The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-05-16
NARROW ESCAPES.
Dr.. Talmage breaches OIL the
Man who Escapes by the
Skin of his Teeth.
But all who Put their Trust
in God are Safe from all
Danger Hereafter.

hefore beginning lia sermon ut tho Academy
of Music used these nagms:
"And yesterday my beloved friend, james
H. Beck. senator of tho United States, drop
ped dead in the Washington depot. One ol
the most magnificent souls ever knew. At
times in clouuencc, Dcmosthencs. The zoe OF
nli wrong. The terror of political corruption
md the friend of God. How I enjoyed his
hospitalitics in Kentucky when no tonk me
n'''i showed me all the clnssic spots around
beautiful Lexington and talked orthings per.
tnning to our beloved country. ,Oh! MIR.
Ia'n;'ga; he said, ''some times We public men
get worldly md perhaps do not attend to
our Religious dMties ~ we might, hut still
YOU Know the Bible is trse. and the only hope
Tor this world liz the Gospel oi Jesus Christ
wns brought mp under Henry Duncan. of
kothwell, Scotland. nnd felt the power Of his
ministry, AMI have felt 1t all the WY
through"
Job had 1t hard Whnt with boils md be-
rravcments and bankruptcy. and q fool of n
", e. lie wished he was dead: and do not
hlame him. His flesh wns gone mud his
homes To We're dry. Ills teeth wasted away nn-
w nothing but the enamel seemed left. Ho
cries ont, ~, ~ nm escaped with the skin of my
teeth" There hns lren some difference Of
of,ninn about this passugc. st Jerome and
%r'iultens and Doctors Good and Poole and
i''irnrs, have NIL tried their force ps OH Jobs
..p .rs,h lou deny my Interpretation, and say,
what did job know nhout the enamel OF
nc teeth lie knew everything about it.
Tt 1,sn' al surgery is almost MS old as the earth
ne nnmlnies of Egypt. thousands of years
on, are lonnd today with gold filling in their
,,"th. Ovid and Horace ind Solomon and
Mns's wrote about their important fnctors
o. thebody. Toother rprovoking complaints 8,
JOB. think, has added an exasperating
o"tha'c. and putting his hand against the
inilamnd tilce. lie says, ~ am escuped with
ln skin OF my teeth"
laui expresses the samo ilea by differ.
eht Ell figure when he knys that Home people are
saved ns by fire." vessel at sea il in
ilnmrs. You 20 TO tho stern of tho vessel.
rue l"ats have showed of. The flames nd
vahre; YOU can endure the heat H., longer on
Nonr face You slide down on tho side Of the
vessel and hold on with your fingers, until
he orkcd tongue of the fire l,egins to lick
the back of your hnnd, md you feel TINT you
must AL, when one Of the lifebouts comes
Ia"k, a'i'i the passengers say they think
thry nave room for one more. The bont
SWINGS under Son-you drop into it-you
are saved. So some men are pursued by
temptation until they are partaiIy y consumed.
hut, after n!l, got off-"snved az by fire."
hut like the figure Of ,lobu tile bet ter than
That of Paul, because the pulpit hns worn it
nht; nhd want to show you. ifGod will help,
that some men make narrow esrnpe for their
souls, and are saved as with the skin of
their teeth"
1t is as easy for some people to look to the
cross aa for you to look to this pulpit. Mid
gentle, trartallr, loving, you expect them to
irrome Christians. You go over 10 the store
ami say; 'Gran'lon joined the church yestcr.
nnE' lour comrades say: That il Just
what might hive been expected; he always
was OF that turn of mini" In youth, this
person whom describe was always good.
iie never broke things. He never laughed
~ IN hour in church, perfectly quiet, looking
n"ither To the right hand nor to the left, hut
straight into the eyes OF the minister, ns
tnougli he understood the whole discussion
nhort the ctrrnnl DEGREES. lie never upset
things nor lost them. lie flontcd irto the
knsd"m %: God 20 srndunliy that it is IN,
certain Just when he matter was decided
Here III another one. who started in life
with an uncomfortable spirit. He kept the
nursery iii an uproar. His mother found him
walking on the house rnol To see il lie ron.,i
balance himself. There was no horse thai, liz
inred not rde-n0 tree he could not climb.
His hoNlioo was long series Oi prctiici.-
mrnts: his manhood was rcrkicsn; his mid.
Lille very wayw;lrd But now lie il converted,
and you 20 over I" the store and say: "Ark.
wright Joined the church yesterday" Your
ric,. 's sny. ut is not possible! You must
lie ioAing.' You sny: no: tell you tho
truth. He Joined the church" Then they
reply, there =. hope or my Of US il old Ark
whit has bac.,lnr !, Cn,isti,n!" In o,hrf
words. We Will ndrh.. that it IL more difficult
for some inen to acc.st the gospel than for
Others
lmay be preaching to som. who have ru,
loose from churches aud Bibes.d sundays.
and who have come in here wit. no intcn.
tion of becoming Christians the.Slves
hut just to SEQ what is going ON: and yc, yo.
may find yourself esrnping, before yon lcnyc
this house, as "witl.tlic skin of your teeth
do not expect to waste this hour. | have
seen boats 20 from Cape May or l.ont
Branch and drop their nets without having
caught singlf lieh. 1t was not good iny,
nr they had not the right kind oi II net. But
We expect nosuch excursion to-day. Tho WA.
ter il ull 0f fish, the wind is in the right li.
rertion. the gospel net is strong. Oh thou
who didst help Simon aud Andrew to fish,
show us to-day how to Gust the net on thc
right side o. the ship!
Some of you. in coming to God will have to
run against skopticnl notions. II is useless
for people to sny sharp mud cntt ting things to
those who reject the Christiun religion. |
cannot sny such lhings. by what PROCESS Of
temptation or trial or betrayal yon hive
con" to your present state, | know not
There are two gates to your nature: the
gate of the head, and the gate Of the heart
The glta your llend il locked with bolts
md hnls thut an archaneel could not
break. but the gate Of your heart swings
easily on its hinges. Ill assaulted your body
with wcnpons you would meet Inc with wen,
ons, and it would be esword-stroke for swa
stroke, md wound ior wound. and bloz
blood; but If come and knock at tl,t/
your house, you open it, ~ tez
sent in your parlor. II
with an argument. yo
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