Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-09-05
S1NDAY'S SERMON.
! oF REV. DIR TALMAGE's
7 ,rrRLING DIsCOURSEs.
.sWhat Sea Captains Say
lrlaacbed at Portland, Ore.

III .hau
ibly h. Ut / who live on the Atlantic coast
tonor .a.nn,ropriately speak on this marine allu-
-'ue sfthetext for all who know about the
trow about the castaway. The
OF Year implies that ministers of re-
ictAd nav help others into heaven and
Idv :. @sr Il themselves. The carpenters that
~ va !. Soab's ark did not get into il them
y upo y. Gown and surplice, and diplomas
'ed, sh ,'..nonicas are no security. Cardinal
red III l.sT after having been petted by kings
St.ying entertained foreign ambassadors
~. Taunton Court died in darkness
us'eret n the most eminent ministers Of
wouId .o N that this country has ever
Dr. hold n plunged into sin and died; his
!. nv post-mortem examination found
Il ho. s.sp been, not figuratively but literally,
o' Ian We may have hands of ordination
- dnt ~ head and address consecrated assem-
Ted ID ~ INIT that is no reason why we shall
getbe, rssS.rly reach the realm celestial The
,hiIa, IrrTnan must 90 through the same gate
1srion as the layman. There have been
~ of shipwreck where all ON board
mond .sped excepting the captain. Alas il,
sinee 1ng preached to others, l myself should
sstawayn God forbid it.
ibsye examined some of the commentaries
= what they thought about this word
sssway.n and / find they differ in regard
entail m figure used, while they agree in regard
M meaning. So | shall make my own Sc
9ntal .+ion and take it in a nautical and seafar-
Ter d sense, and show you that men may be-
.Te spiritual castaways, and how finally
arck esv drift into that calamity.
3acl Van and ! live in seaboard cities. You
~ all stood upon the beach Many of you
usa- M crossed the ocean. Some of you have
,oro rsusged vessels in great stress of weather
w Tsrs 4 a sea captain, and there is another,
zler N wonder is another, and there are a goodly
L; ,rmtar Of YOU who though once you did not
Tm the difference between a brig and a
Mr. MI and between a diamond knot and
ma rdt sheet sail knot, and although you could
'Ao stpdnt out the weather cross jack brace,
en- although you could not man the fore clew
~ rrDets now you are as familiar with a
o Sn as YOU are with your right hand
M it were necessary you could take a
vase clear across to the mouth of the
IT. Vgsev without the loss of single sail
Nel there is a dark night in your memory
le dbe sea- The vessel became unmanageable
II You saw it was scudding toward the shore.
Ym heard the cry: Breakers ahead
TX aDd on the lee bowr The vessel
Of euck the rock and you felt the deck
rsking no under your feet, aud you We're
"a lasaway, as when the Hercules drove on
u he coast of Caffraria, as when the Portu-
gee brig went staying, splitting, grinding,
+ Gsshing on the Goodwins. But whether
q YOU have followed the sea or not, you all
Understand the figure when tell you that
here are men, who, by their sins and
temptations, are thrown helpless Driven
b0re the galel Wrecked for two worlds
Csaways Castawaysl
By talking with some sea captains, ] have
tund out that there are three or four causes
ir such calamity to a vessel. have been
hd that it comes sometimes from creating
false lights on the beach. This was often so
ID Oden times. 1t is not many years ago,
indeed that vagabonds used to wander up
md down the beach, getting vessels ashore
hthe night throwing up false lights in their
presence and deceiving them that they may
dgpOil and ransack them. All kinds OF
Internal arts were used to accomplish this.
And one night, on the Cornish coast, when
he sea was coming in fearfully some villains
took lantern and tied it to a horse and led
he horse up and down the beach, the lantern
swinging to the motion of the horse, and sea
captain in the offing saw it, and made up his
mind that he was not anywhere near the
shore, for he said: There's a vessel-that
must be vessel for it has a movable light,
sndhe had no apprehension till he heard the
rocks grating on the ships bottom, and it
went to pieces and the williams on shore gath
ged up the packages and treasures that were
washed to the land. And have to tell you
thatthere are a multitude Of souls ruined by
false lights on the beach. In the dark night
dmans danger, false religion goes up and
down the shore, shaking its lantern, and men
bokof and take that Pickering and expiring
Mck as the signal Of safety, and the cry Is:
"Heave the main topsail to the mast All is
velH when sudden destruction cometh upon
them, and they shall not escape. So9here
Neall kinds of lanterns swung on the beach
philosophical lanterns, educational Ian
terms humanitarian lanterns. Men look at
them and are deceived, when there is moth
ing but Gods eternal lighthouse of the Cos
pei that can keep them from becoming casta-
ways. Once, on Wolf Crag light
house they tried to build cop
per figure of a wolf with its mouth
open, so that the storms beating into it, the
fha a
mariners that might be coming anywhere
near the coast. OF course it was a failure.
Aaeso all new inventions for the saving OF
manSsoul are unavailing. What the human
face wants is light bursting forth from the
eos standing on the great head.
comfort the light Of heav-
e. You might better go tonight, and de
sroy all the great lighthouses on the dan
gsrous cossts-the Barnegat lighthouse, the
fasnet Rock lighthouse the Sherryyore
lighthouse, the Longships lighthouse. the
Holyhead lighthouse to put out Gods
great ocean lamp-the Gospel Woe 10 those
VINO swing false lanterns on the beach tlll
men crash into ruin. Castawaysl Casta
Waysl
BY talking with sea captains have heard
aSo that sometimes ships come to tins calam-
ny by the sudden swoop of a tempest. For
instance, vessel is sailing along in the East
indies, and there is not single cloud on the
NY; but suddenly the breeze freshens, and
here are swift feet ON the ratlines, ana the
cry is: Way haul away thereF' but before
ney can square the booms and tarpauiin
me hatchways, the vessel is grooming and
gsaking in the grip of a tornado, ana
ans over into the trough OF the sea
and broadside it rolls on TO the oeacn
and keels over. leaving the crew TO struggle
u the merciiess surf. Castawayl Castawayl
And 50 Ihave to tell you that there are thou
sands of men destroyed through the sudden
sWoop of temptations. Some great induce
ment to worldliness. or to sensuality, or 10
nigh temper, or to some form Of dlsslpatlon'
comes upon them. If they had time to ex-
anime their Bible, if they had time to consult
with their friends, if they had time to dellp-
crate, they could stand it; but the ternpta-
non came 50 suddenly-an euroclydon on tne
Mediterranean, a whirlwind of the Carlp,
bean. One awful surge of temptation ana
hey perish And we oiten
hear the old story: Il hadn't
seen my friend in great many years We
we're very glad to meet. He said must