New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-10
SERMONS WORTH KEEPING.
XII.
Up TALMAGE GREETs HIS OWN PEOPLE
AFTER TRIP OF THREE MONTHS TO THE HOLY
LAND THE BROOKLYN PASTOR RESUMES
H1s woRK-A DISCOURSE ON TIKI
HOUSE ON THE WALL"

An enthusiastic welcome was given to Dr. Talmagc
,..terday in the Brooklyn Academy OF Music, when
- nreached his first sermon after his return from the
"Toiv Land Every scat was occupied, and all stand
80 ROOM even the space the stage behind the
eocher was filed. The two opening hymns were
FpIast be the tie that binds7 and Land ahead
before he began preaching, Dr. Tamagc told his people
no WAS glad to reach home, and speaking OF ms
nburch which burned he expressed his great
nIoaslre that the walls were already rising. Tho
fh,ect of the sermon The House on the wall
mr. Talmage took for his text Joshua vi, -: Ana
,bo Young men that were spies went in, and brought
ot Rabab, and her father, and her mother, and her
Snothren. and all that she had These were the main
parts OF the discourse;
When. only Jew weeks ago, l visited Jericho,
aid can it be possible that this dapidated place Is
me Jericho thai Mark Antony gave "a weaving
nresent 10 Cleopatra Where are the groves OF pain,
PSp Where are Herods palaces that once STOOD
bre1 Where is the great theatre from the stage OF
"bich saIome told the people that llerod was dead
Where is the sycamore tree on the limb OF which
zaccheus sat when Jesus passed tIHs place Where
e the wreck of the walls that fell at the blowing of
tbo rams, horns But the fact that all these have
disappeared did not hinder me from seeing IN nlasl
un6f the smash Of everything on the fated day save
c comes hack 10 me as though it were Yesterday.
jericho what IS the matter Is poverty dEs. than h,
, WotS0 IS IT deathl No. Worse than that \
6anghter has forSaken her home. nv what internal
plot she induced to leave ! know not, but they
fofstep very much like hers and they start up and
Luz She comes - but only 10 sink back again into
issppointment That is the first scene In this drama
OF IN o house on the wall of the city is that daughter
That is her home now. Two spies have come from
thn invading army to look around through Jericho
and see how best ii may be taken. londer Is the
lost child. in that dwelling on The wall Of me city,
First, Rahab-fOr that was the name of the lost
child-frst. Rahab sccetes the two spies and gets
their pursuers of the track but after awhile sh9
savS TO them: :" will make bargain with YOU
will save Your life if Won will my life. and the
life of my father and my mother and my brothers
The city" q. she had not forgotten her home vet
pu see. The wanderer never forgetS home.
ONLY ONE HOUSE SURVIVES TUE CRASH
No sooner have the men united the scarlet cord from
their bodies than they look mp and they S>y "Nou
had better Get all your friends in this house-youF
father. your mother your brothers and your sisters
You had better get them in this house. And then
after you have them here take This red cord which YOU
have put around bodies and lie 1t across the win
dow and when our victorious army tGme, up sno
tins house and all who are in H. shall be 80 " cried
Tie spies. ave ave- sara i'aIdu It"Iu 'Ile H NE
Bible drama. There is knock al ne door Of the
old man. lie looks mp, and say: e Come in,a and
10! there i Rahab. the lost child, but she has no
time 10 tah. They gather in cN itcment around her.
and she saws 10 them: Get ready quickly and 90
trumpet! Make haste! Fly, The enemy" That
is the third scene in this Bible drama. .a
city Of Jericho Crash. goes the great mctropo!i.
heaps on heaps. The air sunocating with the dust
the house, d5t down. All the people dead. a.
no. no on a crac Of the wa,l-tn" only piece OF INC
wall left staudipE-thecc IS house which We must
enter There i family there that have been spared
Who are they Let u, 20 ana see R'lab. her idller
only house lc't standing ia all the city. What saved
theml Can yor tell me why .. il was the scarlet
line in the window. That is the fourth scene in this
Wy friends. there are foes coming upon US. more
mortal interests They will tr'lnplc Us down and
crush Us out forever unless there he some shilful
In tie first place carrying out the idea Of my text,
must stretch this scarlet cord across tn window
81 r SS WHAT Is S in the }f 'front.' door Of" Of his
soul9 II is the threatcninsS Of the future What
OF the past lie cannot get out + either Of those
ways. If he attempts it he viii be cut to pieces
Gods mercy That g n-hne has been pouring IN for
many day. Gods inviting mercy. God pardoning
mercy. Gods all conqueIns mercy. Gods eVera't
Ing mercy.
EASY TO CIT INTO SIN.
II is easy 10 get into sin. young man. II is not
so easy 10 get out Of it. 4 young man goes To the
marble counter Of hotel. He ask, FOR brandy
smash-callei 50, suppose. because il smashes the
man that takes it, There is 10 intOAicauon IN H.
A. the young man receives it he does not seem TO DC
at all excited It does not give any go>,ness u the
eye. lie walks home In beautiful apparel, auu an
ms prospects are brilliant Ihai arm. Is not S9'.,S
nan man af,r he has fnc the sIoa length OF d,pl
the very one where he took the first drink. \ DC
10 the window and it j., easily lifted 80 he lfls
it, Then he pushes back the blinds and puts Ms
foot on the window sill. Thcn he gives one spring,
and the Waterman finds his dsfEured body, IN
rec equitable, on the pavement. ., II ne iad onN
ladder that Jesus holds from the wall for him, and
for you. ana for ne; but no, he made one jump ana
stiil further: We must take tlh, rcd cord Of the
text and stretch II across the window of house
9 Se6o T he9 ,aS d is 'fR RS the D Rado1
some one said That is a scarlet Inc " OA, ~ald
some one else that must be the house that was to
be- spared Dont touch it, That line The,
enough and long enough. and Conspicuous enough. 10
save Esbab her father hcl mother her brothers and
her sisfrTstbe entire family Have our households
as good protection Have your children brcn con
Sccr5,tcd r. christ? Have you been washed in the
Hood 81 the atoncmcnt' In What room DO You have
family prayer- Show where il j. You are ac-
6cInce L. your family inside or ont side Of the ark
II is sad thing for man 10 reject CHRIST but I"
lie down in the night Of SIN arroso t.3 pam u.
lun-tlat j., terrific. 1t is sd thing i'r mother
10 reject Christ but TO gather hCr iamIiy oIIu ng
into paths e wOrdincs away from God and Heaven
Alas! alas, You owe t. yOm clren. oh 1ath"r'
on mOthe-. more than food, more than clothing, more
than shccr-you them the example oil pray cr
FL, con'ecratcd. pronounced, outanlou' 1hrS
lie. You cannot afford 10 keep IL away from them
THE HANDS or PARENTAL BENEDICTION.
Now, as ] stand here. you do not see any hand
outstretcheh toward ne and yet there are hands on
my brow and hands on both my shoulders. They arc
hands Of parental benedictiOn. 1t is qnte good
many years ago since We folded those hands a
they began the last sleep the banks If the Rarid
III the village cemetery bnt those hands are stretched
ont toward nc today, and they just a warm ana
they are Just "a gentle when sat her kncc al
live years Of age. Ana shall never shake on those
hands. ] do not want 10. They have helped m" ~
much thousand times already, and do not expect
to have trOnbe or trial between tins and my
grave where those hands will MT help II Wa,
not very splendid home as the worii calls it but
had family Bible there, well worn by fender
pcrusal; and there was family altar there, where
knclt morning and night. and there was hOlv
sabbath there. and stretched in straisht line or
hung in loops or fcstOOns, there scarlet line H.
the window. on, the tender, precious. blessed mem
Ory of a Christian home. l. that tho impression yOn
are making upon your children When yOu are dead
and II viii not be long before arc-wicn Won