The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-02-19
TALMAGE AT BONE.
A GREAT CONGREGATION AT THE
ACADEMY OF MUSIC.

ACADEMY OE MCSlC-
He breaches an Eoruc.t and Eloquehi
Sermon on Z" CHE House on sae Wa"
How the Subject was Treated.
The Rev. T. De Witt Talmage, D. d.,
having returned from his visit to the
Holy Land, resumed preaching IN Brook
lyr on Sunday. The Academy OF Music
temporarily used instead OF the destroy
ed Tabernacle, was crowded to its ut'
most. Thousands OF people were not
able to get into the building. TIE SUD-
ject Of his discourse was "The 2o'se on
the Wall" Dr.. Talmage took for MS
text Joshua vi, 80: "And the young
men that were spies went in, sud brought
out Kahsb, her father, and her MOTHER
and her bretheren and all that she had"
He said:
When, only few weeks ago, visited
Jericho, I said: Can it be possible tina.
this dilapidated place is the Jerlcno tnat
Mark Antony gave as wedding present
to Cleopatra: Where are the groves OF
palm trees9 Where is the great tneatfe
from the stage of which Salome told the
people that Herod was dead2 Where IS
the SYCAMORE tree, on the limb OF wnich
Zsccheus sat when Jesus passed TINS
place2 Where is the wreck Of the "ai!s
that fell at the blowing of the ran
b,rn9 Rus the fact that all these have
disappeared did not hinder me from
seeing in imagination the smash OF
everything or the fated day, save one
house oa the wall. That scere centuries
ago comes back to me as though 1t were
yesterday. , :,
the city of Jericho. What is the matte!
It is poversy2 No. Worse than that. Is Il
leprosys No. Worse than that. Is II
deatn9 No. Worse than that. A osusn
ter has forsaken her home. By what IN
fernsl plot she was induced to leave
know not: bu. they look IN vain toc me-
return. Sometimes they hear footstel
very much like hers, and they start VI
and say: ''She comesw but only to sinh
back again into disappointment. A'as
Alas. The father sits by the hour, Witt
his face in his hands, saying rot on
word. The mothers hair IS becoming
gray too fast, and she begins to stoop s.
that those who saw her only httl
while $50 in the streets know ner no
now as She passes. The brothers chnc!
their fists, swearing vengeance aSslns
the despoiler of their home. A!as! !, VII
the Door soul never come backE liner
is long deep, shadow over a!Ltae mouse
hold. Added to this there is an 1nyadln:
army six miles away, just over the river
coming on to destroy the city, ana wha
with the loss of their child aad the com
inc on of that destructive army, thin!
the old people wished that they couN
die. That is the first scene IL the oram
of the Bible. In the house on the wa
of the city is that daughter. That's ne
home now. Two spies have come i1or
the invading army to look aroun
through Jericho and see how best 1t ma
be taken. Yonder is the lost child, !
that dwelling on the wall OF the cit!
The police hear of it, and sooa tae1e
tne shutting of feet all around ABOUT ID
door, and the city government demand
the surrender of those two spies. FRS
Raha5-foz that was the name OF tn
lost child-frst, Rahab secretes the tW
spies and gets their pursuers OH II
track; but after awhile she saysto I &c
ssI will make bargain with you. l y.
save your life if you will save my lli
and the life of my father, and my mott
er, and my brothers, and my sister
Zaen the victorious army comes upo
o, she had not forgotten n
see. The wanderer nev'
s:;s Her heart breaks now
e =. she ngg ltrsatreesAh b
5s1sS gzss lid II she wishes she were bac
with them again, and she wishes 81
could get away from her sinful enthral
ment; and sometimes she looks up IN tt
face of the midnight, bursting into ago
izing tears. No sooner have these tV
spies promised to save her life, and Il
life of her father and the life OF b
mother, and brother, and sister, tn'
Rshsb takes q scarlet cord and ties
around the body of one OF the sple;
brings him to the window, and as
chambers out-nervous lest she have .
strength to hold him-with moscul
arms such ss woman seldom has, she le
hin down, hand over hand, in safety.
the ground. Not being exhausted, s.
ties the cord around the other spy, brlo
him to the window, and just as succes
fully let's him down to the ground =!
sooner have these men united the scar!
cor5 from, their bodies than they look
and they say: .sYou had better get
your friends in this house your lathe
mother, your brothers and 20
sisters; you had better get them IN II
house. And then, after you have the
here. take this red cord which you ga
put around our bodies and tie it aero
the window, and when oac victorio
army comes up and sees that scar
thread in the window, they will sps
this house and all who are in 1t. So
it be so? cried the spies. "Aye, ay'
said Rshsb, ::om the window ":t sh
be So" That is the second scene IN T.
Bible drama. There is knock st
door of the old man. he looks up a
saws: ssCome in" and 10! there is Rah'
the lost child; but she has no time
talk. They gather in excitement arou
her, and she says to them: Get 1ea
quickly, and 60 with me to my hou
The army is coming! The trump
Make haste Fly! The enemym That
the third scene in this Bible drama.
hosts of Israel are all around about
doomed city OF Jericho. Crash goes
great metropolis, heaps on heaps. !
air suffocating with dust, and horn
with the screams of dying city. All
the houses fat down. AL the peo
dead. An no, no. On 8 crag of the y
there is house which We must en'
There is family there thst have b.
spared. Who are theys Let US 60
see. Rsh.o, her father, her mott
L.. n;etore oil safe