The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-28

Ttha. 49, 'eSes ouu u ~ very 01xD.
ma, an sns msen go,ng up by the haudo og
~ eau demolish IL; but In fhe X0SS
ministers OF Christ n tbis ~ 49,
snould each take branch on shs ~
ot me, and all their courrsrstioSS
SHOULD DO ths same. and Ne shoSl6
ms.cn ON and threw thesS
branches o,sa around the great tSn.
Illness, aud folly, it would mead St -
maleh, nor coal, or torch OF uurn ~
snu,n on Tho pile, f1f, as In tna siavs ~
niysn, nre would fall from HeavSr
anu xlnole the bonfire of Cnristisn vios
,oty over demolished sir, IL a. kfni-
Anx now! Huxzah, Tae dav IL onrs1
suil further, l learn from shis snh.
Jecl tne danger OF false refurca. A.
soon as these Shschomitles Sot ,n1S
.no senrp'c they thought thew verS
sMe' Ihey said: "Berith viii tsSS
care OF. us. Aoimelech NAV hsttls
aown svery thing elss; he cannot hst.
eie GOWN this temple where WA ~
now niu'" Eut very soon tnev haar6
sne umpeis cracking, sni thev wero
motnered with smoke, and thev
,n,sefapiy disd. Aud you aud ars
luss es as ihucn tempted TO false refuces.
mo nirlor tnis morning may have
petsSsuou you that yon havo u couitlv
emSsA; smoa; your psst friends may have peY.
susueu yeu thsty you have elsgan man.
,,o .ois, oAsan may nave told you that
yyu ars az right, but bear with me II 1
ssa. yuu tnat II unpsrdoned You are All
wrong. l have no clin6motcr bv
which to measure how atrep II Tho IN
rnhea piane you are descending, but
l know 1t ia very steep, WWallE vr,,
say, "if tho Bible Is true. / am ssin.
ner. Show me soma refuge, I Win
step right into It," l suppose evcrv
person III this audiences this momsre
~ stepping into some kind OF rofy -.
here you stop In
TAh TOWER OF GOOD WORKS.
You say: al shall be safe hero. IN mi.
refugee" Tho battlements are Adorned
tno stepsaro vanished; on the walls
are pictures OF all the suffering Won
nave aiieviatod, and ell tho schoois Won
nave established, and all the fino
Inln9a you have ever done. Up In that
cowcr you feel you are safe. HIT hOar
YOU not the tramp OF your unpArdoned
s,ns all around the towerf
they each have match.
They ARE kindling the con,-
oustiblo material. Ysu fesI the heat
and the suifoostlon. OIL NAV Won
leap in time, tho gospel Cleclarinr.
"By the doeds OF Che law shall ~,
mesh living be justiiied.p "Wsli.I
you say: ~ have been driven ont of
.hat tower; whore shall goY 9ten
into this tower OF indiffarencs. Yon
say: "If this towor Is attacked. Il
VIII ba great whiio before II II
.asen." You fool at ease. But there
Is an Ablmeloch, with ruthless nssauit.
coming on. Death and his foross ara
Natnering around, and they Ciomaud
tsat YOU surrender everything, and
tney glamour for your Immortal over.
throw ana fhoy throw their skeleton
hrnis ia tue windows, and with their
iron nsts they beAt against the door,
suu Wniie you are trying to keep thom
eut you see the torahes OF tudgMent
kinullng, and every forost ID torch.
snu every mountain a torch, and every
ssh torch, and whilo tho Alps, and
ryranses, and Mimalayas turn into 3
i've ooal blown redder and rendcr by
INC whirlwind breath OF q God omni-
potont, what Will bscoms OF your
gagged In q very mean businoss. driv.
ing us from tower to tower.U IN M,
l want to tell you Of a Gibrnltsr thst I'M
never has be6n, and naver win ~
taken; OF wall that no "a.
tanic assault can scale; OF bul wsrk
tnat the Judgment earthquakes oannnt
pudge. The Bible refers TO IL vhen it
ssys: "ln God IL thy refuge. and un-
ucrneath thee ars tho everlsstinr
srms:" Oh, ding yourself Into n.
Tread down unceremoniouslv overv.
thing that intercepts you. Wed9a
your way there. There are enough
HOUNDS or DEATH AND PERT.
aitor you to make you hurry. Manv =
man has .perished just 0utsids the
tower, with his foot ON the atep, with
his hand on the latch. Oh, get insidei
Not one surplus second have Won to
spare! Quickl quickl qutckl
Hreat 9od! IL life auon nm uncertain
thingf III bear little too hard With
my right foot ON the earth does II brasE
through into the grave? Il mn
world which swings at the sDoed 0f
thousands OF miles an hour Around
the san, going with tenfOld mOro
speed toward the Judgment dayf Oh.
am ovsrborne With the Thought. and
in the confusion / cry to one and I
cry to the other: 1Oh tlmei on
oternity! Oh tho deadi Oh tho judr-
mont cayi On Jesus! Oh 6odN
but, catching at tho last spostrophe, I
ieel that have something to mold ON
to, for "in God IL thy refuge, and un.
dernoath thee are the everlasting
arms" And exhausted with my fall.
ure TO save myself, l throw my whole
weight OF body, mind and sou( on this
uiVine PROMISE, az q weary child
throws Itself into tie arms of it,
mothers as a wounded soldier throws
himself on the hospital pillow; as :
pursued man throws himsotf into the
refuge; for "in God Ia thy refuge, and
underneath thee srs the everlasting
arms." On, for flood of lears with
which 70 express tho 10Y OF this eterna