Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-07-25
PARKER COUNTY.
A sunday sermon The Bible society-Per
sonai Points.

A Sunday SermoD-The Bible soclety-Fer
sonai Points.
Correspondence OF The Gazette.
Wcatherford, July D. Rev. Luther
A. johnson preached ut the Cumber.
land Presbyterian church yesterday at
II a. IN. and 8 y. IN. His discourse
last night IL worthy OF more than IA
passing notice. His text was, How
shall We escape ifye neglect so great
salvation?n He divided the sermon
into four heads, viz: ID Salvation is
great because OF what IL
proposes 10 save--the human soul;
I2.) II is great because of that from
which II proposes 10 save; 80 II Is
great because OF that which IL proposes
TO save, aud u } IL Is great because of
the price Of IT, 1.-THE moon were silver,
the sun molten globe OF gold, and
the innumerable stars OF heaven dia-
nonds of the ''purest ray serene and
all these with everything in all the
vast universe. which represents value.
were put I'm one side of the scales. and
the soul Of the mcaDest wretch on
earth placed In the other side, the
former would 20 up like chaH in the
sight of God. IL proposes to save
us from the consequences OF sin and
unbelief, which the reverend gentle
man very forcibly demonstrated to he
a separation from God and all that n
good aud harmonious. and shutting
up in he'll Of remorse to all that Is
dreadful and narrowing TO the human
mind. That to which 1t proposes to
save Is MY Fathers house Of many
mansions All the mansions are not
alike, but adopted 10 the peculiarities
of the souls for which the Saviour said
he was going to prepare it. He
beautifully illustrated this point with
the story Of Il little girl who asked her
ma If there were any dolls IN
heaven. When told that there were
not, then" said the little one whose
idea of happiness was inseparately
connected with her doll, "Ill take
dolly and go to hell.n 1T Is right
continued the speaker, ito teach chill
dren and older people that heaven is
not n place of barps and music and
golden streets alone, but place adap-
ted to the wants and likes and dislikes
OF those who shall he 80 fortunate ps
to get there. The price OF salvation
was the suffering of Christ, the In
finite in finite space of time, all that
finite man could suffer in infinity, and
when the victim of the cross ex-
claimed: ''My God, my God why
has thou forsaken me 2" Then sepa-
ration between God and the son took
place, like unto that separation which
takes place between the unregeneratt
sinner and God.
Mr.. III. M. Kidwell and family. re-
turn. d from his ranch last week, where
they have been sojourning for some
time.
Boyd Porter Is i'm from his ranch,
looking as brown as a berry and about
ms large as one. too. Boyd is eight
summer bird, " physically, but a light
ning-strlker when IL comes to action.
have unintentionally omitted to-
mention the fact OF the serious Illness
OF Mrs. Asa Grant of this city. She is
at Dallas with friends. Asa has the
sympathy of the entire community. CO. 49,
The Parker county Bible Society
held its annual meeting in
the Methodist church last evening.
The treasurer made the following re-
port:
Received during year for books sold as So O2
Received from collections and donations ~ 81
~
The depository made the following
report;
Books on hand at beginning OF the
year....... 10 IL
BooksreoeiYed during the year...,....... Ill 50
12i IS
Value OF books sold during the year. 81 %
Value of books on hand,"...................3 30 o.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: w. +. Altfather,
president; w. w. Davis, correspond
ing secretary; II. G. Hart, treasurer;
DR., w. b. Miller, depository. A new
and ample supply of books WAS or
derea to-day Ivy the executive commit
tee, and the society is in healthy
condition.