Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-08-15
REl. Dir. TiALIlAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIVINE'S SUN
DAY SERMON.
Subject: "Nnrro,v Escapes"

TEXT: 'T an Escape! with tho skin ofmy
teeth" Job Xxx. 90.
Job hal il har'. Whl' with Hoi,s AMI he
reavernents nni hnnErup'cv m iooi OF
wife he wishe he vls lea !. m | 10 not
blame him. His flesh gone, al I hi3
homes were hrv His teeth wls:c ! awIy m
Ill nothing hut the enamel s'e1ei ief'. lie
cries out, 81 am escaped with the skin OF my
t-rth.'
There has been soma Inference o. opinion
about this passage. ST. Jerome nnl Schulz
tens and Drs. Cool AMI Poole All Barnes
have all tried their forceps on JoI'+ teeth.
You deny my Interpretation AMI saw. what
did Job know about the enamel oft'ie teethf"
He knew everything about IL. Dental
surgery is almost as old as the Garth. The
mummies of Egypt. thonslnis OF years old,
are found to-day with gold filling in their
teeth. Ovid and Horace AMI solomon an
Moses wrote about tines, imDortlnt factors
ofthe body. To other proyokinc co'n? ants
Job. I think, has aided an eS isperltinS
toothache, and putting his han against tke
infamed face he slys, 81 a'n escaped With
the skin OF my teeth
A very narrow escape. yoI say, Tor Jop3
body and SOUL but there are thousands OF
men who make just as narrow escape for
their soul. There was time when the par.
tition between them and ruin wH% no thicker
than n tooth's enamel but. rs JOB finally
escaped, 50 have they. TAant Col! Thank
God!
PAM expresses Inc SlIflb I'!ti iN II u'iltt>
ent figure when he says that some people arc
s.sayed rs Iy fire." A vessel at sea is III
flames. You go TO the stern of the vessel.
The boats have showed OF. Tho hine5 ni-
vance. You can endure the heat no longer
on YOUR face You slide down on the side OF
the vessel and hold on with your fingers un-
I'll the foried tongue OF the fire begins 10
lick the back OF your hand, and you feel thae
your must fall. when one OF the lieboats
comes back AMI tho passengers say they
nh HOY nny
boat swings under you :. you drop into II
YOU are saved. 50 some men are pursued by
iemrtatiOn un,i! they arc partially con-
sumei, hut alter al get oG-''saved ns 10y
fire." But / like the figure of JOB little
letter than that or Paul, herausc the pulpit
has not worn il out and wan, 10 show yOu,
il God will help. that some men make mar
row escape for their sou : and are saved rs
with the skin of their teeth"
1t as easy for some people TO look TO the
cross us for you 10 Iooilto this pulpit. Mild,
gentle, tractabI". loving. you expect them
10 become Christians. NOu 80 over to the
store and sny "Grln lon joined the church
yesterday" Your business conra les say
ssThat is just what might haye been expect
ell" He always was OF that turn OF mind.
In yoa.h this person whom 'eIcri5e was
always good. lie never broke thin@s. IL
never laughed when it was improfnr 10
laugh. At seven he could sit an hour III church,
periectIy quiet, Iookin2; neither 10 the right
Llud nor TO the left, but straight into the
eyes OF the minister. a. though lie under
stood the whole discussion about tue etern1l
DEGREES He never upset things nor lost
them. He doatei into tne kingdom OF Goi
so gradually that it is uncertain Just When
the matter was decided.
Here is another one, VINO started in life
with an uncontrollabe spirit. He kept the
nursery in an uproar. His mother found him
walking on the edge OF the house roof to see
if he could balance himself. There was no
horse he dared not ride, no tree he could not
climb. His boyhood was a long series OF pre-
di.aments ; his manhood WAS reckless his
nidlife very wayward. But now he is con-
yerted, and you go over to the store and say,
cartwright joined the church yesterday"
Your friends say 1T IS not possible lou
must be Joking" You say: '.No Itell you
the truth. He joined the church,. Then
they reply "There is hope for any OF us II
old Arkwright has become n Christian"
In other words, We all admit that 1t is
more difficult for some men to accept the
gospel than for others.
nav be addressing some who have cut
loose from churches an Bibles and Sundays
and who have at present no intention OF be-
coming Christians themselves, but Just to
sec what is going on. And yet you may find
yourself escaping before yoI hear the end,
AS with the skin OF your teeth" l do not
expect to waste this hour. | have seen boats
90 off from Cape May or Long Brunch anu
drop their nets an after awliie come ashore
pulling in their nets without having caught
"a single fish. Il was not COOL day, or thry
had not the righ. kini OF Il net. But We eN-
pect no such excursion today. Tne water
Is full OF fish the wlnd is in the right dircc-
tion the gospel net is :. ronE. tnou who
didst help SIMON and Andrew 10 ilsh. show
us to-tIay how to cast iii2 net on the right
side OF the ship!
Some OF you, in comm; to Col, VIII !lvo
to run against s<eptcII notions. II - n,-
less for people to sys1Erp tn cutting .r",s
to those who reject tlt CIr,s.i.lu religion.
cannot say such Things. By what process
OF temptation or trItl or betrayal you have
come TO youf present state L know rot.
There are Two gates TO your nuurc-the gate
OF the head AMI ;hc gate OF 40 heart. ina
gale OF your heIi Is lOcSe! with bolts and
bars that an arcuIuTci could not break, but
the gate of your a,E.rt swings easily on its
hinges. II 'e- ,ptri Suur 30 ly with wea-
Ion-, you EoE' ,,-.' Iau witn weapons, and
II wOUu tee sWyT, EtrOkg IOr sword stroke,
AM wUua iUr wound. an blood Tor Uood.
trt If c"r.e fr1 ino.k Mt th. noor OF your
tC,i=r 1-rr' Du-n II a1l give me the best scat
in vou- pr~.ar. II I shoui come nj You to-
dan " tn an rr'I Gnnt. son wouli answer
ne with ~ ~-.u n"nt ; If with sarcasm. You
nn-w r rrr w.tI StrrISn. blow for blow.
st-rrr fn- s'ro'.', 1t when I come and
luo.'y - IA, door % vDur heart you open it
an sa~, ago o.. in. my brother. and tell me
f"rpu ;rpw a"out CIrist an heaven
st"n - wv or thru questions: Arayou
esu,onr rsvp rs Ito - wlrn Won br'iavsi
il tho fg-l'r % ''E. f''r-. -titu rriyioT? Would
,-or i.r,.' . ~ ~ chii irel trIvsl Oh in
tive. -ol in. VIII yoI ara nov travelling?
1r1 H1 - - ~ " ~ professor 10 DO u
'rrt~'ifn IN vs. moon 'niy CONSISTENT
l'v ~ an ''N'n, IN thf flith OF the soSpet:
NoIii Won not li'lN 10 iivh tho same quiet
Iisc m I III T'r S1-H' Pc Icrful death? L re-
rHive In l't'r s'Ilt ''' ~ ono VINO mas re-
j".fr' tho Fir'-i"I r'.t: on. u sly;
~ OIL CEon%n /" kn'" 1hii' 'h7 JOYS an
r-,r-sir.- -. !.-e :r' cgtu"S 'ent and TO realiZo
~" .:..t TIT {; must hr comfortable IN old
~ to t''',ev' n s''1ihins relative 10 the
'utur' AMI :" ''Hr' 'hith IN some system
iHai PF"''S,'- ~ ~: an rec 10 CONFESS
th't N'' ''' 'l!'"r - / cpuI, eNeIc'se