The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-02-15
RAHAB'S DWELLING.
Dr.. Talmage Again Addresses His
Brooklyn Congregation.
hahAb's Dwelling on the Walls OF Jericho
and Her Escape the Subject of His Dis
aourSs-The True Road to Sal
walton Defined.

hahab's Dwelling ON the Walls OF Jericho
aud Her Escape the Subject of His Dis
aourss-The True Road to Sal
satIon Defined.
Upon his return from bis visit to the
holy Land Rev T. De Witt Talmags
was greeted by a large congregation the
first Sunday that he preached In the
Brooklyn Academy OF Music. The
subject OF his discourse was, The
House on the Wall" DIR. Tai
mage took for his text Joshua
vi. ss: And the young men that
were spies went in and brought out
kshab, and her father, and her mother.
and oil that she had" lie said:
When only u few weeks ago ! visited
Jericho, ! said, Can 1t bc possible that
this dilapidated place IL the Jericho that
Mark Antony gave as u wedding present
TO Cleopatra? Where are the groves of
palm trees? Where are ferod's palaces
that once stood hereP Where Is the
great theater from The stage Of which
Salome told the people that Herod was
dead? Where Is tho sycamore tree or
She limb Of which Zaccheus sat when
Jesus passed this placer Where is the
wrecklof tho walls that fell Mt the blow
ing OF the rams born?, But the fact
that all these had disappeared did not
hinder me from seeing In Imagination
the smash OF every thing on the fated
day, save me house on tha wall. That
scene centuries ago comes back TO me as
though IL were yesterday.
There Is a very sick and sad house In
b city Of Jericho. What Is the mat
ter7 Is 1t poverty? No. Worse than
that Is 1t leprosy? No. Worse than
that. Is IL death? No. Worse than
that. daughter has forsaken home.
By what internal plot she was induced
10 leave l know not. but they look In
vain for her return. Sometimes they
hear q footstep very much like her and
they start up and say: ''She comes, but
only TO sink back again into ~disappoint-
ment. Alas! Alas! The father sits by
the hour, with hts face In his hands.
saying % one word. The mothers hair
Is becoming gray too fast and she Is be-
ginning to stoop 80 that those who saw
ts- q little while ago In the street know
her not now as she passes. The brothers
eltnch their fists, swearing. vengeance
against the despoiler OF their home
Alas! win tho poor soul never come
back?
There is a long, deep shadow ovcr all
the household. Added TO this there Is
An invading army six miles away, just
over the river. coming on to destroy the
city; and what with the loss OF their
child and the coming on Of that destruct-
Two army, l think the old people wished
that they could die. That is the first
scene In this drama OF the Bible.
In q house on the wall OF the
city Is that daughter. That Is
her home now. Two spies have come
from the invading army to look
around through Jericho and see how
best IL may be- taken. Yonder Is the
lost child, In that dwelling on the wall
OF the city. The police hear Of it, and
% there Is the shutting OF feet all
around about the door, and the city
government demands the surrender OF
those two spies. First, Rahab-for that
was the name of the lost c~hild-frst,
Rahab secretes the two spies and gets
their pursuers of the track; but after
awhile she says to them: II will make q
bargain with you. l will save your life
II you will save my life, and the life Of
my fatherand my mother, and my broth
srs and my sisters, when the victorious
army comes upon the city" o, she had
not forgotten her home yet, you see.
The wanderer never forgets home. Her
heart breaks now as she thinks Of how
aAn AAn NnofkwnatnA hHu ~anonka anA aAA
wishes she were back with them again,
and she wishes she could get away from
her sinful enthrallment; and sometimes
she looks up In the face Of the midnight
bursting into ngonizing tears. No sooner
have these two spies promised TO save
her life and the life OF her father and
mother and brothers and sisters than
Rahab takes o scarlet cord and
ties IL around the body Of one
Of the spies, brings him to
the window and as he chambers out
nervous lest she have not strength to
hold him--with muscular arms, such as
m seldom has, sho lets him down,
hand over hand, In safety to the ground.
Not being exhausted sho ties the cord
around the other spy, brings him 10 the
window, and Just as successfully lets
him down 70 the ground. No sooner
have these men united the scarlet cord
from their bodies than they look up and
they say:
"You had better get all your friends
in this house-your father, your mother,
your brother 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
our bodies and ito IL across the window;
and when our victorious army comes up
and sees that scarlet thread In the win
dow, they will spare this house and all
who are In It." ''Shall It be SOP" cried
the spies. Aye. aye said Rahab from
tho window. sit shall be sos.a That Is
the second scene in this Bible drama.
There is q 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 10 talk. They
gather In excitement around her. and
she says TO them: Get ready quickly,
and go with mo 70 my house. The army
Is comingl The trumpet! Make hastel
Fly! The enemy" That is the third
As60O lH liz h'Stfbs AO1b1
of Israel are all around about the
doomed city of Jericho. Crashi goes
the great metropolis, heaps on heaps,
The air s~ufYocating with the dust. and
horrible with the screams OF a dying
city. All the houses fat down. All the
people dead. All. no, no! On n crag oi
the wail--the only piece OF the wall left
standinR-there Is = house which we
must enter. There Is q family there
that ave been spared. Who are tbayi
Let us 90 and SEQ. Rahab, her father,
her mother, her brothers, her sisters,
all safe, and the only house left stand
iur I'm ALI the city. What saved themf
Was the house more firmly built? o,
NO; &c was built in the most periious
pisce-on the wall: and the wall was
the first thing that fell. Wa
IL because her character was any better
than ANY Of the other population OF the
cisy? o, no. Why. then. was she
shared and ell her household? Can you
tell me why? o, 1t was the scarlet line
In the window.
NV friends, there are foes coming up
on Us. more deadly and more tremen-
dous, to overthrow our Immortal interests.
They will trample Us down and crush us
out forever, unless there be some skill
fui mode OF rescue open. The police OF
death already begin 70 clamor for our
surrender; but. blessed be God. there Ia
= way out. IL Is through the window,
and By a rope so saturated with the
blood Of the cross that it Is as rcd 90
that with which the spies we're lowered;
and II once our souls shall be delivered,