The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-10-01

Yell you fnst " unpnfd0ned yOu ara ~
wrong | have no olln0meter hi
whloh 20 measure h0r steep 10 the IA
Glued plane you ara descending, bu
know tits very steep. "Well" ysi
say, ~ tho Bible N true, I an sin
ner. hhOw ma snnn Teiugej 1 vii
stop Right into TO-" | suppose ever
person IN tails audltno thls moinsnl
IL stepping Unto soino Kind OF refuge
ii sTo you step IN
TsE TownR OF eOoD works.
You say; al shall bo safe mere, la this
refugee" The bAttlemonts Rre adorned
the steps are Vanished; on tho wallis
are pictures OF oil che suffering you
have alleviated, and sll tao schools YOU
have established, and all tho line
things you have over done. Up IN that
tower you feel you ars sale. Hut hear
you not the tramp 81 your unpardoucd
sins ali arouni tho towerG
TSey sssh s, nsTs ,.s @ SaS,.
busiiblo material. Ysu fael the heat
aud tho suifocstlon. chi may You
leap in time, the gospel declaring:
"By tne deads OF the law shall a.
tiesh living TO Justified" "Well,"
yuu say; 81 have huen drivsn uut OF
That tower; where snail | gO?" Step
into this tower OF indifference. You
say; "If this tower is attacked, IL
will be- u great while be'oro ~ 10
taken" You fael ~ ease. But there
In an Abimelocn, with ruthless assault,
coming on. Death aud hi, ioroes are
gathering around, and thsy demand
that sou surrender everything, aud
they Glamour for Your Immortal ovor
throw ana thoy throw their skeleton
arms In tho windows, ana with their
iron iists they beat against the door.
and while You aro trying 10 keep thon
out You $40 the torsArs OF judga9u
kindiing, aud every forest liz torch,
and every mountain torch, ana every
sea "A torch, and whila the Alps, aud
pyIan9e,, aud Hima'ayRs turn into a
live coal, blown redder and randor hy
tho whirlwiDd brosth Of u GOD omni-
potent, what will s,coms OF Jour
refuge of iies?
"But," ssys come one, "you arc on
gagged in y very moan Dusino,s, driy-
ing us from tower 10 tower" Oh, no;
want 10 tell you OF = Gibralter that
never has been, and never all bs
taken; of IA wall that no So.
TAME assault can suale; OF u bulwarg
that the Judgment earthquakes cannot
badge. the Bible rufcrs 70 IT. wh-s 10
says: "ln God In toy refuge, anu ua-
derneRth the. are the overlastiu.
arm.." Oh, fling yourself into 1t
Tread down unceremOniously every
thing thst intercOpts you. Wedge
your way there There arc enough
HOUNDS OF DEATH AND PERIL
after you 10 IN AXE you hurry. Many a.
man has persisted just outsids To.
tower, with his foot ON tho step, with
his hand on the latch. Oh, get inside!
Not ous surplus second hsvo you to
spare! elick! quick! quick!
Great 0od! is life su0ussn uncertain
thing? IL | bear little TOO hard with
my right foot on the earth does 1t break
through into the grave? IS this
world which svi,g g at the speed OF
thousands of miles an nour around
tho san, going wish teufoid more |
speed toward the Judgment day? Oh, |
| am ovsrborne vi h tho thought, aud |
in tbs contraction | cry to one aud |
cry to the other: "Oh tiIuel Oh |
ment day! Oh 80, us! Oh Goaw |
But, catcning at thu last apostropue, | |
feei that have something 10 mold on |
TO, for in God Is thy refuge, and un
derBeath thee aro tue everlasting |
arms" And exhausted with my fall
uro 10 save myself, throw my whole
weight OF body, mind and soul on this
divine promise, rs weary child
Itself into the arms ol It's
Us IL wounded soldier throws
on the hospital pillow; AS
pursued man throws himself into the
refuge; for "in God ~ thy refuge, and |
thee are the everlasting
arms" GA, for a flood of tears with
which to express tho 10Y OF this eternal