Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-12-08
A BIT OF A SERMON.

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We Ike Dean Stanley. He Is a robust and
wholesome estate No mawkish nonsense, no
di.peptic religious stomach characterizes him,
HIs Is broad, Catholic mind and when he
stands up as he did in New York and talks as
we herewith report him. he is doing the true
work of q thorough and practical Christian
Said the Dean i'll his New York sermon upon
The Perplexities of Life May close
these remarks by an illustration which l once
heard from the lips of rough seafaring man
one of few survivors of great shipwreck
which took place some ten years ago in the
Bay of Bisoayl AS soon as those who had
escaped from the sinking vessel found them
selves in the small boat in which they had
taken refuge, in the midst of the raging sea,
they found their chief danger came not from
the solid, massive sweep of waters, but from
TO time descended upon them, and against
which every eye and hand had to watch with
undated attention. As the shades of even
ing drew on $50 the survivor told me), their
hearts sank at the thought that in the dark
ness of the night it would be impossible to
ace those insidious breakers, and that, sooner
or later, they would be caught and engulfed
by them. But with the darkness there came
a corresponding safety. Every one of these
dangerous waves, as it rolled toward them,
vas crested with phosphorcseent light,
which showed it's coming far OFF and enabled
the seamen to guard against it as carefully as
il they had been in full light of day. The
soirits of the little crew revived, and those
sho, from time to time-the towards and
,iespersdoes among them-were for turning
back to the ship were guided by those CO.
ruscations through the night and in the early
dawn they caught view of a distant YES
ael. by which they were at last saved.
Mark that crest of phosphorescent
light On the top of those breaking bill
lows in the light of Divine Grace, the Com
pensating force of Providence. In the dark
ness of this mortal life and on the wave of
this troublesome world of perplexities and
dangers and griefs bring with them, or may
bring with them, their own remedy. On each
bursting wave OF disappointment and yexation
there may be the grace of heavenly light,
vhich reveals the peril aud shows the wave,
and guides US through the raging storm. Out
Of doubt may come faith, out of grief may
come hope; and to she upright and godly dis
posed there rises light from darkness, With
ZACH new temptation there may come a way
of escape; with each new difficulty there may
come some new explanation AS life advances,
It does, indeed, sometimes seem 20 us a
vessel going to pieces; as though we were only
broken fragments of ship or solitary skifi
On the wide waste of waters. But 30 long AZ
our mortal e1istance lasts we must not give
up the duty of hoping, The sense that kept
80 back in youth from all Incorporate glad
ness, that same good instinct forbids unpro6t-
able sadness. We must persevere until the
morning breaks. The speck on the distant
horizon may be the vessel by which we shall
shape our course. Forward mot backward, we
must steer The speck becomes mass, and
sae mass becomes ship. Have patience
and perseverance, and believe that there is
atIl future before every one, and we shall
at last reach the haven where we should
meet"