Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-09-06
/ vAGE's SERMON.
49,, ADDRESSED TO SEA
Y CAPTAINS.

,sr ADDRESSED TO SEA
~ CAPTAINS.
u,,,n,l. Oregon, August 25-
II, Found in L Corinthians
,,t That by Any Means My
IRE Cast Away.
sonee of you who live on
lFs' 'ost. | who live on the At
p ' may appropriately speak on
al 'H ilnsjon of the text. for all
iDe ,'nnt the sea know about the
w This text implies that minis
,;,;nn may help others INTO
f ai vet miss it themselves. The
ali4 t6at built Noah's ark did not
+ ,,hsmselves. Gown and sur
!. i;nlomas. and canonicals are
az. " Cardinal Wolsey, after
s ,, petted by kings, and hay-
,s, si foreign ambassadors at
' Sourt. died in darkness. One
n eminent ministers of relig-
.%is country has ever KIN own.
; ' sin and died; his heart, by
.,n examination, found to have
:, 6puratively but literally, bro
M nav have hands of ordination
,aad. and address consecrated
, .' but that is no reason why
! necessarily reach the realm
The clergyman must go
,bc same gate of pardon as the
/ There have been cases of ship
borr al on board escaped ex-
me- captain. Alas! if, having
al 10 others, | myself should be
,.r" God forbid it.
tyamined some of the com-
rs to see what they thought
lis word "castaway,' and l find
ksr in regard to the figure used,
(ey agree in regardtothe meaning.
nj make my own selection, and
h a nautical and seafaring sense,
bw YOU that men may become
i costaways, and how finally they
10 that calamity.
md | live in seaboard cities.
Il all stood on the beach. Many
have crossed the ocean. Some
have managed vessels in great
i weather. There is a sea- cap
there is another. and yonder is
and there are a goodly number
yho, though once YOU did not
,e difference between a brig and
and between u diamond knot
,rit sheet sail knot, and although
vi not point out the weather
ok brace. and though you could
i the fore clew garnets, now you
,mlliar with ship as you are
ny right hand. and if it were
~ you could take q vessel clear
, the mouth of the Mersey with
loss of single sail. Well,
a dark night i'll your memory of
The vessel became unmanage-
on saw it scudding toward the
You heard the cry: Breakers
Land on the lee bowl" The ves-
ok the rock and you felt the
.akirg up under your feet, and
e Il castaway, as when the Her
owe on the coast of Catfraria,
the Portuguese brig went stay
lifting, grinding, crashing on
OWNS. But whether you have
| the sea or not, you all under
t figure when I tell you that
= men, who, by their sins and
ons, are thrown helpless!
before the gale! Wrecked fol
Ids! Castaways! Castaways!
king with some sea captains, ]
md out that there are three OF
ses for such a calamity to a YES
~ told that it sometimes comes
eating false lights on the beach.
$ often SO in olden times. 1t is
" Years ago, indeed, that vaga-
sedto wander up and down the
getting vessels ashore in the
up false lights in thei,
E and deceiving them, that they
spoil and ransack them. AL
Internal arts were used to ac-
h this. And one night, on the
coast, when the sea was coming
ally, some villains took lam
tied it to a horse, and led the
} aud down the beach, the Ian.
insing to the motion of the
nd a sea captain i'll the offine
nd made up his mind that hi
anywhere near the shore, for he
there's a vessel that must be {
or it has o movable light" ant
70 apprehension until he heare
S grating on the ships bottom
ent to pieces and the villains OF
up the packages ant
S that We're washed to the land
ave to tell you that there are {
lie of souls ruined by false light
beach. In the dark night o
anger, false religion goes W
N the shore, shaking its lantern
look Off and take that flicker
expiring wick as the signal o
md the cry is: "Heavethe mail
0 the mast? All is WE'LL" whel
destruction cometh upon them
y shall not escape. SO there ar
DIS OF lanterns swung on tn
lanterns, educa
'nterns, humanitarian lanterns
'k at them and are deceived, whel
nothing but Gods eternal light
t the Gospel that can keep then
ecoming castaways. Once, OF
rag lighthouse, they tried t.
copper figure of a wolf with it
pen, SO that the storms beatini
the wolf would howl forth tn
to mariners that might be com
Where near the coast. OF cours
failure. And SO all new inyen
= the saving Of mans soul ar
ing. What the human race want
IT bursting forth from the eros
9 on the great headlands-th
pardon, thelight OF comfort, tn
Heaven. You might better g
t. and DESTROY all the great light
on the dangerous coasts-th
1t lighthouse, the Fasnet Roc
use, the Sherryvore lighthouse
.9shlp's lighthouse, the Holly
to put out God
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