Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-13

until in the last moment, supposiDg
| Christ stood at the bed, he exclaimed:
"Crush that wretch Crush that
wretch" Oh, my brother, you begin to
swear and there is nothing impossible for
you in the wrong direction.
Who is this God whose name you are
using in swearing? Who Is He? Is He
tyrant? Has He pursued you al your
life long? Has he starved you, frozen
| you, tyrennizsd over you? No. He has
loved you, He has sheltered you, He
watched you last night, He will watch
you tonight. He wants to love you,
wants 10 help you, wants TO
save you, wants to comfort
you. He wss your fathers God
and your mothers God. He has housed
them from the blast, and he wants to
shelter you. VIII you spit in His face
by 81 impre cation? Will you ever thrust
Him back by an oath?
VINO is this Jesus whose name l heard
In the imprecatior? HISS He pursued
you all your life long? What vile thing
has He done to you that you should so
dishonor His name2 Why, He was the
Lsmo whose blood slmmered in the fires
OF sacrifice for you. He is the brother
that took off His crown that you might
put it on. He has pursued you ell your
| life long with mercy. He wants you to
| love HIM, wants you to serve Him. He
| comes with streaming eyes and broken
hesrt and blstered feet to save you. On
| the craft Of
OUR DOOMED HUMANITY
he pushed out into the sea 20 take you
of the wreck.
Where is the hand that will ever be
lifted in imprecation again? Let thst
hand, now blood tipped, be lifted that l
may see it. Not one. Where is the voice
that will ever be uttered in diahonOring
the name of that Christi Let it speak
now. Not one. Not one. Oh, an glad
to know that ell these vices of the com
munity, and these crimes of our city will
be gone Society is going to be bettersd.
The world by the power of Christ's gospel
is going 10 Sc saved, and this crime, this
iniquity, and ell the other iniquities will
vanish before the rising of the Sun CT
Righteousness upon the nation.
There was one day In New England
memorable for storm and darkness. l
hardly ever saw such an evening. The
clouds which had been gathering all day
numbered their batteries. The Housst-
tonic, which flows quietly. save as the
paddles Of pleasure parties rattle the oar
locks, was lsshed into foem, sud the
waves hardly knew where to lay them
selves.
Ca! what time 1t was! The hills
jsrred under the rumbling of Gods char
lots. Binding sheets of rain drove the
cattle to the bars, or beat againet the
window pane as though TO dash it in. The
grain fields threw their crowns of gold at
the feet Of the storm king. When night
came it WAS & double night. Its mantle
WAS torn with the lightnings, and into Its
locks were twisted the leaves OF up
rooted oaks and the shreds of canvas
torn from the masts OF the beached ship
ping. 1t was such night as makes you
thank God for shelter, and open the door
10 let in the spaniel bowling outside with
terror.
We went to sleep under the full blast
Of heavens great orchestra, the forests
with uplifted voices, in chorus that filed
the mountains praising the Lord. We
morn touched our eyelids. We looked
out the window and the Housstonic
slept as quiet SIS sn infants dream. Pill
lars Of clouds set against the sky looked
like the castles Of the blest, bull. for
heavenly hierarchs on
THE BEACH OF THE AZURE SEA.
All the trees sparkled as though there
had been some great grief in heaven, and
each leaf had been God-eppointed to
catch an angels tear. 1t seemed IS if
our Father had looked upon the earth,
His wsyward child, and stopped to her
tear-wet cheek and kissed 1t. So will |
the darkness OF sin aud crime leave our
world before the dawn of the morning |
The light shall gid the city spire and |
strike the forests of Maine and the mssts
CT Mobile. and all between. And one end |
resting on the Atlantic coast and the |
other resting on the Pacific beach, GOO |
will spring s great rainbow arch OF |
peace, in token of everlasting covenant |
that the world Shall never more see O |
dsluge OF crime.
"But," says some one, "preaching
against the evils OF society will accom-
plish nothing. Do you not see that the |
evils go right on!" Ianswer, we are not
at all discouraged.
1t seemed Insignificant for Moses to
stretch Ills hand over the Red SEES. Whist
power could that have over the waters?
But the east wind blew all night; the
waters gathered into two glittering pali-
ssdes on either side. Thebillows reared as
Gods hand pulled back upon their crystal
bits. Wheel into line, o Israel? March!
March! Pearls crash under the feet. The
shout Of hosts mounting the beach
answers the shout OF hosts mid-sea: un-
til, as the last line OF the Israelites !