Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-13

the clcalunc weapon about 10 thrust
thom through. What shall | dol ! am
compelled TO rive warning, or say !
do not believe the Bible and retire from
the pulpit
! once rad the "Sccncs Beyond the .
Grave hy Marietta Davis In her I
vision Of hell she saw the timc-scrviug I
preacher who had sought TO please men I
rather than God Upon his skirts was I
She blood of souls Sometimes hc would /
arise to pNnUh amid the roaring luinos I
OF belt Large congregations would gath I
on around him. and when he would begin I
% preach they wOuld begin 60 mock aud ]
Jccr, and laN nt bis door thV loss OF their I
souls. ] read 10 when child and ! will [
never forget the impression that it left /
upon my mind, aud ns ! see o. q minis
ter OF the gospel who will stand aud /
look Nt known evil and will not give
the alarm must have "a terrible upprc.
heusiou when he vOineS 10 thiuk of The
maticr of appearing before the Judgment
bar of God.
BEFORE began this scrics OF sermons
] went down upOn my knees many times
ana hrgcod divine guidance; aud every
day siucc then have continued this
PRAYER and | know that God is with me-
AMI J know That every good officer Boz
The city ut Fort Worth is with me. |
know That every Christian d with me-
! know that every good citizen, whether
know and this gives me- the greatest
comfort thnt the lord Jesus Christ
stands 10y me and sustuins me while /
nsslil these popular evils. lhurc are
those that say; "Ncn, ! believe that
gu that Mr. Baton says Be- true / ho
liryv thut hV law Rs violated with Inn
nuity every day. hut ! dout think those
things ought to hc talked nhout from
the pulpit Why Did the truth over
occur 90 you That almost CNcry great
preacher mentioned iu the Bihlc assaulted
the municipal uuthuuticst That Elijah
assaulted thn administration under which
llc li1rd aud called out thc priests ul
liunl aud punished thpm before the king
llid 10 ever occur To YOU TINT the
preacher Daniel walked right iuto the
kings palace and thuudprtd tho dCnun.
citations of heaven into his earH mud told
HIM thai the vengeance ui God would
como upon hmf That Isaiah aud Ior,'-
miuh stood almost daily and assaulted the
municipal mcNnucss of ICrusulpmt Did
10 ever occur 60 YOU that Jesus Christ
looked right into the lucps Oi the rulers
and called them whited supclvhcrcaf
stronger than That He said. You are
/ like whtrd sopulvhrcs white un the ont
| side but ON the inside iull ul dead mems
| homes Then be- wNH. "Ae sorpputR
| generation OF Nipprs, how can yuu escape
/ Che damuutiuu of hclE' That is the
language of Che lord Jesus Christ Did
| 10 over occur 60 you that John the Ban.
/ tist began his ministry hy nu assault
/ upon the municipal Wpuuupss Of lnrusN.
| lcWt That Dee walked night into the
] kiug'a palace aud thuudcucd into tie
! curs of llcrud thHt hc was LIVING in
| aduItcyt DID it ever occur to- you Tint
| the men ot Cod ot whom we have rec
ord n the Bible did NOT fail Go nssuil
| municipal monnuoas and all other kiudH
/ ul WOuuuess from their pulpltsf Tint
/ is just whnt thpy did Now 10 would hp
very nice for mo to Waud mp here aud
talk iu Kind ot ambiguous way and
| when / referred 90 SOME evil spend about
half uu hour upooualng for o. That
| would De very nice, but ID never would DO
| any good. ! declare ] don't know what
| % preacher iH for n not 90 Clll the on.
| tcntiOn of people 10 the dangers that
surround thom
THE PEOPLE SHOULD RALLY
This brings me 90 the last division of
my subject and thnt is whom the watch
man sounds tllc alarm the good pcopIu
/ should mlly Now, / appeal to thp good
people OF Fort Worth tonight Brethren
and friends. There s a Frrut crisis upon
MS Tho dragon that would destroy nur
children moves bis grout bulky mnHsiyc.
Shiny, sinuous, spirnl form mp p orr
worry doors He spreads his ipws wide
Opou, and he says, when % child ls born,
"mnkc haste aud Rot big enough Tor
mp,' aud whom the lttlr one is just
rJttiug of sufficient age to ho the pride
of his parents, into the mouth of ihr
monster hc goes, ANA is crushed Tho
dragon TINT / refer 90 is composed Of the
dreadmls and the rotten plucUB iu the
Once there was un artist who painted
~ picture of nbouutfu baby aud hung
MP the picture in his studio and people
camc Va aud looked ut H. Ihoro was
thc beautiful bluc.oyod dimplod'ohccs
luurhur. chubby baby. aud under I'd
pie said the artist had done his work
wcll that ID WIS his masterpiece; TINT
DO was he very ideal oi innocence, and
they came and looked, and the fame
of thc picture spread 80 that people cnmo
from far and uunr tn lopk ni g. Years
passed by, aud then the artist said II
viii 20 ~ the other extreme ana Do
went Ia the prison, be- gained access aud
went 10 the cells, aud there hc akotphcl
d criminal lie went dny 10y day De
worked on aud on until his picture WIS
completed He brought 10 into bis Studio
, and hung II up on the other side of the
room. and persons came and looked ul
H. Ho had followed the man from The
coli 10 the gallows and bis last touches
hr gst from the man whom The moose wa.
about his neck And persons came and
looked at the picture and said it was
the hagRarl face, the deep linea, which
! were The records Of crime, md there
were The sunken eyes TINT cleaned lk'
those Of the tiger, aud there was lhe np
pparanco ns of the panther crnuching "a
I uOuucr upOn itH prey, nnd there wac
/ tho moose upon his neck. showing th,
4 final result of such "a course On inVrsti
Z | CATION 10 WAS found that ihe hnby on iho
| one wall and the criminal Ou tho Other
{ were tlo same. Tint illustrates. bo
s loved how these cyll places and thi,
b general lnWlWFuca8 is destroying ON
{ ! children love my four hnbins bat ID,
, dearly ag / love them I bad rather din
d four little graves ana ! bad rather lower
{ them down n four little collins aud cover
D abe earth over them than tO see then
y grow up ~ lnll into the snnres aud b,
. ruined ns many Of our SONS md dnugh
D terF are ruined boz Fort Worth
r. Yes ! do appeal 10 the good people O
. Fort Worth ] have told yOu ! know
i who was for me. ! viii tell you who y
= against nae. TO man. know thn
Y every liquor dealer Va Fort Worth i
q against me. You Will nll agree ~ fhnt
!. i know that every gambler is ARnina
"A me. J. know that every Yngrnt j
. against me. i know that every eoOl
. man aud woman 10 the city Of For
X Worth h for me. Where are you gO
= ing t0 gtnndf ] appeal 90 YOU beloved
4 10 rally tonight ~ you never rallied be-
\ fore u may God grant that BOB ihi
= crisis the Chrininm people may rally a
one man and That every pulpit ms
thunder druunclnuOna until ihe evil
= nre crushed Oh. DR.. LLOYD, thou trdl
z ard tried, thou faithful, unhlucHnR ma