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A Marriage Feast.
REV. DR.. TALMAGE breaches
NEAR CANA, IN GALiLEE.
Chr's''s First Manhood Miracle e.
"The Unconscious water saw
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NEAR CANA, Dec. y. The Rev. L. De
| Witt Talmage ID. D., preached here today
on "A Marriage Feast" taking for his text
John II, 10; Thou hast kept the good wine
until now" He said; ....I ......
Standing not far of from the demolished
town Of what was once called Cana OF Cali.
lee, bethink myself Of our Lords first man.
hood miracle which has been the astonish-
ment of the ages. My visit last week to that
place makes vivid in my mind that beautiful
occurrence In Chrsts ministry. My text
brings us to wedding In that village. 1t is
wedding in common life, two plain people
having pledged each other, hand aud heart,
and their friends having come In for congrat-
ulation. The Joy is not the less because there
Is no prctension. In each other they find all
the future they want. The daisy In the cup
on the table may mean as much as a score Of
artistic garlands fresh from the hothouse.
When daughter goes OFF from home with
nothing but a plain fathers blessing and a
plain mothers love, she is missed as much as
though she were princess. 1t seems hard,
after the parents have sheltered her for
eighteen years, that in a few short months
her affections should have been carried Off
by another; but mother remembers how it
was in her own case when she was young
passed, and the banqueters are gone, and she
has good cry all alone. 2''.
"Well, we are today at the wedding in
Cana, of Galilee Jesus and his mother have
been invited. 1t is evident that there are
more people there than were expected. Either
some people have come who were not inv tied
or more invitations have been sent out than
1t was supposed would he accepted. OF
course, there is not enough supply Of wine.
You know that there Is nothing more enibar-
RAISING TO housekeeper than a scant supply.
Jesus sees the embarrassment, and he comes
up Immediately to relieve It, He sees stand
ing six water pots. He orders the servants
to fill them with water, then waves his hand
over the water, and Immediately it Is wine
real wine Taste of it, and see for yourselves;
no logwood in 1t, no strychnne in it, but first
rate wine. will not now be diverted to the
question so often discussed in my own coun-
try, whether it Is right to drink wine | am
describing the scene as IL was. When God
makes wine he makes the very best wine,
and one hundred AID thirty gallons of it
standing around in these water pots; wine so
good that the ruler of the feast tastes II and
says: why, this is really better than any
thing we have had Thou hast kept the good
wine until now" Beautiful miracle! prize
was offered to the person who should write
the best essay about the miracle in Cana
Long manuscripts were presented in the COM
petition, but poet won the prize by just
this one line descriptive of the miracle
The unconscious water saw its God and blushed
WHAT THE MIRACLE TEACHES
We learn from this miracle in the first
place, that Christ has sympathy with house
keepers. You might have thought that Jesus
would have said ~ cannot be bothered with
this household deficiency Of wine. 1t is not
for me, Lord of heaven and earth, to become
caterer to this feast. | have vaster things
than this to attend to-" Not SO said Jesus.
The wine gave out, and Jesus, by miraculous
power came TO the rescue Does there ever
come scant supply in your household
Have you to make very close calculation
Is it hard work for you to carry on things
decently and respectfully, If so, don't sit
down and cry. Don't go out and fret; but
go to him who stood in the house in Cana of
Gallilee Pray in the parlorl Pray in the
kitchenl Let there be no room in all your
house unconsecrated by the voice of prayer
II you have microscope, put under it one
drop OF water, and see the insects floating
about; and when you see that God makes
them, and cares for them, and feeds them,
come to the conclusion that he will take care
Of you and feed you, oh, we of little faith.
boy asked If he might sweep the snow
from the steps of a house. The lady of the
household said: YES. You seem very poor"
He says; IL am very poor" She says:
"Don't you sometimes get discouraged, and
feel that God is going to let you starveF'
The lad looked up in the woman's face aud
said: DO you think God will let me starve
when | trust him, aud then do the best
canr Enough theology for older people
Trust in God, and do the best you can.
Amidst all the worriments of housekeeping
go to him; he will help you control your
temper, aud supervise your domestics, and
entertain your guests, and manage your
home economies. There are hundreds of wo-
men weak, and nervous, and exhausted with
the cares of housekeeping I commend you
to the Lord Jesus Christ as the best adviser
and the most efficient aid---the Lord Jesus
who performed his first miracle to relieve a
.r. Il
learn also from this miracle that Christ |
does things in abundance. think small
supply of wine would have made up for the |
think certainly they must have |
had enough for half of the guests One gal
lon of wine will do; Ger tainly five gallons |
will be enough; certainly ten. But Jesus |
goes on, and he gives them thirty gallons,
End forty gallons, and fifty gallons, and sew
enty gallons, and one hundred gallons, and
one hundred and thirty gallons of the very |
best wine.
D.. THE CREATORS GENEROSITY. ii"
II Is just like himl Doing everything ON
The largest aud most generous scale. Does
Christ, our creator, go forth TO make leaves,
he makes them by the whole forest full;
notched like the fern, or silverod like the
aspen, or broad like the palm; thickots In the
tropics, Oregon forests. Does he go forth to
make Sewers, he makes plenty OF them; they
lame from the hedge, they hang from the
Iop of the grapevine ia blossoms, they roll In
she blue wave of tho yiolets, they toss their
white surf into tho sprna enough for every |
,hild's hand flower, enough TO make for
very brow ehaplet, enough with beauty 10
over up tho ghastliness of all the graves
Does he,,o forth 10 create water, he pours 10
nat not by tho cupful, but by river full,
AXE full, an ocean full, pouring II out until
III the earth has enough TO drink and enough
With which to wash. lrsI -nnl
Does Jesus, our Lord, provide redemption,
; Is not a little salvation for this one, little
or that, and a little for the other; but
,nough for all-"Whosoeyer will, let him
'omen Each man an ocean full for himself
Promises for the young, promises for the old.
promises for the lowly, promises for the
lind, for the halt, for the ouctcast, for the
ABANDONED. Pardon for all, comfort for all,
mercy for all, heaven for all; not merely a 4
upful Of Gospel supply, but one hundred
nd thirty gallons Ay, this tears OF cody
...s. Ill.