The Forrest City times., 1890-02-15
HIS JOURNEY OVER.
Rsv. T Do Witt Talmags Ono, More
 Among His People
The Eminent Divine Tells About the Scarlet Thread and "Ths Hous, on the Wall "-- Welcomed By yals Audienos


 
 On lis return from tae long visit to the Holy Land, the first pulpit appearance of Dr. Talmage was Sunday, Feb. 9, at the Brooklyn Music Hall, where he was greeted by very large audierce. His subject was 'The House on the Walk and bis text was from Joshua vi, s3, After quoting the text, "And tho young men that were spies went in, and brought out Kahab, and her father, ami ermother, an1 her brethren, and all that she had lie said:
 When only few weeks ago, I visited Jericho, l said, can it be possible that this dilapidated place is the Jericho that Mark Antony gave as a wedding present to Cleo patral W hero are the groves of palm treesi Where are llerods palaces that once stool here' Where is tho great thea Ire from the stage of which Salome told the people tnat Herod was deadi Where is the sycamore tree on the limb of which EAcchaus sat when Jesus passed this placoi Where is the wreck of the walls that fell at the blowing of the rams horps, But tho fact that ali these. have disappeared did not hinder me from seeing in imagination the smash og everything on the fated day, save one house on the wall That scene centur- ies ago comes back to me us thosgh it were yesterday
 There is a very sick ami sad house in the city of Jericho. What is tue matter, Is it poverty No. Worse than thAt Is it lep- rosyl No, Worse than thut Is it deathl No, Worse than that A daughter has torsaseB her home By what internal plot she was induced to lenvo l know not, but they look in vain for her return. Some times they hear a fooistcp very much like hers, and they start up and say "She comes v but ouly 10 sink back again into disappointment Alas Alas! The father sits by the hour with his face in his hands, saying not one word. Tue mothers hair Is becoming gray too fast, and sho is begin hing to stoop so that these who saw her only little willie ago in the street know her not now as she passes. Tue brothers clinch their fists swear jag vrngeluco against tue despoiler of their home Alas w3Q the poor soul never come bacl,l There is long, deep shadow over all the holsehold Added 10 this tbore is m invading army six miles away, just over tho rtver, coming on 10 destroy tho city and what with the loss of their child and inc coming on of that destruct- i've army, 1 think tho old people wished that they could die. That is the first scene In this drama of the Bible. In house on the wall of the city is that daughter That IS her home DOW. Two spes have NNAAfN AANttt tAiS ihkiNtttS army bp lb0h around through Jericho and sec how best it may be taken. Wonder is the lost child, in that dwelling on the wall Of tue city. The police hear of 1t, and soon thero is the shuf1ling of feet all around about tho door, and the city government demands the surrender of those two spies. First Rahah-for that was the name Of the lostehild--arst, Rahab seoretes the two spies and gets their pur- suers off the traclr but after awhile she says 10 them T will make bargain with you. will save your life if you will save my life. and the life Of my father and my mother, and my brothers, and m sisters, when the victorious army comes upon the city" 0, she had not forgotten her home yeE you see. The wanderer never forgets home. Her heart breaks now as she thinks of how she has naltreatea her parents, and sue wishes she wore back with them again. and she wishes she could get away from her sinful enthrallment, and sometimes she looks up in the face oi tho midnight bursting into agonizing tears. No sooner have these two spies promised to save her life and the lifo of fer father, and mother and brothers, and sisters, than Rahab takes scarlet cord and ties it around the body of one of the spies, brings him to the window, and as he NAtiAeAt+t34a a Nttk@7ltlA kUdN 4GSt Akit HHNG not strength to hold him with muscular arms sach as women seldom has, she lets him down, hand over hand. in safety to the ground. Not being exhausted, she tics the cord around tho other spy, brings him 10 the wiudew, and just as successfully lets him down to tho ground. No sooner have thcso men united tha scar lot cord from their bodies than they look up, and they say: You had better get all yonr friends ia this house your father your mother, your brothers and your sis. ters, you had better get them in this house And thon, after you nave them here, take this red cord which you have put around our bodies and tie itneross the win. dow and when our victorious army comes up, and sees that scarlet thread in tho win. dow, they will spare this house and all who arc in it. shall ii bo so'n cried the spies Aye, ave- said Rahab, from the window, Fit shall Do so,a That Is the sec ond scene ia this Bibie drama, There is knock Ut the door of the old man. He locks up, and says "Como in, and 10 there is Rahab, tho lost chNd, but she has no timo to talk They gather in excitement around her. and aAc says to them; "Get ready quickly and go with me to my house. The army is eo.ingl The trumpetl Make hasta Ely Tho enemyi That is the third scene In thls Bible drama The hosts Of isreal aro nll around about the doomed city of Jericho Crash goes the great metropolis heaps ou heaps, The air sG8oeating with the dust, and horrible with ho screams of a dying city All the houses Hat down. All tue people dead Ah 70, no On q crae of the wal ~~tha only piece of tho wall loft standing there is house. which fge llast enter. There is a family there that aaye been spared Who arc theyl Let ca eo aad see. Rehab, her father. her Mothar heg brothers, her sisters, all safe, ruG the only house left standing in ali the e4iy- @ hat saved themf Was tho house more firmly bgilt c, no; 1t was built in 'he most Ferilaus place on the wall; and tho wal was the frst thgng that fell. Was ii oeeaese Ter character was any better taaN any og tae other population of the cityi c, no 'fhy then Was she spared, and all her hopsaa0ld Can you tell me whys 0. it was tpc scarlet line in the window That is tho fourth scene in this Bible drama When the destroying angel went throagh EeSpL l. was the blood of the lamb on tAa door posts that saved the isrcsAies, and now that vengeance has come ul'op ,lerieHn k Is tue same color that assures tao safety of Rahab and ali her t'NiFt' 4N*3 tAAts+tt4 htfNfN are iNNS com lnN Nnan Ns, fRnre deadly and mora tretneO Gaus, te overthrow eur immortal interest," Ihes wlA granple us down and crush us oat iorsfer paless ttera be some slsillfnl node ., res swn open, Tho police or death s9ro4iT begin to vlamor for our surrender; but bnsscd bp God. tAcrc is a way out. IL ss through tho window, and by n rope 80 satsr.tea witl ine blaoa ot the cross, that t lA as res as that with wAich the spies Were lowered, aul if once our seals shaH bN0eltVerei, tAeN inc scarlet cord stretched across ihe wndow ef oar escape. we may de'S eN hem6ardment, earthly and Ssianlc.
 In the first lpce, carrying out The Idea of my text, Na must streteh tals scarlet cord acYosa lae window of our rescue There comes tima whea nan is surrounded. What is thatla tue fraat deer of his soull lt is Ina tnreatonings ot the future. What is taiit in sho back dooT of his sauli II is the sins of tha pasE fie cannot lsat out of either oi those deorways. If he attempts A4sI Itsafl i.. ..Iafs ....s. NsHt.