The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-02-27
Ia Image AT HOME.
A GREAT CONGREGATION AT THE
ACADEMY OF MUSIC.

lilo breaches an EUruest and EIouuent
Sermon on "rho House on tho walp'-
How tho Subject wns Trcntcd.
The Rev. 7. De Witt Ia Image, D. D.,
having returned from his visit to the
Holy Laud, resumed preaching in Brook
yn on Sunday. The Academy of Music
temporarily used instead Of the destroy
cd Tabernacle, was crowded to its ut.
most. Thousands of people were not
able to get into the building. The sub
Ject of his discourse was 1.-The House on
the Wall" DR.. Talmagc took for his
text Joshua vi, %: "And the young
men that were spies went in, and brought
out KaAab, her father, and her mother.
and her brethercn and all that she had"
He said:
When, only few weeks ago, l visited
Jericho, | said Can it be possible that
this dilapidatcd place is the Jericho that
Mark Antony gave rs wedding present
to Cleopatra Where are the groves of
palm ,recs2 Where is the great theatre
from the stage of which Salomc told the
people that Hcrod was dead? Where is
the sycamore tree, on the limb of which
Zacchcus sat when Jesus passed this
place. Where is the wreck Of the walls
that fell at the h!"wing of the rams
hcrnf But the fact that I'll these have
disappeared did not hinder me from
seeing in Imagination the smash Of
everything on the latcd day, save one
house on the wall. That scene centuries
ago comes back to nc as though it were
yesterday.
There is very sick aud sad house in
the cl;y OF jericho What is the matter?
1t Is povcrty2 No. Worse than that. Is it
leprosyf No. Worse than that. Is it
deathf No. Worse than that. A daurh-
ter has torsaken her home. by what in
fernal plot she WAS induced to leave |
know not; but they look in vain for her
return Sometimes they hear footstcp
very much like hers and they start up
and say: 'Shc comcs!" but only to sink
back again into disappointment. Alas.
Alas! The father sits by the hour, with
his face In his hands, saying not one
word. The mothers hair is becoming
gray too fast, aud she begins to stoop so
that those who saw her only little
while ago in the streets know her no
now as she passes. The brothers clinch
their lists, swearing vengeance against
the dtspollcr Of thC!r h0mc. Alas! will
the poor soul never come back! There
Is It long deep, shadow over all the house
hOlu. Added to this there is an invading
army slX miles away, Just over the river,
coming on to destroy thc city, anh what
with the loss Of their child and the com
lnS on OF that destructive army, ! think
the old people wished that they could
die. That is the first scene in the drama
OF the Bible. In the house on the wall
of t. ci'y - LAT laughter That he:
no. hcT " ?pl1 81: ctn:: .roc,
the -nvau.l5 AMY 90 .oOk ,.ounu
through jericho and see how best it may
DC taken. GOndcr is the lost child, in
that dwelling on the wall Of the CIV.
Inc pollcc hear Of it, and soon there is
the shultllnS OF feet all around about lhc
door, ana the city government demands
the surrender Of those two spies First
RahaS-for that was ,hc name Of the |
lost chlld--iirst, Rahab sccrctes the TWO |
spies and gets their pursucrs off lhc |
track; but after awhile she says to them: |
II VIII make bargain with you. will |
save Your life if you will save my he, |
ana the life Of my father, and my moth. |
or, and my brothers. and my sisters, |
when lhc victorious army comes upon |
>''N >''s' ~ Si' nav ucl lOlpOllCtl nCf |
home yet, You see. The wandrrcr never
forgcts home. Her heart breaks now as |
she thinks Of Nv she has maltrcatcd her |
parents, and she wishes she were back |
with them again, and she wishes she |
could gct away from her sinful cnthrall- |
ment; and sometimes she looks uu in the |
face Of the midnight, bursting into agon- |
lzinS tears. No sooner have these TWO |
spies promised 10 save her life, and the |
HE 0! her tathcr and the life Of her |
mother, and brother, and sister, ,nan
ltahab takes scarlet cord and ties it |
around the body Of one Of the spies, |
brings him to the wi dow, and as he |
chambers 0ut-ncrvous lest shc have not |
strength to hold him--with muscular |
arms such rs woman srldom has, she lets |
nm down, hand over hand, III safety to |
the ground. Not being cXhuusr ted, She [
tics the cord around the Other spy, briggs |
hlm to the window, and just rs success
lully lets hrm down to the ground. No |
sooner have these men united the scallct |
cord from their bodies than they look up
and they say: "lou had better get all
your friends in this house. your father,
your mother, yoUr brothers and Y, ur
sisters; You had better get them in tins
house. And then, after you have them
here, take this red cord which YOU have
put around our bodies and tie il across
the window, and when our victorious
army comes up and secs that scarlet
thread in the window, they Will spare
this house and all who are in it. Shall
1t be SO! cried the spies. AYE, ayr,'
sand Rahab, from the window "il shall
be so.' That is the second scene in this
Bible drama. There Is knock at the
door Of the old man. He looks up and
says: Come in" and 10! there is Rahab,
the lost child; but she has no time to
talk. They gather in excitement around
her, and she says to them: "Gct ready
quickly, and 60 with me to my house.
The army is coming! The trumpet!
Make haste! Fly! The enemy" That is
the third scene in this Bible drama. The
hosts Of Israel are all around about the
doomed city Of Jericho Crash goes the
great metropolis, heaps on heaps. The
air suilocating with dust, and horrible
with the screams of "a dying city. All the
the houses fiat down. All the people
dead. An no, no. On II crag of the wall
there is house which we must enter.
There is family there that have been
aDarp0 who orp fbnp0 I Of ~. .o ,.l |