Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-02
THE BROOKLYN TABERNACLE
Nh. TAIMAGE's SERMON WAS ON
"ouT OF THE BnIoK-I<ILNs."
More JOY In one Drop OF Christian
Satisfaction Thnn In Rivers OF
sinful DeIieht-Napoieon,
voltaIre and Paul.

mage pffuclru TO CROWDED AUDIENCE on
a subject Of unusual Interest, rs illustrnt-
ing the sustaining power Of religion to
those who ure IN daily contact with the
world, It's trials and temptations. The text
chosen ,tas Psalms xviii, IS. Though ye
have lain among the pots, yet shall ye be
as the wings Of dove covered with silver
and her feathers with yellow gold.
suppose you know what the lsraelites
did down In Egyptian slavery. They mnde
bricks Amid the utensils OF the brickkiln
there were also other utensils Of cookery
the kettles, the pots, the pans, with which
they prepared their daily food and when
these poor slaves, tired Of the days work,
lay down 10 rest, they lay down among
the implements Of cookery and the imple-
ments Of hard work When they arose in
the morning, they found their garments
covered with the clay, and the smoke, and
tho dust, and besmirched and begrimed
with the utensils Of cookery. Bnt after
awhile tho Lord broke up that slavery,
and he took these poor slaves Into n land
where they had better garb, bright and
clean and beautiful apparel, No more
bricks for them to make. Let Pharaoh
mako his own bricks When David, in my
text, comcs to describe the transition OF
these poor Isrnelltcs from their bondage
amid the briokkilns Into the glorious eman-
cipation for which God had prepared them,
no says, Although yc have lain among the
pots, yet shall ye be ne the wings Of dove
covered with silver and her feathers with
yellow gold l."
sGS a HARD TAsENAsrER.
Miss Whately, the author Of celebrated
book, "Lifo In Egypt said she sometimes
saw people in the eust cookiug their food
on the tops Of houses, and that abe had of
ten sccu, just before sundown, pigeons aud
doves which had during the heat of tho
day been hiding among tho kettles and
tho pans, with which The food was prepar-
cd, picking up the crumbs that they might
find just about the hour OF sunset they
would spread their wings and dy heaven
ward, entirely unsoiled by the region In
which they had moved, for the pigeon IL q
very olenuiy bird. And as tbs pigeons flew
away the setting sun would throw silver
on their wings and gold ON their breasts.
So you see 10 o. not farfetchod smile or
an unnatural comparison when David in
my text says 20 these emunuipated Israel
tics and SAYS to ain those who are brought
out OF any kind Of trouble into any Bind
ot spiritual JOY, Though ye have lain
among the pots. yet shall ye be M the
wings OF a dow covered with silver and
her feathers with yellow gold.
Sin 10 tho hardest Of all tuskmnsturs
Worse than Pharaoh, 10 keeps US drudglng
IN most degrading service, but Hftcr
awhile Christ comes and hesays, let my
people 10, aud vo pass out from among
the brckkins Of ain into the glorious lib
uty OF the gospel We put ON the clean
robes Of a Christian profession, and when
az last we soar away TO tho warm nest
which God has provided for as in heaven
we SHAH 90 fairer than dove, It's wings
covered with silver and its feathers with
yellow gold.
am going to preach something which
come OF you do not believe and that Is
That the grandest possible adornmunt is
| the religion Of Jesus Christ There are a
great many people who suppose that rcli-
| gion is very different thing from what IL
really is The reason men condemn tho
| Bible IL because they do not understand
| the Bible; they have not properly exam
| med lt, DR., johnson said that Hume told
| minister in the bishOprlc OF Durham
that he had never particularly examined
| the New Testament yet all bis life was
| warning ngainstit. HALEY the astronomer,
| ANNOUNCED his skeptcism "a Sir Isaac New
| ton, aud Sir Isaac Newton snid; "Now,
| sir, | have examined tho subject, and you
| have not, md am ashemed that you, pro
Tossing to ho philosopher, consent 70 con-
| denim thing you never have examined -
| And so men reject the religion Of Jesus
| Christ because they really have never in
yestigated H. They think q something un-
desirable, somathiug that will not work,
| something PcckHninnu, something hypo-
critical, something repulsiyo, when Il is
so bright and 50 beautiful you might com
pare ttoa ohatilnoh, You might compare It
to robin rodbrenst, you might compare
it to dove ia wings covered with silver,
aud its feathers with yellow gold.
PATHS OF PEACE.
But how il 10 Il n young man becomes a
Christian' All through the clubrooms
where he associates, all through the bust
ness circles where he Is known, there is
COMMUNICATION. They sayi "What pity
that young man who had such bright
prospects should no have been dospoilcd by
those Christians. giving up all his worldly
| prospects for something which ia Of no
particular present worth" Here Is a
young woman who becomes Christian;
her voice, her face, her manners the charm
OF the drawing room. Now MI through
the fashionable circles the whisper goes,
what n pity that such bright light
should have been eStinguished, that such
n graceful gait should no crippled that
such worldly prospects should be ohliter-
atedl' All, my friends, IL can DO shown
that Religions ways are ways Of pleasant.
ness, and that all her paths are peace
that religion, instead OF being dark aud
doletul and lnchrymose and repulsiye, Is
bright and beautiful, fairer than dove,
its wings covered with silver and its feath-
ers with yellow gold.
See, In the first place, what religion will
do for mans heart, care not how cheer
full a man may naturally be before CONVEX
sion, conversion brings him up to higher
standard q ohcerfulness. do not say he
will laugh any louder; do not say but
he may stand back from some forms Of hi.
larity In which he once INDUCED, but there
comes into his soul an immense satisfac-
ton A young man not Christian dc
Ponds upon worldly succeRses to keep his
spirits up. Now he Is prospcred, now he
has a large salary, now he has n beautiful
wardrobe, now be has plcasant friends,
now he has more money than he knows
how TO spend-everything goes bright and
well with him But trouble comcs-there
aro many Young men In the house this
morning who can testify out Of their own
experience that sometimes 20 young men
trouble does Comc-his friends are gone,
his salary Is gone, his health IS gone; he
goes down, down, He becomes sour, cross,
queer, misanthropic, blames the world,
! llumeE eunfals hlaet,ra rlts aks,,a.t N.f...s.