The Penn's Grove record., 1889-12-28

ing to sea = God, While his employer scofi
at Christianity; h young men In the same
store. antagonistic TO the Christian religion,
teasing him, tormSnting him about his re
getting him mad, saying 'You'rs . pretty
lChristianr' Does that young man Ind 4
smooth sailing when he tries to follow Christ
IOr, you remember q Christian girl Hel
father despisss the Christian religion, heI
mother despises the Christian religion her
|iigion; she can hardly fnd quiet
Did she find IL smooth sailing
when she tried to follow Jesus Christi Oh,
mol An who would live the life Of the
Christian religion must suffer persecution; II
you DO not find II In one way you win ct 4
aWho are those nearest the thrones' And
tho answer came back: These are they
who came up out of great acknowledgement
failing, a. theo original has 1t; great failing,
great pounding-and had their robes washed
Oh, do not Be disheartsnedi Take courage.
You are tn glorious companionship. God
win sea you Etrough all trials and He win
deliver you. NV subject also impresses md
with the fact that good people sometimes get
very much frightened.
In the tones of these disciples as they
rushed into the back part Of the boat, l find
they are frightened almost to death. They,
say: Master, carest Thou not that we
perishP' They had no reason to Be frightened,l
Tor Christ was in the boat. suppose IL wa
had been there we would nave bean just as
much affrighted. Perhaps more. In ali ages
very good people get very much ~afffighted..
It y often 70 in our daxa and msn saYs
"why, look at the bad lectures: look At tns
various errors going over the church Of
God; we are going to founder; The church
Oh, how mafy good people are alright
cd by iniqvity In u day, and think
the church Of Jesus Christ Is going to Be
l~overthrowR and are just as much adrighted
as sere the Disciples Of my text. Don't worry,
don't fret, as though iniquity were going 70
Into q cavsvn to sleep. He lies down with his!
shaggy name covering the avn. 4eauwhild
1.-THE spiders spin q web across the mouth Of the,
cavern and NY: 1--WE have captured him. Z
Gossamer thread after gossamer thread, uu-.
til the whole front Of the cavern H. covered
s'The lion Is done; the lion Is fast.a AftsrG
while the lion has got through sleep,
ling, he rouses himself, he shakes,
Ibis name, he walks out into the sunlight: be
does not even NOW the spiders web Is spun,
and with his voice he shakes the mountAin.j
lskepticism about Jesus Christ; He Seems toi
lbe sleeping. They say: 1--WE have ~capturedi
the Lord; He will never come forth again
upon the nation; Christ Ia capture ed forever
His religion viii never make any conquest
pmong men, But after a while the Lion Of,
THE tribe of Judah will rouse Himself and!
come forth to shake nightly the naticsis.
What's a spiders web TO the aroused lion?
lGive truth and error q fair grapple and
truth will come of victor. !
But there are q great many good people
who get affrighted in other respects; they
are affrighted in our day about revivaiG
They say. sOhl this Is q strong religious
gale; we are afraid the church of God Is go-i
Ing to beupset, and there are going to be great
Imany people brought into the church that.
Iare going to be of no use to it, and they ars
Iaffrighted whenever they see q revival tax.
ling hold Of the churches. As though q ship
Captain, with five thousand bushels Of wheat
Tor . cargo, should say some day, coming
lupon deck: 'yrhrow overheard all the carl
lEo;s and the sailors should says
laWhy, Captain, what do you
lneanf Throw over all the cargor,
i"Oh," say the Captain, I'VE have . peck Of
.haR that has got into this five Thousands
Of the chat il to throw all the wheat over;
board Now, that Is a great deal wiser than
1.-The talk Of great many Christians who
want to throw overheard all the Thousands
and tens Of Thousands Of souls wiz are tho
mbjscts Of revivals. Throw al overheard
u God throueh great revival, because there
b apeck Of chan, aqusfto Of chad, . pint Of
shah II my, let thsm stay until the last daytime
Lord viii divide the chat from the wheat,
Do not b afraid Of Z great revival Oh. that,
mch gales from heaven might sweep through
Ill our churches! Oh, for such days y Rich
ard Baxter saw in England, and Robert MOI
|Cheyne saw in Dundeei Oh, for suoh days
~ Jonathan Edwards saw In Northampton
I nave often heard my father toll Of the fact
that In tho early part OF this century
10 revival broke out at ScmsrvfhA n.
! and some people were VERY much
.re going to bring too many people into the
church It once;s and they sent down TO New
Brunswick to get John Nvingston 70 stop the
revival. Well, there was no better soul tn
al tho world than John Livingston. He
wept and boxed 1t the revival. thy wanted
I'm MI e Top sn =. 1911 as s'o oss, u ~ re Pa,p's On sn ~
tory, and be aid; This, brethren, h In
reality the work Of God, beware how you
Try t stop it, And he was IN old man.
leaning heavily upon his sta6-A very old
man. And be lifted that stAd, and4 took
hold Of the smaii end OF the stan. and began
Ter and the thumb, and he saids sOh, thou
|[mpenitsnt, thou art falling now--faning
from life, falling away from peace and
heaven, falling as certainly a. the cane IL
falling through my hand-falling c~ertainly,
though perhaps falling slowlyp And the
|ngsson,s hand. The religious emotion In
the audience was overpowering, and
men nw . type Of their doom, as the
cane kept falling and falling, until the
knob OF the cana struck Mr. Livingston,s
hand, and he clAsped 1t stoutly and saidi
stopped that c.ne;n and then there VA glad
nesa all through the house ct the fact mar.
don and peaoe and salvation. SWELL q
the peopte after the service, 1T guess you d
better send Livingston home; he u making
the revival worss.p oh, for gales from
heAvento swesp al the continental Ihs dan-
ger OF the church Of God Is not in rsvivals
Again, my subject Impressed ms with the
fact that Jesus was God and man In the same
being. Here he Il in the back part OF the
boat. Oh, how tired He looks; what sad
dreams He must hAvei Look at His counter
nance; He must be thinking Of the cross TO
come. Look at Him, He is . man-bone OF
our bone, fesh Of our flesh. Tired, He falls
psleep; He ID Q q But then ! fnd Christ
at the PROV OF the boat; i hear Him say
peace, be still.;s and ] see the storm kneel-
ing at His feet and the temptests folding
their wings in His presence, He ts : God 4
sympathy. / 70 and kneel down At the back
rart OF the boat and say; sOh, Christi weary
one at Gepnesaret sympathize with ell my
sorrowa man OF Nazareth, man Of tho cross
A man. Z man. But u ] want TO conquer
nv spiritual foea. IT, wantt to get the victory
over ID. death and hell, I come to the front
81 til boak, and ! kneel down, and I say;
FOh. Lord Jesus Christ Thou whod ost hush
the tsmpsek hush all my grief, hush AL my
tsmptAfioa, hush AL my sinr A man. .
man; : God . God
.Ilearn once more from this subject 'thst
Christ can hush q tempest.
y dii ssem = Il everything must 60 70
ruin, The disriples had given up the idea Of
managing the shfpt the crew were entirely
demosalzsdt yet Christ risss and He puts
Hi loot on the storm, and IL crouohss 1t His
fest. Oh, yesi Christ can hush the teupesA
Won have had trouble. Perhaps IL was1 tho
little child taken away from you-theswset-
1T child Of the household. the one who asked
the most curious questions. and stood around
you with The greatest fondness, and the
spads cutdown through POUR bleeding heart.
rsrhapsit was an only son, and your heart
as ever Hncs been Ike . desolate sasta. shs
napS n wa IN aged motnef. You always
WSnt 10 her With your troub'- She was IN
|5uuekome to welcome your ipto life.
nd 9When they died she 80 TO pity
xous f1nt Old hand will - md