Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-04-30

pardon. Christ il the only way TO
salvation; there Is no other that you |
can fashion for yourself. Christ Is
the living way. He is come TO the |
sinner dead In Elm, dead in trespasses,
without spiritual union with God.
Suppose you try some other way, |
you would obtain no true spiritual life |
but would rather be like galvanized
corpse.
Christ is q plain way OF salvation, a
highway, a broad way, that anyone,
even TOOL, can travel. You often
hear people say they won't accept any
thing they can't understand. Does II
occur to you why they don't under
stand IL? Suppose you were walking
out on the prairie with the great phil
osopher and scientist, Prof. Proctor,
and you were TO see grasshopper sit
ting on blade Of grass and the grass
hopper were TO say to Mr.. Proctor, ~
hear that you are lecturing around
here about the solar systems, now /
am not going TO accept your PROPOSE.
tions, you cannot make me understand
them" Mr.. Proctor would tell the
grasshopper that the PROPOSE
lions were true but that he
didn't have sense enough
to understand them. We are all
grasshoppers who can sing and eat
grass, but we cannot grasp the plan OF
salvation because 1t Is too great for our
little brains. Men become befuddled
by side issues and are lost because they
insist upon getting Off the straight
road TO heaven and side-tracking on
the road to hell because they don't
understand that road to hell and want
to know all about it-just as O man
going from Fort Worth TO Marshall on
q life and death matter might stop at
Dallas and not go any further because
he don't know all about the road 10
Sherman and must find out
who built II and what II
was built for and how far IL goes, and
thus he lets this road which has moth
ing to do with him or his journey keep
him from going on to Marehall.
Christ IL "A peaceful way and laetly he
lisa glory way.
Hymn books can be obtained at the
stand before or after services.
Unitarlanism was denounced by
Mr.. Pearson last night rs q "heresy
J from hell.D
Mr.. Pearson does not believe that
dogs can receive any spiritual benefit
presence at the tabernacle.
! Mr.. Pearson said that the lady who
, brought little black and tan terrier
: TO the tabernacle and made blanket
{ for 1t of her shawl, was undoubtedly
the sister OF the idiot who put drink
check In the contribution plate.
Some little sensation was created In
, the midst of the sermon by the break
ing down OF one OF the benches.
. The practice Of smoking just outside
of the shelter Ii particularly Oh
noxious 10 the worshippers on the In.
} side, who are half suffocated with the
odor OF wretched cigars.
, The earnest attention given Mr.
Pearson through the whole of his ser.
, mon showed that the congregation
J was deeply impressed.
I The interest In the after.meetings
IL becoming more intense at each
meeting.
Forty.five brands have already been
snatched from the burning.
There are anumber Of ministers from
other places attending the revival
among whom are Rev. Mr.. Ames,
Louisville, KY; Rev. Mr.. Burton,
Missouri; Rev. J. II. Hendrick, Ter.
rell, and Rev. Mr.. Taylor, Weather
ford.
What sort OF man Is that who stands
just outside the shelter and puffs cigar
3 smoke under hg
What sort Of young lady Ia IL that
toys and dallies and talks with a young
man. when hid in the back end Of the
Q tabernacle?
A few "dudes and Miss dudesn In the
east end last night disturbed the con
gregation by talking and laughing.
A handsome bouquet OF natura
flowers adorned the speakers stand.
MISSOURIANS INDIGNANT