Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-01
4 SERMON
Delivered in the Cumberland Presby-
terrain Church in Honey Grove
Yesterday
Morning, August 81, by the Pastor
Rev. W. B. Witherspoon. The
Text, Zaohariah xiv, 20,
In that Day there Shall be UpoR-the
Bells Of the Horses Holiness
Unto the Lcrd,

rOge,n when the the w0h snail nWel!
With the lamb, and The ..sopard shall
shall Nc down with the kid and the
calf and the young lion and the fat
ling together, and little child shall
lead them. Aud the COW aud the bear
shall feed; their young ones shall lie
down together; and the lion shall eat
straw like an OK. And the sucking
child shall play on the hole of the
asp, and the weaned child shall
put his band on the coekotrice's den.
They shall not hurt nor destroy In all
my holy mountain for the earth shalt
he full of the knowledge OF the Lord
as the waters cover the sea-" See
lsniah XII.
Whether that prophecy Is TO be lit
orally fulfilled on earth Is not TO be de-
cided by US to-day but certainly there
Is nothing unreasonable In II. Before
the entrance OF sin the earth was an
Eden of beauty aud pleasure. The
ground yielded her strength to the
husbandman but on account of sin 1t
WAS cursed, was forbidden to bring
It's strength, and brought forth thOrns
and thistles.
When Christ shall have subdued all
the power Of sin in the world, II the
earth IL allowed to remain longer IT.
will be in pure air, and "A universal
peace shall reil II from pole to pole.
.. The "bella OF the horses'
used in the times Of the prophets
were probably such as were attached
to the brides or foreheads, or the belts
around the necks Of horses trained for
war, that they might thereby be ac-
customed TO noise and tumult, and not
| by their alarm expose the riders 10
danger in actual warfare. We think,
/ however, the use of horse bells with
which the Jews were most familiar,
aud which the prophet had In view,
was that which AZ present exists In the
East, and la other countries where
carriage by pack -horses aud mules Is
common. The laden animals have
bells hung from their necks that they
may be kept together In traversing 10y
/ night the open plains and deserts.
Whatever may have been the use OF
the bells Of the horses, that they are tC
become "hOlineas TO The Lord" means
that, In the day referred to, all things
both great ana small. are 10 be saucti
ned to the service of God.
"HoLINEss no THE LORD"
was engraved on plate OF pure gold
put on blue lace, attached TO Tn,
mitre and worn perpetually on tn,
forehead Of Aaron as an emblem .
aauctihcatiun that the offerings of tn,
people might be accepted before th'
Lord. To write this motto on any
article not truly consecrated to Go,
would be solemn mockery, meritiul
the curse OF the Almighty one.
B. HOW BROUGHT ABOUT
THIS state Of things is to be brOugh
about by the preaching of the gospel
Evangelical missionaries must 20 nj
and down the highways, out into tn
hedges, into the backwoods and al
the dark places of heathendom
proclaiming Jesus of Nazareth,
THE SAVIOR OF MEN,
till "the earth shall be full of tn
knowledge of the Lord as the water
cover the sea - The knowledge of TIA
truth will convince men of their nee,
= OF Christ When they yield 10 TIA
plan of salvation the Holy Spirit Wi
3 convert their souls, writing thereo
with the blood of Jesus,
HOLMES 10 THE LORD
They, IN turn, VIII convert thei
! business, inscrlbing on everything
even down To the bells Of the horse,
/. holiness to the Lordn
u I. SOME CHANGES THAT WILL Occur
h Then the tired carriage horses wi
get 20 rest ON Sunday, for It would /
"A mockery to drive "A horse TO "A Sunda
picnic with "holiness 10 the LORD
? written on his brow band. Then IN
Y lnurHaNfgR Nyt1 n ltg
saws, aud hammers "hOliuess To ia
Lord aud will ply them with +,
uewed energy, not cutting off th
tlme In the evening nor loitering ii
/. late in the morning; for he has a mar
ncr In the business now who IL ieulou
I aud loving, and he must work up
/ the new motto. The merchant wi
write the same motto on his scales AN
yard-stinks. No more selling fiftee
9 ounces for a pound nor selling thirty
i, four inches for a yard. The SEMI
!, member of the firm,
/. the ALL.SEEING 'oNE,
Z requires everything done In righteou
:, ness The severed husband and WI
will learn the cause OF their disagree
- ment, They will re-enter their formt
home and write over the thres hole
holiness 20 the lord Instead
contention aud bitter eumity will be q
II kiss of affection aud fond caresset
F" Now the children will learn q
e breadth aud deplh OF parental low
b. The poor drunkard who has lost n
II home, heggared his family, disgrac,
his mother and ruined his health h
drinking, will be changed. For ON
since "A long time a placid smile wi
"A play aCrOaa his COuutennuCp. hia shn
!. tered nerve viii be made steady viii
i he writes ON his goblet Holiness
/, the Lord, and when he goes TO slal
his thirst he will pour in
NOTHING NUT WATER,
for TO put in beer, wine or whist
= would be 10 belle the motto ON his 20
Z let and ON his heart, and when |
" takes the cooling draught he will e
NJ chMm nom hia very soul! Thar
Cod, cold water is tile best drink
ALL
n In that day. the gamblers, liuuC
Z. makers ana liQuor-sellers will stop I
N once 10 mediate ON what they are d
ing. The vision of their htlllsh wo
viii appear 10 them in lts true col
Visions OF blasted hopes, visions
desolated homes, visions of heai
= broken wives and mothers, visions
y orphaned children, visions OF MI
u lails, asylums aud penltentlaries, V
: ions OF souls hurried on TO hell. Fill
= with remorse at tine sight they viii (,
u prOstrate
AT THE FOOT OF TnE CROSS
= ndery Tor mercy, and oh! what
y seene Will follow when they are co
y verted, One of them owns and runs