Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-01-15
WHERE'S MOTHER?'
SEE SITS AT THE WINDOW OF EARTH OR
heaven
And Watches Carefully All That Her Children are
DOing-PrOud Gen. Siseras Mother Waited in
Vain for the Coming Of Her Victorious Son.

Vain for the Coming Of Her Victorious Son.
BRooKLYS, y. V, January 14.-This
novel and unique subject was presented
by DIR. Talmage this forenoon TO the
usual throngs crowdipg the largest
Protestant church In America. The
congregation, led by organ aud cornet,
sang Gospel hymn TO the tune OF
Home, Sweet Home" Text: Judges
3: IS. The mother Of Sisera looked out
at a window"
Spiked to the ground OF Jael's tent
lay the dead Chief OF the
Canaanitish host, General Sisera, not
far from the river Kishon, which was
only dry bed oil pebbles when in 1850,
in Palestine. we crossed 1t, but the
grlnes and ravines which ran into it
indicated the possibility OF great
freshets like the one At the time OF the
text. General Sisera had gone out with
nine hundred iron chariots, but he was
defeated. and his chariot wheels inter
locked with the wheels OF the other
chariots, he could not retreat fast
enough and so be leaped to the ground
and ran Till exhausted he went into
JaeFs tent for safety. She had Just
been churning, and when he asked for
WdltT sue k1Nb nlU OuIIeTmllh which IN
the East is considered a very refreshing
drink. Very tired, and supposing he
was safe, he went to sleep upon the
floor, but Jael, who had resolved upon
his death, took n tent pin, long and
round aud sharp In one hand and
hammer in the other, and putting the
sharp end OF the tent pin TO the fore
head 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
and she struck him again, aud he
struggled TO rise, aud the third time
she struck him and the commander-in-
chief OF the Canas nitish most lay dead.
MEANWHILE IN THE DISTANCE
Sisera's mother sits amid surroundings
OF wealth and pomp and scenes palatial
waiting for his return. Every mother
expects her son 10 be victorious, and
this mother looked out at the window,
expecting TO see him drive up in his
chariot followed by wagons loaded with
embroideries and also by regiments of
men vanquished and enslaved. / see
her now sitting at the window in high
expectation. She watches the furthest
turn of the road. She looks out for tho
flying dust OF the swift hoofs. The frst
flash of the bit OF the horses bride 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 carcanetS OF beauty and
dresses OF such wondrous fabric and
splendor as the Bible only hints at but
leaves Us 10 imagine. "He ought to be
here by this time" says his mother:
that battle is surely over. l hope that
freshet OF the river Kishon has not i'm
Deded him. | hope those strange APP
pearances we saw last night in the sky
were not ominous, when the stars
seemed 10 fight in their courses. No
No, tie is so brave 10 battle 1 know he
has won the day. He will soon be
hsre.n>Hut, alas for the disappointed
pother She will not see the glittering
hsad-gear OF the horses al full gallop
bringing her son home from victorious
battle. As a solitary messenger arriving
In hot haste rides up 10 the window at
which the mother Of Sisera sits he cries
Your armies are defeated ana your son
is dead" There is a scene Of horror and
anguish from which we turn away.
Now you see the full meaning Of my
short text: The mother OF Slsera
looked out at a window Well, my
friends, we are all out In the battle or
illGT IL - a = rs ADNf otiA Llt iuUal VI Us
have a mother watching and waiting
for news Of our victory or defeat. II
she be not sitting at the window Of
earth she - sitting at window Of
heaven, and she is going 10 hear all
about H.
by TIE RULES or WAX
Sisera ought to have been triumphant.
lie had nine hundred iron char ITS and
a host Of many thousands v4ster than
the armies Of Israel. But God was on
the other side; and the angry ireshets
Of kishon aud the hail, the lightning
and the unmaUageabie war horses. aud
the csusize1 chariots and the stellar
panic in the sky discounted Ssera Jo-
sephus in MS history desCri bed the scene
ia the following words. when they
were come 20 a close fight there came
down from heaven a great storm with a
vast quantity OF rain and hail, aud the
wind blew the rain 60 the face OF the
Canaanites, aud so darkeued their eyes
their arrows and sluEs were Of no adj
vantage 20 them, nor would the cold
ness Of the air permit the soldiers 10
make use % their words; while this
storm did not so much incOmmode the
Israelites because IL came on their
backs, They also took such courage
upon the apprehension that God was as
sisting them that they fell upon the very
midst % their enemies aud slew great
number OF them; so that some OF them
fell By the Israe ties, some fell By their
own horses, which we're put into dis
order, and not a few were killed by their
own churiOts.'
Hence, ny hearers, the bad news
brought 70 the mother OF Sisera looking
cut az the window. Aud our mother
whether sitting az the window Of earth
or window OF heaven, Will hear the
news o. our victory or defeat. ,yot a--
cording % our talents or educational
equipment or our opportunities. but sc-
cording as o. whether God is Tor us or
against us.
where mother2' is the question
most frequently asked Zoo many house
holds d. is asked Hy the husband as
vel as The child coming atulzht-
fall Where's mother? 10 Is asked
By The little little ones when they get
hort and come in crying with the pain.
where mother 10 SIS asked by
those who have seen some grand sight