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Hissed Off the Stage Job_27:23 : ’93Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.’94 This allusion seems to be dramatic. The Bible more than once makes such allusion. Paul says: ’93We are made a theater (or spectacle) to angels and to men.’94 The theater is so old that … Continue reading “168. Hissed Off the Stage”

A Brilliant Religion Job_28:17 : ’93The crystal cannot equal it.’94 Many of the precious stones of the Bible have come to prompt recognition. But for the present I take up the less valuable crystal. Job, in my text, compares saving wisdom with a specimen of topaz. An infidel chemist or mineralogist would pronounce the latter … Continue reading “169. A Brilliant Religion”

Narrow Escapes Job_19:20 : ’93I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.’94 Job had it hard. What with boils and bereavements and bankruptcy and a fool of a wife he wished he was dead; and I do not blame him. His flesh was gone, and his bones were dry. His teeth wasted away until … Continue reading “166. Narrow Escapes”

Why Are Satan and Sin Permitted? Job_21:7 : ’93Wherefore do the wicked live?’94 Poor Job! With tusks and horns and hoofs and stings, all the misfortunes of life seemed to come upon him at once. Bankruptcy, bereavement, scandalization, and eruptive disease so irritating that he had to re-enforce his ten fingernails with pieces of earthenware … Continue reading “167. Why Are Satan and Sin Permitted?”

Gospel Alkali Job_9:30-31 : ’93If I wash myself with snowwater, and should I cleanse my hands in alkali, yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.’94 Albert Barnes’97honored be his name on earth and in heaven’97went straight back to the original writing of my text, and translated it … Continue reading “164. Gospel Alkali”

Exasperating Comforters Job_16:2 : ’93Miserable comforters are ye all.’94 The man of Uz had a great many trials’97the loss of his family, the loss of his property, the loss of his health; but the most exasperating thing that came upon him was the tantalizing talk of those who ought to have sympathized with him. And … Continue reading “165. Exasperating Comforters”

Corn Husking Time Job_5:26 : ’93As a shock of corn cometh in in his season.’94 Going at the rate of forty miles the hour last Wednesday, I caught this sermon. If you have recently been in the fields of Pennsylvania, or New Jersey, or New York, or New England, or in any of the country … Continue reading “162. Corn Husking Time”

The Age of Swindle Job_8:14 : ’93Whose trust shall be a spider’92s web.’94 The most skilful architects in all the world are the bee and the spider. The one puts up a sugar manufactory, and the other builds a slaughter-house for flies. On a bright summer morning, when the sun comes out and shines upon … Continue reading “163. The Age of Swindle”

Would You Live Life Over Again? Job_2:4 : ’93All that a man hath will he give for his life.’94 That is untrue. The Lord did not say it, but Satan said it to the Lord when the evil one wanted Job still more afflicted. The record is: ’93So went Satan forth from the presence of … Continue reading “160. Would You Live Life Over Again?”

Blasphemy Job_2:9 : ’93Curse God and die.’94 A story Oriental and marvelous. Job was the richest man in all the East. He had camels and oxen and asses and sheep; and, what would have made him rich without anything else, seven sons and three daughters. It was the habit of these children to gather together … Continue reading “161. Blasphemy”