The Red Cloud chief., 1890-05-09
MARROW ESCAPES.
Dr.. Talmsge Discourses on Sal.
walton 40 BY Miracles.


In n late crmon nj brooklyn Dr. Tai.
mage preached on marrow Escapes
taking as his text job, xix, 20, II am
escaped with the skin VI my teeth"
Following Ia his sermon:
Job had IL bard. What with boiis and
~bereavcmcnts and bankruptcy. and u
fool Of u wife, he wished he was dead,
and ] do not blame him. His flesh was
gone. and his bones were dry. His teeth
wasted away until nothing but tho
enamel seemed left. lie cries out: II
am escaped with the skin Of my teeth"
There has been some difference Of opin.
Ion about this passage. ~. Jerome and
S%chultcns, and Doctors Good and Poole
and Barnes. have all tried their fOrccps
on Jobs teeth. You deny my inu,rpre.
tation. and say: What did job know
about tho enamel Of the teeth" lie
know every thing about 1t. Dental sur.
gerry In almost M old a. the earth. Tho
mummics Of Egypt, thousands Of years
old. are found to-day with gold filling in
their teeth. Ovid and Horace and solo.
mon and Moses wrote about those i'm
pOrtant factors ~ the body. To other
provoking complaints, job, think, has
added an cxaspcrating tOOthachc. and,
putting his hand against the infiamcd
face. he says: II am escaped with the
skin ~ my teeth" So
n very narrow escape, you say. for
Jobs body and soul; but there are thou
sands Of men who make just M narrow
escapes for their soul. There was q
tiino when the partition between them
and ruin WAS no thicker than o tooth's
enamel; but M job finally escaped, 80
have they. Thank God! thank God!
Paul expresses the same idea by q dif.
fercnt figure when ho says that some
people are saved ~ by fire" A vessel
Mt sca Is In flames. You 20 to tho stern
Of the vessel. Tho boats have showed
on. Tho flames advance: you can I'm.
durc tho heat no longer on your face.
You slide down on tho side Of the vcs-
sol. and hold on with your fingers. until
tho forkcd tongue Of the fire begins to
lick tho back Of your hand, and you feel
that you must fall, when ono NJ the life
boats comes back, and the passengers
say they think they have room for ono
more The boat swings under you-you
drop into it-yOu are saved.
~ some non are pursued by tom pta.
lion until they ARE partially consumed,
hut. after all. get OH--''savcd ~ by
hut ! like the figure Of Job u lit.
tic bcttur than that VI Paul. because the
pulpit hes not worn 10 out; and ! want
20 show you. n God will help. that so,ne
make narrow escape for their souls
and arc saved ~ with tho skin VI their
teeth" D.
II IN ~ easy for some people TO look TO
tho cross IN for you To look tn this pull.
pit. Mild, gentle, tractablc, loving, you
expect Thorn to become Christians. You
go over Ia the store and say: 'I;randon
Joined the church yesterday" Your
business comrades say: THAT II IL just
what might have been expected; he vi.
ways was ~ that turn Of mind" In
youth this person whom ! describe was
always good. lie never broke things.
lie never laughed when 10 was Improper
Ia laugh. At sever he could sit an hour
In church, perfectly quiet, looking
Nv "a siku' Uot " u WV, Out
straight into tho eyes Of the minister.
as though he understood tho whole dis
cussion about the eternal, drcrrcs. Ito
never upset things nor lost them. Tie
foatcd into the kingdom Of God 40
gradually that II IL uncertain Just whcn
the matter was decidcd.
Hero n another one, who started In
life with IN uncomfortable spirit. To
kept tho nursery In an uproar. Ills
mother found him walking on tho edge
Of the house roof to 500 II he could bal.
ancc himself. There was no horse that
he dare not ride-no trcc he could not
climb. u,s boyhood was = long series
ri prcdicamcntS; his manhood was rrck,
lcss; his mid.lifc very Maynard. But
now he IL converted, and you 20 over to
the store and say: ''Arkwright Joined
tho church yesterday" Your friends
say; 1T 1. not possible, You must bc
joking" You say; mo. ! tell you tho
truth. Ilc joined the church" Thcn
they reply; There Is hope for any Of us
II old Arkwri.ht has become . Chris.
tian!" In other words, We will admit
that II 10 moro difficult for some men Ia
accept the Gospel than for Others.
may bc preaching IA somc who have
cut lOOsc from tho churches aud bibles
and sundays and who have come here
with M intent VI becomtnR Christians
themselves, but just to scc what II going
on, and yet you may and yourselves es.
Gaping before you leave this house. AS
with tho akin Of your treth."
some ~ you. In counting Ia God. will
have to run against skcpticsl notions.
II IL useless Tor people To say sharp and
cutting things to those Who rcject the
Christian religion. I can not say such
thtnRs. ny what prOccAa Of temptation
or trial or betrayal you hAvc como to
your present state. know not. There
arr two gates "a your naturc-thc cato
Of the head and the gatc ~ tho heart.
Tho gate Of your head IL locked with
bolts and bars that IN ANhansNl could
not break. but the gate Ut you hear,
swinga easily an its hinges, II ~.
saultwi your body with weapons you
would mcct me With weapons and Il
would bc sword stroke for sword stroke.
and wound for wound. and blood tcv
blood; hat u ! como and knock 81 the