Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-03-02
WROTE ON the GROUND
The Only Time Christ Wrote
Was When He Wrote
on the Ground.
DIR. Talmage Talks about THE Lit
eratare Of the Dnst" in Brook
lynn Tabernacle.

pfcdCAtN Jhts HlO|niHy III INC DIOOhiyH
tabernacle on the subject, The Litera-
ture Of the Dust" After explaining ap-
propriate passages Of scripture concern
rlChriat he gave out the hymn:
Oh, coul speak the matchless worth,
Oh, could | sound The glories forth
Which in my Saviour shine.
Text: John viii, g.: "Jesus stopped
down and wrote on the ground"
A Mohammcdan mosque stands now
where once stood Herod's temple, the
scene Of my text. Solomon's temple had
stood there, bat NebuchadneZZar thun-
dcred it down. Zorobabel's temple had
stood there, but that had been Frustrated.
Now we take Our places IN = temple that
Herod built because he was fond Of great
architecture and he wanted the preced-
ing temples TO seem insignificant. Put
eight or ten modern cathedrals together
and they would not equal hat structure.
1t covered nineteen acres. There were
marble pillars supporting roofs of cedar
and silver tables on which stood golden
cups, and there were carvings exquisite
and inscriptions resplendent, glittering
balustrades and ornamented gsteways.
The building Of this temple kept 10, 900
workmen busy forty six years. In that
stupendous pile Of pomp and magniti-
cenco sat Christ, ard a listening throng
stood about him, when a wild disturb
ance took place. 4 group OF men are
pulling and pushing along a woman who
had committed the worst crime against
society. When they have brought her in
front Of Christ, they ask that he sentence
her to death by stoning. They are a
critical, mcrciless, disingenuous crowd.
They want 10 get Christ INTO controversy
and public apprehension. If He say Let
her die" they will charge Him with
cruelty. If He let her go, they will
charge Him with beng in completely
with ~wickedness. Whichever way He
does they would how at Him. Then oc-
ours a scene which has not been suf-
fciertly regarded. he leaves the lounge
or bench on which He was
sitting and goes down on one knee. or
both knees, and with The fOrehnger of
his right hand he begins 10 write IN the
dust of the floor, word after word. But
they were not 10 be diverted or hindered.
They kept on demanding that he settle
this case of tr4nsgtCssion until be looked
np and toll fnom tbat tnev mipht them.
,alvno hnnip the womar's assas.ination if
the COMPLAINANT who had never done any.
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