The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-11-13

in front is harmless. Meet troubles
! courageously and you surmount them.
/ Stand on the prov, and, as you wipe oil
the spray OF the split surge, cry out with
the apostle: 'None of these things move
me-" Let all your fears stay aft The
right must conquer. Know that Moses, in
an ark OF bulrushes, can run down on
war steamer.
Have a good, strong anchor. (which
hope we have as an anchor" BY this
strong cable and windlass hold on to your
anchor. ''If any man sin we have an
| advocate with the father" Do not use
anchor wrongfuly. DO not always stay
in the same latitude and longitude. You
will never ride up the harbor of eternal
rest if you all the way drag your anchor
But you must have sails. Vessels are
not fit for the sea until they have the
| flying jib, the foresail, the top gallant, the
/ sllysail, the gafisaii, and other canvas.
Faith is our canvas. Hoist ii and the
winds OF heaven will drive You ahead.
| Sails made out of any other canvas than
faith will be slit to tatters by the first
northeastern. Strong faith never lost
battle 1t will crush foes, blast rocks,
quench lightnings thrash mountains. IT
is a shield TO the warrior, crank to the
most ponderous wheel, lever TO pry up
pyramids, a drum whose beat gives
strength to the step OF the heavenly
soldiery, and sails to watt ships laden
with priceless pearls from the harbor oil
earth to the harbor OF heaven.
But YOU are not yet equipped You
must have what seamen call the running
rigging. This comprises the ships braces,
| halyards, clew-ines, and such like. With
out these the yards could not be braced,
the sailed lifted, or the canvas in any way
managed. We have prayer for the run
ming rigging. Unless you understand THIS
tackliug you are not spiritual seaman. By
| pulling on these ropes you hoist the sails
of faith and turn every whittier. The
prov of courage will not cut the wave, nor
the sail of faith spread and flap its wings
unless you have strong prayer for hal
yard.
One more arrangement and you viii be
ready for sea. You must have compass
| which is a bible Look at it every day,
and always sail by il, as its needle points
toward the star OF Bethlehem. Through
fog. and darkness, and storm II works
faithfully. Search the scriptures. BOX
the compass"
Let me give YOU two or three rules for
the voyage. Allow your appetites and
passions only an under-deck passage Do
not allow them ever to come up on the
promenade deck. Mortiiy your members
which are upon the earth. Never allow
| your lower nature anything better than a
| steerage passage Let watchfulness walk
the decks as an armed sentinel, and shoot
down with great promptness anything
like a mutiny of riotous appetitles.
BE sure 10 look out OF the forecaste for
icebergs. There are cold Christians float
ing about in the church. The frigid-zone
professors will sink yon. Steer clear Of
icebergs. Keep log-book during all the
| voyaCe-an account of how many furlongs
you make a day. The merchant keeps a
| day-book as we'll as a ledger. You ought
TO know every night, as we'll as every year,
how things are going When the express
train stops at the depot you hear ham
mer sounding on all the wheels, thus test
ing the safety OF the rail train. Bound as
we are with more than express speed to-
ward great eternity, ought we not often
to try the work of determination?
BE sure TO keep your colors mp. You
know the ships of England, Russia, France
and Spain by the ensigns they carry.
| Sometimes IT is q lion. sometimes an eagle,
| sometimes a star, sometimes a crown. Let
it ever be known who you are and Tor
what port you are bound. Let "Christian"
| be written on the very front, with the
figure OF q cross, a crown and dove, and
from the masthead let float the streamers
OF Emmanuel. Then the pirate vessels of
temptation will pass you by unframed as
they say: "There goes Christian. bound
for the port of heaven. We will
not disturb her, for she has too many
guns aboard" Run up your flag on
this pulley: 81 am not ashamed of the
gospel OF Christ, for it is the power Of
| II - 4
ton" When driven back or laboring
under great stress of weather-now
changing from starboard tack to larboard,
and then from larboard to starboard-
look above the topgallants and your heart
shall beat like a war-drum as the stream
ers float on the wind. The sign of the
cross will make you patient and the crown
will make you glad.
Before you gain port you will smell the
land breezes of heaven, and Christ, the
pilot, will meet you as you come into the
narrows of death. and fasten to you, and
say: when thou passest through the
waters l will be with thee; and through
the rivers, they shall not overflow thee. "
Are you ready for such a voyage? Make
up your minds The gang planks are
lifting. The bell rings. All aboard fol
heavenl This world is not your rest
The chafinch is the silliest bird in all the
earth for trying to make its nest on the
rocking billow Oh. how l wish that as
embark for the Holy Land in the east al
10 whom | preach by tongue or type
would embark for heaven What
you all most need is God, anC
YOU need Him now. Some of you
/ leave in trouble. Things are going very
rough with you. You have had hard
struggle with poverty, or sickness, or per
secution, or bereavement. Light after
light mas gone out, and it is so dark tina
you can hardly see any blessing left MAY
that Jesus who comforted the widow o
Main and raised the deceased to life, with
His gentle hand of sympathy wipe away
your tears All is well.
When David was fleeing through tn,
wilderness pursued by his own son ht
was being prepared to become the swee
singer OF Israel The pit aud the dungeon
were the best schools at which JOSEPH
ever graduated. The hurricane that up
set the tent and killed Jobs children pre-
pared the man OF Uz to write the magnif
cent poem that has astonished the ages
There Is no way to get the wheat out o
the straw but to thrash it. There is M
way 10 purify the gold but TO burn ii
Look at the people who have always haC
it their own way. They are proud, discon
tented, useless. and unhappy. If you wan
to find cheerful folks 90 among those whC
have been purified by the fire. Aftei
Rossini had rendered civilian Tell" tn,
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