Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-08-03
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
THE RRoOKLYN DIvINE'S SJS-
DAY SERMON.
Subject: Marrow Escapes. "

TE1T. Il am -, aps with tn ska oimy
/ teeth, Job Ky. 20.
: Job had il hari. WHAT VITA toils An ~
rsAvemenls anl hank ruptey AMI q fool o' q
: wife be wished he was Tea I. Al in MT
blame him. His h.Sh we gone, Aul hi'
] bones were dry HE teeth vast" away un-
I'll nothing hut the -nln-i scene l-r. H.
cries eut, 81 am os,aPal with thu AKIN Ut my
I teeth"
There has been some ,iirs7anca o opinion
about this passage. -. J"roW" an A'iu-
tens AMI brS Goo ant Pool" ami Etrn-'
I have all triei their iOrcap= On IoH'- t.+'th
You DENY nv intrrprats alton and slr, ''Nhu
, did Joh know about the enamel "fthrt'"fht
n. knew everything about II. Dental
surgery il almost ~ Old As the Earth. Toe
nummies Of ,ypt, thouslnt' ot years oli.
are found to-iay with gold iiilint In Their
teeth Owl anil Horace Al solomon an
. Moses wrote about th'--' important factors
. OF the BODY. To other provoking complaints
job, | think, has Hidel an eNIsp'rlting
toothache. and putin his han against tho
inftmeI fac, hs says II am escaped with
the skin OF my teeth.
A very narrow esrlp~'. yo1 say. for Joh's
body AMI soul, but there are thouS1uts o.
men who make Just a. narrow cS'Ip" TOR
. their soul There was tim. when the o ~
tition between them AMI ruin was no thicker
than n tooth's enamel hut. as job finally
/ es'Ipei 80 have they. Thank 60 ~ ThAnk
Coli
Paul expresses the same idea hy differ
ent figure when he says that 50 II" people ara
saved as by fire A vessel nj sea is IN
flames. You 20 TO tho stern II the vessel.
b The boats have shovel OF. The flames al
/ vance. You can endure the heat no longer
/ 90 your face. You slide DO En on the side OF
tn, vessel and hold on with YOUR fingers un.
/ I'll the iorked tongue OF the fire begins TO
. lick tue back your hand, aui you feel that
you NUT fall, when one OF the ltieOous
comes back. AMI the f.tssen gers say they
think they have room Tor one more. The
b boat swings under you YOU drop into II (;
7 yuulr saved. 80 some mru are pursued by
/ temptation until they are partially con-
sumed, but after all Ert or-"saNed as by
. IRE. But like the figure Of JOb IA lltto
better than that Of Paul, because the pulpit
has not worn It out, ami want 10 show YOU,
II God Stll help, that some men make mar
row escape Tor their sous and are saved as
with the SKIN OF their teeth
Ii Is rs easy for some people 10 look 10 the
cross as for You to IoOGto this pulpit Mid,
gentle, trartaUle, LOVING, You expect them
TO become Cdrtstiaus. lou 70 over 10 tue
store ami say, Gran lou JOINED the church
. yesterday. Your business conraies 50! d.
''Iuat Is Just what nj sht nave been expect
ed. lie always wts Ol that turn >. mind.
. In youth this person wnOn l urscribe WIS
, always bOO ]. ne never pIohc INluSS. ne
. never laughed when It was Improper TO
Laugh. At seven he could sit an hour III church,
/ perfectly quiet, iOoHiuy neither to tine rIsut
maud nor ~ lue lett, Uut strIS Il lntO tuo
eyes OF the minister, as though lie uAIer-
Stood the whole dlscu.s.Ou about the eternal
DEGREES. lie never upset InluRs nor lost
them. tie tiOLteI into Tue kin; ION vi Col
! 80 gradually that II Is uncertain Just wuvu
. Tue natter was Iccl led.
Here Is another one, who started in lie
with an uncoutro,laUi- SPIRIT. lie kept Tue
nursery III AL uproIr. tbs mother found hIm
walking on tue edge oil tue house TVJi tU Sej
+ II lie could balance himself. There Was NO
horse he dared uOt ride, no tree he could not
climb. His UoyuVJI WIS u long srrIe= vi pre-
ulcun"uts his manhood sh- reckless uIs
mIdlIte very wLywarI. But nov ue Is con-
HrHed, an you 50 over to the store AMI Say ,
"Ar&wrlgut joined Tic cuurcu yesterday.
Your friends say 1t Is not possible loI
must De joking. You say NO lien yoI
the truth. tie Joln"i tue church, Ineu
they reply, "Iucrr l. nope Tor ANY OF Us II
OLD AEAMrtgut mas UtcU.n" tnrIstttn.
In Olner words, We All admit Iuat II IS
NOR" dilhruh lor 80 nc men 10 accept the
gospel than lUr others
may Ue al lrrssins some who have cut
loose nom churches dui BIuits and sunday >
ami VINO nave AT present 40 lntention VI Ue-
com,AK Christians themselves, but Just 10
See what is going On. Aud Yet you may hnd
yourself es"apinS Ue.Ure you near Tie end,
as with the skIn Of ,pur teeth. / do not
expect 10 waste tins hUur. | have seen boats
~ oil itom cape May or Long Brancu Iui
F urOp Their nets and aIter aWnIir come ashore
puiung III tneIr ucts without having caught
| Il stnSLr ilsn. II VA, not Is good day, Or tAry
had not tue right kiuI OF a net. But We rA-
peel 40 sucu excursion To-Day. I4o water
Is Iuh Vi ilsh the Niud Is III lie rIsnt dlre'.
ton Tie gUspeI net Is Strong. - luOu HuL
dust ucip Ntnon aud Andrew to n7h, suON
u= tO-IuJ NOV ~ cast tue Net On tue Tlgul
side o. tue sup
Some VI you, ia coming to Col, Will havs
10 run against skepticaI notions. II Is Use
less IOr Peopie ~ say slHrp Aud cutting tuIug
10 those SnO relect Tue CHRISTIAN ruusIOu.
/ canuOt say sucn thugs. ~ wuat process
oil temptation or mai Or betrayal you nave
COME ~ yUuc present state / know NO.
There are tSo gates toyour uature the gate
Ga the head ana Tue gaze oI tue neLrt. Tue
gale oI your ne.ll locked wuu UUts and
lars tuat nn aTcnausel could not break, Uu
tue gate OF your ncdrt swings easily IL,
hinges. Ii IssLulte yOur W Iy wan YEA
pOns, yUu would meet NE G.tu weapons, aul
1t wOuII Ue sword sIrOke tor swOsI slrONe
aud Touul lVr wound, and UloVd ior u4oUI
but II | come and knock at the door OF YOU
HOuSt you open u ana give me tne best seal
In your parlor. II | should come ut you to
day with an argument, you would answer
me with an argument II with sarcasm. you
answer me with sarcasm. blow for blow
stroke for stroke, but when | come an,
knock at the door OF your heart You open II
and say. Come In, my brother, and tell m,
| all you know about Christ and heaven"
Listen to two or three questions Are you
az happy as you used to b" when Won halav. 7
IN bat I'm hArN k..H l. t.Nt. 4 Ii. w
you like TO have your children travel on in
the road in which You are now travelin u
You had relative who professei to be n
! Christian and was thoroughly consistent
living and dying In the faith OF the gospel
Would you not like 10 liva the same quiet
life and die the same peNceful death? | re-
ceiyed q letter sent mo bv ono who has re-
jected the Christian religion. 1t says: "a
am old enough 10 know that the ioys and
- pleasures OF lifeare evanescent and to realize
fact that II must he comfortable In ole
age TO believein something relative TO IN,
future and to have faith in some system
that proposes TO save | am free to confess
that | would be happier II could exercis,
the simple and beautiful faith that Il
possessed by many whom | know | am not
willingly out Of the church or out OF ths
faith. My state OF uncertainty Ia one OF I'M.
, rest. Sometimes | doubt my immortality
and look upon the deathtel AS the closing
scene, after which there Ia nothing. What
shall do that have not done. An Pkepti-
] cism is dark ami doleful lanl! Let me
say that this Bible Is either true or false. II
IT be false, we are as we'll OF as you II 1t be
true, then which OF us Is safer?
Let me also ask whether your trouble has
not been that you COMPOUNDED Christianity
with the inconsistent character OF some who
profess 1t. You are a lawyer In your pro.
fession there are mean and dishonest men Ii
that anything against the law? You are n
doctor. There are unsklled AMI contempt.
BILE men In your profession. IL that anything
against medicin. You are merchant
There are thieves and deirauders In your