Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-12-01
TALMAGE'S SERMON



ter than wing"
lnidelity SCOTS at the idea that thos,
swine should have run into the lake
But il was quite natural that under tn,
heat and burning of that demOniac pos
/ session. they would start for the water
10 get cooled or Would that all tho
swine thus possessed had plunged &c
/ the same drowning, for to this day the
descendants of some of those porcinC
creatures retain the demons, and as the
devils were east out. of man into them,
they now allict the human race with
I the devils of Scrofula that comes from
eating the unclean meat. The health
/ lest people on the earth are the Israel
ties because they follow the bill of fare
which God in the book of LeviticuS
gave TO the human race, and our SPLEEN
did French Doctor PaSteur, and our
glorious German, Doctor Koch, may &c
I on with their good work OF killing par
aSites i'm the human system: but until
the world cOrrectS its diet, and goes back
/ to the Divine regulation AZ the begin
ming, the human race will continue to
/ be possessed of the devils of mlcrObe and
parasite. But did not mean to cross
over to the eastern side of Lake Galilee
even in discussion.
/ Pull away, We Arab oarSmen. And
we come along the shore near by which
stand great precipices of brown and red
| and grey limestone crowned by baSalt in
the sides Of which are vast cavernS,
sometimes the hiding-place of bandits,
and sometimes the home of honest Shep-
herds aud sometimes the dwelling-plac
/ of pigeons, and yultureS, and eagles.
During one of IIcrOd's wars his enemies
| hid in these mountain cavernS and the
sides were too steep for HerOd'S army
TO descend. and the attempt to climb in
| the face OF armed men would have called
down determination. SO Herod had
great cages of wood, iron-bound,
made and filled them with soldiers
and let them down from the top
of the precipiceS until they gave signal
that they were level with the caverns,
and then from these cages they stepped
out to the mouth of the caVernS and,
having set enough grass and wood on
fire To fill the cavernS with smoke and
strangulation, the hidden people would
come forth to die; and if not coming
forth voluntarily, Herod'S men would
pull them out with long iron hooks
and JoSephuS says that one father,
rather than submit to the attacking
army, flung his wife and seven children
down the precipice, and then leaped
after them 10 his OWN deaf
Now. We Arab oarSmen, row on with
swifter stroke, for we want before noon
to land NJ Capcrnaum, the three-yearS
home of Jesus.
At CAPEENAUM.
Here at Capernaum. the Arabs hay-
ing Ia their arms carried us ashore I,
the only place where our Lord ever had
p paStorate. and We stepped amid the
ruins of the church. where He preached
again and again. the synagogue, whose
rich Sculpturing lay there, not as wheI
others seeit i'm Spring-time covered will
weeds. and lOathSome with reptiles
but i'm that December weather com
ipletelv uncovered to our agitated ant
intense gaze. On one stone OF that syn
agogue is the Sculpturing on pot o
mama, an artistic commemoratlOn o
the time when the lSracliteS were rec
bv mamma i'm the wilderness, and L
which Sculpturing no doubt. CHRIS
pointrd upward, while He was preach
ing that sermon on this very spot, II
which He said: Not rs your father
did eat mama and are dead; he tina
.eateth of this bread shall live forever.
Wonderful Capernaum. Scene OF NOR
miracles than any place mall the earth
Blind ewes kindling with the morning
Withered arms made to pulSate. Leper
blooming into health The dead cir
terminated.
These Arab tents which on this DE
cember day / gnd in Palestine, dlSap
pear. and see Capernaum as 1t wa:
when Jesus was pastor of the churcl
here. Look at that wealthy home, thu
architecture. the marble front the up
holstery, the slaves in uniform at TIT
dooaway. II is the residence OF
, courtier of HcrOd. probably Chuza b,
name. his wife Joanna, Christian dis
'ciplc. But something is the matter
The slaves are in great excitement, ant
the cOurticr living there runs down IN
front steps and takes a horse Snd put
him AT full run across the country
The boy of that nobleman is dying o
tvphoid fever. All the doctors hav
failed 20 give relief But about iiv
miles up the country, NJ Cana, there
Divine Doctor, Jesus by name, and Tn
agonized father has gone for Him, ant
with what earnc>tneSS those can under
stand who have had dying child II
the house. This courtier cries L
lH~f..t. 4aG.r,o down .ra my child die
While the father is absent, and at on
O'Clock in the afternoon, the peopl
watching the dying boy sec change u
. the cOuntcnance. and Joanna, the moth
Ter. on one side of his couch says: "Wh
this darling is getting well; the feve
D has broken: see the pcrSpiration on hi
r forehead; did any of you give him an
new kind Of medicine?' NO, Is tn
e answer. The boy turns on his pillow
S his delirium gone, and asks for some
thing TO eat and says: where
+ father?" Oh, he has gone TO Cana
L get young Doctor of about thirty-on
wears of age. But no doctor Is needle
e now in this house at Capernaum. TIL
people look at the Sun-dial to see VIVA
time of the day it is. and see 1t Is Ju'
. past noon. and one o'clock. Then the
start out and meet the returning fathC
-. and as soon as they come within speal
! ING distance they shout at the top
their voices: Your boy is gettln
. we'll" is it poSSible?" says the fathel
!. when did the change for the bette
take place." ''One o'clock, is the al
o swer. ''Why." says the courier, "tha
n the hour that Jesus said to me Thy so
Hveth.' One o'clock
L MERCY FOR ALL.
~ But some one may say that Christ
Capernaum healed that courtier's chll'
VET he would not have done it for OF
in humble life. Why, in that ven
Capernaum, He did the same thing Tor
d diving slave, belonging to the man WI
had made a present to the town oil u
church of which Jesus was pastor u
synagogue among whose ruins, to-da
lean from fragment to fragment: IN
= was the cure Of Roman soldiers SlaV'
r whose only acknowledged rights wei
y the wishes of his owner. An
e none are now 50 cnSlaved
I 80 humble or sick or so siniu
> but the all-sympathetic Chris
, is ready to help them, ready TO cur
, them. ready to emancipate theh, Iiea
E lin, Pardon for all. Mercy Tor al
Holm for all. Comfort for all. Heave
for ALL Oh. this Lake Galilee. VIVA
.rv,-b,,ont for Christ il must haY