The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-09-14
OPEN WINDOWS.
Latest Sermon by Rev. T. DeWitt
Talmage.
The Eminent Preacher Draws Instructive
Lessons from the story of Daniel In
the Den of Lions-Powsr of
Earnest Prayer.

ward Jerusalem" Inc sermon foI-
lows:
The scoundrelly princes OF Per-
STA, urged ON by political jealousy
against Daniel, have succeeded in get
ting q law passed that whatsoever prays
to God shall be put under the paws
and teeth of h lions, who are LASH
ing themselves In rage aud hunger
up and down the stone cage, or
putting their lower jaws ON the
ground, believing till the earth trem.
bles. But the leonine threat did not
hinder the devotions Of Daniel, the
Ceur-de-Lion Of the ages. His enc
mics might ss well havo Q law that the
sun should not draw water, or that
the south wind should not sweep across
Q garden Of msgnoliss or that God
should be abolished. They could not
scare him with the red-hot furnaces,
and they cannot now scare him with
the lions Az soon - Daniel hears Of
this enactment he leaves his Office Of
secretary OF state, with its upholstery
Of crimson and gold, and comes down
the white marble steps and goes to his
own house. He opens his window and
puts the shutters back and pulls the
curtain ssi9e 70 That he can look to-
ward the sscred city Of Jerusalem, and
then praya
suppose the people in the street
gathered under and before his window,
and said: Just see that . defyiug
the law; he ought to be arrested"
And the constsbulary Of the city rush
TO the police headquarters and report
that Daniel IL on his knees 1t the wide
opeu window. ''You are my prisoner"
ssys the officer Of the law. dropping .
heavy hand ON the shoulder o1 the
knssling Daniel. As the constables
open the door Of the cavern to thrust
In their prisoner. they see the glazing
eyes Of the monsters But Daniel be-
comes the 6rst lion-tamer, and they
lick his hand and tswn at his feet, and
that night he sleeps with the shsggy
name Of . wild beast for his pillow,
while the king that night, slesplsss in
the palace. has on him the paw and
teeth Of . Hon he cannot tsms-ths lion
Of Q remorssful conscience.
What . picture Il would b for some
artist Darius. In the early dusk Of
morning, not wsitinS toy footmsn or
chariot, fastening 70 tbs den, all
flushed and nervous and In dishsbills,
and looking through the crevices Of
the cage TO see what had become Of
his primo ministsri "Whst. no soundr"
he saya Daniel 10 surely dsvoursd,
and the lions are sleepipg after their
horrid meal. the boass Of the poor nan
scsttsred across the door Of the psvsFp."
With trembling voice Darius calls outs
"Dsaislr' No answer, for the prophet u
yet In profound slumbsr. But . lion,
more easily swsksued, advances, and,
with hot breath blown through the
ersvice. seems angrily to demand The
cause Of this Interruption, and then
another wild BEST lifts his name from
undsr Daniels hesd. and the prophet,
waking up, comes forth TO report Aim.
self al unhurt and we'll
Bot our tsxt stands us st Dsuisl's
window, open toward Jerusalem. Why
In that direction open? Jerusalem wss
his native land, and all the ponp Of
his Babylouish successes could not
make him forget 81. He came there
from Jerusalem q 10 ysass Of sge, and
he never Waited II, though he lived to
b e5 years. Yet, when he wanted to
ayouss the deepest emotions and grand
ct aspirations Of his heart, he had HIS
window opsn toward his pstive Jsrusa-
lem. There are many ct Joy to-day
who understand that without any en-
position. This u getting to be . ma
ton Of foreigners. They have come
into all occupations and profsssionA
They ct IN al churches Il may -
twenty ysaxs ago since you got your
naturalization papers. and you may
b thespughly Amsricsnized, but
you SaAft forget the land Of
your birth, and yopS sympsthiss
70 out toward Il. Your Window
are open toward Jerusalem. Your
father and mother are buried theirs.
Il may have been . very humble home
in which you wsrs born, but your
nsmory oftsn plays around II, and you
hope some day 70 60 and ~ 1.-THE
hfll, the tree, the brook, the house, the
place % sacred, the door from which
you started or with parental blessing
20 make your IVA way in the world;
and God only knows how sometimes
you have longsd 70 ~ the familiar
places OF your childhood, and how in
awful crises Of LIE you would like 70
hsvs caught . glimpse Of the old,
wrinklsd fscs that bsnt over you q
you lay on the gentle lap twenty OF
forty o. atty ysars ago. You may
have On this side Of the sea risen In
| fortune. and, like Daniel, have become
great, aud many hsvs come into pros
psritiss which you never could have
reached II you had stayed there, and
you may have many windows 70 your
houss-bsy windows and skylight win
dows, and windows Of conservatory,
and windows on ell sides-but you
have st least o window open toward
Jerusalem.
When the foreign steamer Gomez "a
the wharf, gyou 80 the long liue Of
sailors, with shouldered mAiibags,
coming down the plsnks, carrying u
many lsttsrs - you might suppose "a
b enough for . years corrsspondsncs,
and this Eepssted again aud again dur.
ing the week. Multitnass q them srs
letters from home, aud u I'll IL pos(
oMces Of the land people will 90 70 ths
window aud anxiously Ok for them,
hundreds Of thoussuds Of persons and.
ing that window Of 4orsien mails The
OPEN window toward Jeruaalom Mes'
ssgss that say: "When ere you coming
home TO zee usf Brother hes gone
into the army. Sister - dssd. Father
and mother IRE gstting vssy feeble.
We ara having . crest struRgls TO gel
on here. Would you adviss NJ 70 ooms
to you or will you CONS to usp Al
Join In love and hops to inset you, Il
not In this world, then In the better.
Good-by."
Yes. yes; IN all these cities, and amid
the Aowszin6swestern prsiriss. and on
the slopes Of the pacific, and amid the
6ierraA and ON the banks Of thu
lagoon, and ON the ranches Of Tsxa,
there 10 IN uncountsd multitude who,
this hour. stand and sit and knsel with
their windows open toward Jerusalem,
Some Of thsss people played ON the
heather Of the Scottish hills- Some OF
them were driven out BY Irish tsmins.
Some OF them, In early LIE,
drilled In the German army.
Some Of them were accustomed
at Lyons or Marseilles or Paris &c
zee on the street Victor Hugo and
Gsmbetts. Some chased the chspoil
among the Alpine prseipiosA soml
plucksd tbs ripe clusters from the (tal'
Ian vineyard. Some lifted their fase,
undsr the midnight sun OF Norway. II
Il NO dishonor TO our land that they
remember the placs Of thsiy nstivity.