Kansas City daily journal., 1895-09-09
OPEN TOWARD JERUSALEM,
TALMAGE's SERMON IN SEw YORK
YESTERDAY.
Christian People OF All nations Keep the
Holy city Ever In View with Their
Minds tpon the Great Lessons which
Came From That source.

New York, sept Sin his sermon for
to-day Rev, pr. TdlmaEc has chosen u
theme overAovins with christian cheerful
ness AMI oucouiagymcnt The subject is
"Open Windows" and the text selected
from Daniel yi-iU. 'lls windows being open
.u his chamber toward Jerusalem"
The scourjrolly princes OF Persia. urged
on by political jealousy against Daniel,
have succeeded in getting a law passed
tnat whosuevcr rrays 90 God shall be put
under the paws and teeth OF tho lions who
ere lashius themselves In rage and hunger
up anu down the stone cage. or putting
their lower Jaws on the ground. hclluwiuls
lill the. tarth ttemhlts. But the leouiUe
threat dlu not hinder the dcvutiuus OF pau-
icl the Co,Ur-dc-Llon OF the ages His
enemies mlEht as well have a law that the
sun should not draw water, or that the
zen OF mahuo,,as or that God should I've
the r-d-hot furnaces. ana they cannot now
scare him with the Hons As soon as Daniel
ice OF secretary of state with its uphols.
tory of crimson aud goli. and comes down
The whtg marble steps aud goes TO his own
shutters back and pulls the curtain aside
So that he can look tow ard the sacred city
1 suppose the people in The street gather
81 under and before his window ana said:
ought to be az arre@sted." @ Gnd7 tn" icy cdns,abu.
larry OF the city rush 20 the police hoadquar-
t ibe I wiG iGG5 }I' 1o 'fl ms ars snggS ny
prisoner' says the officer OF the law, drop
l'lItE a U'bNN manu- on itlH SlltNllt| OF tue
kneelinE Daniel As the constahes open
the door ot the cavern 10 thrust iu their
monSters. But Daniel becomes the urst
lion-tamcr. and they lick his hand and
iaWn AZ his feet and That might nc sleeps
with the shaggy name OF q wild beast for
his pillow, while tho king that night Sleep
less in the palace has ON HIM thg paw and
teeth of "a lion he cannot tamc=ihc lion Of
a rcmorseful conscience.
What pictur" IL would be for some urt-
ist Darius. iu the early dusk of morning,
not waiting for foptmen or chariot. hasten
ing to the den, All flushed ana nervous and
in dshabillc, and looking through the crev-
ices Of the cage to see what had become Of
hts prime minister 'W nat, no -ound,' no
saws Daniel is surely davourcd. ana the
lions are sleeping after their horrd meal.
the bones Of the poor man scattered across
the floor Of the cavern With trembling
swcr. for the prophet is yet in profound
Slumher. But a lion, more easily awakened.
through the crcvioe, seems angrly 10 de
mand the cause of this interruption, and
under DanieFs head, and the prophet wax
unhurt and we'll
But our text stands MS at Daniels win
dow, open toward Jerusalem. Why in that
direction open? Jerusalem was his native |
land and all the pomp of his Babylonish
successes could not make him forget It. He
came there from Jerusalem at Is years OF
age. and he never visited it. though he
TO arouse the deepest emotions and grand
est aspirations of his heart, he had hts win |
There are many OF You to-day who under |
stand that without any exposition. This |
have come into all occupations and pro- |
fessons They sit in all churches. It may |
naturahZintion papers, ana YOU may be |
sympathies go out toward it. Your win |
dows are open toward Jerusalem. Your !
father ana mother are buried there. 1t |
which you We're born. but Your memory |