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Lorsque le document est trop grand pour etre reproduit en un seul cliche, il est film6 d partir de i angle sup^rieur gauche, de gauche h droite, et de haut en bas, en prenant le nombre d'images n6cessaire. Les diagrammes suivants illustrent !a methods. 32 X 1 2 3 4 5 6 ♦ NAi !0\ ^l I }i}.{All-Y < \ 'n \ I) A . y THE Scarlef^ Line J08HUA ii. and vi. MoNTRBAL Free Tract Depot : Hart & Son, Printers, 230 St. James Street. S3 T ^he $cajitet |tii«. Joshua ii. and vi. THE city of Jericho was a very rich and populous city in the land of Canaan. It was inhabited by people who had forgotten God, and cared only for the riches and pleasures of this life. We are not told that they were openl}^ filthy and immoral in their lives, like the people of 8odom and Gomorrah. Doubtless they were much like the rest of the world, striving how to get on in it, careless about God; and if a thought of judg- ment came across their minds, they put off the unpleasant thought by persuading themsolves, '" The world will last out our time;" "God is merciful;" ''We ai-e not 2 THE SCARLET LINE. worse than our neighbours;" or so.nc pucli notion. Such was Jericho. Ail, indeed, lools the worst woman in the city, despised and spurned by all ; yet she boldly says, " / Inow that the Lord hath given yon the TUU :j€ARLfiT LINK. O land." She may not have had any better means of knowing it than others; she had heard the same reports as they had, but she believed it to bo true; for she could say, " The Lord your God, He is God in heaven above, and in the earth beneath." It was this belief, this faith, that saved her. To believe is, you see, a very simple thing. Eahab had heard of the people of Israel, that God had divided for them the waters of the Eed Sea ; she had heard how He had destroyed their enemies on the other side of Jordan, and she believed it. When the spies came to ask a lodging at hor house, they seemed b.u poor, wearied, way-worn men ; but what she had heard Imd sunk deep into her heart, she had believed that God who thus protected the Israel- ites was the true God, and therefore she received the spies gladly; she preserved ««rl eVxiU^kfprl fliAiTi of Vifiv nwn risk. Hero was faith and its fruits— faith, so 3 THE SCARLET LINE. that she believed a tale ofdiBtant vvoiulcrs wrought for a people of whom yhc kjiew notliing except by report,and by a God of whom before she had been ignorant — faith which, when two of the.se people presented themselves at hei* door, made } her receive them joyfully, and own thuni as the messengers of God. And now, dear roadei*,, a message fi'oni God is sent to you, in the midst of this ruined world on the otie hand, telling you that judgment now hangs over this doomed earth ; for " the day of the Lord 80 Cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall nay, I'eace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh uj)on them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape," (I Thess. V. 2, 3.) On the other hard the message is, that " he that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life." No condem- nation awaits such an one; he is deliv- ered from all the wrath that shall bo THE bCAIlLET LINE. 7 poured out upon this earth. Waahcd clean in the blood of Chribt, he will be a par- taker of the happiness and glory of God, when the heavens shall depart "as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island shall be moved out of their places." (Rev. vi. 14.) But let us proceed with the history of lluhab. After telling the two men that feho knew the Lord had given them the land, she proceeds,-" Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the Lord, fcince I have showed you kindness, that ye will also show kindness, unto my fa- ther's house, and give me a true token ; and that ye will save alive my father and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death. And the men an- swered her, " Our life for yours,ifye utter not this our business. And it shall bo when the Lord hath given us the land, we will deal kindly and truly with thee." 1 8 THE SCARLET L[Ni'. f I > I So certain is Rahub that destruction i» coming on Jericho, that she must have an oath and a token from the spies for hei- safety before slie lets them go. She will take no denial ; and they are ready to give all that she desires. l'[>on tlieir own lives they stake her safety : " Our life for yours." They had no need to go back and ask Joshua, their cji>i)tain, whether they might spare her life: no, they can pledge themselvesjknowing assuredly the mind of their captain; and as surely as they knew they should triumph over the city, so certain were they that Rahaband her house would be spared. Blessed con- fidence! Two poor spies in the midst of nn enemy's city, in peril of their lives,and far from their own armj-, can pledge their lives to a poor harlot that she and her house shall be safe; fully assured that the land would be theirs on the one hand and that they had power to prochJm de- liv'crancc to Rahnb on the other. THE SCARLET LINE. fl ction m have ar> for her 51ic will eady lo cirown • life for ^o back vhether hey can 3dly the rely an iver the habaiid icd con- iiidst of i'es,and ^e their nd her 3d that lehand iim de- And this, dear reader, is like the mes- sage and pledge of the gospel which I can now give to you. In the midst of an evil world that hates the Lord Jesus, with sin and Satan contending in evei-y way, with every delusion, a^ nst the truth ; yet in the name of Him w4io is the Captain of our salvation, I can pledge to 3'ou full, free, eternal deliverance from all the guilt of sin, from all the condemnation of this world, from all the power of Satan and of death, if you only believe God's word about Jesus, (John v. 24.) No doubtful message, no uncertain deliverance, is this which is freely presented to you of God. "Were I to put an if to it, were I to offer it upon conditions, were I to tell you only to liope for salvation, I should be a false messenger — a lying ambassador. No; full, free, everlasting redemption you need. Salvation, about which there cannot be a shadow of doubt, alone will satisfy the desire:? of your soul ; and such 10 :iIE SCARLET LINE. is the gracious provision of God. " lie that believcth hath everlasting life:'— (John iii. 36.) Here, you see, the gift is everlasting. God justifieth the ungod- ly:' (Ptom. iv. 5.) Here, you see, it is the ungodly, the sinner, who believes in Christ that is saved. But Eahab wanted also a token. "And the men said unto her .... Behold when we come into the land, thou shalt bind the line of scarlet thread in the win- dow which thou didst let us down by ; and thou shalt bring thy father and thy mother, and thy brethren and all thy fa- ther's household, home unto thee. And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head and wo will be guiltless : and whosoever shall bo wnth thee in the house his blood shall be on our head if any hand be upon him. . . . And she said. According unto your words bO Le it. And fche sent them away, and THE .SCARLET LINE. 11 . " Ho lifer— the gift e umjod- ee, it is lievos in n. (( And Behold lOLi bhalt the win- wn by ; and thy 11 thy fti- je. And 1 go out tie street, I and WG ' shall bo I shall bo him. . . . ur words \xuy, and they departed : and she bound the scarlet line in the window^ Here was the token for Rahab that she and all within her house were safe — the scarlet line of thread in the window. And you also want a token. God has given an all sufficient one to the poor sin- ner — the blood of the Lord Jesus. Look to it as your shelter from WM-ath and you are safe : you need fear no judgment then for the blood tells of judgment already passed upon another and borne by Him. Do you fear the wrath of God on account of sin ? Behold, the blood of Jesus tells us that wrath has been visited upon Him to the uttermost, on account of the sin of others which He bore. Do you feel tho uncleanness and pollution that sin detiles you with, making you unfit for God's holy presence ? The testimony of God is, that " the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth from all sin." (1 John i. 7.) The w^ord of God alone is that upon 12 aUE SCARLET LINE. which the sinner has to rest; and that word points to the blood, and tells of the blood as the token of the entire cleans- ing, entire forgiveness of the sinner who believes. But perhaps you may say, ** How am I to look upon the blood ? How do I know that I have any right to the pre- cious blood of Jesus ? I want to know that it is mine, that it has been shed forme." Dear reader, if such are your thoughts there is one simple answer to them all. Do not distress yourself as to whether or not the blood has been shed for you ; only believe that God looks upon it ; that God is satisfied with it as a full an- swer for sin ; that God esteems it pre- cious ; that it is the witness to Him of judgment passed — of holiness and right- eousness and justice satisfied. The scarlet line in the window of Ra- hab was to be the token, not to her only but to the Israelites, that her house was THE SCARLET LINE. 13 ; and that tells of the ire cleaijs- sinner who 'How am How do I to the pre- know that 3d for me." V thoughts ) them all. »vhether or . for you ; upon it ; a full an- as it pre- Him of and right- ow of Ra- her only bouse was fiafe. The blood of .Jesus is the token, jiot to the sinner only, but to God, that the sinner trusting in it is safe. God, who is the Judge of all, says, that the blood of His Son has been " shed for many for the i-emission of sins/' (Matt xxvi. 28); and if you believe in Christ, you are saved. And as to who has a right to the precious blood, why, of course, they are welcome to it who feel their need of it. Such a Lamb needed not to have been slain, if the case of sinners had not been despe- rate. The Son of God did not leave the bright glory of His father, and come down into this world ofdeath in search of j-ighteous ])eople. Had He been in search of the ho\y, the good, or the pure, Ho Avould not have loft lieaven. He came to find sinners, to call sinners, to seek and save the lost; and therefore Ho came to ihis earth, where there ai'e none but ruin- ed, lost sinners — where there aj-e none good, none rij^'htoous, no, not one, (Tiom. 14 THE SCARLET LINE. iii. 10.) Dear reader, the poor harlot Tin- hab had no righteousness to boast of, no goodness] to depend upon. What had her life been ? One of notorious profligacy ; yet Jericho perished, and ^he was saved. What could she do ? Jf people are to be saved because they are good, there could be no hope for her. She trusted in One that is "merciful and gracious, long-suf- fering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, for- giving iniquity and transgression and sin." (Exod. xxxiv. G, Y.) Yet she felt she had no time to lose; she did not de- ]dy, but immediately she bound the ocarlet line in the window. Neither liave 5'ou time to sj)ai'e. ^^ Kovj is the accepted time, noic is the day of salva- tion. (2 Cor. vi. 7.) Now let the blood be the token of your safety. Flee for your life. Judgment is nigh, even at your doors. THERH JS SAFETY ONLY IN CITinsr. (John x.) THE SCARLET LTNE. 15 larlot Ra- ast of, no t had her ofligacy; 'as saved, are to be ere could id in One long-suf- iiess and ands, Tor- sion and )t she felt d not de- und the Neither >vj is the of salva- the blood Flee for even at 5AFETY But time rolled on ; the two spies had returned to Joshua, and the people of Jericho went on again undisturbed with their business, their cares, or their pleasures, till, behold, the army of tlie Israelites came and encamped against Jericho. And when IlMhab, fi-om her window in the wall, looked out and saw the hosts of Israel marshalling on the plain,what must have been her thoughts ? She must have shuddered, for judgment was near ; but no, the scarlet line, bound firmly in the window, told her that she Avas safe. But her parents, her brethren, her sisters ! what would become of them ? She goes and entreats them to lake ir- fiige with her, where the scarlet line is the true token of safetj-. Whut ! thci/ enter the house of a tainted hiiilot ? fhei/ go under the loof of one who had been the cause to them of such f^hame — who had disgraced their family? And could she dare to talk of safety with her f Was K> THE SCARLET LINE it likely that God would select the houst of a harlot as the only place of deliver- ance in the city, and pass by respectable people in it— people who had never thus disgraced themselves? Oh, how earn- estly must Rahab, the poor outcast one, have pleaded, and yet with what confid- ence must she have pointed to her house as the only one to be spared, the only one that had the scarlet line ! True, she had been an abandoned profligate ; true she had no goodness to rely on ; there- fore she relied on God. In His mercy, not on her merits; for she had none. The token in the window, the scarlet line, told her nil within its shelter were safe; and she knew, if her parents trusted in God, the same token would ])reservo them also. "Jericho was strait- ly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in." Their was no possibility of escape, but that offej'cd by Eahab, and humbled 1)0 iioust deliver- ipectiibla )ver thus )w earn- east one, t confid- er house the only Crue, she te J true ; there- mercy, .d none, scarlet :er were parents would Ls strait- dren of le came escape, umblod THE SC.AHLET LINE. n ut being obliged to accept such a refuge, yet glad at the ottered deliverance, they took shelter where the scarlet line iu the window witnessed that judgment was ])asscd. And so, dear I'eadci-, the hlood of Jesus Christ tells us sad, humbling truths as regards oui-selvcs, though i't tells us joyful news as i-egai-ds God's mercy and love. It tells us that we nva alike condemned as sinners before God, so that the poor dogradod harlot is en- titled to mercy as much as the most up- right, decent, and moi-al. It tells us that the heart, the whole nature, the whole man— reason, understanding, all —is, in Gvevy individual, so corrupt, so stained with sin, that nothing but the precious blood of God's own 8on can enable the veiy best to stand guilt- less before Him t y<>a, and even tliat tlic very best stands in as much need of it xis the most o])cn1y abandoned sinner on 18 THE SCARLET LINE. earth ; because all are dead in trespasses and sins. (Kph. ii. 1.) It brings all down to one sad level of ruin, guilt and sin. It proven that the fairest, the- most lovely, is as unfit for the Divine presence as the wi*etched harlot, who is abandoned and scorned by all. Do you wish to escape from judgment? Do you want deliverance? You can find it in the blood of Jesus Christ. But to proceed. Here then was the city of Jericho closely shut up — no es- cape from it, and the only ]>lace of safety in it was the house that had the sctirlot lino in the window. And what is the state of this world? It is like the city of Jericho, shut up for destruc- tion. This world is but the condemned cell, in which sinners found guilty be- foi-e their Judge are shut up for excu- tion. The sentence has been already passed. Think not that there is any question with God as to whether man THE SCARLET LINE. 19 espasses int,^s all uilt and ost, the Divine , who is Do 3' oil ? Do 1 find it vas the -no es- lace of lad the i what is like iestruc- iemned ilty be- V excu- ah-eady is any 51* man is guilty or not. The death of His Son long ago settled that. " Wo are all by nature children of wrath," (Eph. ii. 3) ; "All the world is guilty before God." (Eom. iii. 19). And what, then, does the world wait for? Not for condemnation, for it is Judged already, but for execution. But still there is one house that is safe, one house that will bo preserved from the fearful ruin,— a house made of livinfr stones. Ail who trust in the precious blood of Christ compose that household. Oh, flee then, and take refuge there I Soon, soon will that world reel to and fro like a drunkard. (Isaiah xxiv. 20.) What are men about? Why, they are like madmen, painting and decorating- the walls of their condemned cell. Man «o blinds his eyes to tbe future, that he takes pleasure in beautifying and adorn- ing the \Gvy place that is to be his grave. And so it was with Jericho ; the men of valour could look down fi'om 20 THE SCARLET LINE. m their lofty wall upon the army of the Israelitios, and could dofy ihe'w attacks. Who could scale such high walls? Wlif> could break open such massive gates ? And no doubt, as day followed day, and they found there was no attempt made or) the part of the Israelites to take the city, the^^ became more settled and firm in their confidence; they thought them- selves more secure than ever against their deadly foes. And so it is with the world; ''Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil." (Eccles, viii. 11.) Because God has been long- suftering in His dealings ^rith the earth, andhasitt visited upcr^ at or -e the deserved judgmeni on account of his sins, therefore men take occasion to say there is no judgment coming. And ^vnatCtid me Asraeiites do with respect to Jericho? They did not attempt to THE SCARLET LINE. 21 of the lit tacks. ? Who gates ? ay, and t made ike the nd firm t them- against 'ith the nst an leedilvy men is Eocles, i long- earthy ^t or"? tunt of sion to And 'espeet npt to tatter down the walls or break open the gatey. No. Quietly, at the command of God, they marched round outside the city for six days, bearing the ark of the Lord, and seven priests blowing seven trumpets of rams' horns. Thus they did once every day for six days : still all was strong and tirm as ever in the city; not a stone was loosened from the walls. How must the people in the city have laughed and mocked at the seeming iblly of the Israelites! How could a few priests, blowing a hoarse blast on i-ams' horns, hurt the city ? Was this all the God of Israel could do? Was this all the judgment that had been threatened ? And probably the greater part, after the first novelty of the thing was over, heeded it no more, but, just as usual, went about their daily busi- ness ; or if, perhaps, the distant sound of the rams' horns caught their ear, sneered at the foolish Israelites who 22 THE SCARLET LINE. 1' could thus vainly spend their time. Bear reader, is not this the very pic- ture of the world ? Warning after warn- ing has been sent to it that the Lord is comm^; but it sounds in men's ears as but a foolish report. ''Behold, He eom- eth with clouds; and every eye shall see Him, and they also which pierced Him ; and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of Him." (Rev. i. 7). Men may, indeed, deride and doubt the fact. The word of the Lord says, "There shall come in the last days scoffers, walkinir after there own lusts, and saying, Where is the promise of His coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things con- tinue as they were from the beginning of the creation." (2 Peter iii. 4). But as the deluge, in the time of Noah, came suddenly upon the world, and all except the eight persons in the ark perished, so will the coming of the Lord overtake this world with sudden destruction, and bo THE bCARLET LINE. 23 mc. 3iy pic- 3r warn- Lord is cars as He eom- ihall see 'd Him ; till wail ?n may, t. The re shall valkinij: Where 3r since gs con- binning ). But 1, came exce2)t ihedj so ;^ertake 3n, and there will be no escape ; for, as it is again written, "The Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: who shall be punished, with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of His' power." (2 Thess. i. 7-9.) So it was with the city of !9'ericho. The six days had run their course — the seventh day came: again the priests, with rams' horns and the ark, go round the city; but thatdaythey did so seven times. The seventh time came — the priests blew the last blast with the trumpets — Joshua said unto the people, ** Shout J for the Lord hath given you the city So the people shouted when the priests blew the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the 24 TItE SCAULET LINE. people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they tool- the city. And they utterly destroyed iill that was in the city, both man Ind vvoman, youn- and old, and ox, and Bheep, ar.d ass, with the edge of the ""l^^"^ ^"J they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein " Here was judgment the most fearful and sudden ? Whei-e was now the laugh and scoffing at the Israelites? Where were now the walls that reached up to heaven, and the mighty men of valour ^ And such will be the destruction that will like lightning come upon this world. The Lord Himself will smite the nations, and tread the wine-press of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God And when wilUhis be? Will men see the judgment approaching ? Will they he warned in time? X^. The icarnbuj THE feCARLET LINE. ZO out, that that the y, every hey took leetrovcd man t;nd ox, and e of the the city herein." fearful le laugh Where d up to valour ? on that )n this nite the s of the y God. lien see II they they have already had. They have heard the word of God concerning it; they have heard what to them seemed a foolish feeble testimony about it, just as the men of Jericho heard the feeble blast of rams' horns; but they have neglected it; they have despised it; they have disbelieved it. " But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven." (Matt. xxiv. 36.) "As it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded, but the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed." (Luke xvii. 28-30.) Each will, as usual, be about his accus- tomed business. The tradesman will bo thinking, as usual, of his gain, the labourer of his toil, the idle man of his pleasures; the drunkard will be enjoy- 26 THE SCARLET LINE. lU' ing his glass, the profane person will have the oath upon his lips, the forni- cator will be meditating on his lust: when, in a moment, each will be sur- prised by the appearing of the Lord. And what a calm stillnessof despair will then seize the busy, noisy thousands of those who have j^erhaps a name to live, being called Christians, but are dead! What would a man then give for but one hour of his former life ! Yes, men may deride now; men may bury their thoughts about the future in the present cares and riches and pleasures of this world; but that day will overtake them *' as a thief in the night," and that day is surely, speedily drawing nigh. Dear reader, are you ready? Are you pro- pared, washed, cleansed, safe from all this destruction ? You hear people talk of the mercy of God, yet sinners, care- less about their souls, thoughtless about Jesus, try to quiet their consciences by THE SCARLET LINE. 2t I'son will ;he forni- his lust: ^ be su I'- ll e Lord, spa ir will isands of e to live, re dead! > for but fes, men iry their > present 3 of this ke them hat day i. Dear von pre- from all pie talk rSj caro- ls about ices by saying, ''God is merciful: and if we do no wrong to our neighbor, and live a decent, sober life, He will not punish us like the rest of the wicked." But re- member Jericho. Man, woman, and child, all alike perished at the Lord's command. The time for judgment had come, and thei-e was no refuge but under the shelter of the scarlet line. God is indeed most merciful and gracious; Ho has given the blood of His own Son for guilty sinners; He points to that as the proof of His mercy and love. The sinner that has sought a refuge there is safe. But where was Eahab in the destruc- tion 1 Her house was upon the wall, the very wall which tottered and fell down flat. And she was buried in the ruins? No. Her house fell not, for there was the scarlet line in the win- dow. When all reeled to and fro around, when crash after crash of the 28 THK SCAKLET LINE. falling wails told her that tho hour of vengeance was come, her house stood ■m. f-'d the same One that preserved tl>e haWofs house from ruin has pro- ..med saying, '■ Yet onee more I shake ofc tho earth only, but also heaven ; tha those things which cannot be shaken may remain." (Heb. xii. 27 ) Are you, dear reader, resting on that which cannot be shalcen "-the word of the Lord? Heaven and earth shall pass away, but His word shall not pass ^way This is the only sure foundaL. iJahab bound the scarlet line in the win- dow; she got her family into the house, ■">d hey were safe. And when the «wordsofthe Israelites spared neither man, woman, nor child in the citv where were Rahab and her household ^ &afe with the camp of the Israelities. iorJoshuahadsaidunto thetwomen tfat hau spied out tho country "Go ""0 'l-e harlots l,on..e, and brL out rv\ THE SCARLET LINE. on 10 hour of ouse stood ^ preserved. 1 has 23i'0- VQ I shako o heaven ; :annot be >. xii. 27.) ':S on that ■the word u-th shall not pass undatioii. i the will- lie house, vhen the neither he citj', isehold ? faelities. ^vo men y, ''Go ing out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye swear unto her. And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Eahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brouglit out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel." Every one that trusts in the blood of Jesus is safe from judgment (1 Tbess. i. 10); he is made a new creature in Chi'ist Jesus. (2 Ccr. v. IT.) And when this world and the works that ai'e therein shall be burnt up, ho will be peacefully and jo^'fuUy singing the song of gloiy, *' Worthv is the Lamb; for Thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by Thy blood, out of every kindred, and tongne, and people and nation." J)ear i-eader, "the time is short!" "Yet a little while, and ho that shall come will come, and will not tari-y." Mav von also be there ; alike freed 80 THE SCARLET LINE. from all condemnation; alike washed in His precious blood; alike crowned with li.iJ^ht and joy unfading ! « Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man THIRST, LET HIM COME UNTO M E, AND DRINK."— Jolin vii. 37. ? He THAT COMETH TO Me I WILL IN NO WISE CAST OUT."— John vi. 37. But lam a great sinner, gayest thou 1 wiU in no wise cast out, says Christ. But I am an old sinner, sayest thou. I will in no wise cast out, says Christ- But I am a hard-hearted sinner, sayest thou I will in no wise cast out, says Christ. J have served Satan all my days, sayest (hou I Will m no wise cast out, says Christ.* But I have sinned against light, sayest thou I Will in no wise cast out, says Christ. But I have sinned against mercy, savest thou I Will m no wise cast out, says Christ. I have no good thing to bring, sayest thou I wili in no wise cast out, says Christ. Luke vii. 36-50, xxiii. 39-43; John iv. JOHN BUNYiN. slashed in lied with P ANY MAN AND NO WISE t tilOU St tllOU t thou st thou hou hn iv.