The Penn's Grove record., 1889-11-16
whittier. The PROV q courage viii not cut
the wave, nor the sail Of faith spread and flap
Its wing, unless you have strong prayer for a

inc WAVE, nor tn8 baI Oh Laiun spro4u anu nap
its wing, unless you have strong prayer for a
One more arrangement and you will be
ready for the sea- You must have . compass
which Is the Bible. Look ct IL every day,
and always sail by II, as its needle points to-
ward the Star Of Bethlehem. Through fog
and darkness and storm il works faithfully;
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 promenadedeck.
Mortify your members which are upon the
earth. Never allow your lower nature any
thing better than Storage passage. Let
watchfulness walk the decks as an armed sem
tinel, and shoot down with great promptness
anything like a mutiny of riotous appetites.
Be sure to look out of the forecastle for
icebergs. These are cold Christians floating
about in the church. The frigid zon pro-
lessons will sink you. Steer clear of icebergs.
Keep a log;book during al the voysgeEan
day. The merchant keeps a day book as
well as a ledger. You ought to know every
night as well as every year, how things are
going. When the express train stops at the
depot you hear . hammer sounding on all
the wheels, thus testing the safety of the
than express speed toward a great eternity,
ought we not often to try the work of self
examination
Be SURE to keep your colors upl You know
the ships of England, Russia, france and
Spain BY the ensigns they carry. Sometimes
It is a lion, sometimes an eagle, sometimes a
star, sometimes a crown: Let It ever be
are bound. Let christian be written on
the very front, with 4 figure Of Q cross, a
crown and q dove; and from the masthead
let aoat the streamers of Emmanuel. Then
the pirate vessels Of temptation will pass you
unframed as they say: Where goes a Chris
not disturb her, for she has too many guns
aboard" Run up your flag IN this pulley:
II am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ,
for IL is the power Of God and the wisdom Of
God unto salvation" When driven back, or
laboring under great stress Of wsather-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 streamers float
on the wind. Tho 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 I will be
with thee; n through the rivers, they shall
not overflow thee Are you readyfor such
q voyagef Make up your minds. The gang
planks are lifting. The bell rings. All
aboard for heaveni The 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 wish that as I en-
bark for the Holy Land in the East, all to
whom l preach by tongue or type would en-
bark for heaven. What you all most need is
God, and you need Him now. Some Of you /
leave in trouble. Things are going very,
rough with you. You have had a hard
struggle with poverty, or sickness or perse-
cution or bereavement. Light after light has
gone out and it is so dark that you can
hardly see any blessing left. May that Jesus,
who comforted the widow of Main, and raised
thedeceased to life, with His gentle hand of
sympathy wipe away your tears. All is well.
When David was fleeing through the viii
derness, pursued by his son, he was being
prepared to become the sweet singer of Is
rae1. The pit n the dungeon were the best
schools at which Joseph ever graduated.
The hurricane that upset the tent and killed
Jobs children prepared the man Of Uz to
write the magnificent poem that has as
founded the ages. There is no way to get
the wheat out Of tine straw but to thresh it.
There is no way to purify the gold but to
burn 1t. Look at the people who have always
had it their own way. They are proud, dis
lcontented, useless and unhappy. II you want
ito find cheerful folks, go among those
who nave been purified by the fire. After
lRossini had rendered william Tell" the five
lhundredth time, a company Of musicians
came under his window in Paris and sere-
naded him. They put upon his brow a
golden crown of laurel leaves. But amidst
an the applause and enthusiasm Rossini
turned to a friend and said: Il would give
all this brilliant scene for a few days of
youth and love- Contrast the melancholy
feeling Of Rossini, who had everything that
this world could give him, to the joyful ex-
perience of Isaac Watts, whose misfortunes
Were innumerable, when he says;
The hin Of Zion yields
thousand sacred sweets,
Or walk the golden streets.
Then let our songs abound,
And every tear be dry;
We're marching through Immanuels ground
To fairer worlds on high.
It is prosperity that kills and trouble that
saves. While the lsraelites were on the
march, amidst great privations and hard
ships, they behaved well. After a while, they
PRAYED for meat, and the sky darkened with
q large flock Of quails, and these quails fell in
great multitudes all about them; and the Is
raelites ate and ate, and stuffed themselves
until they died Obi my friends, it Is not
hardship, or trial, or starvation that Injuries
the soul, but abundant supply. 1t is not the
yulture Of trouble that eats up the Christians
life; it is the quailsl it is the quailsi
1 cannot leave you until once more ] con-
fess my faith in the Saviour whom I have
preached. He is my all in all. l more
to the grace of God than most men. With
this ardent temperament. IL l had gone over
board l would have goneto the very depths.
You know I can do nothing by halves.
g e grace T!S .no.,I great !. = debtor e.
r:.k. Ill Ill h. vau NJ mot Ia vvorr;.a
about me. I know that
and il any fatality should befa1 me. i
think I should go straight. I have been most
unworthy, and would be sorry to think that
any one Of my friends had been as unworthy
a Christian as myself. But God has helped
a great many through, and I hope He viii
help me through. It is a long account of
Of it out, I think He will rub IL ell u
And now give US flor l go not alone) your
benediction. When you send letters to q
friend in a distant land, you say via such q
city, or via M q steamer. When you send
you good wishes to us, send them via the
THE reach of your prayers.
There Is a scene where spirits dwell,
Where friend holds intercourse with frieudj
Though sundered far, by faith we meet
Around one common mercy seat
And now, may the blessing Of God CONF
uOWh uloh 1oh4 "a &Ao eROh yOoA ceA
your fathers and mothers, your companions,
your children, your brothers and sisters, and
your friendsl May you be blessed In your
business and in your pleasures, in your joys
and in your sorrows, in the house and by the
wayi And IL, during our separation, an
arrow from the unseen world should strike
any of us, may il only hasten on the faptures
that God has prepared for those who love
Himi I utter mot the word farewell; It Is
too sad too formal q word for me to speak
or writs. Bat considering that have your
hand tightly ciasped in both Of mine, utter
. kind, On affsctionsts and q cheerful good
h~g! .
The barren life, IS soon as its barren
ness is absolutely hopeless, becomes a
literal death.
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