Telegram-herald., 1890-01-20
N LONDON
IRE American Divine breaches In
tie Engish Metropolis.
IHE PBlLlPPID EARTHQUAKE



:, Believe 90 ne Lord Jesus tnrisl, ana
t8e4 sla os saF-d. He sasa
JAS ere aarz d4A azup ioathsorne
p.aees sssa noa, u4E rasg ~sre worse ~ t1e
apostolic times. Z imagine today ~ ars
sts1dl1g IA rhe Pailpp-sn aluze9n. D. Yo1
no5 fae. tne chLli Do goa nee bear tne groan
of taos~ tscarseCzseI o8as ~Go for t@a years
nave Goa seen tne s-n. gnt Zui 3 deep s--,a
of wotsen ~hp remember faer fathers
hooss aud n19ern over tneir wasoet esratosf
Listen agaJn. fs is tse cough 20 tne con-
slmaEIVe. o. ths struggle of oae ln tae nignt-
mare ef great horro-. You listen again
zat bear a cglrg.t bis chAuHs rotflng as he
rolls over IL his drearis. snt you say. "Glst
pity ths prisoner" But there Is another
sound ia tnat pr.soa Dc IS a song q JOY aud
gaanass Wba- a p.ase.fo sing ini The nlu-
So comes winding through The corridors
Of ne prison, and Ia al the dark
wards tie whisper i hesrd WHAT'S
that's What's shatr Il Is ths song q
Paul snd Si.as They cannot sleep They
have ben whipped very badly whipgsd The
hong gashes on their backs are bleeding yet.
They lie a., on the cold ground. their feet
fast n wooden sockets, and Of courss they
cannot sleep Bat they can sing Jauer.
have they been put in hsrel Oh they have
been trying 70 make the world better Is
that alli That Is all A pit for Joseph. A
lions cave for Daniel blazing furnace
for Shsdrach Clubs for John Wesley. An
Enathena for Philip Melancthon. A dungeon
for Paul and Sllas BUT while we are stand
ing in the gloom oi that Philipplan dungeon,
and we hear tho gnincling voices Of sob, and
groan, and blasphemy, and halleluiah, sud
denly an earthquake. The iron bars
OF the prison twist, the pillars crack
or, the solid masonry begins %
heave and rock till all the doors swing open,
and the walls fall with a terrific crash. The
JaAlsr, feeling himself responsible for these
prisoners, and feeling suicide 70 be honora-
blo-since Brutus killed himself, and Cato
killed himself, and CasSiuS killed hirusels--
puts his sword 70 his own heart, proposing
with one strong, keen thrust 20 put an end 20
his excitement and agitation. But Paul cries
out: stop, stopi Do thyself no harm. We
are all here Then ! see the jailer running
through the dust and amid the ruin OF that
prison and see him throwing himself down
at the feet of these prisoners, crying ont:
What shall doi What shall ! do" Did
Paul answer: Get out of this place before
there IS another earthquake; put handouts
and l1opples on these other prisoners, lest they
getawayr No word o, that kind. Com
Pact thrilling, tremendous answer; answer
memorable all through earth and heaven:
believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou
shalt be saved
DETERRENT KIND OF EARTHQUAKES.
Well, we have all read of the earthquake
in Lisbon, in Lima in Aleppo and in Ca
raccas; but we live in a latitude where In all
our memory there has not been one severe
volcanic disturbance. And yet we havo seen
fifty earthquakes. Here is man who has
been building up large fortune. His bid on
the money market was felt in all the cities
He thinks he has got beyond all annoying
rivalries in trade, and ne SAYS 70 himself:
"Now / am free aid safe from all possible
perturbation. But national panic strikes
the foundations Of the commercial world, and
crash goes all that magnificent business es-
tablshment He is a man who has built up
a very beautiful home. His daughters have
Just come home from the seminary with di-
plomas of graduation. His sons have
started in life honest, temperate and pure
When the evening lights are struck, there Is
q happy and an u0broken family circle But
there has been au accident down az the
beach. The young man ventured too far
ont in the surf The telegraph hurled the
terror up u the city. An earthquake struck
under the foundations Of that beautiful home.
The piano closed; the Curtains dropped. the
laughter huShed- Crash go all those dones-
tic hopes. and prospects and expectations.
So, nay friends. We have ali felt the shaking z
down of some great trouble. and there wns a
time when wa were rs much excited "a this
man Of the text. and we cried out ss he did:
'What shall dOi What shall 7 doP The
same reply that tbe apostle made to him Is
appropriate 70 US: Believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ and thou shalt b. saved There aTe
some documents of 50 little importance that
you do not care 70 put any moro than
your last name under them. or even your
initials. bat there are some documents Of 80
great Importance that voI write ont your
full name So tho Saviour in soma parts ~
tho Bibls is called lord, and in other par IS
of the Bible he Is called Jesus " and in other
parts II tho Bible he Is called Christ :" but
that there might be no mistake about this
passage al three names come in together
'the Lord Jesus Christ Now, who is this
bo.nC that you want mo 70 trust m and 10
lave iuf Men sometimes como 70 me with
credentials and certificates of good character
F but cannot trust their. Th-re Is sorne dis
honesty IN their looks that makes mo know
shall 10 cheated n 7 conide n them Tou
cannot put vour hearts confidence i'm a man
until Won know vbat stuff he is made of. and
EN- 7 unreasonable this morning when ] stor
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tons i- carries and how long ago 10 VA
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