The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-10

comes time when a man is surrounded.
What Is that in the front door of his soul
1t is the threatenings Of the future. What
IS that in the back door Of his sOul 1t i,
the sins Of the past. He cannot get out OF
either of those doOrways. If he attempts il
he VIII be, cut to pieces. What
shall he dol Escape through the
windows of Gods mercy. That sun
shine has been pouring in for many
day. Gods 3inviting mercy. God:
pardonlng mercy. Gods all conquering
mercy. Gods everlasting mercy. But. you
say, the window is SO high. An, there is a
rope. the very one with which the cross and
Its victim were lifted. That was strong
enough to hold Christ, and it is strong
enough TO hold you. Bear all your weight
upon 1t, all your hopes for this life, all your
hopes for the life that is to come. Escape
now through the window. But you sav.
that cord Is too small to save me; at sal
vation will never do at all for such a
sinner as l have been.n | suppose that the
rope with which Rahab let the two spies to
the ground was not thick enough; but they
took that or nothing. And, my dear
brother, that is your alternative. There is
only one scarlet line that can save you.
There have been hundreds aud thousands
who have been borne away in safety by
that scarlet Ii @. and it will bear you away
narrow escape those spies hadl | sup
pose they came with hustered cheek
and with excited heart. Tney had a
very narrow escape. They went in the
bIoad door of sin; but how did they come
out They came out of the window
Ihey went up by the stairs of stone; they
came down on a slender thread. And so,
my friends, we go easily and unabashedly
into sin, and all the doors are open; but il
rot IL L.. L 4.
down over precipices, wriggling and help
less, the strong grip above Keeping us from
being dashed on the rocks beneath. 1t is
easy to get into sin, young man. 1t is not
so easy TO get out of it,
A young man goes to the marble counter
of hotel. He asks for a brandy smash
called so, l suppose, because it smashes the
man that takes it. There is no intoxication
In 1t. AS the young man receives it he does
not seem to be at all excited. 1t does not
give any glo siness to the eye. He walks
homo in beautiful apparel, and all his pros
poets are brilliant. That drink is not going
to destroy him, but it is the fl st step on a
bad road. Years have pa sed on, and | see
that young man after he has gone the
whole length Of dissipation. 1t is mid
night, and he ls in a hotel-perhaps the
very one where he took the first drink. A
dellrium isson him. He rises from the bed
aud comes TO the window, and it is easily
lifted, so he lifts it. Then he pushes back
the blinds and puts his foot on the window
sill. Then he gives one spring and the
watchman finds his disdgured body, unrec-
ognizable, on the pavement. o, il he had
only waited little-if he had come down
on the SCARLET ladder that Jesus holds from
tue wall for him, and for you, and for me;
Dut no. he made one ju mp, and was gone.
A minister Of Christ was not long ago
dismissed from his diocese for intoxication,
and III public meeting he gave this &C
count OF his sorrow. He said: ~ had a
beautiful home once, but strong drink shat
tered it. | had beautiful children, but this
hend of rum took their dimpled hands In
his and led them to the grave. | had a
wife--to know her was to love her-but she
sits in wretchedness tonight. while L wander
over the earth. | had a mother, and the
pride OF her life was l.; but the thunderbolt
struck her. | now have scarcely friend in
the world. Taste of the bitter CUP have
tasted, ana then answer me as to whether
have any hatred for the agency Of my ruin.
Hate itl hate the whole damning traffic.
would to God tonight that every distill-
cry was in flames, for then in the glowing
SKY | would write in the smoke OF the ruin /:
woe to him that Dutteth the bottle TO his
neighbor's lips" That minister OF the gos-
temptation; he came out of the window.
And when l see the temptations that are
about Us in ali countries. and when know
the proclivities to sin in every mans heart,
l see that If any of US escaue it will be q
very narrow escape. o, if we have,
my friends, got off from our sin, let us
tie the scarlet thread by which we have
been saved across the window. Let us do
1t In praise of him whose blood dyed it that
oil 4 ct he, 3
t at we shall no more be fat lily assault ed
'There is now no condemnation to them that
are in Christ Jesus" Then let all the forces
OF this world come up In cavalry charge, and
let spirits of darkness come on, an Internal
stormlng party, attempting to take our soul,
this rope twisted from these words, "Tne
blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth from all
SIM" will hurl them back defeated forever.
Still further: We must take this red cord
of the text and stretc it across tue window
of our households. When the Israelitish
army came up against Jericho, they said:
''What is that in the wiudowp Some one
said: "1hat is scarlet linen 80 :" said
some one else, that must be the house that
was to be spared. Don't touch it," That
line was thick enough, and long enough, and
enough to save Rlhab, her
father her mother, her brothers, and her
entire family. Have our house.
holds as good protection? You have bolts
on the front door and on the back, and
to the window, and perhaps
burglar alarms, and per APPS an especial
watchman, blowing his whistle at midnight
before your dwelling; but all that cam t
protect your household. Is there on our
houses the sign of q Slvlors sacrifice and
nercyl Is there a scarlet line in the windowg
Have your children been con ecrated to
Jhrists Have you been washed in the
blood of the atonementf In what room do
7ou have fomily prayersa Show me where
t is you are accustomed to kneel. The
ky is black with the coming del
lge. Is your family inside or out
iide Of the ark2 1t Is a sad thing for a man
20 reject Christ; but to lie down in the
hight OF sin, across the path to heaven, SO
hat his family come up and trip over lin
mat is terrific 1t is sad thing for a
mother to reject Christ; but to gather her
amily around her, and then take them by
he hand and lead them out into paths OF
Yorldli ess, away from God and heaven.
llasi alasl There may be eeranium aud cac-
us in that family window. and upholstery
1vering over it, and childish faces looking
,ut of 1t, but there is no scarlet thread
tretched across it, Although that
rouse may seem to be on the best street in
Ill the town or city, it is really on the edge
# marsh across which sweep most poi,on-
,us malarias, and it has a sa ldy foundation.
md its sDlendor will come down, a. ID great
will be the fall Of it. A home without God
prayerless fatheri An undevout motherl
\ wfull awful Is that youl Will you keep
N, my brother, on the wrong road, and
axe your loved ones with you? Time is so