Telegram-herald., 1890-05-05
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s1ng by TIE congregation IN tAs Ao-0sny
Of Music. and prayer Id been Snsred. DR.
TzlnAzs presched On Marrow Escapes.
taking A. IA text JOB III. ~. Il sEa sscaPed
With the skin Of my teeth Following =
rs sermon In fall
JOB had Il hard What With ooils and 20
rsaEsnsnts and bankruptcy. and fool Of =
vile. be wished be was dead, and l DO not
blame him HIS nesh was gone, and his
bones were dry. His teeth wasted away untu
nothing buI the enamel seemed len. lie
cries out, i am escaped with the skin of
nv teeth There has been some differ
encs Of opinion about this passage. ST.
Jerome and Schultsns, and Drs. Good and
Poole and Barnes have al tTied their for
eeDs on Jobs teeth You deny ny inter
prststiOn aud say, What did job know
about the enamel OF the teeth'" he
knew everything about IL. Dental surgery
Is almost old as the earth The mum
mies OF Egypt, thousands Of years old,
arc found today with gold filing ia their
teeth Ovid and Horace and Solomon and
Moses wrote about these important factors
of the body. To other provoking COM
plants, job, think, has added an exasper-
atiag toothache. and putting his hand
against the inhamed face, he says, Il am
escaped with the skin OF ny teeth"
A very narrow escape, you say, for Jobs
body and soul. but there are thousands OF
men who make just as narrow escape for
their soul There was time when the
partition between them and ruin was no
thicker than tooth's enamel; bat Is Job
finally escaped, so have they Thank Godl
thank GOdl
Paul expresses the same idea by differ
ent figure when he Says that some people
are saved as by IRE" A vessel at sea is
in flames. You 90 TO the stern of the yes
sci The boats have showed Of. The flames
advance; you can endure the heat no longer
on your face. You slide down on the side
OF the vessel, and hold on with your fingers,
until the foTked tongue OF the fire begins
10 lick the back Of your hand, and you feel
that you must fall. when one Of the life
boats comes hack, and the passengers say
they think they have room for one more.
The boat swings under you-you drop into
it-you are saved. So some men are pur-
sued by temptation until they are partially
consumed, but, after all, get off-"saved as
by fire." But | like the figure OF job
little better than that OF Paul, because the
pulpit has not worn il out; and want to
show you. if Cod viii help, that some men
make narrow escape for their souls, and
are saved as with the skin Of their teeth.
TWO PICTURES.
1t is as easy for some people 20 look TO
the cross as for you TO look to this pulpit.
Mid, gentle, tractable, loving, you expect
them 70 become Christians. You go over
to the store and say: "Grandon joined the
church yesterday" Your business comrades
say: That is just what might have been
expected; he always was OF that turn OF
mind" In youth this person whom de-
scribe was always good. He never broke
things. lie never laughed when it was
improper to laugh. At seven, he could sit
an hour in church, perfectly quiet, looking
neither to the right hand nor to the left,
but straight into the eyes of the minister,
as though he understood the whole discus
sion about the eternal DEGREES. lie never
upset things nor lost them. He floated
into the kingdom of God so gradually that
il is uncertain just when the matter was
decided.
Here is another one, who started in life
with an uncomfortable spirit. He kept the
nursery in an uproar. His mother found
him walking on the edge of the house roof
TO see if he could balance himself There
was no horse that be dared not ride-no
tree he could not climb. His boyhood
was long series OF predicaments: his man
hood was reckless; his midlife very way
ward But now he is converted, and you
70 over 20 the store and say, cartwright
Joined the church yesterday" Your friends
say, 1T IS not possible, You must be jok-
ing" You say: mo: tell you the truth
He Joined the church" Then they reply,
There is hope for any Of rs il old Ark
wright has become Christian In other
words. we will admit that il is more din
cult for some men 70 accept the Gospel than
for others.
may be preaching to some who have cut
loose from churches and Bibles and Sun
days, and who have come in here with no
intention Of becoming Christians them
selves, but Just 70 see what Is going on;
and yet you may find yourself escaping, be
fore you leave this house. as with the skin
Of your teeth" | do not expect 70 waste
this hour. | have seen boats 20 OF from
Cape May or Long Branch and drop their
nets. and after awhile come ashore, pulling
in the nets, without having caught single
fish. IL was not a good day, or they had
not the right kind Of a net. But we expect
no such excursion today. The water is full
Of fish, the wind is in the right direction,
the Gospel net is strong On. thou who
didst help Simon and Andrew to fish.
show Us today how TO cast the net on the
right side OF the ship
TIE HEARTS DOOR
Some OF you. in coming 20 God. viii have
20 run sgainst skepticai notions Il Is use
less for people % say sharp and cutting
things 70 those who reject the Christian
religion cannot say such things. By
what process Of temptation or trial or be
trsyaI you have come to your present state
know not There are two gates 70 your
nature-the gate of the had and the gate
OF the heart The gate Of your bead is
locked with bolts and bars that an arch
angel could not break. bat the gate Of your
heart swings easily on its hinges. II I as
s'@i'-N y~'.a 10y WV " ''----',-.-' ~"
meet me- with ves7ons, and 10 would be
sword stroke for sword stroke. and wound
for wound. and blood f0r blood: but II I
come and knock At ths door Of your house
Jon open it. and give me the best sest in
your parlor II 7 should come ~ you now
With AT argument you would answer sae
With sa Argument, r vith sarcasm. you
would answer me with sarcasm. blow for
blow. stroke for stroke. but when come
and snock a. the door e y01r heart you
open it and ssT. Come IL. ny brother. and
eel r-s All T0-I know ah~-,r Christ and