The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-04-11
REV. DR.. TABMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIvINE's SUN.
DAY SERMON.
Subject: "The Philippian Earth.
quake" preached in Lon
don, EngIand]

TEXT; Beliere on the Lord Jesus Christ.
ana thou shalt be sdUed. Acts xvi. 81.
,Jails are dark, duh, damp. Ioathsome
places even now; but they were worse in the
apostolic times. / imagine. to-day. we are
stsnding In the Philippian dungeon Do you
not Ieel the chilli Do you not hear the groan
Of those inearcerated ones who for ten years
nave not seen the sunlight, and the deep sigh
VI women who remember their fathers house
ana mourn over their wasted estatesg Listen
agsln- II is the cough of a consumptive. or
gne struggle of one in nightmare OF a great
horror / GU listen again, and hear a culprit
i N cnains rafting as he rolls over in his
urealns and you say: God pity the pris-
oner. But there Is another sound in tbat
prison. It is a song Of ioy and pladness
hhat place to sing in The music comes
winding through the corridors of the prison.
ana IN all the dark wards the whisner is
heard; What's that! What's thatp 1t is
me song of Paul and Silas. They can
os steep. They We been whip ed, yer
10y iy EhpI cd The log gashes on the
O@c 3 are bleedin yet. They lie fat on the
COD sroun their feet fast IN wooden sock.
eesi ind OF course til Y cannot sleep. But
tney can sing. Jailsr. what ara YOU doing
WIN these people? Why have they b en- put
IN herel ., thsy have been trying to make
the world better. Is that allg That is all.
a PIT for Joseph. A lions cave for Daniel.
Jonn Weslsy. An anat ema for Philip Mel
cthon; A dungeon for Paul and Silas.
Dut Mnlle we are sta d ing in the gloom of
mat fhilppiap dI geoo, and we hear the
h,ihghns Foiees of sob; and ;fes fst;;G bias.
Pnelly, and hallelujah, suddenly an earth
dudAs, Inc iron bars Of tie prison twist
me pillars crack of, the solid masonry be1ins
20 heaye and rock till al the doors tiop
g9S2eni AM the walls fall vita rrific crash.
Inc Jaller, feeling himself resDons HE
LOT lhese prisoners, and feeling suicide TO be
lonorabie-since Brutus killed himself. and
Cato Killed himself, and Cassius killed him
seit-puts his sword to his own heart pro-
posing with one strong, keen thrust to put an
enc TO his excitement and agitation. But
raul cries out: ''Stopl stopl Do thyself no
harm. We are all here Then l see the
the Jailer running through the dust and
nmld the ruin Of that prison, and I see him
throwing himself down at the feet of these
prisoners, crying out: "What shall l dos
What shall dor Did Paul am !
swer: Get out Of this place before
there Is another earthquake; put hand |
Guns and hopples on these other prisoners,
lest they get awayS No word Of that kind
compact, thrilling, tremendous answer: an
swer memorable all through earth and /
heaven; Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ,
and thou shalt be savedn
We'll, we have all read of the earthauakes
IN Lisbon, in Lima, in Aleppo and in Carac-
,asi but we live in a latitude where in all
our memory there has not been ons severe
volcanic disturbance. And yet we have seen
nifty earthquakes, Here is a man who has
oeen building up large fortune. His bid
2a tne money market was felt in all the cities.
de thinks he has got beyond all annoviug
llvaifles IN trade and he says to himself; !
NOW am Tree and safe from all possible
lertur Dalton" But national panic strikes
Inc foundations of the commercial world.
md e. ash goes all that magnificent business
establishment He Is q man who has built
up very beautiful home His daughters
nave just came home from the semi
nary with diplomas of graduation.
DIS sons have started in life, honest, temper
ate and pure. When the evening lights are
struck, there IS a happy and an unbroken
amlly circle. But there has been an acct
lent down at the beach The Young man
Fentured too far out in the surf. The tele-
graph hurled the terror up to the city. An
earthquake struck under the foundations of
hat beautiful home. The piano closed; the
curtains dropped; the laughter hushed.
Jrashl go all those domestic hopes, and pros
'ects, and expectations. So, my friends, we
AVE anfelt the shaking down OF some great
rouole, and there was time when we were
IS much excited as this man of the text.
md we cried out as he did: what
hau dor What shall | dog'
made TO him is appropriate to Us: believe
N the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be
aved.' There are some documents of so little
Importance that you do not care to put any
more than your last name under them, or even
our initials; but there are some documents
+ so great Importance that you write out
our full name. So the Saviour in some
arts of the Bible is called Lord, and in
ther parts Of the Bible He is called Jesus
nd in other parts of the Bible He is called
Christi but that there might no mistake
bout this passage, all three names come in to-
! THE Lord Jesus Christ" Now, who
iuoui-sing that you want me to trust in
~, has in; Men sometimes come to
49, .-s-'1 = : tiaIIs and certificates of good
advantages whieQt trust them. There
MIN on trial In SIS Sos '9 eoni @aN in
is lost sight of in the des.fss + cont T.
the fee. this rs
The perquisites of Office are +
greatest temptations of official I'M
tegrity, and are frequently a source
Of wrong and imposition upon tb
peoples. A. Standard. a i