Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-09-27
1.-THE RESCUE
Rev. DR.. TalmAge DISCOURSE :.
Kinds Of Deliverance.
some remarkable Escapes from I.oath.
some dungeons Graphically Pictured
ne difference Between Saving
faith and Historical Faith
What II Means to be saved

the press, THE Rescue" the tey
chosen being Acts xvi. 81:
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and tho
shalt be saved" anu 'no
Jails are dark, dull, damp. loathsom
places even now; but they were vvors
IN the apostolic times. | imagine 10
day, we are standing in the Phillinnia,
dungeon DO you not feel the chill
DO you not hear the groan of those in
carcerated ones who for ten years hav,
not seen the sunlight, and the dee,
sigh OF women who remember theii
father's house and mourn over thei,
wasted estates? Listen again. 1t |,
the cough of a consumptiye. or tn,
struggle of one in the nightmare of :
great horror. You listen again. and
hear culprit, his chains rafting as he
rolls over in his dreams. and YOU say,
God pity the prisoner" But there i
another sound in that prison. 1t is the
song OF joy and gladness. What a
place TO sing I'M The music comes
winding through the corridors Of the
prison, and in all the dark wards the
whisper is heard: whats that9 What's
that?"
1t is the song of Paul and Silas. They
cannot sleep They have been whipped
very badly whipped. The long gashes
on their backs are bleeding yet. They
lie fiat on the cold ground, their feet
last IN wooden sockets, and of course
they cannot sleep. But they can sing.
Jailer. what are you doing with these
people? Why have they been put in
here? o, they have been trying to
make the world better. Is that all?
That is all. Pit for Joseph. A lions
cave for Daniel. A blazing furnace for
Shadrach. Clubs for John Wesley. An
anathema for Philip Melancthon. A
dungeon for Paul of Silas.
But while we are standing in the
gloom of the Philippian dungeon, and
we hear the mingling voices of sob and
groan and blasphemy and hallelujah,
suddenly an earthquake The iron
bars of the prison twist, the pillars
crack off, the solid masonry begins to
heave, and all the doors swing open.
The jailer, feeling himself responsible
for these prisoners, and believing, in
his pagan ignorance, suicide to be hon
OANHAN SAANC AZ hbho hAlAC0 illul>tils
and Cato killed himself. and Cassius
killed himself-puts his sword to his
own heart, proposing with one strong
keen thrust to put an end to his excite
ment and agitation. But Paul cries
out: "Stop! Stop! Do myself no
harm. We are all here"
Then | see the jailer running through |
the dust and amid the ruin of that |
prison, and | see him throwing himself |
down at the feet of those prisoners, |
crying out: ''What shall do? What |
shall | do?'' Did Paul answer Get |
out of this place before there is another T
earthquake; put handouts and hopples
on these other prisoners lest they get
away" No word of that kind. His
thrilling. tremendous answer,
answer memorable all through earth
and Heaven, was; believe ON the
Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be
saved"
Well we have all read of the earth
quake in Lisbon, in Lima, in Aleppo,
and in Caracas; but we live in a lati-
tude where in all our memory there
has not been one severe volcanic dis
turbance. And yet we have seen fifty
Here is a man who has
been building up large fortune. His
bid on the money market was felt in
all the cities He thinks he has got
beyond all annoying rivalries in trade,
and he says to himself: snow am free
and safe from all possible perturba- i
tion." But in 1857 or in 1873 a national
oanic strikes the foundation of the
world, and crash goes all
hat magnificent business establish
nent. Here is man who has built up
very beautiful home. His daughters 4.
lave Just come home from the semina-
les with diplomas of graduation. His
ons nave started in life honest, tenn S
,erate and pure. When the evening 6
ights are struck there is happy and {
family circle. But there has I
een an accident down at Long Branch. '
he young man ventured too far out in
he surf. The telegraph hurled the
error up to the city. An earthquake Z
truck under the foundation of that S
eautiful home. t
The piano closed the curtains e
ropped: the laughter hushed Crash!
o all those domestic hopes and pros f
ects and expectations. So, my friends, S
re have all felt the shaking down at o
ome great trouble, and there was a t
me when we were as much excited as A
bis man of the text, and we cried out l.
5 be did What shall l do? What /
hall do?" The same reply that the n
,ostle made to him is appropriate to /
l. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ,
I'D thou shalt be saved Y
There are some documents of so little t
Importance that you do not care to put g
ny more than your last name under h
aem, or even your initials; but there n
re some documents of so great import h
nee that you write out your full name. a
o the Saviour in some parts of the h
ible is called Lord" And in other fl
arts of the Bible He is called Jesus" il
nd in other parts of the Bible He is s.