Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-09-08
TIE GREAT RESCUE.
PEACEFUL DEATH AND BLIssFuL
ETERNITY COST NOTHING.

PEACEFUL DEATH AND BLissFuL
ETERNITY COST NOTHING.
! Rev. DIR. Taimago breaches Another Re-
markabie Sermon Through the Press
Historical Faith and Faith In the Rock
ofAges-The Lamp Above the Grave.
BRooKLYN. c apt. 2.--Rev DR.. Tai
mage, who is still absent i'll the south
Pacific, has selected as the subject of
today's sermon through tho press 1.-The
Rescue, . the text chosen being Acts
xvi, 81. Believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ, and thou shalt be saved.
Jails are dark, dull, damp, loathsome
places even now, but they We're worse in
1 the apostolic times. imagine today we
are standing in tho Philippian dungeon.
Do you not feel tho chill? Do you not
hear the groans Of those incaroerated ones
who for 10 years have not seen tho sun
4 light and the deep sigh Of women who
remember their fathers house and
mourn over their wasted estates? Listen
again. 1t is the cough of a consumptiye
or the struggle Of one i'll 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 prisonerf But there -
another sound in that prison 1t is the
song of joy and gladness. What place
+, to sing inl The music comes winding
through the corridors OF the prison, and
in all the dark wards the whisper is
heard: Whats that? 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 fat ON the cold ground, their rect
fast III 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? Oh, they have been trying to
make tho world better. Is that all? That
is all. A pit for Joseph. A lions cave
for Daniel. A blazing furnace for Shad-
rach. Clubs for John Wesley An
anathema for Philip Melanehthon. A
dungeon for Paul and Sllas.
An Earthquake sheek.
But while we are standing IN the
gloom of tho Philippian dungeon, and
we hear the mingling voices Of sob and
groan and blasphemy and hallelulah,
suddenly an earthquake. The iron bars
of the prison twist, the pillars crack of,
the solid masonry begins to heaye, and
all tho doors swing open. The JalIef,
feeling himself responsible for these
prisoners and believing, III his pagan
Ignorance, suicide to lie honorable
since Brutus killed himself, aud Cato
killed himself, and Cassius killed hini-
, self-puts his sword to his own heart,
proposing with one strong, keen thrust
to put an end to his excitement and agi-
tation. But Paul cries out: stop, stop!
DO thyselt no harmi We are al hereF'
linen l see the 1aller running through
the dust and amid the rum OF that pris-
on, and L see INN throwing himself
down at the feet OF these prisoners, cry
ing out: wv hat shall do! What shall
dor" Did Paul answer: Get out CT
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quake Put handouts and hopples on
those other prisoners lest they get
away!'' No word OF that kind. lis
compact, thrilling tremendous answer,
answer memorable all through Garth
and heaven, was, "Belieye on the Lord
Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved. -
Well, VIC have all read CT the earth
quake III Lisbon, II Lima, IN Aleppo
! and IN Caracas, but we live ii latl-
tude where III al our memory there mas
not been ono severe volcanic disturb
ance And yet VIC have seen 50 earth
qua1es. Hero is man who las leen
building up large fortune. Ills bid on
the money market was felt IL al the
cities. He thinks he has got Beyond all
annoying riyalries III trade, AID LIE says
to himself, "Now am free ard safe
from all possible perturbation. But in
1851 or i'll 1873 national panic strikes
the foundation of the commercial world,
and crash goes all that magnificent bust
ness establishment
Here is a man who has built upa very
beautiful home. His. daughters lave
just COLie AoLie ItOii INC SChiiu"LY VAN
diplomas OF graduation. His SONS have
started i'll life, honest, temperate and
pure. When the evening lights are
struck, there is o happiness and IN
broken family circle. But there has been
AN accident down at LoIg Branch. The
young man ventured too far oct in the
surf. The telegraph hurled the terror
up to the city. An earthquake struck
under the foundation Of that beautiful
home.
Trust ana beiie'e'
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those oohleselo hopes ana prospects ana
expectations 90 my Iflei-.,S' We nave
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trouble aila tlerc Vas " .i'lio "Hoh We
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