Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-01-19
REV. DR.. TAIMaGE.
THE BROOELiN DININE'S sun
DAY SER MON.
subject: "M"umrrs ~ IsrAt..'


deaf ,ommanl-r IN chicl Of the Canaanitish .
host. General Sissri. not far from the river
Kishun which WAS only dry bed OF pebbles
when la 1889. IN Palestine. we crossed II. but .
the guliirs ami rIyiucs which ran into Il in
dictate the possibility OF great iresheis like
the onrai tine time Of II" text. General Sserl
had gone out with !1l iron rharlots. but ha
was drGriteJ and, his chario, wheels inter
Locked with the wheels OF other cnarlots. lie
could not retreat fast enough, AMI 50 hs
lraped 10 tho gruuai IN ran till, exhaust
Ell he went into Jtel'S tent for safety She
hal lust hreu churuinS, an when he Asket
Tor water she gave him bu;tormilk which in
the. east Is CONSIDERED most refreshing
drink VERY tired, AMI surprising he was
safe, he went To- sleep upon the floor. but
Jael, who had resolved upOn bis death. toOS
tent pin long and round and sharp. i'll one
hand and a hammer la her other hand. aud,
putting the sharp end OF the tent pin to the
forehead OF SlSera, with her other hand she
lifted the hammer and brought il down on
the head d; the pin with stout stroke,
when SiserI struggled 10 risa, aud She
struck him again, and h. stru sglel To rise,
and the thir time She struck him, and the
commander in chief OF the Canaantish host
lay dend.
Meanwhile In the distance Sisera's mother
SITS amid surroundings OF wealth anl pomp
ami scenes pllGtial wait NJ for his return.
| Every mother expects her SON TO he victCrl'
( Gus ami this mother lOoke'l out at the win
| dow expecting to see him drive mp in his
! chariot followed bv wagons loaded with EN-.
broideries and also by regiments OF men van.
/ qaishel nm cnsluycd. Isce her now sitting
at the window, in hiSl expectation. She
| watches the tarthest turn Of the road. She
| looks for the flying dust OF the swift hoofs.
! The iret flash the bit o. the hoses tridle
! she will eat II.
| The ladies o; her court stanl round. AMI
/ she tells them OF what they shall haV" when
her son comes W chains % gold aud carcS-
| nets Of beauty aud dresses OF such wOUirouS
/ fabric an | splrudor a tn" Bible only hints
at but leaves Us TO imagine. He ought to
! be- here by this tine. says his mother. THAT
battle il surely OYER. hope that ireshet OF
/ the river Kishon has not impeied him. |
/ hope those strange appearances We saw last
might in the SKY were not omtnous. whenthe
stars seemed to fight in their courses. No.
! No, He is 50 brave in battle know he has
/ won the day. He HliI SOpa he here. But
alas for the disappointed mother! She will
not s"c the giittcrIng head gear Of the horses
, at null gallOp br,n%ln: her son home IRON
| victorious battle. \, solitary messenger
arriving in hot haste riie, up 10 the windows
| ut which the mother oi Sissra sits he cries,
Your armies az defeated, and your son is
dead. Tier" Is u scene OF horror AMI
Vow YOU see the fun meaning OF my short
text The mother OF SiserA looked ont AZ Il
window Well. my friends. We axe all out IN
the battle OF He: II is raging now, and the
most OF Us have a mother Watching and
waiting for n-w- Of oar victory or defeat.
II she be not sitting at the window ui
earth, She is sitting ut window OF
heaven. AMI she is go,ng to hear all about II.
By all the rules 81 war SiSera ought to
have been triumphant He had 800 iron
chariots AMI host OF many thousands
vlster than the armies OF Israel. But
God WIS on the other side. and the
angry frrshets OF kshou, and tho hail.
the lightning and the unmanageable
warehouses. and the capszhd charots
and the stellar panic in the sky dis"om-
flied SlslrL. JOsCphus in his history
describes tho scene in the following words :
when they were come to n close fight there
! came down from heaven a great storm with
u vast quantity Of rain and hail and the wind
blew the rain in the lace OF the Canaau,tes
and so darkened their eyes their arrows an /
sings were OF no advantage to them, nor
would the GOODNESS OF the air permit the SOL
lers to make usr OF their swords, while this
storm did not so much lncommole the lsra-
elites because 1t came on their bacaI. Tncy
also took Nurd courage upon the appTehen-
sion that Goa was assisting them that they
fell upon the very midst OF their enemies AMI
slew II great number Of them, - that some OF
them fell by the lsraeiteS some fell by their
own hoys which were put into disorder,
and not few were killed by their own char
lots. VI
Hence. my hearers, the bal news brought
to tho mother OF Sisera looking cut at tho
window. And our mother, whether sitting
ut II window OF earth or awndow OF heaven.
will hear the naws OF our victory or defeat -
not accordn; to our talents or educational
equipment or our opportunities, but accord
= ing as to whether Gol is for rs OF against
| us.
Where's mother2' ia the question most
n frequently asked in many households. 1t Is
, asked bv the husband ms well as the child
| coming in at nghtfall. where's MOTHER 1t
, Is asked by the little ones when they get hurt
! and come in crying with the pain, where $
mother 1t is askel by those who
h havo seen some grand sight or heard some
q good news or received some beautiful gift,
, where's mother She sometimes feels
weared 10y the question: for they all ask and
4 keep asking IL all the time. She IS not only
T. the first TO hear every ease Of perplcxlty. but
= she Is the judge in every court OF domestic
, appeal. That is what puts the premature
u wrinkles on so many maternal faces ami pow
g dcrs white 80 many maternal forcheads. You
1 see. it is a question that keeps on for all tbs
years OF childhood. 1t comes from the nura
D cry, AMI from the evening stand where the
II boys and girls arc learning their school les
, sons, and from the starting out In tho morn
4 ing, when the tippat OF hat or SLATE
, or book or overshoe is lost unit
D at night, all out of breath, the young
y sters come in and shout until you can hea
g them from cellar to garnet AMI from from
4 door to the back fence OF the back yard
" where's MOTHER Indeed. IA ohild'5 life Il
SO full Of that question that II he he taSeI
= away one OF the things that the mother mos
misses and the silence that most oppresse'
her IL the absence of that question, which
she will never hear on earth again, eN'ep
she hears II in dream which sometimes re
stores the nursery just as II was, and thea
the voice comes back so natural, AMI 81
sweet and 50 innocent, and SO inquirini
thatth dream breaks at the words Where
mother?'
II tina. question were put to most OF u
this morning we would have to say, IL W,
spoke truthtully. like Sisera's mother. she Il
at the palace window. She has become {
queen unto God forever AMI she is pulling
back the rich folds of tho kings UPHOLSTERY
to look down at u.s. We are not told the par
ticulars about the residence OF SiseraI
mother, but there Is In that scene In thebOo
OF Judges so much about emOroiderles an,
needleworS and ladies IN waiting that w
know her residence mast have been princel.
and palatIal. So we have no minute andpar
ticnlar description OF the palacS nj WHO'S
window our g!orhed mother sits, but Their
Is so much in the closing chapters o
the good Old book about crowns, an
pearls big enough TO make gate out c
one of them, new songs and marriage sup
!. pers, and harps, and white horses with king
4; In the stirrups, aud golden candlesticks tina
Il We know the heavenly residence OF on
=, mother is superb, is unique, is colOnnaded
n is domed, is uncovered, is fountained,
IA u1Oriunl hnVnDh nnnpIl
i or tongueto present. ami in the window G
that palace the mother sits watching 70
news from the battle What n contrast be
>, tween that celestial surrounding and he
II once earthly surroundings What work {
s. bring up family in the old time way, wit
but little or no hired help, except perhaT
for the washing day or for the swine slaugh
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