Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-12

~ t"'N ~ bhh tiuu nnu from FOREIGN
lands; One characteristic Of The audi.
chce & the great number Of ,lcrgymen
present. Before the sermon to-day Or.
Ialnas0 Rad and rXpoundt,i the Nxly,
chapicrol the First Book OF Samuel, the
story Of David allowing saul, bis enemy.
70 escape, taking only piece OF his robe
~ which saul might afterwards see that
Davis had him IN his power, The open.
ing hymn was.
tlo morning light h breaking.
Tho dpfkncss disappears;
The sons " men ara waking
70 pcnltcptlni tear"
Or. Ialmagc's text was from isaiah VII.
20 ''ln the same day shall The Lord
shave with razor that Is hired, namely
by them beyond the river, by the King Of
Assyrla,n He said
The Bible Is the boldcsi book ever writ
ten. There arc no slmilltudcr in Ossau
or the lliad or the Odyssey 50 daring. Its
Imagery sometimes Seems on the verge OF
the reckless, but only seems so rhciact
is that God would stari,c AMI aiouse and
propel men and nations. tninc and
llmping similitudc would iau to accom-.
plsh the object. While there arr times
when lie employs IN The Bible the gentle
dew and the morning cloud and tho dove
and the daybrcnk ia tho presentation of
truth, We often Ind the iron chnrot, the
lightning, The earthquake, the .proy, tho
sword, aud in my text, Tire razor
NON TIlE RAZOR Is rSIrut
This keen-bladed instrument has al.
yanced IN usefulness with the ages. In
Bible times and lands the beard remained
uncut save Ia the seasons Of mouning
aud humiliation, hut the razor was always
u suggestive symbol. David SAYS Of Docg,
his antagonist ''rhy tongue Il sharp
razor working dcceitiullysn that b. itprt.
tends TO clear the face lnst l. really used
for deadly incision ~ Ills mo1llng's
text this weapon 81 the toilet appears IN
der the following circumstances ludea
needed to have some Of IL prospcritics
1 cnt of and God sende against II three
/ NsSytiun kirgs, flfrt Srnnachcdb, then
! Esrahaddon aud after acknowledgements.
! Those three sharp invnsious that cut
down the glory of Judca, are compared
TO 80 many sweeps OF the razor across
the face of the land. And these circum.
stances were called hired razor because
God took the kings Of Assyrla, with whom
He had no sympathy, TO do The work and
paid them IN palaces aud NpoHs and an-
ncxatons. These kings were hired % eX-
ccutc the divine bchcsts And nov the
text which ON is first reading may have
seemed trivial or inapt, N charged with
mumcntOus import sin the same day
shall the Lord shave with razor that Is
hired, namely by them beyond the river,
by the king OF Assyria."
Well If Gods Judgments are razors
we had better be careful how we use
them ON other people. IN careful sheath
these domestic weapons are put away,
where no one by accident may touch them
aud whore the hands Of children may not
reuch them Such Instruments must be
carefully handled or
NoT nANDIED AZ AL,
lint how recklcssiy some people
WELD The iudgnon OF GOdl II Il man
meet with business misfortune, how
many there are ready 30 cry out, "Thnt
Is a Judgment OF God upon him, because
he was INSCRIPTIONS, or arrogant, or
oycr-roaching, OF misery ! thought he
would get cut down What n clean
sweep of eycrytblnei His city house
and country house gone; his stables
cmptipd 0i All The 6nc bays and sorrcH
and grays that used 30 pnncc by hlsdoor.
An his resources oYerthrown, aud that
de,,,iiilon Good for himfu sion. ms
,,rn,bn,. donit slinD arnund loo freely
H. i,d,,n,ents ~ GoJ foy INV arc
rnso,i. eotnc M tho most wicked busi.
49,. MAJ, s,,crond ma Nov IlVn and dir
~ ,,rn'ncr,tv ood some IN ID most hon.
~ o,d cnn4rinptlons arc driven ipto
haoilr1ntcy perhops NM maupcr Mas
nnS,,rt,i,,aie AMI No was moi really A.
,,rn,d az M lIolad M be. Some Of th6sc
i,'t,o, ,.arry tf,rIy head erect ma look i'm.
corl,i ks bv,nl,lt, I'd n child while many
!, ,non tt reeflv coat ana slonch hat ana
nnI,iactcd sboes h
N. tuot,D ~ irclrgB.
Won eg1pot tell 81 a mans looks. par.