The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-07-21
THESTORY Of DORCAS
DR.. Talmage Draws a Lenson from
a Noble Woman's Life. =
copyright, 1900, by Louis Klopsch.l
Washington,

northern Europe, a forwarded the
following report OF a sermon In which
he utters helpful words to all who are
engaged in alternating human dis
tresses and shows 0 such work Will
be crowned at the last; text, Acts s:3s:
"And all the wioow STOOD py MIN
weeping and showing him the coats
and garments when Dorcas MADE
while she was with them.
Joppa is a most absorbing city OF
the orient. Into her harbor once foat-
ed the rats OF Lebanon cedar from
which the temples OF Jerusalem were
built. Solomon's oxen drawing h logs
through the town. Here Napoleon had
500 prisoners massacred. One OF the
most magnificent charitles OF the cen
turtles was started IN this seaport by
Dorcas, a woman with her needle en-
broidering her name ineHaceaoiy INTO
the benehcence OF the world. 1 see her
sitting in yonder home. In the door
way and around about the building and
in the room where she sits are the pale
faces OF the poor. She listens to their
paint, she pities their VICE. n makes
garments Tor them, n ADJUSTS the
manufactured articles to suit the bent
form OF this invalid woman to the
cripple that comes crawling on his
hands and knees she gives a coat to
this one, she gives sandals TO thai one.
with the gifts she mlngi prayers n
tears and Christian encouragement.
she goes out TO be greeted on the
street corners by those whom she has
blessed, and all through the street the
cry is heard: "Dorcas is coming!"
The sick look up gratefully into her
face as she puts her hand on the burn
ing brow, and the LOST and the aban-
her gentle voice, as though an angel
a addressed them, and as she goes
out the lane eyes half put out with sin
think they see a halo OF llght about her
brow and a trail OF. glory In her path
way. hat night a half paid ship
wright climbs the hill and reaches
home and sees his little boy well clad
says: where did these clothes
come from?' And they tell him: Dor
cas- has been here In another place a
woman is trimming a lamp. Dorcas
f -
! family that had not been at table for
many weeks are gathered now, for
Dorcas has brought bread.
But there is a sudden pause in that
woman's history. They say: Where
| is Dorcas? Why, we haven't seen her
t for many a lay. Where is Dorcas?'
And one OF these poor people goes VI
n knocks at the door and finds the
mystery solved. All through the
haunts OF wretchedness the news
: comes: "Dorcas is sickl" No bulletin
flashing from the palace gate telling
the stages OF a kings disease is more
anxiously waited for than the news
from this benefactress. Alas, fol
: Joppa there is wailing. wailing! Tha'
voice which has uttered so many cheer
full words is hushed; that hand which
has made so many garments for thu
poor is cold and still; the star which
had poured light into the midnight o
h Indebtedness is dimmed by the blind
ing mists that go up from the river O
death. In every forsaken place in tina
town, wherever there is a sick child ant
e no balm, wherever there is hunger ant
NJ uicau, NhCiS'ci thSTc 10 gum dus
no commiseration, wherever there is
broken heart and no comfort, there ar,
despairing looks and streaming eye
and frantic gesticulations as they cry
e "Dorcas is dead!"
8 They send for the apostle Peter, VIII
happens to be in the suburbs of tn
place, stopping with a tanner of tn
II name Of Simon. Peter urges his wa,
through the crowd around the doc
= and stands in the presence of the deat
What demonstration of grief all abou
, him! Here stand some of the poor pee
pie, who show the garments whic
this poor had made for then
If Their grief cannot be appeased. Tn
If apostle Peter wants to perform
miracle. He will not do it amid the e,
= cited crowd, so he orders that tn
whole room b. cleared. The door
Is shut against the populace. The apostl