Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-12-25
REV. DR. fALMAGE
The Eminent Washington Divins's
Sunday Sermon.
Subject: "Ths Mask Of Deceit"

TEXT: "Why feignest thou thyseli to be an
bther2'-I Kings xiv, g.
In the palace Of wicked Jeroboam there 10
k.ck child-a very sick child. Medicines
have failed; skill is exhausted. Young Aol"
Ian, the prince, has lived long enough 10 pe-
come very popular, and yet he must ore u1-
less some supernatural ald 20 auolIou.
peath comes up the hroadsla OF the paIacoS
and swings back the door OF The s.cKroom Oh
ROYALTY and stands looking at the dying
prince with tie dart upifted. Wicked Jero-
boam knows that he has no right to ask any
thing Of The Lord in the way OF KINDNESS.
He knows that his prayers would NOT % au-
swerad, and so he sends bis vile on the oeh.
cate and tender mission to tire prophet CT
me Lord In Shiloh. Putting aside ner royal
attire, she puts on the garb OF peasant Wo-
man and starts on the road. Instead OIL car
rvino gold and gems rs she might have car
RED from the palace she carries only ihoso
pifts which seem to indicate that she belongs
10 the peasantry--a few loaves ut bread ana
a lew cracknels and cruise OF honey fon-
der she goes. hooded and yelled, the greatest
lady in all the Kingdom, yet passing unop-
| served, No one that meets her on the nlgn-
way has any ideathat she is the nrst iaoy Ill
| ali the land, She is queen in disguise;
The fact is that Peter the Great WORKING
| In the dry docks Of Saardam, the SAILOR NAT
| and the shipwrights ak gave MN no more
| thorough disguise than the garb OF the peas
Ent woman gave to the queen OF IIrzan. But
The prophet OF the Lord saw the oecelt. a. A.
| though hig physical eyesght had failed, ne
WAS divlpely illumined, and at one g!ance
locked through the imposition, and he cred ere,
mi. "Come in. thou wife OF Jeroboaml why
Ielgnest thou thvself 10 he another2 l nave
evil tidinps for thee. Get thee back 10 tiny
house. and when thy feet touch ina gate OF
lhe civ the child shall die" She had right
10 ask for the recovery Of her son, she had
no right to practice an imposition broken
hearted now, she started on the way, inc
tears falling on the dust OF the road al tne
way from Shiloh to I1rzab. Broken
hearted now, she is not careful any more 10
hide her uueenly gait and manner. True 10
the nropbecy, the moment her feet touch the
gate of the city the child dies. AS she goes
in the soul of the child goes out. The cry III
the city palace is joined by the lamen; alton
nj n nation. and as they carry good AblJan
10 his grave the air is fl led with the voice OF
eulogy for the departed youth and tho groan
Of an afflicted kingdom.
1t is for no insignificant purpose mat pre-
sent you the thrilling story OF the text. IL
the first place I learn that wickedness ln'
wolves others, trying 10 make them Its oupes
Ite allies and its scapegoats, Jeroboam pro
posed to hoodwink the Lords prophet. How
did he do IL? Did he go and do the worf
, himself? No. Ho sent his vile to 40 II
Hers the peril Of exposure, hers the 1aligu
of the way. hers the execution Of the plot
his nothing. Iniouity is a brag, butt isa grea
seward. It lays the plan and gets some on
else to execute it; puts down the gunpowos
train and gets some one else to touch it on
sontrives mischief and gets some one else t
work it; starts q lie and gets some one else
circulate it. In nearly all the great crime
Of the world it Is found out that those WI
tanned the arson. the .rauiiiiae1DEHER t. ID