The Red Cloud chief., 1889-12-13
HOME OF DORCAS.
Sermon Delivered by Rev. T. De-
Witt Talmage at Jopps.
The life and Work of the Pioneer in I'm.
ostentatious Eieemosynary Work
E~eviewed-Her Influence a
Perennial One.

During his visit to the Holy Land.
Jorna. the nome of Dorcas, was visited
BIZ Rev. 7. Dewitt Talmage. and while
there he delivered the following ser
mon. taking for his text:
And all the widows stood by him weepin-.
and showing the coats and garments which
Ugrcas made while she was with them.-Acts
e.
Christians Of Joppa. Impressed as |
IN with your mosque, the first ] ever
saw. and stirred as / am with the fact
tGa- vsur h&rbor once foated the great
-af;s u Lebanon cedar from which the
temples AZ Jerusalem were builded.
So!umon's OXen drawing the logs through
his very town on the way to Jerusalem,
nothing can make me forget that this
,Jo.ua was the birthplace of the sewing
society that has blessed the poor in all
lands. Inc disasters 10 -FOUR town when
Judas NaccabaAuS set IL on fire. and Ma
ro.euu lad five hundred prisoners mas
sacred in your neirhborhood. can not
maze me forget that one of the most
ua-uitcent charities OF the centuries
was started in this seaport by Dorcas. a
woman with her needle embroiderinr
hc- name Intellectually into the benef-
Gene % the world. see her sitting in
-orle- home. In the dOorway.and around
about the building, and in the room
where she sits. are the pale faces OF the
poo-. She listens to their plant. she
pixies their woe She makes garments for
them. she adjusts the manufactured
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invalid woman and to the cripple
that comes crawling on his hands
ana knees. She gives a o to this
one. She gives sandals 10 that one.
With the gifts she mingles yers and
tears and Christian encouragement.
Then she goes out 10 be greeted on the
street by those whom She has
blessed. and all through .he street the
c-v J. heard: -'Dorcas is coming" TIE
sirb look up gratefully in her face as
she puts her hand on the burning brow.
and The lost and the abandoned start up
wiki hope as they hear her gentle voice.
- though n angel had addressed them:
and a. she goes out the lane. eyes half
u-t oUc with sin think they see a halo
of light about her brow and a trail Of
g.o-v IN her pathway. That night a
Ialt-uaiG shipwTiTht climbs the hill
and reaches home. and sees his little
5av well clad and says: Where did
ines. clothes come FROM" And they
tel him. 'Dorcas has been here" In
another place a woman Is trimming a
lamp: Dorcas bought the Oil In
another place. a family that had not
been AZ table for many a week are
gathered now, for Dorcas has brought
bread.
But there Is a sudden pause in that
weraan's ministry. They say: Where
i Dorcas? Why, We haven't seen her
many a day. Where is Dorcas?'
Nd enc OF these poor people goes up
and knocks At the door and finds the
mystery solved. All through the
haunts of wretchedness the news comes,
'Do-cas is sick" No bulletin flashing
from the palace gate. telling the stages
C. a Kings disease. Is more anxiously
waited for than the news from this sick
benefact-ess. Alas for Joppa! there Is
wailing. wailing. That voice which
tas uttered so many cheerful words Is
nuSned: that hand which has made SO
MANY ra-ments for the poor Is cold and
sci.l: the stars which had poured light
into the midnight OF w~retchedness Is
Iimmed by the binding mists that go
u from the river OF death In every
Go6-fo-saken place in this town: wher-
ever there is sick child and nc balm;
wherever there Is guilt and no com
uiseratiou: wherever there is a broker
-,n-n n-n dnEnn-~-
INC looks and streaming eyes and fran
uc -estculations as they cry:
-Dorcas i dead"
They send for the apostle Peter. who
happens TO be in the suburbs OF this
place. stopping with a tanner-Slmon
ny name. Peter urges his way through
the crowd around the door and stands in
The presence OF the dead. What expos
t~llation and grief all about him. Here
stand some Of the poor people. who show
cle garments which this poor woman
mad made for them. Their grief can not
be ~appeased- The apostle Peter wants
q perform a miracle. He Will not do II
amidst the excited crowd. so he kindly
orders that the whole room be cleared.
The door i shut against the popGlace.
The apostle stands now with the dead
Or. = Is a serious moment, you know,
when Won are alone with a hfeless body.
The apostle gets down OF his knee ana
r-avs. and then he ONES 10 the Efeless
form OF this n all ready for the sepui-
cher. ana in the strength Of Him who is
the resurrection he exclaims: "TabItha-
arise There Is a stir in the fountains
Of life; the heart fiutters: the nerves
thrill: the cheek Pushes: the eye opens;
she sits up.
We see IN this subject Dorcas the
disciple. Do-cas the benefactress. Dor
cas- the lamented. Dorcas the resur-
rected.
II had not seen that word disciple III
nv text / would have known this wom-
an was = Christian Such music as thai
never anne from a heart which Is not
cnorded and strung by Divine grace
Before / show you the nee5lework OF
this woman | want 10 show you her re-
penetrated heart the source OF a pure
life and all Christian charities wish
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