Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-29
Ind CrashGO AllDOmestic Hopes,
Prospects, aRd Expectations.
You. can not Put Your Trust IL Any
Man Until. You know What Kind
Of Stuff He. is Made OF.
meter Go Down Into a Cave of Wfm Beasts
or Jungle of serpents than Into
the Grave without Christ
BELIEVE AND BE SAVED.

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p Dewitt TaImage. D. D., of Brook
,r \. y. preached in Ibis city to-day.
H. subject was 1.-THE Earthquake, -
,~z na took for his text: Believe on
..4 Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be
.e-al ''-Aetss4vi, 81. The sermon was
,.s.uows:
raHs are dark, dull, damp, loathsome
--ares even now; but they were worse in
.t. arastolc times. / imagtng to-day we
ore standing IL the Philippian dungeon.
avon not feel the chill? Do you not
t.- the groau of those incarcerated
lr-s vino for ten years haze Ept seen the
sr.ffrfr and the deep sigTbf women who
-..reuGer Jheir fathers house, and
,a.nrg over their wasted estate? Listen
o-.s. It's the cough OF a cOnsumptiye,
.-tae struggle Of one in the night
mar. Of great horror. You
listen a-aiu and hear a cuipPlt, his
chains rattlIng as he rolls over in his
dreams. and Won say: "GOd pity the
rr-..uar. 80 But there Is another sound
--rat prison 1t is a song of Joy and
badness. What place TO sing IN The
rn.fc comes Winding through the corr
f.rs of the prison, ana in all the dark
wards the whisper is heard: ''What s
.afs what : tnat?''
rHE s0NG OF PAUL AND -sILAs.
Ttfs the song of Paul and Silas. They
re-nat sleep. They have been whipped,
very badly whipped. The long gashes
ON their backs are bleeding yet. They
II. nat on the cold ground, their feet fast
10 wooden sockets, and of course they
cannot sleep. But they can sing.
Taller. what are you doing with these
rauIe. Why have they been put in
here. Oh. they have been trying to
MAGE the world better. Is that all?
I.atl.aU. A pit fer Joseph e a lion s
..e for Daniel A blazing furnace
t- ~hadrach Clubs for John Wes-
.r. An auathema for Philip Me-
M.aau. 4 dungeon for Paul and Silas.
EatwHIe we are standing in the gloom
a- Ma philippian dungeon, and we hear
n.miugiiag voices Of sob and grOan and
laphpmy ana haHeluiah, suddenly an
earra4uake, The iron bars OF the prison
twist. the pillars crack of, the solid ma
sary begins to heave aud all the doors
.raE open. The jaiIer, feeling himself
responsible for these prisoners, and be-
-".m-. IN his pagan ignorance, suicide
..ua honorable since BrLtlIs killed him.
st. and Cato killed himself, and Cas-
s- He'd uimself-puts his sword 10 his
ne. heart. proposing with enc strong,
keen thrust 10 put an end to his excite
m-at aud agitation But Paul cries ont:
"sop' stop, DO thyself no harm.
Wr are all here - Then
- the taller running through
-. dust and amid the ruin Of that
-.-... and } see him throw himself down
a,.a. fleet OF these prisoners, crying out:
'WEat shall I DO? What shall I do?'
Ld Paul answer: ''Get out this place
before There is another earthquake; put
lua.u.s and topples on these other
I-aars lest they get away?' No
Tarj otrAat kind. His compact, thrill
m-. tremendous answer, answer memoir
81 ,ron-H all earth and heaven, was:
'Ge.ssa ou ihe Lord Jesus Christ, and
ttoa shalt De saved - Well, we have all
r4a d. tla earthquake in Lisbon, in
Lima. .a 1eppo and in Caracas; but We
taua latitude where severe volcanic
as.a-.auges ara rare. And yet we have
>a a--v earthquakes. Here is a man
Taalas Haau
atH'>o JPA LARGE FORTUNE.
asi 40 the money market was felt in
90. ... cities. lie thinks he has got be-
El.a annoying riyairics in trade, and
-.s-Es 60 himself: Now [ am free
2aa @.s ram all possible pertuTba-
.-- nuJ n 1887 OF in 1851 or in 1873
a..t'.-#. panic strikes the foundations
- u. commercial world, and crash
-.., N. tlj magnificent business es-
u. sa".ur. Here is man who has
.-..4H very beautiful home. His
-..-...rs have just come from the semi
--s with diplomas of graduation. His
s.' -4.- started in life, honest, tenn
and pure When the evening
.-.s ale struck, there Is a happy and
-...N-l family circle. But there has
18Th -a accident down at Long Branch.
.-s sala- man yeutured too far out in
- .-It The telegraph hurled the terror
~" 0e city. An earthquake struck !
ISSUE. i.s .auaaau0ns Of that beautiful |
.. A-u piano closed the curtains !
.. TN. laughter hushed. Crash! |
..-.se domestic hopes aud prospects |
..AHous. So, my friends, we
tilt tne shaking down of some /
trouble. and there was time |
".-e us much excited as this-I
5 81. text, and we cried out as ne /
".a. shall I do? What shall l /
Ill. same reply that the apostle /
... IS appropriate to rs: a Be- |
.e Lord Jesus Christ and thou /
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some documents OF so little |
.. .-@, you DO not care to put !
laal your last name under |
e' m vour initials: but there /
documents Of so great impOr- |
~. E"H write out your full name. /