The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-02
ESCAPING DEATH ETERNAL.
OBVIOUS TRUTHS PRESENTED
BY DR.. Taimaee in a Forcible Manner
salvaticn to Be Had for the Asking.

TExr. 81 am escaped with tho skin ofmy
teeth" job XIX, 20.
Job had II hard. What with hollis and he.
reavements and bankruptcy nm fool OF n
wife he wished he was dead. nu | I do not
blame him. His flesh was gone and his
bones were dry. His teeth wasted away I'M
ul nothing hut tho enamel seemed LEFT. He
cries out, "T am escaped with the skin OF my
teeth"
There has been somo difference OF oninion
about this passage. ~. Jerome and Schui.
tens and Drs. Goo I and Poole and Barnes
have all tried their forceps on Jobs teeth.
You deny my Interpretation and say. "what
did Job know about the en- amel ofthe teethY"
He knew everything about it. Dental
surgery Is almost ne old ~ tho earth. Tho
mummies OF Egypt. thousanda OF years old.
are found To-day with gold flin, IN their
teeth. Ovid and Horace and solomon and
Moses wrote about thcss important factor,
OF the body. To other provoking complaints
job, think. has added nm exnspsrating
toothache, and putting his hand against tho
inilsmed face ho SAYS, II am escaped with
the skin OF my teeth
very narrow escape. you say, for Jobs
body AMI soul. but thsrs are thousands OF
men wao make just as narrow escape for
their soul There was time when the PR
tition between them aud ruin was no thicker
escipci. 50 have they. Thank Go II Thank
God,
Paul expresses tho same idea by n differ.
ent figure when he says that some people nro
saved as by fire." A vessel at sea is In
flames. You go TO the stern OF the vessel.
Tbs boats have showed OF. The flames al.
vance. You can endure tho heat no longer
on your lace. You slide down on the side OF
the vessel and hold on with your fingers un.
III the forked tongue OF the ilro begins TO
lick the back OF your hand, and YOU feel that
you must fall, when one OF the lifeboats
comes comes back, and the passengers say they
think they have room ior one more. This
boat swings under you you drop into 1t
you are saved. SO some men are pursued by
temptation until they are partially con.
suined but alter all get off-''saved as 10y
fire" But like the figure OF Job little
better than that OF Paul. because the pulpit
has not worn II out, and want to show you,
II God will help, tnat some men make mar.
row Escape Tor their souls and are saved US
with the skin OF their teeth"
IL Is rs easy for some people 10 look 20 tho
cross rs for you to lookto this pulpit. Mild,
gentle, tractable, loving, you expect them
TO become CHRISTIANS. You 20 over to the
store and say, "Grandon joined the church
yesterday" Your business comrades say
'Tnat Is Just what might have been expect
ed He always was of that turn OF mind.
In youth this person whom / describe was
always good. He never broke things. He
never laughed when IL was imnroner 10
laugh AT seven n. could sit nm hour m ,,nur,h
psrisctly oui.t looEinv n.ithar ,o ,na ri,h,
hand nor 10 IN, I.tt nnt straiyn, into IN,
eyes OF the minister, rs though he under
stood the whole discussion about the eternal
DEGREES. He never upset things nor lost
them. He hoated INTO tue Kingdom oi God
so gradually tnat It Is uncertain lust wnvn
the matter was decided.
Here is nnother one who sforted In lifa
with AN uncoutrollabu, sn,rIt. Ne k.nr m,
nursery in AN upronr. his mother found MIN
w.lkin, an tn,, ,,,i,,,, ,,t ,n,, nou-a rnrT 90 ,
A. he could pnlnnc,, nims.li 'Tn,.r,. vas ~,
horse he dared uot ride. no tree n, could nor
climb. His boynooI WIS a long series, OF nr,.
dicumeuts mis- manhood wns r.,,si,.ss M.
midliie yery waywnru Hui no,y no IL CON
ysrted. anu Won 20 1, =. ,r 10 IN. sior,, and sav
"ArkwriRht ioln.L l,,,, uhurcn y.ste rdnv1
Your friends say. "It il NOT pos,ibl.I You
must ps Joking You say. No It.II you
,h,, tr,t,i, n,- ieii,.,, ,i., ch,,-,,,' url,,,
they r,nIv ,.rn,.r,. ~ non, for anx =, -, =,
old Arkwr,yht h.s ,.,,,o,,,.. . i,,r,.,,,a.,
I'm otI.r rorJs ,y., aiI aani, ,n.. a, 4.
mora ,it,t,cuI, ,or 80, - a., $50, -,
vosu,l man Tor o,n,.r. 'AN
may ne na,,res.in., so,o w,o ,o,o an,
loose IRON churches aud BiDles aud Sundays
ami VINO nave at present NO intention OF be-
coming Christians themselves, but Just TO
see wnat Is gong on. And yet you may ilnd
yourself escaping before yoL hear the end,
as ''with tue skin Ot Jour testn." 1 do not
expect to waste TINS nour. 4 nave seen boats
20 on from Cape May or Long Brancn and
drop their nets anu alter awnIie come ashore
puiiing IN tueir nets without naviny caught
sinSie llsn. IL was not gooi day, or they
had not the right KIND of u net. But We eA.
pect NO sucn EXCURSION to-day. Inc water
Is iuii oI lisn tno WIND is IN Tue right uIrec.
uon the gospel net Is strong. y luou VINO
diust heip oiIIIon anu Andrew tO iisn, snow
Us to-Iay howto cast the net on Inc rIgnl
side Vi tue sup
oome oI you, IN coming TO God, will have
10 run against s1epticat notions. IL ~ USE
less Tor peopio ~ say snarp anu cutting tnIngs
TO those wno reJect the Christian reug.ou.
cannot say sucn Things. BY wnat process
Vi temptation or trial or betrayal yOu nave