The Progress., 1896-12-25
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washington, Dec. 13. 1S96.-In thi
%rmon from bible scene never use
sermonic discourse, DR.. Talmag
a"s some startling lessons, and tear
tiie masque Of deceit. The text
hihSs II &c: "Why feignest tho
myself to be another"
IN the palace of wicked Zero
~'"ih lhere is a sick child. a very sicl
shild. Medicines have failed: skill i
Nhausted. Young Abiiah, the prince
A'S iiVed long enough to become very
r'puiar' and yet he must die unless
some supernatural aid be afforded
'eath comes up the broad stairs of the
p"i"ce and swings back the door Of the
sicN room of royalty, and stands look
ns at the dying prince with the dart
aphfted. Wicked Jeroboam knows that
nc nas no right to ask anything of the
j ''oru IN the way of kindness. He knows
'iidI MS prayers would not he an
SWered' and so h" sem. hi. wife on the
4 delicate Il r.,a.. fssf ., - tho
pFoDhN' me Lo.. III lion. Put
'.''F' her roya ire. she puts on
-ek--of peasant woman and
starts on the road. Instead of carry
Ing goid and gems, as she might have
carried from tie palace, she carries !
only those gifts which seem to indicate
that. she belongs to the peasantry-a
lew loaVes Oh bread and few cracknels
ana cruise OF honey. Yonder she goes
NODDED and yelled, the greatest lady in
all the kingdom, yet passing unob-
served. No one that meets her on the
highway has any idea that she is the
hfst iady In all the land. She is a
queen in disguise. The fact is that !
refer the Great, working in the drv
.uochs OF Saardam, the sailors hat and :
the shfpwright's axe gave him no moro
thorough disguise than tho garb Of tbo D
peasant woman gave to tne queen of :.
llrzah. But the prophet of che Lcrd (
saw tne deceit. Although his physical. :,
eyesight had failed, he was divinelv " Il
iumined, and at one glance looked !,
through the imposition, and he cridd !. !,
our: Come in, thou wife of .Jeh u
ooam. Why feignest chou thyself r. 81
oe another? I have evil tid!ags for u
nee Get thee back to thy house. and !. !,
Wnen thy feet touch the gate of tbe Ut
city the child shall die" She bsd p'
q IN. FER wv eovery of her son W W
81 SIX no right to prrSstiee an impo- sh
sition. broken-nearted new, she Fart DE-
ed on the way, the tears f&liag6n the ~
lust Of the road all the way from hi
TirZah. Broken-hearted now, -.
she is not careful any more to hide her #,
lueenly gait and manner. True to the l.,
prophecy, the moment her feet touch tu
ne gate Of the city, the child dies. AS ~,
The goes in, the soul of the child goes ~
ut. The cry in the palace is joined by b,
ne lamentation of a nation, and as they ~
lrry good Abijah to his grave, the air ~
nlled with the voice of eulogy for the 49,
sparted youth, and the groan of an ~. nie
hicted kingdom. 'n'
Inc story Of the text impresses me 80.
18th the fact that royalty sometimes MI
uses in disguise. The frock, the veil, -"
e hood of the peasant woman hid WV
e queenly character of this woman rN
Tlrzah. Nobody suspected that she a
as queen or a princess as she passed l'i'
:, oat she was just as much a queen WI
though she stood in the palace, her ND ND
bes incrusted with diamonds. And foi
all around about lis there are prin- niy
sses and queens whom the world my
es not recognize. They sit on no my
rome OF royalty, they ride in no char ran
) they elicit no huzza, they make no 'ne
etense, but by the grace of God fbev cat'
prlncesses and they are queens ne
Retimes In their poverty sometimes ne
cir self,aedial, sometimes in their cas-
struggles of Christian service mos
KNOWS they are queens; the world cray
IS not recognize them. ROYALTY iha'
sing in disguise. Kings without an
crown. conquerors without tho turf
M. empresses without the Jewel sha1
saw her yesterday on the cane
'et Yo9 saw nothing important in eyel
appearance, but she is regnant over bias
asst reaam OF virtue and goodness go
calm yaster than Jeroboam ever the
ked att You went down into the and
se of PROSTITUTION and want and srf and
ng. You saw the story of trial wine
item on the wasted hand of tho the
herr OH the pale cheeks of the chill but
?. IN the empty bread-tray, on the kind
|esf hearth, on the broken chair have
Tould not have given dollar for sea
tHe furniture in the house. Rut NV wv self
Trace of God she is princess Tb. fire
Peers OF the poor come there anS sing
|uss the case and say, ITS q nov peali
!. They do not realize that God D ha. the {
rished for her crown. and thas rush
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