Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-23


that one refused, saving: ~ dare not
90 there. - A Chr stian woman, her
white locks typical of her purity OF soul,
said tI will 90 and / Will go Low.
She went and sat down BIZ the dying CIR!
and told her of the Christ who came 20
seek and 10 save that which was lost
First to the forlorn one came the tears o.
repentance, aud then the smile Us though |
she had begun to hops for the pardon OF |
Him VINO came TO save to the uttermost. |
Then. lust Lelore she breathed her last, |
she said TO the angel of mercy lending |
over her pillow: "Would you kiss mef'
81 will - said the Christian woman as
she put upon her cheek tho last sairta-
ton before IN the heavenly world, l
think, God gave her tbs welcoming kiss.
That was religion!
YES, THAT WAS RELIGION.
Good Sumaritaus along every street,
and along every road, q, well as this one
on the road to Jericho.
But our procession of sIghtseers Is
again in line, and here we pass through
n deep ravine, aud l Cry to the drnGo-
man. "puyid, what pince do you call
this?'' and he replied, "This ia the
brook Cherith, where Elijah was fed by
the ravens And in that answer he
overthrow my lifelong notions OF the
place where Elijah was waited on by the
black servants CT the sky. 4 brook 10
me had meant O slight depression OF
ground, and a stream tordaOie, ana per
hans ii.tesu feet wide. But here was n
chegm that an earthquake must nave
scooped out with its biggest shovel or
split with its mightiest batt!eax. SIX
hundred feet deep is II, and the brook
Cherith is a river, which when in full
force is a silver wedge, splitting the
mountains into prsclpices. The feath-
cred descendants of EIjah's ravens stlli
| wing their way across this raTIne, Due
| ere not like the crows we supposed them
TO lie. They are as large as eagles, anu
| one of them could carry IN its bszS
| ani cliuchad claw nj once enough
| food for hnIf-dozsn Elijahs.
! No thanks TO the ravens; they are car
uivorou. aud would rather have picked
out the eyes of Elijah, whom they found
Mt the mouth of his cave on the side OF
| Chcrith, Whiting for his breakfast, hay
| inr drunk his morning beverage from the
rushing stream beneath than have Eeen
his buffers and purveyors. But God
compelled them, as lie always hns COM
Delled and aiways Will compel black aud
cruel and overwhelming providences to
carry help to His children If they Only
| have faith enough to catch the blessing
! us it drops from the seeming adversity;
the greatest blessing always coming not
with white wings but black wings.
BLACK WINGS OF CONVICTION
| bringing pardon to the sinner. Black
wing, OF crucif1ion over Calvary, bring
ing redemption, for the world. Black
wings of American revolution, bringing
free institutions to continent. Black
wings of American civil war, bringing
ratification and solidarity to the repnh-
lie. Black wings OF the judgment day {,
bringing resurrection to an entomoed
human rnce. And in the last day, when
all your life and mine will be summed
up, We will find that the greatest bless
!ngs we ever received cams on the wings
OF the black ravens of disaster. Bless
God for trouble! Bless God for sickness!
Bless Gol for persecution! Bless God
for poyertT! You never heard OF any
man or woman OF great use to the world
who had not had lots of trouble.
The diamond must be cut.
The wheat must be threaded
, The black ravens must fly. who
are these nearest the throne? 'These
are thsy who come out of crest tribula-
zion and had their robes washed and
, made white in blood Of the Lamb. -
But lookl Look what NJ O'Clock IL
the afternoon bursts upon our visiou-th'
= plain of jericho aud the valley OF Jordan
, and the Dead sea. We have come to {
= place where the horses not so much wall
. as 81 de upon their launches, and we al
1 | dismount, for the steep descent is simpl,
0 terrific, though a princess OF Wallnchla
4 who fell here snd was dangerously in
iured, after recovery, spent lnrg
amount of money in trying to make to
road passab!s. Down and down! till W
) saw the whits tents pitched for US by on
I muleteers amid the ruins OF nnr,sn
e Jericho, which fell at the sound OF poo
q music plavsd on "ram's horn tina
q ancient instrument which, taken from
the head of the leader OF the flock o
, sheen. is perforated and prepared to b
i fingered by the musical performer, an
a blown upou when pressed to the lips. a
Il in another sermon l have fully describe
TINT scene, l will only say that every da
a for seven days the ministers of religion
n went round the city of Jericho blown
a uron those rams horus, aud on tn
q seventh day without the roll OF wa
. chariot or the stroke OF cittapult or tn
swing of a ballista, crash! crash! crash
a went the walls OF that
q MAGNIFICENT CAPITAL.
Il On the evening OF December the 9th
II we walked amid the brick and mortar {
d that shattered city, and said TO myself
q All this done by poor music blest OF God
l. for 1t was not hnrp or flute, OF
r. clupping cymhal. or an organ played. |
in the sound OF which tho city surrendere
d to destruction, but rude instrnne or
n making rude music blsst OF God, to II
N demolition of that wicked place white
had for centuries dene3 the Almighty
N And Isaii If all this was by the blessing
| God on poor music, what mightier thini
at could be done by the blessing OF God c
~ good music, skiliful music, Gospel mi
IN sic. If all the good that has already bet
II done by music were subtracted from Il
r. world. l believe three iourths OF lis re
ht ligion would be gone. The luilnbys
A. mothers which keep sounding on, thouE
=: the lips that sang them forty years a.
aa became ashes, the old hymns in To-
m cabin churches and country meetiI
re houses, and psalms in Rouse's version
rk Scotch kinks, the anthem in Eugl
cathedrals, the roll OF organs TIL
will never let Handel or Haydn,
rs Beethoven die, the thrum of harp
adj the sweep of the bow across has, VOL
OF the song of Sabbath schools storming t
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