Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-01-31
REV. DIR. TALMAGE
THE BROOKLYN DiViNE's SUN.
DAY SERMON.
Gu6iect: "Mothers in IsraeI.''

TEXT "Tis mother Of S.sard looked o,a
n a riHr0u."-JudGes v. o.
Spiked to the ground of Jael's tent Law the
dead commander il chief of the Canaauitish
host, General Sisera. not far from the river
KishOn, which was only dry bed oil pebbles
when in 1889, in Palestine we crossed II, but
the e-ullies and raviues which ran into it in
dicatei the possibility Of great freshets like
the one at the fine Of the text. General Sisera
had gone out with 900 iron chariots but he
was defeated. and, his chariot wheels inter-
locked with the wheels OF other chariots, he
could not retreat fast enough, and so he
leaped to the ground an ran till. exhaust
ed, he went into Jael's tent for safety. She
had just been churnIng, and when he asked
for water she gave him buttermilk, which in
tho esst IS considered a most refreshing
drink. Very tired, and suppOsing he WAS
safe, n- Mt to sleep upon the foor, but
Jael, who had resolved upon his death. took
n tent pin, long and round and sharp, In one
hand and hammer in her other hand, and,
putting the sharpsend of the tent pin to the
forehead OF Sisera, with her other hand She
lifted the hammer and brought il down on
the head OF the pin with a stout stroke,
when Sisera struggled to rise, an! She
struck him again, and he struggled - rise,
and the third time she struck him, ami the
commander in chief Of the Canaanitish host
lay dead.
Meanwhile in the distance Sisera's mother
sits amid surroundings Of wealth ami pOmp
and scenes palatial waiting for his r1turn.
Every mother expects her son TO be yic-Gri-
Ous and this mother looked out at the win
dow expecting TO see him drive UD in n.=
chariot followed by wagons loaded with a1s-
broiderles and also by regiments of men yin-
quished and enslaved. Isee her now sitting
ut the window, in high expectation. She
watches the farthest turn Of the road. Sra
looks for the flying dust OF tho swift ho3fs.
p1--F H4ah ,Ft Ifa ~ ',-T.l ta
she will catch.
The ladies OF her court stand round, and
she tells them OF what they shall have when
her son comes Up-chains Of gold and carc1-
nets OF beauty and dresses Of such wOnlr0u5
fabric and splendOr as the Bible only hints
at, but lsaves US 10 imagine. "He ought to
be here by this time" says his mother. "Ihat
battle Is surely over. l hope that freshet OF
the river Kishon has not impeded him. !
hope those strange appearances we saw last
night IN the sky were not ominOus. when the
stlrs seemed to fight IN their courses. No!
No lie is so brave in battle know he has
won the day. He will soon be here" But
alas for the disappointed mother. She viii
not $50 the gllttering heSdgegr Of the horses
mt full salop bringing her son home from
victorious battle. As a solitary messenger
arriving in hot haste rides up to the windows
at which tho mother OF Sisera sits he cries. o.
"NOUr armies arc defeated, and your son i-
deal" There is q scene OF horror AMI
anguish from which we turn away.
Now you see the full meaning OF my short
text, The mother,of Sisara looked ont ar 90
window" Well, my friends, we are all ont in
the tattle OF life II IS ragiAg now, IN J IN"
most OF Us have mother watching gr
waiting for news Of our victory or defeat.
II she he LDt sitting at the window a.
EARTH she Is sitting at a window ul
heaven, AMI she Is going to hear all about it.
BY all tne rules OF war Sisers ought 10
nave been triumphant. He had go iron
thar-Ots AMI host OF many Thousand
y'ster than the armies OF Israel. But
Goi was on the other side, AMI the
angry ireshets OF KishOn, and the hail,
the lightning and the unmgn.- able
warhorsss, and the cIpsjzoi aItri1--
and the stellar panic in the sky dise1n-
htet Slserd. JosephUs in his history
dssrr rrbes the scene in the following wor Is {;
"Wnen they were come to 4 close fight thor
came down from heaven a great storm with
vast quantity Of rain and hail, AMI the wind
blew the rain in the face OF the CgnHgu5Ja7
and so dark mod their eyes their arrows ans
sings were Of no advantage TO them, nor
would the GOODNESS OF the air permit tla SOL
diers to make use Of their swords. while this
storm did not SO much incomuode the i-ra-
elites because it came on their backs. Lr0y
also took such courage upon tho arura Tau-
sion that God was assisting them t.t they
fell upon the very midst of their enemies au.
slew a great number of them, so that some of
own horses which were put into disorder,
and not a few we're killed by their own char
lots"
Hence. my hearers, the had news brought
TO the mother Of SiserI looking cut ut Iaa
window. And our mother. Ietlrr sitting
Gt a window O' earth or window of heaven.
will hear the news of our victory or .n-ra--
not according TO our talents or c..IcatIuu..
equipment or our opportunities, but a-.a-.-
ing as 10 whether God is for us or as'.l--.
us.
Where's MOTHER is the question mos.
frequently asked in many households. lr =
asked by the husband as We'll as the chill.
coming in at uight!all. "Wher-.s mother ii
is asked by the little ones when they get hurt
and come IN crying with the pain, "Wher-
mother 1t is asked b. tnOsR who
have seen some grgnd sight or heard some
gEoI news or received some beautiful g.-r.
'FWhnre's moJher?' She sometimes feels
w-gri-i by the question. for they AL ask an
keep asking it all the time. She is not only
the first to hear every case OF perplaNlty, but
sine is the iu l-e in every court OF dOLa=-i.
appeal. That is what puts the premature
wrinkles on so many maternal faces and pow
dcrs white 40 many maternal f1reheads. You
see, il is q an stiOu that keeps on for all the
years Of childhood. It comes from the uurs-
cry, and from the evening stand waeya the
boys ami -ir,s are learning their school .as
sons. and from the starting out In the Unrl.
ing, when the tippet or hat or sal.
or book or OvershOe IS lost, until
at night all out OF breath, the yauu,-
sters come in and shout until you can h.f.
them from cellar 10 garret and 'iJl 'front.'
door TO the back fence of the back VIZ.
Where's uOther?' Indeed. q ehlia'S .r.a I-
so fuil Of that question that If he be- taken
away one of the things that the mother most
misses and the silence that most opur"=s--
her is the absence of that question, which
sse Will never hear on earth again, except
.. H-.~ d. .r.. rH.
stores the nursery Just as it was. AMI then
fhe voice comes back SO uIturl.r anil So
sweet, anil 50 innocent. AMI SO iU01i-iU-
thHttGe dream freaks at the wlrts, "Muar-
mother
II tha. question were put TO most OF US
this morning. we would have 70 say, 3. w.
spoke trUthiuIiy, ike Sisera's mother SHE i-
aU the palace window. She has a".H "'
queen unto God forever, AMI she is TT. ..a.
back ths -.'h folds OF the kings U-. n.-.'rs
70 look down nc us. We are not toll the H.r-
ticuiars about the residence of S.-ar-
mother. bat there n in that scene in tla Boa.
of Judges so much about embroii RIGS ans
nnoIlawors and Ia lies in waiting that wa
Iuov her residence must have been urlu .".r
and pglarlal. So we have no minute Hl p"r-
tiruIar description OF the palace aJ whose
window our glOridei mother sits luf tra--
JIG 40 mu-.u in the closing chapters "a.
ths good old hook about crowns, a."
pearls big enough TO make n gate out m.
one OF them. new songs AMI marriage -.r-
pnrs, and hgrps, and white horses with a's--
IN the stirrups, and golden candlestiESs tHtf
we know the heavenly residence o.. uur
mother IS SUPERB, is unique. is c1'l.lr'
i- dowc!, is euhowerHi, is fountain =. .-
g,oriHd beyond tie power Of pencil or D..
or ton-Ie to present. ami ia the window 70.
that palace the mother sits watea.Ur for
news from the battle. What a contrast ..-
tween that celestial sur ruu3i1- ami h.r
f. r
bring no family. in a." old time WAY. w...t
iut U,tl" or Ep hir'I help, except I.r. ops
for the washing day or f0r JE' sw.u -'g.-H.-
e-.re, commonly called the killing day.!
There was then no reading Of elaborate
treatises on the best mo3rs of rearing chill
dren, and then leaving it all 10 hired help,
with one or two visits day to the nursery TO
see II the principles announced are being car
ried out The most OF those old folks dtEtle
sewing, the washing, the mending, tho darn
ing, the patching, the millinery the maurup
making, the housekeeping, and in hurried
harvest time helped spread the hay or tread