The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-01-24
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WHERE'S MOTHEa?" WAS REV DR..
TAlMaGe'5 SUBJECT SUNDAY.

ISlNSSC > SCS SV IL! SCNDNf.
A Queen Unto C d Tror. vsr- o,d Fashioned
Mothers Resting Ia c ,od, Easy, Com
for,sble Heayen az (, Waiting 81 the Pal
ace Widow For ,heir LcYed Ones.
BROOKLYN, Jan. l4.-This novel an6
UNIQUE su,is c, was presented by d.,
Tatmsye this forenoon to the usual
throres cr3adius the largest Protestant
church 10 America. The congregation
led by organ and cornet- sang gospel
hynn to the ,une OF Home. Swee,
Hone" Text, Judges V, %, The
mother OF S:se-a locked out at a WI
dow"
Spiked to tie ground OF Jael's tent
Law the dead con- 0ander il chief CT tie
Csnsani,ish sos,, General Sisera, no;
far from the river klshon, which was
only q dry bed OF peboies "hen in 1889,
in Palestine, we crossed ii, but tae out.
hes anG rav:ces which ran into !: jnd!'
Gated tie possibility of freshsts Ike the
one al the time Of the text.
General S;sera had gone out with
900 iron ctariots. but he was defeated,
and. his charot twhee:s iaterloc&ed With
the wheels Of other cfarlots, ne cou, d
not retreat last enough, and so be
leaped tc tie ercGcd ard raa till ex'
hausted, Re went into Jael's tent fer
safety. S1e lad just been churning,
srG when he asked fcr water she gave
him butte,mlik, uhic,; u the eastiS con.
si6eresi most refreshing dfi0H.
Very tired AID. aup2csin@. Sc was safe,
he went 10 sleep .:c:GI~rthe floor, but
Jael who l::.,d resolved upon his dea;t.
took a tent p.n, lcnS and rourd and
sharp, in one haud ana j hammer IL her
other hant, and putting the sharp erd OF
the tent pin to the forehead OF Sisers
With her Other hand she lifted the ham,
mer and brought it down On the head OF
the pin with stout stroke, when Sisera
struggled to rise, and she struck him
again. and be struggled 10 rise, and the
third time she struck him, and the com.
mander in Chief OF the Canaaoitish host
lay dead.
Meanwhile in ihe distance S!sesa's
mott er sits AMID >urroundiDgs Of wealth
and ponp and sceuss palatial waiting
fer his return. Eer,y mother expecss
her scn 10 b. victorious, and this mother
looked expectlns lc see him Gr.vs up ID
his chariot, tollowe6 b9 wagons loaded
with embrci6er;es ao1 >lso by re-iments
OF neD val qei5ted saa eusisveu. see
her Dow slI,.ug :. the w'ucow n BIZ b
expectatinc She watches the iarthest
turn OF the road. Sle looks ior the f.
irg dust of the sw f; hooss. rbe first
fash Of the bit OF the horses bride she
viii catch.
The ladies other court stand round
aud she tells tazm OF rhat hey sha'l
have when her son cones up-chaius or
gold and carcarerS # oeauVy and d esses
OF such woudrou- tabric and splen9or as
the blo!e oulr h}nts at. bus leaves US 70
imagine, He o&sht 10 be here bv thi>
,erosays his uo;hoc. That ear:le
is surely over, I hope that fcestet of
the RIVER Kshon bas not impeded HIN.
hope those seange appearances We
saw last night II he sky were not onl
nous when tie sfars seemed to tight n
their courses. No, uo! he is so brave
in battle knoS be bas won the day.
He will soon be here"
But alas Tor tie disappointed mother!
She will not see the elittecing headgear
OF the borses at full ssllcp bringing sol
home from sictorious bat ie. As a SOL
,tsry messenger arriving iu lot haste
r;d,s 70 to the window at which the
moGaer e Sisera sits he cries, ''Your
armies are defee; ed, and your son IS
6eaS!n There is 3 s;eue OF horror and
anguish from which We turn away.
Now you see the full meaning of my
short -ext, The mother 81 S!sera
looked cut ct a window" Well, my
friends, we are all out in the battle OF
Life. Its raging DOW, and the most Of
Us have mother watching and waiting
for news OF our victory or. defeat. If
she be not sitting at the window OF
earth. she is sitting st q window Of
hea en-, and she is gong to hear all
about it.
BY all the rules Of war Sisera ought
to have been triumphant. He bad 900
iron chariots and q host of many thous.
ands vaster than the armies Of Isreal.
But God was on the other side. and the
angry ireshets at Kishon, and the hail,
the lishtniug, and the unuanagable war
horses, and the capsizcd chariots, and
the stellar panic 10 the sky discounted
Slsera. Josephus in his history de-
scribes the scene in the following words:
'When they were come to clese
fShf, sbere came down from heaven a
great storm w;;ssl. 2 vast quantity of rain
and hail, and the wina, blew the rain in
the face of the Canaanites and so daT|
ened their eyes their arrows and sings
were of no advantage 10 them, nor
would the colopess OF the air permit the
soldiers to maSe use OF their swords,
while this storm did not so much in
comno6e the Isrealites because it came
on their backs. They also look such
courage upon the apprehension hat
God was assisting them that they fell
upon the very midst of their enemies
and slew a great number of them, so
that some Of them fell by the IsreaGtes,
some fell by their own horses which
were put into disorder, and not few
were killed by their own chsriots."
Hence, my hearers, the bad news
brought to the mother of Sisera looking
out at the window. And cur mother.
whether slttisg at a window of earth
or window of heaven, will hear the
news Of our victory or defeat, not &C.
cording to our talents or educational
equlpmedc or our opportunities, but
according as to whether God is Tor Us
or against us.
"Whers's mother?" is the question
most frequently asked IN many house
holds. l. is a,keG OF the husband as
well asthe chilG c"mipgin at nightfall.
@Where's moIher?' 1t is asked by the
little ones when they get hurt and come
crying with the paiu, Where's moth
er?" It is asked by those who have
seen some grand sight or heard some
GOOD NAME or re aciv.6 ccp,o boor,rjTpl