The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-05-15
THE PATIENT MAN.
A PRACTICAL LESSON TAUGHT ~
THE STORY OF JOB.

"''s' A"NS '''.
On Sunday DIR. Talmagc preached
on '>Narrow Escapes" taking nH his
text Job xiv, 20: Il am escaped with
the skin of my teeth. Following is
his sermon in full:
Job had it hard When with huiI,
and bereavement and bankruptcy,
and IL fool of wife, hr wished he
was dead; and L do not blame him.
His flesh was gone, and his bones
were dry. His teeth wasted away
until nothing but the enamel seemed
left. He cries cut, II am escaped
with the skin of my teeth. There
has been some difference oi opinion
about this passage. st. Jerome and
Schultcns, and Doctors Good and
Pool and Barnes, have all tried their
fOrceps on Jobs teeth. You deny
my Interpretation, and say, "What
did Job know about enamel of thc
teeth? He knew everything about
1T. Dental surgery is almost us old
M the earth. The mummics of Egypt
thousands OF years old, M" found TO-
day with gold filing in their teeth.
Ovid and Horace and Solomon and
Bloses wrote about those importnnt
factors of the body TO other pro
vokinp compl,iuis job, think. hu,
adCcd IN cXuSprr;ttmy tuutharhr,
and putting his head uSninst the in
famed face, he SAWS, II am ,>r,pod
with the skin of my tccih."
a very marrow escape, You say. for
Jobs body and soul, but there arc
thousands OF men who make inst MS
narrow escape for their soul. There
was II time when the partition hc
tween them and ruin was ,in thicker
than tuoth's enamel: but us lob
finally escaped. So have they. Ehnnk
God! thank God.
Paul expresses the same i,lra by Il
different hGlr" when hr SAYS that
some people are "S:lvch as by fire"
a vessel at sea is in ilamrS luu 20
TO thr strru oC tEo ,csS,I Vh. h,.,,y
have shoynIo or Thr tl,n., o,ly,nr,,.
Won cnn cndurr ihr hnnt ~, lnr,,,u, ,,n
your fnrc Nnu lUIn I.v.n fn ,Ln.
side Of thc vessel uuI ;,nij ~, WIN
your tinn.rs. rnt;i t},r ,,,I,.,i ,.,,,..,,,
of the fire h,,rir. ,n lick H.. L.,,l; nr
your luud md >,n fr,I l'.. ,,,,
must full. when ono rr ,hr I;r,.Lr,t.
comes bnrk. and in. u,sl,ru,.r>,., ,,n.
thcy think lI,ry have room, (,,. ,,,,.
more. The bout swiurs uuIm. v,,
Won Iron into i. vnn ~, ''., u,y.,,i =,
some men ,rc u,rs,,.,l I> .,.rrd,t;,,
until they cyurcpnrlinlly rnusuu'I Inf
after all, Get Off ..sny,I ms hv fire
But like thc Gourr oi Jnh :, n,tI
bnttcr tl,.m th,i nf p,,j I,,,..,,,.,, u,.
pulpit has not worn il nnt. ori I
want to show Won. if Cad viii n,i,
that somc men mako narrow csr,rn
for their souls, md urc ,nyri ,y ,.r;!n
the skin of thcir teeth"
IT il ms cnsy Ior sn,,c n,,nl, T.,
look to- the Cross ~, for Won, tn look
TO tL;, uulpit Mild rrutl. ,r,rJ,
able, loving, Won cynpct tLr,n tn Ln.
como Ch,istinu. Yn,, ,,n ny,, &, iL,.
store and sny, "GrouI1n ininrL ihr
church ycStCrtf,ly.'' Your business
comrades say: "That l., Just what
might have been expected; hr always
WAS of that turn of mind" In youth
this person whom describe was al
ways good. He never broke thinys.
lie never laughed when il was I'M
proper to laugh. At seven, nc could
sit an hour in chlnch perfectly quiet.
looking neither to the right hand nor
the left, but straight into the eyes of
the ministcr,ns though he understood
the whole discussion about the ctcr-
nal lcrrrcs. He never upset Things
nor lost them. He noatcd into the
Kingdom OF God SO gradually that il
Is uncertain just when the matter WIS
decided.
Here IL another one, who started
III life with an uncomfortable spirit.
lilo kept the nursery III an upronr
His mother found him walking on the
edge OF the housc-roof TO sec if he
could balance himself There was no
horse that he dared not rilo--no tree
he could not climb. His noyhood
was n long series ofprc,icamcnts; his
manhood was reckless; his mid life
very wayward. But now he is con
vortcd, and You go over to the store
and say, "Arkwright joined the church
yesterday. Your friends say: 1T is
not possible: You must be Joking.
You say: "No; tell you the TRUTH