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| MARRIAGE FEAST
fhe Sermon by Dr.. Ta|mage
u Preached Near Cana
in Galilee.
One Of Christ's Astonishing Mir
acIes in That Vicinity
Recalled.
sic was at a Wedding and Caused
water to Turn Into Wine So
That There Might BE
Plenty for All.
.Jesus Mt a Wedding,

MAR CANA, Dec. 2.-Ihe Kew. Il.
MA Witt Talmage, d. D., preached here
TODAY on "a Marriage Feast" taking
"a, his text John ii, 10. Chou hast
FONT the good wine until now" He
said:
standing not far off from the demol-
.shcd town of what was once called Cana
.of Galilee, bethink myself of our
I,ord's first manhood miracle, which has
v,een the astonishment of the ages. My
.,;s;t last week to that place makes vivid
in my mind that beautiful occurrence in
,rhris+'s ministry. My text brings us to
,o6dinr in that village. 1t is we'd
si,,, in common life, two plain people
sayine pledged each other, hand and
hoort. and their friends having come in
for concratulation. The JOY is not the
loss because there is no pretention. In
aoch other they find all the future they
z,,nt. The daisy in the cup on the table
NAV mean as much as score of artistic
rorlands fresh from the dollhouse.
When g daughter goes off from home
with nothing but a plain fathers bless
4no and plain mothers love, she is
,,;ssed rs much as though she were a
,r;ncess. 1t seems hard, after the par
ants have sheltered her for eighteen
Years that in few short months her
affections should have been carried Off
NV another; but mother remembers how
At was in her own case when she was
vounr, and so she braces up until the
wedding has passed, and the banqueters
ara rome, and she has a good cry all
alone.
Well, we are today at the wedding
In Cana of Galilee. Jesus and his
mother have been invited. 1t is evil
dent that there are more people there
than were expected Either some peo-
ole have come who were not invited, or
more invitations have been sent out
than it vas supposed would be accepted.
OF course there is not enough supply of
wine. You know that there is nothing
more embarrassing to a housekeeper
than scant supply. Jesus secs the
embarrassment, and he comes up inn
mediately to relieve it. He sees stand
Ing six water pots. He orders tho ser
wants to fill them with water then
waves his hand over the water, and i'm
mediately it is wine7real wine. Taste
OF it, and see for yourselves; no leg
wood in it. no strychnine in it, but first
rate wine. l will not now be diverted
to the question 50 often discussed in my
own country, whether it is right to
drink wine. am describing the scene
as it was. When God makes wine He
makes the very best wine: and $50 gal
Ions oe IL standing around in these
,-.,to
of the feast lasts it and says: 'Why,
this is really better than anything we
have had! Thou hast kept the good
wine until now" Beautiful miracle!
A prize was offered to the person who
should write the best essay about the
miracle in Cana. Long manuscripts
were presented in the competition, but
g poet won the prize by just this one
line descriptive of the miracle:
Tie unconscious water saw its God, and
blushed.
We learn from this miracle, in the
first place, that Christ has sympathy
with housekeepers. You might have
thought that Jesus would have said:
~ cannot be bothered with this house
hold deficiency of wine. 1t is not for
me- Lord of heaven, of earth, to become
caterer to this feast. l have vaster
things than this to attend to-" Not so
said Jesus. The wine gave out, and
Jesus, by miraculous power, came to the
rescue. Does there ever come scant
supply in your household? Have you
TO make very close calculation? Is it
nard work for you to carry on things de-
gently and respectfully? If so, don't sit
Gown and cry. Don't go out and fret:
ndt go to him who stood in the house in
lana OF Galilee. Pray in the parlor!
fray IN the kitchen! Let there be no
room IN all Your house unconsecrated
~ inc voice of prayer. If you have a
microscope put under it one drop of wa
'ct, ana see the insects floating about;
anu "hen you see that God makes them,
anu cares for them, and feeds them,
come TO the conclusion that he will take
saie OF you and feed you, oh ye of little
"A BOY asked if he might sweep the
1as from the steps of house. The
lazy OF the household said: eyes; you
seen very poor" He says: 81 am
s senS poor" She says: Don't you
stonieCilnes get discouraged, and feel
MA; 1la0 GOD is going to let you starve?"
. .ne lad looked up in the woman's face
anu sand: ''Do you think God will let
"AiSAA L GIuSU IT'LL. anu unen
a s the best can? Enough theology
~ 5oi me older people! Trust in God and
Wv tle best you can. Amidst all the
~" "opfiments of housekeeping, go to him,
. no ~lll help you control your temper,
em, supervise your domestics, and
, nal your guests, and manage your
n np.'ie economies There are hundreds
b women weak, and nervous. and ex-
1Iausted with the cares of housekeeping
commend you to the Lord Jesus Christ
- a., 'he best adviser and the most etiicient
t r', Lord Jesus who performed his
''tI1 miracle to relieve housekeeper.
81, Hsarn also from this miracle that
th;a,, does things in abundance. 1
b ba,hk small supply of wine would
n.y. N.Y. made up for the deficiency. |
.e emtnk certainly they must have had
low ough Tor half the guests. One gal
l lou OF vine will do; certainly five gal
,Ins Will be enough; certainly ten. But
p Dsl, goes on, and he gives them thirty
II nal and forty gallons, and fifty gal
lows s' and seventy gallons, and 100 gal
WIS WIS, and 100 gallons of the very best
lis lust lilo b;v do;,~ ,,,.x,4h:..