Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1900-08-02
Dr.TALMAGE SERMON
THE GREAT DIVINE'S RLoQUEN1
MESSAGE
Subject Practical C~harits-The Benevo-
lence OF Dorcas ExtolIed - Her Work
Contracted with Present Day Methods
-WoInan Code Handmniden.

has Forwarded the following report OF .
sermon il which he u,ters helpful words
- al who are engaged IN alternating iI-
man diatresse- and shows how such work
Will he crowned al tho last teat, A..
u, ~, ANT all the widows stood br han
weeping and showing hIm the coats and
garments Whieh. Dorca- made wihl. che
was with them ~
Jop5a j. . Nos; absorbing city of the
Orient Into her harbor once foated the
T4it> ~ Lebanon cedar from which the
temp s 81 Jerusalem were builded, Solo
moi ; oxen drawing the logs through the
town. Here Napoleon had 500 prisoners
mae~aGred. One OK the most MAGNIFICENT
cAantlcs 9! the centuries was started In
tn. ~seal'"tf y D-rel-, i woman with her
hcetlt "ntiDIicring her name inefaeeably
INTO the tonenoence u the warlI. i -ee
her sitting III Wonder tcinc. In the door
way and "Fcund about the building and III
tit fonla EheIe she sits are the pale faces
Of the poor. She Listens - their plant,
sh" Ittlcs then %ce. she makes garments
Tor t"cln, she adJusts the manufactured
ARTICLES 70 suit the bent form OF this inva-
~ woman and 10 the cripple that comes
Crawling Oh hls hands and knees. SlA
gives a coat - this one: she gives sandals
to that one. With the gifts she mlnglcs
prayers and tear and Christian encourage
,n'nt t4tn She goes out to be greeted on
the street corners by those whom she has
'@-#'' 1ifi as ~ hilt ctI1tt tLiN 4
Is heard, "Doreaa Is coming The sick
look ~ gratefully IN her face es she puts
ii"E iIGnd on the burning brow, and the
lost and the ahanloned start up with hope
- they hear her gentle voice, as though
dn aifti bad addressed them, and as she
gUt- oct the lulc eyes half put out with
sln tiln3. the, see u halo OF light about
her brow and . trail OF glory III her path
WAY. That night o hall paid shlpwright
Climbs the hi. and reaches home and sees
hfa ii1tlc hoy well clad and says, Where
did these clothes come from" And they
tcil hlm. "Dorcas has been here In am
"tier place a woman /. trimming a lamp;
Dofca~ bought the OIL. In another place
a ftnily that had not been at table for
mduE Il week are gathurcu now, for Dorcas
has brought bread.
ijt there is d sudden pause in that wom-
an ministry. They say: Where is Dor
cas- Why. we haven't seen her for many
a day. Where is Dorcas:' And one Of
these poor people goes up and knocks at
the door and finds the mystery solved. All
thr9:sh the haunts OF Indebtedness the
nc"s comes, "Dorcas is sick" No bulletin
flashing from the palace gate telling the
St res OF a kings disease is more anxiousiy
waited for than the news from this bene-
t~aetlcss. Alas. Tor Joppa there Is wailing,
Waling' hat voice which has uttered so
many cheerful words is hushcd; that hand
which has made 80 many garments for the
poor Is cold and still; the star which had
poured light INTO the midnight of wretch
eluess is dimmcd by the binding mists
that 90 up from the river of death. In
every torHdkcn place in that town, wher-
ever there is n sick child and no balm,
wherever there is hunger and no bread,
wherever there IS guilt and no commisera-
| ton, wherever there is a broken heart and
no comfort, there are despalrlng looks
and streaming eyes and frantic gesticula-
tons as they cry, "Dorcas is dead
They send for the apostle Peter, who
happens to be IN the suburbs of the place,
stopping with a tanner Of the name of 81
mon. Peter urges his way through the
crowd around the door and stands in the
presence OF the dead. What demonstra-
ton Of grief all about him. Here stand
some of the poor people, who show the
made Tor them. Their grief cannot be APP
lca~cl. Ihc apostle Peter wants to per
form Il miracle. He will not do it amid the
excited crowd, 50 he orders that the whole
room Dr c,ear2d.s The apostle stands now
with the dead. Oh, it is a serious mo-
mont, You know, when YOU are alone with
a ltcles body The apostle gets down on
his knees and prays. and then he comes to
the lilc!t~@ form of this one all ready for
the 4cpulchcr. and IN the strength of Him
who IS the resurrection he cries: "Tabitha,
ARISE" There Is 4 stir in the fountains
OF lite, the heart ~fluttcrs, the nerves thrill,
the. check ilu>hcs, the eye opens, she sits
W.
We see in this subject Dorcas. the disci-
pie. D6Iea- the bencIaetress, Dorcas the
lanlelte.l. DoIels the rcsurrccted.
II had not seen that word disciple IN
my text. would have known this woman
was a Christian. Such music as that never
came from a heart which Is not cllurded
and strung ly divine grace. Before | show
Won the nptilrNprk of this woman want