Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-09-21

FaStnct ROCK lighthouse, the ShcrrNNorc !
lighthouse, The l.ongships lighthouse,
the Holyhead lighthouse.--than TO put out
Gods great ocean lanp-thc Gospel.
Woe to those who swing false lanterns
ON Che beach tlll men crash Ia and perish
CAST AWAY CAsr AWAY,
BY talking with sailors, ! have heard
also that sometimes ships come TO this
calamity by the sudden swoop OF tcm-
pest. For Instance, vessel Is sailing
along In the East Indies, and there Is not
n single cloud on the sky; hut suddenly
the breeze frcshens, and there arc swift
feet ON the ratllneS, and the cry is, "Way
haul away therc!' but, before they can
square the blooms aud tarpanlin the
hatchways, the vessel Is grooming and
breaking in the grip of 4 tornado, and
falls over intn the trough Of the sea, and,
bloadsidc-on, rolls on to the beach aud
keels over, leaving the crew 10 struggle
in the merciiess surf. Cast away, cast
away And SO | have 10 tell YOU that
thele are thousands of men destroyed
through the sudden swoop of temptations
SomC great inducement TO wordlineSs,
or TO scnsuallty, or TO high temper, or TO
some form Of dissipation, comes upon
them II they had time TO examine their
Bible, II they had time TO consult with
their friends, II they had time To deliher-
ate, they conld stand it; but the tcmpta.
ton came suddenly--a euroclydon
on the Mediterranean, whirlwind
1 OF the Caribbean. one awful
surge of temptation, and they
/ perish. And so we often hear the old
story, 81 hadn't seen my friend IN great
many years. We vera very glad TO meet.
1 He said ! must drink, and he took me by
the arm aud pressed me along, and filed
! the cup uBttl the bubbles ran over the
edge, and In All evil moment all my good
resolutions were swept away, and, to the
outraging of God and my own soul, |
fell.n
Or the story Is, al had hard work TO
support my family, ] knew that by one
false entry, 10y one deception, by one em-
bczzlement, ] might spring out free from
all my trouble; but the temptation came
upon me so fieroely could not think. |
did wrong, and having done wrong once,
could not stop
Oh, It Is the first step that costs; the
second Is easier, and the third aud ON To
the last Once having broken loose from
the anchor, itisnot SO easy 10 Tie the parted
strands. How often II is that men perish
for the reason that temptation comes from
some unexpected quarter As vessels
lie IA Margate road, safe from southwest
wind, but the wind changing TO the north.
east, they are driven helpless aud 20
down Oh, that God would have mercy
upon those upon whom there comes the
sudden swoop OF temptation, that they
perish not, becoming, for this world and
|, the world to come,
CAST AWAY, CAST AWAY
: by talking with sailors ! have founC
out also that some vessels come to this
, calamity through sheer recklossness
/ There are 8,0Q0 600 men who follow th,
1 sea fora LIKING, II is Il simple fact tina
I the avcrageAi hmnan life on the sea I
I less than tlftlye years. 1his comes mon
; the fact that men by familiarity wit
Il danger sometimes become reckless--th
e captain, the hclmsman, the stokcr tn
:, man ON the lookOut--become reckless
and in nine out of ten shipwrecks IL I
u found out that some one was awiully q
h blame. So have to tell you that me-
!, lose their souls through sheer reckless
Z ness. Thepe are thousands OF my friend
# in this house Tonight who do not car
i where they are IN spiritual things. The
i do not know whether they are sailing
S TOWARD HEAVEN or TOWARD iIELi,
d aud the sea is black with piraJicnl hulk
e that would grapplc them with hooks q
(, steel, and blindiold thom, and make thcr
t 'walk the plank" They DO not kno'
E what thc next moment may bring forth
4 Drifting in their theology, Drift
Z ing in their habits, Drit
+ Ing in regard 10 all th
u future No God, no Christ, no settle
T. anticipati0ns of eternal felicity; but n
1 the time coming nearer and nearer To
d dangerous coast. Some OF them are 0
u lire with evil habit, and they shall bar
I, on the sea, The charrcd hulk tossed M o
the barren beach OF the lost world. Man
e of them with great troubles, ilnnncii
= troubles, domestic troubles, socii
| TROUBLES, but they never pray for coulior
s With au aggraYation Of Sin that stirs u
w the ire Of God, they pray Tor no pardon
IS Vhoy DO not steer for the liglitship TIN
a. @nces IN gladncss az the mouth {
ne heven's harbor, reckless as to whel
't$9ey some out, drifting farther from CO.
ce iilflhey from early religions influences
e iartne'trem their present happiness,
n yNiiui-., ZION uEAvEN.
H. Anu, Wlnt ~ Nlc NSsSt thing about
en- r., that hey arc iaaies ,llcir fanilI,
ii. along withthcm: and II one -i is,''i ,,e
nc haps they Mll all pcrisli aud az IA
IA. one goes, theprobabilty Is they viii !
he 20. Yet no Anxiety As unconscious.
iw danger as the passengers on board u
lot Arctic one moment before the YES
Id. crashed into her, Wrapped hp In tie 6ni
el. ness OF the store, net remembering ~
no ,.,on they must quit AL their earthly pc
ks sessions. Absorbed 10 their social 20
nj ton, not knowing thatyefy soon lhey v
H. have attended the last leyee, aud wiliri
res ln ti,e last schottish. They do not del
orately choose TO be ruinedi neither 9
IL Inc French fiigatc Medusa aim for
Argnin Banks, but there u went 10 pee
To ne reckless souls, ! wish that io-nlgh
re- could awake you up with some great ?
)rei turbs1on The perils are so augmeus
nd the chances OF escape are 80 te
~ Won will die just as
ave tainly as you SIT there, UNI
Is you bestir yourself fear, my broth
ELI NON are becoming casiaway, lou
So making no effort, yon are putting 10
on no exerlion for escape. You throw
ca no oar. You take no soundlnas. }
ns watch no compass. You are not cal
Non hating your bearings while the wind
IN. abaft, ana yonder II d long line OF 70
em bnlnding the horizon, and you wil
yait ,,,,shod an toward Il, and thousands b