The Red Cloud chief., 1894-01-26
MOTHERS IN ISRAEL.
REV. DR.. Thl"''c-'T r,oouFNr e-o-
MON mo UNIQUE TEXT.

How Sisera Was iii'rd by ..acl-Ibc t,,1
News Brought TO Ills Mother Sit,inc NJ
the i'I'c" Window-A Euiosy of enc
Necdie-AnNious Mothers.
BRooKLYS, Jan. i4.-This novel and
unique subject was presented by Dr..
Talinago this forenoon TO the usual
throngs crowding the largest Protestant
church in America. The congregation
led by organ and cornct, sang a gospcl
hymn to the tune of Home. Sweet
Home" Text, Judges V, 2S, ''The
mother of Sisera looked out at a win.
dow"
Spiked TO the ground of Jaol's tent
lay the dead commander in chief Of the
Canaanitish host, General Sis,ra. rot
far from the river Kishon. which was
only Il dry bed of pebbles when in 1889.
in Palestine, we crossed it, but the pui.
lies and ravines which ran into it iudi.
Gated the possibility of great frc-hcts
like the II at the time Of the text.
General Sisera had gone ont with 900
iron chariots, but he was defeated. and,
his chariot wheels intcrluck,d with the
wheels of other chariots, he could not
retreat fast enough, and so he leaned TO
the ground and ran till. exhausted, he
went into Jacl's tent for safety. She
had Just been churning. and when he
asked for water she gave him butter
milk. which in the east is considered a
most refreshing drink. Very tired. and
supposing he was safe. he went To sleep
upon the floor, but Jael. who had re-
solved upon his death, took n tent pln.
long and round and sharp, in one hand
and a hammer in her other hand. and,
putting the sharp end of tho tent PIN 10
the forehead of Siscra. with lrr other
hand she lifted tho hammer and
brought it down on the head of the pin
with a stout stroke, when Sisera strug-
gled to rise, and she struck him again.
and no struggled to rise, and the third
time she struck him, and the command
err in chief of the Canaanitish host lay
dead.
MEANING OF II TEXT.
Meanwhile in the distance Sisera's
mother sits amid surroundings of wealth
and pomp and scene, palatial waiting
for his return. Every mother expects
her son to be victorious, and this moth
er looked out at the window expecting
to see him drive up in his chariot fol-
lowed by wagons loaded with embroid-
cries and also by regiments of men van
pushed and enslavCd. | SEQ her now
sitting ut the window, in high eXpccta-
tion. She watches the farthcst turn of
the road. She looks for tho flying dust
of tho swift hoofs. The first flash of
the bit of the horses bride she will
catch.
Tho ladies of her court stand round.
and she tells them Of what they shall
have when her son comes up-chains Of
gold and carcanots Of beauty and dresses
such wondrous fabric and splendcr
as tho Bible only hints at, but leaves lis
to imagine. "He ought to be here by
this time" says his mother. THAT bat
tie is surely over. | hopc that frcshet
of the river Kishon has not impedCd
him. ! hope those strange appearances
we saw last night in the sky were not
ominous, when the stars seemed to fight
in their courses. No! No! He Is so brave
in battle | know he has won the day.
Ho will o be here" But alas for the
disappointed mother! She will not see
tho glittoring hcadgear Of the horses ut
full gallop bringing her son home from
victorious battle. As Il solitary mes
senger arriving in hot haste rides mp to
tho window at which the mother Of Sis
era sits, he cries, Your armies are de-
feated, and your son is dead. There isl
scene of horror and anguish from which
we turn away.
Now you sec the full meaning of my
short text, THE mother of Siscra look.
ed out at n window" Well. my friends,
we are all out in the battle Of life; it
is raging now, and the most Of us have
a mother watching and waiting for news
of our victory or defeat. If she he not
sitting at the window of earth, she is
sitting at a window of heaven, and she
is going to hear all about it.
BY all the rules of war Siscra ought
to have been triumphant. He had 300
iron chariots and n host Of many thou
SANDS NaStef IMAM INC dllll'S VI INi"'i'
But God was OF the other side, and the
angry freshcts of KishOn, and the hail,
the lightning and the u~nmanageable
warehouses;, and the capsized charictS
and the stellar panic i'll the sky discom-
fitted Sisera. Josephus in his history
describes the scene in the following
words: when they were come to n
close fight, there came down from heav-
en- a great storm with "A vast quantity
of rain and hail, and the wind blew the
rain in the face of the Canaanites and
so darkened their eyes their arrows and
slings were of no advantage TO them,
nor would the GOODNESS of the air permit
the soldiers TO make use Of their swords,
while this storm did not so much in
commode the Israclitcs because it came
on their backs. They also took such
courage upon the apprehension that God
was assisting them that they fell upon
tho very midst Of their enemies and
slew a great number of them, so that
- ,b,,, ran by tho Isrn1litps somp