The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-15


the Adventist church offered PRAYER |
and Rev. Mr.. Tomkinson made some an |
nOuncements, the first of which related |
to Henry Barraclough, the piarist with |
the eEangelists.
Mr.. Tomkinson said that doubtless !
the curiosity of the audience was
aroused by large basket of flowers .
on the piano, and in a very fitting and |
felicitous way he made known the fact |
that it was Mr.. Barraclough S birthday |
anniversary and that in recognition of |
1t the flowers were given by the choir.
After the meeting Mr. Barraclough
spoke to the choir briefly, but appre- |
ciatively, expressing his deep gratitude |
both for the flowers and for nearly so
| postcards sent him by the choir and
saying that it was just year ago that
I day that he left England with Dr.
| Chapman and Mr.. Alexander In recog.
milton of the occasion Mr.. Alexander
| asked the choir to sing Ivory Palaces,
the words and music for which were
composed by Mr.. Barraclough.
DR.. Chapman s text was: "Give me
a true token; and that We will save
alive my father, and my mother, and
my brethren, and my sisters, and all
that they have, and deliver our lives
from death. Joshua 2:12-13.
/ He said: "There is great sorrow in
one of the homes in Jericho, not be-
cause there Is poverty there, because
sometimes the poorest homes are the
very best. The trouble with this home
in Jericho is that the daughter has gone
away to life of sin, and nothing
could be worse than that,
''Jericho was an interesting city. It
stood in magnificent valley Back of
it you could see the mountains, near to
CHI fhn haF -
the river, which filed so important a
place in the history of God S ancient
people But Jericho was a doomed
city.
Cod delays in Judgment are not
God s failures to execute Judgment
, For example, Reuben sinned when he
was young. Forty-three years after his
sin the penalty fell upon him. Years
and years passed by and no Judgment
seemed to fall upon Jericho, and the
destruction of the city is the occasion
of the text for this message
Then DR.. Chapman told the story of
how Rahab, the harlot, when the people
of Jericho demanded that the two
spies from the camp of Israel be de-
+, livered up to them, hid them and later
= made a way for them to escape, letting
= them down by a cord from her house
on the wall of the city, Just as they
were about to leave she spoke the
words of the text. They told her to
] bind a line of scarlet thread in the
; window, which would mean that the
house would be spared
DIR. Chapman then took the audience
back to the home of Rahab's parents
whose hearts were aching for her, be
: cause they could not give her up, and
I said: eff there is q skeleton in your
toIa l,or- IL
name you refrain from mentioning
don t stop waiting for them or loving
2 them don t turn away from God. II
5 there is a skeleton in the closet there
is a Saviour on the throne, who is able
to save to the uttermost.
, lone day Rahab returned to hel
/ loved ones. She has a message Of
cheer. Destruction is facing the city
: There is only one chance for them tc
, be kept safe. They must all come into
I, her home, for iuttering from the win
dow is the scarlet cord which makes the
house safe.
a "AIl the time the people Of Israel ar,
- coming nearer, and finally thew did al
y God commanded, and Jericho was il
ruins; all but a single house standing
1 upon the wall, and as the people lool
1 up the scarlet cord is fluttering at tht
4 window and the scarlet cord made tn,
1 home safe.
l "Such a cord runs through the Bi
1 BILE. 1t is not too small, it helt
Rahab; it is not too short, it is from
J everlasting to everlasting. By this lin,
| escaped Sturgeon, Moody and a hos
of others. Let US put it around on
/ homes, bind all that is sacred holdin;
/ by this means all that is most dear.
"A woman was playing bridge wits
II VIII bar hor- inf "a
/ one of our services, put his arms arount
4 her neck and said, Mother, I con
4 fessed Christ tonight, and she brushe,
/ him aside, and said, Run along. l vii
4 see you later about it.
u "The boy came back to our meet
/ ings another night and said, I hav
4 come back to tell you that [ don t thin
4 I will be a Christian, when my mothe
y don t care enough about it to give m
- kiss
v "After one of the hard-fought bat
/ ties of the war, chaplain in tn
1 southern army was called to see a dyin
1 soldier Taking his hand, he sale
/ Well, my brother, what can | do fo
= you?' Chaplain, he said, l want yo
to cut lock of hair for my mother
! and then, chaplain want you to knee
{ down and return thanks to God for me
i For what?' asked the chaplain. 70
I giving me such a mother. Her teach
] ings are my comfort now. And theI
] chaplain, thank God that by His grac
I l am Christian
If the scarlet cord be wound abou
] us we will be ready for eternity. Is
! getting night?' said an old Scotch VIZ
man to her husband just as she wa
I passing away. And bending over he
the old man, by whose side she ha
travelled SO many years, said, 'Ye
Janet, it is getting night. Are tn
boys all in2' she said, for she though
the night coming on was the close {
the day and she was back in the oil
M days when the boys would be comm