Sharp County record., 1890-06-05
MARROW ESCAPES"
NON by Rev. T. Dewitt Tai
nape from a Homely Text
4. ,nnIic,tion to Mans Experiences
~.arbIcs May Overwhelm You, but
|''77 =tbc way of Escape is Open to
All who Seek 1t,

rke following discourse was delivered
Pey. T. Dewitt Talmage in the
potlyn Academy of Music, from the
.u escapcd with the skin of my teeth
>xiz., 20,
|ob had it hard. What with boils
i bereavements and bankruptcy, and
ool of wife, he wished he was dead;
3Jdo not blame him. His flesh was
Il and his bones were dry. His
thwasted away until nothing but
enamel seemed left, He cries out:
an escaped with the skin of my
,tb.p There has been some differ
- of opinion about this passage. st.
rome and Schultens, and Drs' Good
4 Poole and Barnes, have tried all
,ir forceps on Jobs teeth, You deny
Interpretation, and say: What
/ job know about the enamel of the
,th?p He knew every thing about it.
ntal surgery is almost as old as the
rth. The mummies of Egypt, thou
Ids of years old,ar found to-day with
ID flling in their teeth. Ovid and
race and solomon and Moses wrote
out these important factors of the
lv. 10 other provoking complaints,
B. | Blink, has added an eXaSperat-
/ toctbache, and, putting his hand
ainst the inGamed face, he says: Il
oscaped with the skin of my teeth"
A very narrow escape, you say, for
hsbody and soul; but there are thou
ndsof men who make just as narrow
.aoe for their soul. There was a time
.en the partition between them and
Ia Was no thicker than a tooth's
amel; but as Job finally escaped, so
fe then, Thank GodI thank God!
Paul expresses the same idea by a
aorent figure when he says that some
bile arc saved as by fire" A vessel
sea Is in flames You 60 to the stern
tho vessel. Tho boats have showed
. The flames advance; you can en-
re the heat no longer on your face.
III slide down on the side of the YES
!, and hold on with your fingers, until
3 forked tongue of the fire begins to
K the back of your hand, and you feel
at YOU must fall, whom one Of the life
at cornes back, and the passengers say
ay tbink they have room for one
,re The boat swings under you-you
op into it-you are saved, So some
m are pursued by temptation until
ey are partially consumed, but, after
/ getofT-" saved as by fire." But l
a the figure of Job a little better
an that Of Paul, because the pulpit
. not worn it out; and | want to show
n if.God will help, that some men
'lkE67asfrow escape for their souls, and
aQYed as with the skin of their
lt1eN easy for some people to look
tn9 CrosS as for you to look to this
lQIt Mild, gentle, tractable, loving,
Y ekpect them to become Christians.
N o over to the store and say:
|Eenaon joined the church yesterday"
'ur pusiness comrades say: "That is
N Hhat might have been expected;
always was Of that turn of mind"
|y0uth, this person whom | describe
e a'Ways good. lie never broke
|nge. lle never laughed when it was
proper to laugh. At seven, he could
an hour in church, perfectly
let looking neither to the righthand
70 TIC left, but straight into the
q 81 the minister, as though he un-
FsJood tho whole discussion about the
'rnal decrcos. lIcnovor upset things
lost them' He hoatcd in the King
p q tod so gradually that it is un-
tain just when the matter was de.
led. ""
aere ~ another one, who started in
wth an uncomfortable spirit. lie
" tno nursery in an uproar. His
loer Y found him walking on the edge
Fne nouso roof to soc If he could bal
hlmsclf There was no horse that
aFed3 No. rido-no tree he could not
nn us boyhood was long series
pssascamcnts; his manhood was recl.
MS hid.lifo woyward. But now
b y cxonyertod, and you go over to the
Iesna say' "Arlwright joined the
'tcn \, Va Yesterday" Your friend saws:
no. possible! You must be iok.
\ YOU say; "No; ! tell YOU the
sn' 40 joined the church" Thcn
Y reply "rhcro is hopc for any of
I, oio ArEwrighthas become n Chris.
an olhor words, we will admit
ltis more difficult for some mon to
itSp' 'ne Gospel than for others,
may % preaching to somo who havo
! /. iocsc ' from churches and Bibles md
'saays' and who have come in horo
7. 70 3 z htCntion of becoming Chris.
memsolyos, but just to SEQ what
\ 7'ng 4 4 on' and yet you may find your.
escaping, before you icayo this
/ Y, h \, Y with tho skin of your teeth"
no' expcct to waste this hour, 7
zen boOts go of from Cape Nav
' eng eng ranch, and drop their nots, S
n0u' y havns caught a single fish,
: X - no' good day, or they had
'sno ". ngh kind of a net Bnt wo
! ~ sy' !. ~ ~, sVc1 excursion , to-day. The
1 w wv of fish, tho wind is in tho
lr,' ,u'reotion, the Gospel netis strong,
3.aOu wig dtdst help Simon and An.
~. 70 nsh show us today how to cast
y nvson 'no right side Of tho shipl
WU OF NON L., g.. t.. ~