Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-07-30
VERY NARROW ESCAPE
,op KNEW ABOUT DENTS
W. M ENAMEL OF TEETH.
.re Chooses n Unique Text
constructs u sermon of Rare
v-yob,s Escape by "tho
skin of his Teeth"

,.,ox,ys. July ae.-Rev. DR.. Talmage
'.,,csed as the subject for his sermon
IAN through the press Marrow Es-
q, ire text being taken from Job xix,
~ avn escaped with tho skin of my
w W. hod II hard. What with boils and
~..,,ents and bankruptcy and a fool
80. no wished he was dead, and do
su.,ue him. His flesh was gone, and
!. ,s,res were dry. His teeth wasted away
NJ nn,bInr but the enamel seemed left.
y. III. ont II am escaped with the skin
kpy teeth. ,,U.. :, a.,.,
sbout this passage. st. jerome and
.hr,sns and Drs. Good and Poole and
,rnes have oil tried their forceps ON
~ teeth. You deny my Interpretation
AZ what did Job know about the
nj Of the teethv Heknew everything
sutit Dental surgery is almost as old
,he earth, The mummies of Egypt,
.rs.nds Of years old, are found today
IN rold filling In their teeth. Ovid and
M and Solomon and Moses wrote
1ot these important factors Of the body.
other provoking complaints Job, l
~ has added an oxaspcrating tooth
4. and putting his hand against the in
ned fare he says, . am escaped with
hin Of my teeth. "
very narrow escape, you say, for Jobs
n and soul but there are thousands of
who make Just as narrow escape from
a oul. There was time when the
,.ltIon between them and ruin was no
l,ler than a tuoth's enamel, but as job
IN, escaped so have they. Thank Godl
ksnk Godl
Saved as by Fire.
puul expresses the same idea by differ
IN nure when no says that some people
4, saved as by fire" A vessel ut sea Is
flames. You 20 to the stern of the YES.
The boats have showed off. The flames
sancc You con endure the heat no
15,esr on your face You slide down on
N side Of tho vessel and hold on with
ulngars until the forked tongue Of tho
begins to lick the back of your hand
9dycu feel that you must fall, when one
The liieboats comes back, and the pas
ugsn say they think they have room for
\ more. Tho boat swings under you;
y drop into IL; you are saved. So some
IN ar pursued by temptation until they
partially consumed, but after all get
saved as by fire" But / like the
8ure Of job q little better than thnt Of
u, because the pulpit has not worn It
ID and want to show you, II God will
h that some men make narrow escape
their souls and nro saved us with tho
10 Of their teeth"
NJ as easy for some people to look to
cross Is for you to look to this pulpit
ID gsntle tractablo, loving, you expect
en- 70 become Christians. You go over
ihe store and say, "Grandon Joined tho
rrrh yesterday" Your business COM
- say; That Is just what might have
y expected He always was OF that
10 Of mind" In youth this person
Ecm describe was always good He
rr broke things, He never laughed
En II was improper to laugh At he
W al an hour in church perfectly
!! p, boxing neither to tho right hand
Z The left, but straight into the eyes
4 rminister, as though he understood
whole Discussion about the eternal
Ts He never upset things nor lost
"a He foated into tho kingdom OF
80 gradually that it is uncertain just
~ ihe matter was decided.
hn is another one, who started In life
rn uncomfortable spirit. He kept
Arsery in an uproar, His mother
y him walking on tho edge Of the
Y foof to sec II he could balance him
There was no horse no dared not
10 tree he could not climb His boy
NNu a long series of predicaments.
manhood was reckless; his mid
se'y hayward But now he is con.
nv and you go over TO the store and
Akwr!ght Joined the church yes
nv" Your friends say; lit is not pos
" You must DO jollingr' You say;
n tell you the truth. Ho Joined tho
wen Then they reply, "Thcre is hope
myof us II old Arkwright has become
tafls.anl"
BY the Skin of Your Teeth.
= oiner words, we all admit that 1t is
uincult for some men to accept the
,'a than for others.
nay DO addressing some who have cut
. nom churches and Bibles and sun
ana who have at present no inten-
~ becoming Christians themselves,
y" 70 see what Is going on, and yet
ny md yourself escaping, before you
he end, as with the skin Of your
do not expect to waste this
- ! nave seen boats go off from Cape
Long Branch and drop their nets,
aver awhile come ashore, pulling in
without having caught single
- was not a good day, or they had
- nght kind OF a net. But we ex-
IN ny sueh excursion today. The water
~ VI hshi the wind Is in the right di-
me gospel net is strong. o
"uv uidst help Simon and Andrew
~ snow us today how to cast the net
~ night side Of the shipl
q ,~.u OIL you In coming to God will have
" against skeptical notions ID is use
~ people to say sharp and cutting
lgas~ ,nose who reject tho Christian
n N, y. cannot say such things. BY
|, M fsooess OF temptation or trial or be-
Is NJ ~ nave come to your present state
= .sss a1t There are two gates to your
e NJ me gate Of the head and the gate
n i.S I'M. Tho cato OF your head is
4. ~, n,'n oolts and bars that an archan-
4, r,s ~, not break, but the cato of your
y sl'. d,".nss easily on its hinges. If / as
Il IA souf body With weapons, you
ols, .Ase. me with weapons, and 1t
IA sssord stroke for sword stroke, and
III n ~ wound, and blood for blood,
r i,',' eo'he and knock at the door Of
rs,,s. you open 1t and give MO the
,os.v your parlor. II should come at
lsnef n. Wy" WI, an argument, you would
W.. ,o ~, WIN an argument; IL with sar-
II cs Il, N nould answer me with sarcasm,
J, e1ns nov, stroke for stroke, but when
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