The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-01-25
AT THE TABERNACLE,
WHERE'S MOTHER?" WAS REV. DR
TAlMAee'5 SUBJECT SUNDAY.

hN NJ oah' lt.-InlS novel aud
unique suhJec' was presented by DR.
Ialmage this forenoon to the usuol
tnrongs crowdiny the largest Protestant
church IN America. The cOnoreootion
ied .py organ and Cornet. eapg q posnel
4 nymp 10 the tune of Home. Sweet
Home" Text, judges v, %. "The
mother OF S:scra locked out at a WIN :.
dow" "' VIII
spiked TO the ground of Jael's tent
LAY the dead commander in chief of the
Canaanltlsh host, General Sisera. moi
ar from the river Kishon, which was
oniY dry bed Of pob )les " hen in 1890
10 Halest'ne, we crossed 1t, but the gu,
lies and raVlnes which ran into il jndi.
cated the possibility cf frcshets Ike the
one at the time of tic t,yi.
General Sisera bad gore cut w;lh
9oo IRON charlo.s, but he was defeated
ana, MS chariot wheels interockcd with
inc "heels oj other cEarlots, lie cou 4
hoC retrent fast enough, ard 80 hr
ieapcd to the ground and ran till ey
haus'ed, he wtnt lTtO Jael's tent !nr
SAFETY. She lad just been chuv.,ir..
and whe II he asked fr water she r .y,.
nun but'ermllk. whiu, in the east j. ,,...
slderet most r"!rcshtn. drink.
VtrV Tired and suppoSinG Ir was safe
ne went 70 sleep upon the n}rY, hr
Jael VINO hid resolved uprU bis Ci,n,h
LOOK tent pm, long and rour Il and
shafp, IN one maud and hammer ~ hrr
oIner hanh, and putting the sharu cad ot
the tent pm To The forehead of S.spi;,
with her othe hand she lifted The ham
mer and brought it down on the head rf
the plp with stout stroke, wht y S.-crn
struggled 10 rise, nd she ~'rrcS Tin,
again. and he struggled 10 or:... n-t i've
tblrd time she eirUcx h.n st.! :! =. r..n
mander IN chei OF tie Cu,i.:i 4 - rn-1
lay dead.
Meanwhile in thn dis,nren ~,,cra's
mott er sits amid >urr, un}r,..s - .;aIl.
anu p0mp ani Sr'ue9 la}a''.L " ,i1.i,,,
lcr his return. Every mother ,Nimr.s
her son 20 be victorious, AMI M. mrlnri
lCokcd expecting - sec tina a" We mn in
his chariot, followed b %4yrns in...,aI
with emhroidrrjrs ardplau hy r.. INFANT.
OF men var rqu>h'd au,l p''~'..y..! | zee
h"r now slLNlrg Il the wu'uw in H. J.
expectation. She watches thc tIrthcs,
turn ct tie road. S'n ia,,>. 90. the Il.
Ing dust of thc s"f ro.aa. zee rir.i
flash of the Bit OF lhe no! .r'5 h.gA!c ,Nc
will catch.
The ladies Of her rnur >.,u.irrund
and she tells them OF .n4l hoy shnri
have when her son Cu:Mcs uir-ghain:. ot
gold and carcancts Of q, .HiN and j, csses,
OF such wondrous fabric &n& ,pltn,lar as
the biDle OnlV hints at. IA. leaves us 30
imagine, lie ought T. IT. Mcrr by thi.
time" saya his mothjr. "ihat BAIL,
Is surely over. Eopc lha. lrcalu, OF
the RIVER kishOn has not lmns Gcd l;n.
hope those strange apueurnuC"s we
saw last night IN The slij were not on;
nous when The stars seemed 10 lighl in
their courses. NJ, "! lIc is 50 brave
in battle kro" lie h&3 won the ,!ay,
He will HOOn be hcrc.D
But alas jor the d.#av3uirtld mother,
She will moi see the viiitcrin., ha.d,oar
OF the horses at full galiop bringing sor
home from victorious NII,lr. a. 4 sol
ltarY messenger arriving in lot haste
rides up to the window 1T Which the
mother Of Sisera sis ha cries, "Y0ur
armies are defeated. and }0ur son is
dead!' There is 8 ,cLc Q! horror and
anguish from which we sum away.
Now you sec tie full mcaning of NV
short ext, The molher ii Siaera
looked cut al q WINDOW" Well, nv
friends, VIC arc all OH; in the battle OF
life. 1t is raging now, aud the most of
us have mother watching aud waiting
Tor news OF our victory Or defeat. If
she be not sitting a. the window of
earth, she is sitting At window of
hea en-, and 8h" i3 goln" 20 lear all
about it..
BY al the rules l war S:aera ought
to have been triumphant. He hal 900
IRON charlOts and q host Ui many thOus.
ands vastcr than tie armies Of Isreal.
But God was on the other side. and The
angry heshets at Kj5h0n, ard the bail.
the ii ,htnirg, aud the unmanagab!c war
horses, and the cUps.Hcd chariOts, and
the stellar panic in the sky discomCtcd
Slscra. JOscphus In his history de-
scrlhcs The scene IN the IollCw.ru words:
when they were come ID close
fight, there came down from heaven
great storm w.lsii vast quantity Of rain
and hail aaau the wind blew the rain in
the lace Of the Canaantca aud so dark
ened their eyes their arrows aud sings
were OF no advantage to them, nor
would the coldncsS oi the air permit The
soldiers to make use OF thclr 8W0rda
while this storm G.1 not so much in
comm ode the lsrcalitc3 because IL came
on their backs. They also took such
courage upon the apprehension hat
God was assisting them that they Irll
upon the very midst OF their enemcs
and slew q great number Of them, so
that some OF them fell by thc Isrealiics,
s)me fell by their own horses which
were put into disorder, aud not few
were killed by thcir own charO,s."
Hence, my hearers, the bad news
brought to the mother of ;iisrra looking
out at the window. And our mother,
whether sitting at a window of earth
ora window OF heaven, VIII hear the
news of our victory or defeat, not ac.
cording to our talents or educational
equlpmedt or our opportunities, but
according as to whether God is Tor IL
or against us.
"Wherr's motherr" ls the quest ion
most frequently asked in many house
holds. l. is Il 'k"d hythe husband as
well as the child coming in AZ Uight fall. .
"Where'S mOlherW 1t is asked ~ thc
little ones when they got hurt and come
crying with the paiu, "Wnere's moth.