Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-08-23
DIR. TALMAGE'S SERMON .
SUNDAYS DISCOURSE By THE NOTED
DIVINE.
Subject Practical Charity-The Benevo.
lence OF Dorcas Extolled - Her Work
Contrasted With Present Day Methods
woman Gods Handmaiden.

Subject: Practical Charity-The Benevo.
lence OF Dorcas Extoned - Her Work
Contrasted With Present Day Methods
woman Gods Handmaiden.
Copyright 1901
WASHINGTON, D. CDR. Talmage,
who is still travelling in Northern Europe,
has forwarded the following report of a
to all who are engaged in alleviating hui
man distresses and shows how such work
will be crowned at the last; text, Acts
tx, 80, "And all the widows stood by him
weeping and showing him the coats and
garments which Dorcas made while she
was with them"
Joppa is most absorbing city of the
Orient. Into her harbor once foated the
RATS of Lebanon cedar from which the
temples of Jerusalem were builded Solo
mons oxen drawing the logs through the
town. Here Napoleon had 500 prisoners
massacred. One of the most magnificent
charities of the centuries was started IN
this seaport by Dorcas, woman with her
needle embrodering her name inetfaceabiy
into the benefcence of the world. l 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 DOOR, She listens to their plant,
she pities their woe, she makes garments
for them, she adjusts the manufactured
articles to suit the bent form of this inva-
lid woman and to the cripple that comes
crawling on his hands and knees. She
gives coat to this one; she gives sandals
to that one. With the gifts she mingles
prayers and tears and Christian encourage
ment. Then 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 in her face as she puts
her hand on the burning brow, and the
lost and the abandoned start up with hope
as they hear her gentle voice, as though
an angel had addressed them, and as she
goes out the lane eyes half put out with
sin think they see a halo of light about
her brow and trail of glory in her path
way. That night half paid shipwright
climbs the hill! and reaches home and sees
his little boy. well clad and says. Where
tell him, "Dorcas has been here" In an
other place woman is trimming lamp;
Dorcas bought the oil. In another place
family that had not been at table for
many a week are gathered now, for Dorcas
has brought bread.
But there is sudden pause in that wom-
ans 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
through the haunts of wretchedness the
osb;nS from tba nalacn cate tel,;nc the
Stagas Of = L;ng's disease ;s mnre anxiousiv
,.aifad for thaS9 +b. ,,e,,s sro,, +L;s hane
factreaS p AIas for Jonna tbern ;s wa;l;nc
wo;l;ngi That vo;ce wb;cb has uttered So
many cheerful words is hushed that hand
which has made SO many garments for the
poor is cold and still; the star which had
poured light into the midnight of wretch
edness is dimmed bv the blindinp mists
that go Is ~, u' frn,, the ,ner Of deatb In
everv eforsp,,an , Mace in that town wber.
ever there ;s n S;cl, child and No balm
,,'hauo,.n,, .hara - h,,n,rar ond rn braad
,vherere, thare ;s s,;it and no comm;sera,
ton ,vberaver there IL a brol,cp heart and
NV ,ao", oon'snrt wne tbara aro desno;r;na IonLs
nnd strnan';no e,,es and frapt;c .gest;cnn.
t; '.au w. thn,, er' ..Daroas 10 Haad7,
Tbew sand for the anostle Peter who
bonnens 70 be in the suburhs of the Mace
stapppn;n9, s,"pp; v,;th +anner Of the name nf 81,
mon Pet.r nrges his yav thronyb the
aro,rd oronnd tbe danr ond Glands in the
n,,asonca of tbe dead What damonstra.
~, nf or.af oil aLout b;mi Uera stand
snn,e of tba Moor neonie who show the
oorments which tbis moor woman had
made for them Their gr;ef cannot he an.
neased The onostle Peter wants to per-
-, ,,;ranIo He win not do Il amid the
exc;ted crowd ca he orders that the whole
room he cloored Tba anostle stands now
u,;th tho dead 0b II is n serious mo-
,nent vo, Enow when Won are alone with
- i;feiess bodv, The anostle GETS down on
b;s tnees and nravs and then he comes to
the l;Seess 'H form mo-" Of this one ali ready for
the he sennIcber and in the strength Of Him
,rbo I IS the ne resurrect;on he cries. "Tabitha.
ar;se,', There i a stir in the fountains
Of Of Gfc the heart fntters the nerves thrill.
the check anshes the eve opens. She Sits
um une 'NeeA ''"S"e' '"e 0p'
"tRve coo !, this sub;ect Dorcas the disci-
n,a Doroaa the henefoctress Dorcas the
Ru, Ramented Dorcas the resnrrected
i'le Is had nnt coon that word d;sc;n,e in
NV +axt 10y Mon,d have known this woman
n,os n Chr;st;an such music ne that never
eamr ~"n from heort which ;s not chorded
and st rnnn bv divine grace BEFORE / show
rnu rn,, st,as ,he nsedex Ill of this woman want
~ ~" obnn, how ,on her. regenarated heart the
sorrce 20 no" ", yu nure life and Of all Christian
sbar;t;,S ipr;sb that The yv;ves and moth.
s,a' srs and da,@bters s" and sisters of ali the
earth % wonId initiate Dorcas in her diseiple.
sS;o" sS; Rsiora ,' ,o Cross tba tbresho,d of
sihip en- s;toi Safara ,nr enter mon the
.ne no.pua'' J 49, tr;,ie io" of to.marrn,y /
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