The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-02-21
T,ALMAGE AT HOMIE.
Again He breaches to His
People in Brook.
lyn.
A Great Audience Welcomes
Him at the .Accad-
emy of Music.


the Holy Land, and the Academy of Music
wns crowded. Thousands of people were not
able To get into the building. The subject OF
his discourse was 1.-The House on the Wall y
DIR. Talmage took for his text Joshua vi, 2:i:
And the young men that were spies went in,
and brought out Rahnb. aud her fathcr, and
her mother, and her brethren, and a.l that
she had" nesaid:
When, only n tew weeks ago visited Icri-
cho, said, cnn it he possible that this ,iilnp-
iiated place is lie Jericho that Mark Antony
gave ns II wedding present to Cleopatra.
Where are the groves Of palm trees
Where are lierod's palaces that once stoo,l
here: Where is the great the,ltcr from the
stage of which Saio me told the people that
firrod was dead' Where is the sycamore
tree on the limb Of which Zacehcus sat when
Jesus lnsscd this place? Where is the wreck
of the walls tint fell at the blowing of tine
rams horns: Eut tho iuct that all these
have disappeared did not hinder Mo from
seeing in imagination the smash of every
thing on the tatel day. save one house on
the wall. That srene centuries ago comes
bnck to me as though it were yesterday.
There is II very sirk and sad house in the
city 0f Jericho. What is the matter. Is it
poverty" No. Worse than that. Is il lep.
rosy" No. Worse than that liz it DEATH
No. Wolse than that. daughter las for.
snkcn her home by what in!rrna! plot she
was induced to leave know not: hut they
look in vain for her return. Sometimes they
hear fnotsiep very much like he's, aud
they start up and say, "She comes." hut only
to sink back again into disappuin tmrnt.
Aims! Alns The father sits by tue hour. with
his face in his hands. saying not one word
The mothers hniris becoming gray too iasi
nn'l sl.c higgins TO stnOp so that those WHO
saw her only II little while ago in the street
know her not now us SHE pusse.. The broth
ers cl,ncl' their fists, II swearing vengeance
against the drsroiler of their home Alas,
will the poor soul never come back? There
is u long, deep shadow over all the house
hold. Added to this there is IN invading
army six miles away, just over tho river,
coming to destroy the city; nn,l what with
he loss of their child aud tllc coming on of
hat destructive army think the old people
wished that they could die. That is hc first
scene in this drama Of the Bible. in house
ON the wall % the city il TINT daughter. Tint
Is !" rh"n"now. TwOspics hnvrcomo from he
invading army To look arouud through .Icr.
'ho and sce how host it inny lm taken. Yor
der is the lost child. in that dwelling on he
wall of the city The police hrnr nfit. and
soon there is the shutting %! feet all around
about tli" door, unl he city government de.
naIds the Rmrrensr of those two spies,
First, Rnhnh-tor TINT was the name OF thu
lost rhid--tirst. lsahalserretrs the two spies
ana gets their pursucrs OF the track; but at
or while slle says to them: II will make
hnrgain with you. 81 will save your life il
You will save my life, anI tho II % of my
fntllcr and my mother, and my Lroi hers, ana
my sisters when the victorious army comes
upon the city" y, she had not forgotten
her hon.e yet, you see The wanderer never
thinks of how she has mnItrented l,4r pa
rents. and she wishes she were back with
them again. md she wishes she could get
nwny lum horhinful enthrilllment; nnd some
times she looks up in the iace of llc midnight
bursting into agonizing tears. No sooner
have fles: tw" spies promised to save her
lie, and The life % her father, md mother,
md brothers. anl sisters. than I.almb takes
Il scarlet cord and ties il around the l,o,lv %!
one oi he spies brings him to the window,
nnd na he clnmbgrs out-ncrvous lest rhe
should not lnve strength enough to hold
hin-with muscular arms such us woman
seldom hns. she let's him down, hand over
hand. in safety to the ground. Not hcinr
exhausted, she ties the cord around the o, her
spy, brings him TO the window. md Just ;iy
success nlly lets him downto the ground. 30
sooner huyc these men united the srurir.
cord from their bodies than they look M.
and they say: You had better get all your
friends in this hOuse-your fnther yollr
mother. your brothers and your sisters: YOU
had better get them in this house. And hen
utter you have them here, take this red cord
which you have put around our bodies and
tie il across the window; and when our viz
tori0ns army comes up, and secs that sri,i.
let thread in the window, they will spare ,llIs
house. nn,l all VIII" are in it. ShnIl it bcso?"
cried the spies: Aye, aye, said I.nhal,, from
the window, "it shnll hp go" That is the
second scene in this Bill, drama. There is /,
knock at the door of the old man. lie looks
mp md says, Come in. mud 10! there is
Hnhal'. the lost child; but she has no time TO
talk. They gather in excitemrnt nrurnd her
and she snvs to them: "Get ready quickly
and 70 with me to my house. The army in
coming! The trumpet! Make haste. Fly, The
enemy. Tint is the third scene in this Bible
drama. The hosts of Israel around about
the doomed city Of Jericho.
trhah. goes the great met ropois, heaps on
heaps. The mir sufocnting with dust, and
horrible with the screams Of n dying city.
All the houses flint down. All the people
dead. All 10, no. On II crng Of the wall
the only piece of the wall left standing-ihcre vt
ls II house whicl, We must enter. There is IL
fhmiy there TINT have been sI,nretl. Who
nrr they? Let us 20 aud see ltalnh her
tlier, her mother, her brothers, her sisters,
Oil safe. and the only house left stnnling in
MI the city. What saved them? Was the
house more firmly built? Oh. no: it was
built in the most rerilous plncc--on the wall:
and The wall wus the first thing that FIJI.
Was it hcrnus" her character was any better
than any Of the other population of the city.
d, no. Why. then, was she spared and Ill
her household? Tan you tell mo why? %, il
was the srnrlet line in the window. That is
the fourth scene in this Bible drama When
the 'iest royins angel went through Egypt. it
was the blood Of the lamb on the door posts
that saved the lsrneitcs; md now that
;%"nGrnnce has como upon Jericho
it liz the same color that assures thesac,v of
Rohnb and all her household. My friends
there are ocs roning upon us, more deadly
and more tremendous. to overthrow our I'M.
mortal interests. They will trnn,plc Us
down ana crush us out forever. unless there
he some skilful mode OF rescue open. The
police Of dcntll nlready heein to clnmor for
our surrender; bit. blessed he God, ther. is
II wny out. 1t is through the window. and
by rope 40 saturated with the blood Uf the
cross. TINT it is xrcl stlint with which The
spies wcr" lowered; ana at once our sou!a
shhll bc delivered. then with the sr.r!e,
cord stretched ncrosa the window OF our "a.
cape, We inny defy all bombardlnent, earthly
and Satanic.
In the first place, carving ont the idea OF
my text. we must stretch this srnrlct cord
ncross the window OF our rescue There
comes II time when mnn is surronde
What is that in the front door of ha SOUP
~ is the tl'r";iteninss OF the future. What ia
that in the back door of his soul! lt is the
sins Of the past. lio cannot get oat of
either of those doarways. II he attempts it
lie viii be CUT To pieces. Whnt shall he do.
l;srnoe through the window of Gods mercy.
Thnt sunshine has been pouring in for many
II day. Gods invitn" mercy. Gods par
doning mercy. Gods all ronuucring mercy.
Coils everlasting mercy. But, you .ny, the
window is so high. ALI, there is n rope. the
very one with which the cross and its victim
were lifted. That wasstrongenougll to hold
Thirst, and it is strong enough to hold you
Bear MI yonr weight upon it, all your hopes
for his life. all your hopes for the life thai is
TO come. Escape now through the window.
But. you say, that cord il too small I o
save me; that salvation will never do ut all
for such sinner as have been" suppose
that he rope with which Rahab let the Two
but they took that Or nothing. And. my
dear brother, that is your alternative.
There is only one scarlet line that can
save YOU. There have been hundreds and
thousands who llav. been horne away
in safety by that rcnrlet line. and 1t
will bear you AWAY in safety. DO you
notice what very narrow escape those spies
Ind? ! suppose they cnme with ilustercd
cheek and with excited heart. They had u
door or sin: hut how did they come out?
They cnmc out Of the window, they went up
by the stairs of stoRe; they came dawn on
slender thread. And 30, my friends, We 20
easily and unbashfully into sin. aud all the
doors are open; hut il We get out ut ull it