Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-02-20

out forever, unless there be some skill
tuI mode of rescue open. The police {
death already begin to clamor for on
surrender; but, blessed be God, there
way out It is through the window
and by rope so saturated with tn
blood OF the cross that it is as red a
tnat with which the spies were lowered
and II once our souls shall be delivered
then, the scarlet cord stretched acros
the window of our escape, we may def
ali bombardment, earthly and Satanic
In the first place, carrying out tn,
idea OF my text, we must stretch thi
scarlet cord across the window of on
rescue. There comes a time when a maj
IS surrounded. What is that in the from
door Of his soul? 1t is the tire Atening,
OF the future. What is that in the bacl
door OF his soul? 1t is the sins of the
past. de can not get out of either o.
those doorways. If he attempts it he
will be cut to pieces. What shall he do:
Escape through the window Of Gods
mercy. That sunshine has been pour.
Ing IN for many day. Gods inviting
mercy. Gods pardoning mercy. Gods
all conquering mercy. Gods everlasting
mercy. But, you say, the window is SO
nigh. All, there is 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 it, all
your hopes for this life, all your hopes
for the life that is to come. Escape now
through the window. But" you say,
that cord is too small to save me; that
salvation will not do at all for such a
sinner as have been" Isuppose that
the rope with which Rahab let the two
spies to the ground was not thick enough;
put 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
and thousands who have been
borne away in safety by that
scarlet line. and it will bear you away
in safety. Do you notice what very
narrow escape those spies had? sup
pose they came with fustered cheeks
and excited heart They had very
narrow escape. They went in the broad
door of sin; but how did they come out?
They came out of the window. They
went up by the stairs of stone; they
came down on slender thread. And
so, my friends, we go easily and una
bashedly into sin, and all the doors are
open; but if we get out at all it will be
by being let down over precipices, wrig-
CLING and helpless, the strong grip above
keeping US from being dashed to pieces
on the rocks beneath. 1t is easy to get
into sin, young man. 1t is not so easy
to get out of it.
young man goes to the marble coun- |
ter of hotel. He asks for a brandy |
so, 1 suppose, because it |
the man that takesit There is |
no 1ntoxication in it. AS the young man |
receives it he does not seem to be at all |
excited. 1t does not give any glossiness
20 the eye. He walks home in beauti-
ul apparel, and all his prospects are
brilliant. That drink is not going to
iestroy him, but it is the first step on a
Dad road. Years have passed on, and 1
zee that young man after he has gone the
Whole length Of dissipation. 1t is mid
light, and he is in hotel-perhaps the
7ery one where he took the first drink. A
-ellrium is on him. He rises from the
'ed and comes to the window and it is
asily lifted; so he lifts it. Then he
pushes back the blinds and puts his foot
N the window sill. Then he gives one
prlng, and the Waterman finds his dis
Cured body, unrecognizable, on the
avement. o, if he had only waited a
lttle-if he had come down on the scar
ct ladder that Jesus holds from the
Iall for him, and for you, and for me;
utno, he made one jump and was gone.
minister of Christ was not long ago ;
ismissed from his diocese for intoxica- (
ion, and in a public meeting he gave ;
his account of his sorrow. He said: 81 !
ad beautiful home once, but strong
rink shattered it. l had beautiful
nildren; but this fiend of rum took s
leir dimpled hands in his and led them {
, the grave. had wife-to know her t
as to love her; but she sits in wretch g
1ness tonight, while l wander over the {
arth. had mother and the pride of t
er life was l; but the thunderbolt E
ruck her. l now have scarcely friend t
| the world. Taste of the bitter cup l t
ave tasted and then answer me as to |
neither have any hatred for the agency a
my ruin. Hate it! l hate the whole d
aiming traffic. l would to God tonight i
lat every distillery was in flames, for
en in the glowing sky would write in ?
10 smoke of the ruin: Woe to him t
at putteth the bottle to his neighbours +
Ds.'" That minister of the Gospel g
emit in through the broad door of tempt s
ion; he came out of the window. y
And when l see the temptations that g
e about US in all countries, and when o
know the proclivities to sin that are in t
cry mans heart, l see that if any of t.
escape twill be very narrow escape. n
if we have, my friends, got off from il
r sin, let US tie the scarlet thread by G
1ich we have been saved across the L
ndow. Let Us do it in praise of Him 81
lose blood dyed it that color. Let it -
in announcement of the fact that we -
all no more be fatally assaulted. Il
here is now no condemnation to them -
at are in Christ Jesus" Then let all lC
3 forces of this world come up in cav
y charge and let spirits of darkness Ii
ne on, an internal storming party, "
tempting to take your soul, this rope al
listed from these words, 1.-The blood of W
sus Christ cleanseth from all sin, will A
ri them back defeated forever. OF
still further, we must take this red u
d of the text and stretch it across the al
ndow of our households. When the e'
aelitish army came up against Jeri- III
}, they said: what is that in the le
1dow?" Some one said: THAT is a y,
rlet line" 60" said some one else, &c
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