Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1889-08-31
WORDS OF SEA CAPTAINS.
SERMON PREACHED BN OR. TAI
MAGE AT PORTLAND, ORE.

It's Text j. i' isc fouOt Ia . Garlnt ti;;0s
N. 80; 80. II T'Mt b, ANY M-an. ! M,.
self >h"uid -. Cast Away" Iars.
Crowd prr-rm.
PORTLAND. Orc.. Aug. -. The Rev.
7. Dc Viii Talnagr ID. d.. who
preached here today Ia u vast audi.
ciic,. took for his text Cor. liz. q:
lest that by amy LIc;,iiS ! myself
should Ia east away" The preacher
said
In the pr'SciIcc Of Won who live on
the Pacific r,m,t. ! who live ou the
Atlantic coast HAY appropriately
speak On tins marin. al!iisioii Of tho
text. for all who kin.w about the sea
know about the c;,>ta way The text
implies that ministers IL religion may
help Others into lu.ivcm and yet miss
il themselves. The carpenters that
built Noal,'> ark did no, get into il
themselves Gown and siIrplicc, and
diplomas. and cInunicals urc no sc-
curity. Cardinal Wolscy. after hav.
ing been pt,cd by kings. ard having
entertained foreign ambassadors nj
Hampton Court. died in darkness.
Ono Of the most eminent ministers Of
religion that this country has ever
known. plunged into sin and died: his
heart, by post .inortcm examination.
found Ia have been. not iiguis,tivcly
but literally. broken. We may have
hands Of ordination on the head, and
address corsccr,icd as>cnblugrs. but
that is no reason why we shall ncr,s
sarily reach the realm celestial. The
Clergyman must go through the s:lnio
gate Of pardon as the laylnan. ThcYc
have been eases Of sliipwrck where
all an board escaped excepting the
captain. Alas. If. having preached To
others, myself should h. "a c;lstaway."
God forbid it,
SPIRITUAL CASrAwAYs.
l have examined a,,iiIc Of the com
nlentarics 10 see what they thought
about this word ''cisiaway." and |
lind they differ in regard la th. figure
used. while they agree III regard ~
the meaning So | shall make my
own selection and take IL in II mauii
ral and s,;iiaring sense. and show yuu
that men may become spiritual east
aways, and how finally they drift into
that calamity
You and | live in scabartl cities.
You have all stood un the beach.
Many uf you have crossed the ocean
Some Of You have managed vessels in
great siirsS Of weather There isa sea
captain. and there is another. and you-
der is another, aud there are u go,lly
nunl1r Of you who. though once you
did not know the difference between II
brig am,la bark. aud between diamond
knot and II Spri, shoe, sail knot. and
although you could not point out the
weather cruSs .jlck brace. and though
you could nu, man the fore clrw gar
nets. now you ere us familiar with n
slIipn you are with Your rigii hand.
and il il were necessary you could
take II vessel clear across Ia the mouth
of the Mcrscy without the loss of II sin.
gle s;nl. Well. there is "a dark night
IN your Iacunory al the sea, The YES
sci became Interchangeable. Iou S,w
il WAS scudling toward the shore.
You heard The cry: "l'r.ikrr> ahead.
land on the Ire bow Til" vessel
struck the rHli and vuu felt the deck
breaking up under Your l"',. and you
were c;'sttw"y. 81, wlcII the Her.
culcs ,lOv" on thu cost uf Ciiiraria.
rs when The l'mfu ,,i.',c brig wen,
staying. splitting, grinding. crushing
on the GoodwinS. But whether votl
have followed the s,a or not. you all
understand the figure when tell Won
that there arr men. who. by their sins
and temptations. air thrown helpless,
Driven before the gale Wrecked for
two worlds! CIS,Iwnvs! CaSiawa;s.
FALSE LIGHTS
BY talking with some sea captains,
! have found ont that there are three
Or four CAUSES for such II calamity ioa
vessel. | have been told that il some
times comes from creating false lights
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