The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-09-24


away Cast sway
~ talking with sailors, haVo hoard
Rlso that sometimes ships come 10 this
calamity by tho
suDDEs swouP or A rHnrEsr
For Instance, vessel Is sailing along !
In tho Ess, Indies, and thsra IL not u
alngls cloud on ths SKY, bas suddenly !
TOO bfoszs frothoa., and thero are
swift foo. on tho rAtliuas, aud tho cry
isi "Wsy! haal away .hors!n But
u,foro they can square the booms and
tarpauliu tho hatohways, the vessel IL
grooming and oraakiug in the grip OF
u tornado, and falls over into tho
trough OF the ses, and, bT0sdside'on,
rolla on TO tho beach aud ksols over.
leaving the csew 20 struggle In tho
mOrclless surf Cast away! Gas,
aNayl Aud 20 have 10 t5l. you that
thore are thousands e msn destroyed
through the sudden swOop OF tomuta
tlons. Some great inducemans loI
worldliuess, ,Oy 20 seasutlity, or col
high temper, or 20 some form of dl.Sl-
, patton, comes upon them. II theY had
time b examine their Bible IL they
had tlmo to consult With their friends,
IL they had time to deliberate, they
could atsnd 10, but tho temptation
csmo so suddouly-an oproclydon
on tho mediterranean, u whirlwind
OF tho Caribbean. One awful
surge OF temptation and they
perish. Aud 80 We often hoGr lhs old
story, az hadn't seeu my friend IN
great many years. We wsre very glad
TO meet. lie said must drink, and
no took me by tho arm aud pressed
ms along, aud filed tho cup until the
bubbles ran over the edge, and in an
evil moment all my good resolutions
woro swept away, aud, TO tho outrag-
ing OF God aud nay own soul, l fell"
Or the story is, 81 had hard work TO
support my family. 1 knew that by
one false entry, by one deception, by
one embezzlemeut, might spring out
free from all my troubles; but the
temptation came upon me 80 iiercelY /
could not thisk. / did wrong, and
having done wrong once, ! could not
stop" On, it is tho first step thst
costs, the second is easier, and tho
third, and on to the last. Gnce having
broken loose from the snohor, it is not
80 easy to tie the parted strands. How
often it is that men parish for tho
reason that the temptation comes
from some unexpected quarter, as
vessels lilo in Margste Roads, safe from
southwest winds, but the wind chang
ing 60 the northeast, they are driven
helpless, and go down. On, that God
would have mercy upon those upon
whom there comesthe sudden swoop of
temptation, that they perish not, De-
coming, for thiE world and thu world
10 come, cast away! cast away.
BY talking with sailors, l have
found out also that some vessels como
to this calamity through sheer reGk-
recklessness. There ara three million
MEN wne FOLLOW THE SEA
for living. II is simple fact that
the average OF human lie on the sea is
less than twelve years. This comes
from the fact that moa, by familiari ty
with danger, sometimes become reck-
less-the captain, tho helmsman, the
stoker, the man on the Lookout, be-
come reckless, aud in nine out OF ten
shipwrecks it is found out that some
ono was awfully TO blame. SO / have
to tell you that men lose their 80 uls
though sheer reckleasnes,. There are
thousands OF my friends in this house
tonight who do not care where they
are in spiritual things. They do
not know whether they are sailing to-
wards heaven or towards hell, and The
sea ia black with pirsticsl hunks that
would grapple them with hooks OF
steel, and blindfolj them, and mate
them "wslk The plank" They do not
know what the next moment may
bring forth. Drifting in their theology.
Drifting in their habits. Drift =
ing in regard to all the
future. No God, no CHRIST, no set tied
anticipations of eternal felicity ;but all
the time coming nearer and nea rer TO a
dangerous coast. Some Of them are on
fire with evil habit, and they shall
lburn on the sea, the charrod hulk
tossed upon the barren beach of the lost
world. Many of them with great
| troubles-nnanciel troubles, dom este
troubles, social troubles; but they
never pray for comic TT. With an ag-
grayation of sin that stirs up the ire OF
God, they pray for no pardon. They
do not steer for the light-ship that
dances in gladness
At THE MOUTH OF HEAVENS HARBoR.
reckless as to whore they come out,
drifting farther from their preset hap
| piness, farther from heaven. And,
what is the worst thing about it, is that
they are taking their families along
with them; and if one perish, perhaps
hey will all perish; and the way one
goes, the probability is they will all go.
Yet no anxiety IS unconscious of
Arctic one moment before the Vesbs
| crashed into her. Wrapped up in the
business OF the store, not remember
ing that soon they must quit all their
earthly possessions. Absorbed in
their social position, not knowing that
very soon they will have attended the
last levee, and whirled in the last
schottisch, they do not deliberately
choose to be ruined; neither did the
French frigate Medusa aim for the
Arguin banks, but there 1t went to
pieces. o, 70 reckless souls! j wish
that tonight I could wake you up
with some great perturbation. The
perils are so augmented, the chances
of escape are SO few; you will die just
as certainly as you sit there, unless
you bestir yourself. fear, my brother,
YOU are becoming castaway. You
are making no effort, you are putting
forth no exertion for escape. You
throw out no oar. You take no sound
l,.,. W., ruatnh mn cpmnaas Yn1I