Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-12-16

lt Is not that tne Wild gaLeue
Comes down 10 drink thy tide.
But he that was pierced to save from hell
OF wandered by thy side.
Graceful around thee the mountains meet,
Thou calm repOsing sea,
But ah. far more, the beautiful feet
Of Jesus walked DER thee.
can now easily understand from the
contour Of the country that bounds this
lake that storms were easily tempted to
make these waters their playground.
From the gentle way this lake treated our
boat when We sailed on it yesterday, one
would have thought it incapable of a par
oxysm OF rsgs, but it was quite different
on both the occasions spoken Of in my two
texts. close my eyes. aud the shore OF
Lake Galilee as it now is, with but little
signs Of human life, disappears, and thece
comes ibsck 10 ny yisiCp tie lake as it WAS
in Chrisl's time. II lay in scene OF
luxutiance; the surrounding hills, ter
raced, sloped, grOOyed, 50 many hanging
gardens Of beauty. On the shore were
oasiles, armed towers, Roman baths, ev-
erythiDg attractive and beautifnl--al
styles oil vegetation Ia shorter space than
in el,cos, any Othsr splcs ia all the world,
from the palul tree OF the forest 10 the
trees Of IiRorous climate.
CALM NIGHT, STARRY NIGHT,
beautiful night. Ran up all the ssils, ply
sll the oars, and let the large bos. and the
small boat glide over gentle GenneSaIet
Bat the sailors cay there Is going to be
change Of weather And even the passen-
gers can hear the moaning Of the storm ne
| it comes on with great stride, and all the
teTrors Of hurricane and darkness. The
large bos. trembles like q deer at bay
amOog the Changer Of the h0unds; great
patches Of foam are flung into the air; the
sails Of the vessel loosen, aud tho sharp
winds crack liks pistols; the smaller boats
like petrels pOiss on the cliffs Of the waves
and tben plunge
O7srbOsrd 90 cargo, tsckling and masts,
and the drenched disciples rush intO the
back part Of the boat, and lay hold OF
Carist, and say unto him: master, caresl
thou not that We perish?" That great per-
sonsgs hits his head from the pillow Of the
fshermsn's coat, walks to the front Of the
vessel and looks out into the storm. All
around him ale the smaller boats, driven
in ths tempest, aud through it comes the
CRY of drowning men. By the fash Of the
lightning l see the calm brow Of Christ IA
the spray dropped from his beard. He
has one woid for the sky aud another for
the waves Looking upward ne cries:
Peace 20 Looking downward he says;
"Be stilli'
The waves fall tilt on their faces, the
foam melts, the eYtinguished stars relight
their torches. The tempest falls dead and
Christ stands with his feet on the neck OF
the storm. Aud while the sailors are bail
ing out the boats, and while they are try
ing 10 uutsngle the c0rdage, the disciples
stand in ans 'ment, now looking into the
calm sea, then into the calm sky, then
into the calm S4vior's cOuntensnce, and
they cry Oui: "What manner of man 10
this, that even the winds and the sea
obey him;"
CHRIST IN THE SHIP.
The subject in the first place impresses
me with the fact that it ia very important
to have Christ in the ship; for ali those
boats would have gone TO the bottom o!
Gennesaret if Christ had net been present.
%, what a lesson for me and for you to
learn We must always have Christ in the
ship. Whatever VOysge we undertake, In
to whatever enterprise we start, let us
always have Christ in the ship All yOu
can do with utmost tension of body, mind
and soul, you are bound to do; bat OH
have Christ in every enterprise, Christ in
every voyage.
Bat my subject also impresses me with
the fact that when people start TO follow
Christ they must not expect smooth sail-
ing. The disciples got into the small
boats, and I have no doubt they said:
''What beautiful day this isl What a
smooth seal What a bright sky thia il
How delightful is sailing in this boat
And 80 for the waves under the keel oi the
boat, why they only make the motion OF
our little boat the more delightful" But
when the winds swept down and the sea
was tossed into wrath, then they found
that following Clrist was not smooth sail
ing. So you have fund il; so / hsve
found it. Did yen ever notice the end Of
the life of the apostles Of Jesus CHRISTI
You would say, il ever men ought to have
had a smooth life, a smooth departure,
then those men, the disciples OF Jesus
Christ. ought 10 have had such departure
and such a life. St. James lOst his head.
st. Philip was hung 10 death on pillar
st. Mathew had his life dashed out with
halbsrt. St. Mark was dragged to des,h
through the streets st. James the Lsss
was beaten 10 death with fuller's club
st. Thomas wss struck through with
spear They did not find the following Of
Christ smooth sailing Oh, how they /
we're all
TOSSED IN THE TEMPEST!
roh, Hnss IN the fire. High McKail in ]
the hour of martyrdOm; the Albigensss,
the Waldeuses, the Scotch Covenanters-
did they fnd it smooth sailing? But Why
90 into history when We can draw from
our own memory illustrations of the truth |
of what say? Some yOurg man in store
irving 10 serve God, while his employer
seoffs at Christianity; the Young men in
the same store, antsgonistic to the Chris
tisn religion, teasing him, tOrmenting him
abou. his religion, trying to get him mad.
They succeed in getting him mad, sayiDg
you're a pretty Christian DOES that
vonnO man ind il smooth sailing ~hen be
tries 10 follow Christi Or you remember
a Christian girl Her father despises
the Christian religion; her mother de-
spists the Christian religion her
brothers snd sisters scoff at the Chris
tiau religion; she can hardly find a auist
Mace in which to say her prayers. Did
abe fsd il smootb sailing when she tried to
follow Jesus Christ? %, no! All who
would live the life Of the Christian religion
n must suffer prosecution; if you DO not ind
it in ore way yon will get 1t in another
way. The question wss asked Who are
those nearest the tbione!" And the an
swsr cane back; ''Thsse are they who
came mn ont Of great tribulseion-great
"A ,ilirg' 81 tie original hiss it; great fail
irp. great pouadicg g-snd bad ;heir robes
washed ord made white in the blood OF the
Lamb" On. do Lot be dishesrtened Take
courage. You are in glorius companion
shin Gad will sse you through all trials
ard He will deliv4r yOU. BY subleet also
impr.sses me with the fsct that good peo-
pc sometimes get gery much frightened
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