetn mo,
still ali my 4, ny shalt be,
Nearer NY God to The,
Nearer TO Thee
The teXs OF The sermon WAS from
Daniel vi, 10: "Ris windows being
open and his chamber toward Jerpsa-
iem." De. TAlA, AAs sac:
Inc ecOuudreliy princes OF Porsie,
urged ON by pslltical jealousy agsinst
DAnisI, have aucceodaa in getting a
Ian passed that whosOsyer prava 10
God shall DO put undtr tho paw and
teeth OF the lions, who ars lSshinp
themselves IA fase aud hunger up and
doWa tne esono cage, or putting their
lower jaw on the ground, believing
Till the earth trempleH. Hut the leo
nine threat did not hinder the dsvo.
lions sf Daniel, tks cnur de lion.
Nhess enenlies aaight ia well have a
law that tho sun nhoald not draw
wstsr, or that the south wind should
noS swesp across a sardsn OF mag
nollns, or thai God should be
aboiithsd. They cou oot scare hun
WIN the red-hot furnace and they
cannot now scare him with The liuna,
A a hu mi inl 4. .,s
| msnt he leaves h!s Uliico or aecrefary
Of state, with Its upholstery OF GRIM
son and gold, snd comas down lhe
white marble steps Grd Enes to his
own house. He opens his window and
| puts the shutters back ans pulls the
| curtains aside So taat he ssn lo3k
toward the sacred city Of Jsrnsglsm
arc tnen praye. | suppose tho people
IN the sEreet gathered urder nnd be-
| lore MS window and salG: "Just see
! that man defging she low; he ough to
DO srrested," Aud the consta6ulsfv
OF tho CITY rush 10 the police leId
quarters aud report tatt Daniel 10 on
his knees 81 ths wine-open winGsw.
"1eu aru my Drlsuuer," said lho
officer of the Law, dropping o
hosvy hand on tha shoulder OF she
knesiinS Dpnial. AS the conses bles
open the door Of tbs cavern 10 thrnrt
IA 'heir prisoner, they aes the glerjng
eve. OF tho monsiars. But DaIiel be-.
comes the first liou.tsmtr, and they
Lick hls kand and fswu st his fest, and
that tight he sleeps with the Rhagsy
msne OF a wild b9net for mis- pillow,
whils this AiDg that uighl, sleopiess ia
the tho palsla, has on aiRl the paw aud
| iseth OF the lion he cnnnUt tame -ths
Lion OF renortefu, conscience. What
. picture ~ would ba for some artist.
Datiua In Tie early duak Of morning,
nov wsltiAs Tor footman or chaiiob,
Fastening GO the dor, all hashsd and
nervous and deahabiile, and looh In I
throuGh tho crevicea OF ;3,e caxs 50 sos
what had become Of higsprinoe minis.
Ter. "Whst, no sdunSW he SAWS
"Daniel is surely devonted and the
llons are slsepina aftsr Nihsir horrid
meal, the bones OF the poor man scat
iered across the floor of the cavern.'
With trembling voice Darius ctlis
out, "Deniel ~ No answer, for IN
propbes is yet In profound hlumber
But IA lion, mere easily awakened, nd.
vauced, and with hot breath blow
through the ctevlce, SCENE aGprily q
demand the oause OF his Interruption,
and then another wid Daasb lit,s MS
name rom under Dsuiei's ho4d, aud
the prophet, waking up, c0Inos form
to report himself uDhurs ana well.
But our text stands rs a. Daniels
window, sPon towards jerusalem,
| Why Ia thas direction epsn2 Jcru,s.
lem waa hin native land, and all tho
pomp OF his Baby lshish euocesses
could not mske hlm forget IL. H.
enni3 there from Jerusalem at IS wears
OF sge, and he never visited 1t, thoush
ne lived 10 be S5 years Yet, when 10
wanted t. arouse the deepest emotion
hnu grandest aspirations of HIS hssrt,
no had l,is window open towards his
native Jerusalem. Thsra are may OF
you here today who understand that,
wit10uG any exposition. rbis Is get
ting Ia he
A NATION OF FOREIGNERS.
Ihey nave come into ell occupations
and proiossions; they nit in sill
churches. IL msy DO 20 years ago since
you got your nsturalization papers
and you may bethorougbly American
lzed, but you cau't iorgos the land of
your birth aud your wsrmest aymps
thies go out toward H.. Your windows
are open toward Jerusalem Your
father aud mother aro buried there. 1t
may Lave been very humnle home
In which you were born, but your
memory ofen plays ar0unl IL aud you
nope some day 70 so aud te9 1.-the
III i, tne tree, the brook, tho house, this
piaco 10 sacred, the door from winch
you started on With pArcr tai blessing
70 make your own w6y Ia the void
una God oalY knows now aomptimus
yeu hav9 logged TO SEQ the familiar
plseea Of your childheod, and how In
awful crises OF life you would ike To
nave caught q slimpse of tho Old
wrinkled lace that bent over You as you
lsy ou tho grntie lap, 20 or 10 or 90
years ago. You may have on thia side
tbo searissn In iortnRs, sad like Dam
isl, nave become great and may have
come Into prssperiies which You
hever could hava roaohoi " ynu mad
stsy ed there, and you may havo win.
COWS 70 Your house, bay windows snd
skylipht windows and wiudoNs OF con.
Mrvatory aud windows on ali sidos,
but you have MT lnast emo window oper,
toward Jerusalem.
when tho foreign et0alnor comoh To
sho wharf you sse tho long line of ssil-
orr With hhouldered maUbsge opmio,
down the rlanks carrying aa m any
ietters an you mi, ht kupnoSn would ha
enough for a yca'a correspondence
aod this repeated sgiD sud sgain dur
INV ,hs ~sek. kuHilndeA Of thom
are iosters troc homo, ard at all
,he no,tofflces or tho land
peoplo WIZ xo TO the wlndor and snx.
iouely ask for them, hundreds of thou.
sanos cf persons finding that window
OF Iefe,gn mails the opeu window to.
Wsro Jerusalem. Nosesges thSt .ry,
Mnsn are you comiug home 10 soc
usl brother has gone into the army.
Sls.sf 10 dead. Father aud mother are
eos.,uh y very feeble. We are having a
sass sIruYg!e 70 get on hors. Would
you advlas ns TO oome 10 YOU or wlll
you como TO uss All Join Ia loyo and
uono 20 meet you, II not ia this world,
sno. ia = better. Good byuw Yea,
aes, "a al these cities, and amId the
siors.n Westsrn prairiee, and on the
sa.opes OK The Psc,nc, aud amid the
Slcrrss, aud on tho banks OF tho ia.
gosn, aud