Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-01


shut him IN" A vessel without bulwarks
., doors would not be safe vessel TO 30
In. Whom Noah and his family heard the
fastening OF the door Of tho ark, they were
very GLAD Unless those doors were fnstcn-
ed, tho first heavy surge of the sea would
have whelmed them, md they might ns
wcll have persisted outside tho ark as in.
aldo tho ark. "The Lord shut him In. "
oh, tho perfect safety Of tho ark Tho
surf OF the sea md tho lightnlngs OF tho
sky may DO twisted into garland Of snow
and flro--deep 90 doOp, storm to storm,
| darkness to darkncss--but once In tho ark
all il we'll. God shut him In"
There comes upon the good man del
MOO Of financial trouble. HO had hls thou
sands to lend. Now he cannot borrow q
| dollar. Ho once owned a store IN New
/ York and had branch houses In Boston,
| Philadelphia md Now Orleans Hoowned
four horses and employed a man to keep
! tho dust oil his coach phnoton, carriage
and currlclc. Now lao has hard work to
| got shoes IN which 70 walk. Tho great
deep Of commercial disaster was brokon
up, and fore and aft aud across tho hurrl-
| cano dock tho waves struck him.
'erhe Lord Shut Him In
But no was safely sheltered from tho
/ storm. "Thc Lord shut him In" A flood
/ OF domcstio troubles fell ON him Sick
ness npd bereavement came Tho rain
pcltcd. Tho winds blow. The heavens
Hru allhmo. Al the gardens OF earthly do
| lieht arc washed away. Tho mountains
Of Joy nro buried 10 cublts doop. But
standing by tho empty crib, and In tho
dcsolated nursery, and In tho doleful hall,
onoo airing with merry voices, now silent
/ forever, hp cried: "Tho Lord gave; tho
! Lord hath taken away Blessed DO tho
nnmo OF tho Lord" "rho Lord shut him
! IN"
All tho sins Of lifetime clNmorod for
! his overthrow Tho broken vows, tho dis
| honorcd Snhbaths, tho outrageous profnni'
! tioa tho misdOmunuura OF ~ years, roHch-
ed mp their hands 10 tho door OF tho ark TO
| pull him ont Tho bnundlass OCEAN OF his
sin surrounded hla soul bowling like u
simoOm, rnylng like an euruGlyd0n. But,
| looking out Of the window, he saw hls
sins sink like Tend into tho depths Of tho
sen. Tho dove Of honyon brought an olive
/ branch To tho ark Tho wrath Of the bill.
low only pushed bin toward hoayon.
"rho Lord shut him In"
The Same door fastcniuRs that kept
| Noah In keep the troubles out l am glad
TO know that whom a man reaches honyun
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