The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-12-04
TAAIMAllGE A Al J0PPA.
He breaches q Sermon on "The
Birthplace of Sewing Societies"

He breaches a Sermon on "The
Birthplace Of Sewing Societies"
The wort 81 DSfcas and the Chhsltiss o.
la5 the Needle--what the Woman Did
for the Poor and Their serrowVii
at Her Death.
Z 7yM
Rev. I. De Wit Talmage, d. D.,
preached at Jappa recently TO q com
pahy of Christian people 0f various de-
nominations on yThe I3kthplaes Of Sew
ing ,S9eietes.Ylr He took for his text
Actsix, 80; And all the widows stood
By. him weeping and showing the coats
and garments which Dorcas made while
she was with them The preacher said;
y, Christians Of Joppal JIInpressed as ]
Am with 5oUr 1nosqae, TIE tirst l ever
saw, and stifred q i aSa With the fact
that your harbor once fpated the great
rhfts of Lebanon cedar from which the
tehiplbs III deiusaldh were builded, Sol
omon's oxen drawing the logs through
'thisFery town on the way 10 Jerusalem,
nothing can make me forget that this
Joppaw was the birthplace Of the sewing
society that has blessed the poor of all
succeeding ages in all lands The dis
asters % your town when Judas Mac
cabnus set ION fire. and Napoleon had
Ave hundred prisoners massacred In your
neighborbood, can not make me forget
thatoneof, the most magnificent chart.
tibS Of tie cSnturies was started in this
seaport BY Dorcas, woman with her
needle embroidering her name inefface-
ably iito the beniHcehce of the world.
Iass icy sitting An Sep der homN r.
TX daobfRay, apt afduhd a bduttle build
~ stdlin tho fo5tp Vhen she sits aFe
th5 bAis faces u BIZ pdoE she listehs
ID, their plaint, she pities their woe, she
makes garments for them, she adjusts
the manufactured articles TO suit the
bent form Of this invalid woman, and to
the cripple that comes crawling on his
hands sndknees, She gives coat to
this one, she gives sandals TO that one.
With the gifts she mingles prayers and
tears and Christian encouragement.
Then she goes out 70 be greeted on the
street corners by those whom she has
blessed, and NH through the street the
cry is heardi ''porcasis coming!" The
sick look up gratefully in her face as
she puts her hand on the burning brow,
and the lost and the abandoned start up
with hope as' they heat her gentle voice,
as though an angel had addressed them;
and as shergoes 'out the lane, eyes hall
putout vithsln think they see halo Of
liEht about her brow, and trail Of
glory ID 3 her (patAway. That night a
half paid shipwright climbs the hill and
reaches home, and sees his little boy
we'll clad, and says: "Where did these
clotbes come from?" And they tell him
sDorcas has been here" In another
place woman is trimming lamp; Dor
cas- bought theoil. In another place I
family that had not been at table fol
many week are gathered now, for Dor
cas- has brought bread.
But there is q sudden pause in tina
woman's ministry. They soy: "Wher'
Is Dorcas? Why, we haven't seen he
for many adsy. Where is Dorcas?
And one Of these poor- people goes u
and knocks at the door and finds tn
mystery solved An through the haunt
Of wretchedness the news comes, "Dor
cas- Is sickf' No bdllBtin flashing iron
the palace gate, telling the stages OF
kings disease, is moro anxiously awaite'
for than the news from this sick bene
factress. Alasl for Joppa! there is wall
ing, wailing. That voice which has ut
tered so many cheerful words is hushed
that hand which has made so many gar
ments for the poor is cold and still; tn
star which had poured light into tn
midnight Of wretchedness is dimued b,
the binding mist that 60 up from tn
river Of death. In every God forsakel
place in this town; wherever there is
sick child and no balm; wherever ther
is hunger and no bread; wherever ther
is guilt and no commiseration; whereve
there is broken heart and no comfort
there are despairing looks and stream
ing eyes, and frantic gesticuldsion a
they cry: ''Dorcas is deadr' They sen
for the Apostle Peter, who happens I
be In the suburbs Of that place, stoppin
with a tanner by the name Of Simon
Peter urges his way through the crow
around the door, and stands in the prei
ence of the dead. What expostulatio
and grief all about hipl Here stand som
Of the poor people, Who show tse ga
ments which this poor woman had mad
for them. Their grief can not be al
peased. The Apostle Peter wants I
perform miracle. He will not do
! amidst the excited crowd, so he kindl
orders the whole room TO be cleared
The door Is shut against the populac'
The apostle stands now with the dea,
, o, II is serious moment, you know
!, when you are alone with lifeless bod.
) The apostle gets down on his knees an
praEs, and then he comes TO the lifelei
!, form OF this one all ready for the sepu
cher, and IN the strength Of Him who
the resurrection he exclaims: "Tabith
ariselp There is stir In the fountain
! OF life; the heart hutters; the nerv.
thrill; the cheek fiushes; the eye open
she sits ppl r1T< 4 -4f1 2 .,
We see in this subject Dorcas the di
ciple; Dorcas the benefsctress; Dorci
the lahented, Dorcas the resurrecteds
N bad not seen that word disciple
! my text, 1would have known this W
man was Christian Such musicli
: that never came from a heart which
] not chorded and strung by Divine grac
Before show you the needlework !
! this woman, want TO show you her r.