Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-02-17
FAITH.

Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and
ihon shat be s2yel-T-Aofs zri 81.
AMERICAN FORK, Feb. s. 1880.
Especial Correspondence of the
DISCREET NEws.l-Jails are dark,
duh, damp, loathsome places even
now; but they were worse in the
Apostolic times. imagine today
We are standing in the Phillippian
dungeon. Do you not feel the chill?
Do you not hear the gnoans OF those
incarcerated ones? Listen again.
1t is the cough Of n eonsumpIive or
the struggle OF one in Ia nightmare
OF great horror. You listen again
and hear culprit, his chains rat
Ting as he rolls over in his dreams.
But there is auother sound in that
prison. 1t is n song OF joy and
gladness. The music comes wind
ing through the corridors Of the
prison. 1t is the song Of Paul and
Silas. They cannot sleep. They
have been whipped, very badly
whipped. The long gashes Of their
backs are bleeding yet. They lie
fiat on the cold ground, their feet
fast in wooden sockets, and, of
course, they cannot sleep. Butthey
can sing. Jailer, what are YOU
doing with these people? Why have
they been put in here? Oh, they
have been trying TO make the
world better! Is that all? That is
ALI A pit for Joseph. \ lions
cave for Daniel. a blazing furnace
for Shadrach. Bullets for joseph |
and Hyrum Smith. a dungeon Tor |
Paul and Silas,
While | am standing in the gloom l
Of that Phiilippian dungeon anu |
hear the mingling voices OF sob and |
groan, aud blasphemy, ami Halle.
luJah, suddenly an earthquake. The
IRON bars OF the prison twlst. the
pillars crack of, the solid masonry
begins to heave and rock till all the
doors swing open, and the walls tail
with terrific crash. The jailer.
feeling himself responsible for these
prisoners, puts his sword TO his own
heart, proposing with one strong,
keen thrust 10 putan end so his ex-
and agitation. But Paul
cries out: ''St6p, STOP, Do thyseii
no harm. We are ali here.D linen
see the jailer running through the
lust and amid the ruin OF that
| see him throwing him
elf down at the feet ofthese prison
rs, crying out: what shall Go?
What shall / dO?" COMPACT, thrill
ng, tremendous ahsger-ansyer
memorable all through earth and
leaven: Shave faith i'm the Ls,rti
es1s Christ anu thu shalt be
aved.''
Wei, we have all read of the
in Lisbon. in Lima. i'm :
Aieppo and IN CarEctls; but We live
n latitude where in all our mem :
y there has not been one severe
oicanic disturbance. And Yet We
ave seen fifty earthquakes. Here
man who has been building I'M
large fortune. HIS bid on the
honey market was felt in all the
orid. he thinks he has got beyond =
u annoying rivalries in trade. ami
e says 10 himself: Snow | am free
nd safe from all possible perturba-
on" But n national panic strikes Z
lie foundations Of the commercial y
orId, and crash goes all that mag -
hcent business establishment.
Here Is a man who has built I'D q q
'autiful home. His daughters have o.
81 come home from the college y.
it'll diplomas Of graduation. His p,
ms have started in life, honest. 50
mperate and pure. When the 50
enlng lights are struck. there is a
ppy and an unbroken family cir Bi
: But there has been an accident =
wn at the beach. The young AZ
IN ventured TOO far out in the sun.
he Telegraph ilHfled the terror IN =
the city. An earthquake struck .
DER the foundations OF that beauti-
home. The piano closed; the 4
rlalns dropped the laughter
-eoA ~ All NllLrt TO-
ste hopes and prospects ana ex-
SO, my dear reader, we :
se all felt the shaking down OF
De trouble, and there was a time an
zen We were rs much excited rs ne
Jaller in the prison. and we M
ed out as he did: sslYhat shall tbi
What shall 1 do?;' The same Th
ly that the apostle made to him he,
appropriate 70 Us: "Have faith in rar
Lord Jesus Christ, and thou an,
j be saved. 90
'ou cannot put your hearts con- Ba
.nce in n man until YOU know me
ut stuff he is made OF. When. mo
q, l ask you who this is you want of
to trust in, you tell me he isa aft,
y attractive peHon. Oh, how ha-
aeuNe his manner, WAY. when
saw Christ coaiinS along the 6
ct they ran into their houses and rel;
J, wrapped up their aiiis.as- tane
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