The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-27
THE MORNING NEWS MONDAY, JANUARY %, 1896.

sanctIty OF the place and denounce your
betrayal of that cause for which they
May the eternal God rouse US ali to
action, As for myself, feel / would be
ashamed 10 die now and enter heaven
until have accomplished something
more decisive for the Lord that bought
me. Oh. brethren. how swiftly the time
goes by, II seems TO me as II the years
had gained some new power OF lOcOmO-
uOn-a kind Of speed electric
The temple OF Berth is very broad and II
is very high. Ii has been going up by the
hands OF men and devils. and no human
engineering can demolish g.; but If the
seventy thousand ministers OF Christ in
this country should each take a branch
Of the tree Of life. and all their cOngre-
cations should do the same, and We should
march on and throw these branches around
the great temples of sin. and WOrldli-
ness and folly, II would need no match, or
coal, or torch Of ours to touch on the
pile, Tor. as in the days OF Elijah, fire
would fall from heaven and kindle the
bonfire Of Christian victory over demol-
ished sin.
sun further. I learn from this subject
the danger OF false refugees As soon as
these Schechemites got into the temple
they thought they were safe. They said:
Berth will take care of US. Abimelech
may batter down everything else, he can
not batter down this temple where we are
now hid But very soon they heard the
timbers cracking and they were smoth-
cred with smoke, and they miserably died.
! suppose every person in this audience
this moment IS stepping into some kind
OF refuge; Here you step in the tower OF
good works. You say: Il shall be safe in
this refuge" The battlements are adorn-
ed; the steps are vanished: on the walls
are pictures of all the suffering you have
alleyiated. and all the schools you have
established, and all the fine things you
nave ever done. Up in that tower you
feel you are safe. But hear you not the
tramp OF your unpardOned sins all around
the tower They each have "A match. You
are kindling the combustibe material.
You feel the heat and the suffOcation.
Il IL
clartng: by the deeds of the law shall
no flesh living be justified"
Wen, you say, Il have been driven out
or that tower. where shall / go?" Step
into this tower of Indifference. You say:
III this tower is attacked, Il will he a
great while before IT Is taken" You feel
at ease. But there is an Abimelech, with
ruthless assault, coming on. Death and
MS forces are gathering around and they
demand that you surrender everything,
ana they clamor for your overthrow, and
they throw their skeleton arms i'm the win
dow, and with their iron fists they beat
against the door, and while you are trying
10 keep them out you see the torches of
judgment kindling. and every forest is
torch. and every mountain "A torch, and
every sea torch, and while the Alps, and
PyreneeS, and Himalayas turn into "A live
coal, blown redder and redder by the whrl
wind breath of God omnipotent. what
will become of your refuge of lies?
But says some one you are engaged
IN very mean business, driving us from
tower to tower" Oh, MOI ] want to tell
you or a Gibraltar that never has been
and never Will be taken; of a wall that no
satanic assault can scale; of a bulwark
that the judgment earthquakes cannot
bulge. The Bible refers to it when il says
I'm God is thy refuge, and underneath the
are the everlasting arms" OH fling your
self into it, Tread down unceremoniously
everything that intercepts you. Wedge
your way there. There are enough hounds
of death and peril after you to make you
hurry Many man has persisted just out
side the tower, with his foot on the step,
xrrtf ic hnFa ar,f he oh cot VafI IA
Not one surplus second have you to spare.
Quick, quick, quickl