The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-01-16
WHERE'S MOTHER ??
DIR. TALMlGE BREACHES ON 1H1S
0LD4ND FAMILIAR INQUIRY.
Father and Children Put IL EVERY i'o
They Miss Her-The DlVlne
Lesson from Sisera's De eat.

BROOKLYN. January 14.-This noTei ~ ~
unique subject was preselteo w 4,ronos
mage this forenoon to the uSo'"i ,,r IL,
croIn5ino the largest Protestant ch"iOh -
America The congregation, lea ~ 80
and cornet sang a gospei II! - rext:
tune of Home Sweet i1oiC locked
Judges 5:2S: The mother OF oiSe'"
out at a window. ~. ton+ Law the
Spiked to the ground of Jaei 5 'el,C .,s
dood co,,r,, nder-in-chief of the ts'iif'" ~
ish host. General Sisera, not iai Nv he'd
river Kishon. which was oitS ,..ine we
of pebbles when in 1882 IN d.. which
crossed it, but the gullies anu 49, Of great
ran into it indicated the possipi'i; , of the
freshets like the one at the ,,t with
49, General Sisera had gone o,' ae
nine hundred iron chariotS' ;,tarlocl<-
defeated and his chariot Wi oN he
ed with the wheels OF othei ,d so he
could NOT retreat fast enough -bo,,st-
~ -,;,on he went into JaelS ten. loi Zen
nv she had Just been chufiin,' ,>I,ttermilk
he asked for water she gave M ia = most
which in the east, is ccii9i'o .,,nnGsinp
refreshing drink. Very tlreo' "m mon the
he was safe ha went to steep 80, his
a.. h,,+ yacI who had resolved W. 5 .nd
Hootb tooI, = tent-pin long and go i'I her
sharp in one hand ana q warn end of
other hand, and pGttiffE 5r ti oj Sisera'
the tent pin to the tot eiitt@d The nam
Tin haI, ofhei. hand she me ~ head OF
rner aud brought 1t cow. .a,In when SIsert
The min with n stout Stfoffv, struck him
sttT gaj To- rise, and she % and the
again, and he stru@gleH - and the com
tbird time she struck HIM, an5nitish host
lIiai ,'7a ~, of the Canaaiii'i''
lay dead. -, ,,.e.,,,co Sisera's mother
.ite amid Surroundings OF Wt'l'f o~ his re-
ca scenes paIatial. waiting 10 10. SON to
rurn Every mothGr oNitnttcr looked out
be Nlctorl4or' ,,xiinacting t. see him drNt n d
In his chariot followed ~ NJ" Nv regiments
with crhroiderie5 am cs11tsIaved l see her
oI ittinls ~ the window, III h'2H arm of
tion She watches ne ~ diving dust of
Nc road. She looks fCr inc ,. ial OF 81 the bit
o. The horse bride she T @,a,,d round and
The ,%claS 80 Of what they shail fa ,Iif
sue - - CO.., comes Up-ca3lh3 0 Of
aud carcanets Of beauty S.HHIipndor rs the
such [ Int a. but leaves as ~ ti,n lri
aane lie ousht 10 he here t nv is surely
says his MOI, mothf that res fr@shet q the river
1Yi,o,, mas not impedod him. ~, ,,ioht in
strange appearances we 80; go when the
The ShS,ed n font i'm their course; ias
~! he is So br2ve in battle KILN ,,r But
Won the DAY ,;tl.,,1nin.cd mother: she VIZ VII
alt az. see see tho gathering i'""d-t"t .,n home
no. ~ f,Iu .s;,lloo bringing ne. ~ ,,,cs
horses ~ ~. ;,;. lottlc As a. solitary l,p' -
Ilolu ,r.i1-i-lc in hot haste -n' e.i.,ra
t,n window at which the ~, NJ are defeated
sits, he cries: doad there is . scene
Of horror ana anguish from N''''''
aWay: Won coo the FIJI ree e,1, Of }6ol md
snort text: Tho no LJoT O. ~ .''f fyands we
gu ~ - window ~ en- ne. ii is ~ cling
ar "a ,,1 the most 0f rs rave r9,, VIC
.t.,,.n~ md w95tin" ,or zinc at the
-, ~. defeat If she he NOT sattin window
tor! or " ~ @~tb che is sitting az q Wiz o II
"IhHoa and she Is going 10 heai on
about f.. ..lo. IF war Sispra OUGHT to
~ - - t~j,,r-71,,2nnt. He had hl'te -
H., iron chariots ana q 10 If Israel
conc 10 a close fight there came down from
heaven a great storm with a vast 4uant II.
of rain and hail. and the wind blew tht
~ a. -, +he face of the Canaanites. and 81
5orl,nned their eyes their arrows and sling:
we've Of no advantage to them nor Wouic
the GOODNESS of the air permit the Soie'ieIS .
r3alye rse of their swords: while this storm
did not so much incommode the I I3IaeIlles
because it came on their BACKS IheE aiSe
too1, such courage upon the apprehension
that God was assisting then! that teeY 1el
49,, tba very midst Of their enemies and
u I 'i lyraat nuroba- of them: so that some
of them fell by the lsraeitea some lell
nv their own horses, which were Iul INTO
disorder. and not y lew "eAe hiiS" w
Hence my hearers. the bad news brought
e. the mother of Sisera looking out at the
r-indop- And our mother, whether Slll'hS
ut a window Of earth or WINDOW OF heaN-
en-. will hear the 9ews 9I 0 onr H t9iemf or
educational equipment or our 0pportuihues,
hut according as to whether God IS lor us
% ..Tybara's I,iother2" is the question most
frequently asked in many households 1t ;
$50 nv inc husband as well rs the child
a aort in ~ riqbtfau .'W here's mother"
- is asked 10y the little ones when they get
hurt ard come in CRYING with, Jhe pam,
ssytrhara's Ynothero'' It is asked ~ those
v-no have seen some grand sight or heard
some good news or received some III
eift where's mother" she *oLntt'ine5
Faai ,,,e,ried bv the question, for they all
ask it and keep asking il I'll the time. 9hc
perplexity. but she is the Judge IN every
court Of domestic appeal. That Is "hat
puts the premature wrinkles on $" many
maternal faces. and powders white
so many maternal foreheads. You see it is
q question that keeps OH for al the years
of childhood. II comes from the nursery
and from the evening stand where the boys
and girls are learning thei" school lesson,
gnd from the starting out in the morning,
overshoe is lost. until ~ night all out of
breath the youngsters come in and shout
earret. and from front door to the back
fence of the back yard. ''Wberc'S mother?'
Indeed a chiid's life is so fun of that ques-
ton that if he be taken away one Of The
things that the mother most misses and
the silence that most Expresses her is the
absence Of that question, which she will
never hear on earth again. except she hears
IL in a dream which sometimes restores the
nursery just as it was. and then the voice
comes back so natural. and sweet. and
and 50 innocent and so iGGuirinG, that the
dream breaks at the words Where's
mother.
If that question were put to most of MS
this morning, would have to say if We
spoke truthfully, like Sisera's mother she
Is the palace window. She has become
a queen unto God forever. and she is null
ing back the rich folds of the Kings IN
holstery to look down at us. We are nor
told the particulars about the residence az
Sisera's mother, but there is in that scene
In the Book of Judges so much about en-
broideries and neede-WOrk ana ladies il,
waiting, that we know her residence n,Itf
have been princeiy and palatia So we
have no minute and particular deScriDtinr
of the palace at whose window our gioritied
mother sits, but there is so much in The
closing chapters of the good old book ahont
crowns. and pearls big enough to make :;
gate out of one of them, new songs. ana
marriage sUpperS. and harps, and white
horses with kings III the stirrups. ana
golden candlesticks that we know The
heavenly residence of our mother is superb
is unique, IS cOlonnaded, is domed is EN-,
powered. is fountained, is glorfed. beyond
the power of pencil pen or tongue ro
present and in the window of that palace
the mother sits, watching for news from
the battle What a contrast between thar
celestial surrounding and her once earthly
surroundings. What a work to bring uD a
family, in the O-d-time way with but little