The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-04


minu;e-the world. the flesh and the devil;
and that is a well-built prov that can bound
over them. For lack of this. many have
put back and never started again. IL IS the
hroadside wave that so often sweeps the
deck and fills the matches; but that which
strikes in front is harmless. Meet troubles
courageously and you surmount them.
Stand on the prov, and as you wipe off the
spray of the split surge, cry out with the
apostle: None of these things move me.
Let all your fears stay aft. The right must
conquer Know that Moses, in an ark OF
bulrushes, can run down a war steamer.
Have a good, strong anchor "W mich
hope we have as an anchor" b. this strong
cable and windlass hold on to your anchor.
IF any man sin, we have an advocate with
the Father Do not use the anchor wrong
fully. Do not always stay the same lati-
tude and longitude. You will never ride up
the harbor of eternal rest il you all the way
drag your anchor.
But you must have sails Vessels are not
fit for the sea until they have the flying
jib, the foresail, the Uopgallant, the skysail,
the gaffsail and other canvas. Faith is our
canvas. Hoist it, and the winds of heaven
will drive you ahead. Sails made out of
any other canvas than faith will be slit to
tatters by the first Northeastern. Strong
faith never lost battle. It will crush foes,
blast rocks, quench hghtnings, rhresh
mountains It is shield to the warrior, a
crank TO the most pouderous wheel, a lever
to prv up pyramids, a drum whose beat
gives strength to the step of the heavenly
soldiery, and sails to watt ships laden with
priceless pearls from the harbor of earth 10
the harbor of heaven.
But you are not yet equipped. You must
have what seamen call the running rigg-
ing. This comprises the ships braces,
halliards, clew lines, aud such like. With
out these the yards could not be braced, the
sails lifted, nor the canvas in anywise
managed. We have prayer for the run
ming rigging. Unless you understand this
tackiing you are not spiritual seaman.
By pulling on these ropes you hoist the
sails of faith and turn them every whittier.
The PROV of courage will not cut the wave,
nor the sail of faith spread and flap its
wing, unless you have strong prayer for
ballard,
De more arrangement, and you will be
ready for the sea. You must have a COM
pass-which is the Bible. Look at it every
day, and always sail by it, as its needle
points toward the Star of Bethlehem.
Through fog, and darkness, and storm, 1t
works faithfully. Search the Scriptures
''Box the compass"
Let me give you two or three rules for
the voyage Allow your appetite and pas
sions only an under deck passage Do not
allow them ever to come up on the prom
enade deck. Mortify your members which
lower nature anything better than steer
age passage. Let watchfulness walk the
decks as an armed sentinel, 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 zone pro-
ill - r. =
bergs. Keep a log book during all the
voyage-an account of how many furlongs
you make a 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 rail train. Bound, as we are,
with more than express speed toward a
great eternity, ought we not often to try
the work Of determination
Be sure TO keep your colors up You
know tue ships Of England, Russia, France
and Spain by the ensigns they carry. )me-
times it is a lion, sometimes an eagle, some-
times a star, sometimes a crown. Let it
be known who you are, and for what port
you are bound. Let christian" be written
on the very front, with a figure of cross,
a crown and q dove; and from the masthead
the pirate vessels of temptation will pass
you unframed as they say: There goes a
christian, bound for the port of heaven.
We will not disturb her, for she has too
many guns aboard" Run UP your flag on
this pulley: 81 am not ashamed of the
gospel of Christ, for it is the power
OF God and the wisdom of God
unto salvation When driven back, or
laboring under great stress of weather.
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larboard, and then from larboard to star
board-look above the topgallants, and
your heart shall beat like q war drum as
the streamers float on the wind. The sign
of the cross will make you patient, and the
crown win 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 wa
ters l will be with thee; and through the
rivers, they shall not overflow thee" Are
you ready for such a voyagei Make ND
your minds. The gang planks are lifting.
The bell rings. All aboard for Heavenl
This world Is not your rest. The chaffinch
is the silliest bird in all the earth for
trying TO make its nest on the rocking
billow. Oh, how | wish that as | en-
bark for the Holy Land in the east, all to
ia CoSA ny bOuSuo vi WOULD
embark for heavenl 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
persecution, or bereavement. Light after
light has gone out, and it is SO dark that
you can hardly see any blessing left. Nav
that Jesus, who comforted the widow Of
Main and raised the deceased to life with
his gentle hand of sympathy, wipe away
your tears. All is we'll
When David was fleeing through the
wilderness, pursued by his own son, he was
being prepared to become the sweet singer
of Israel. The pit and the dungeon were
the best schools at which Joseph ever grad
uated. The burr cane that upset the tent
and killed Jobs children prepared the man
of UZ to write the magnificent poem that
has astounded the ages. There is no way to
get the wheat out of the straw Tut 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, discontented, useless and
unhappy. If you want to find cheer
full folks, go among those who have been
purified by the fire. After Rossini had rem
dered William Tell" the five hundre1th
time, company of musicians came under
bis window in Paris and serenaded him.
They put upon his brow a golden crown of
laurel leaves. But amidst all the applause
and enthusiasm, Rossini turned to friend
and said: 81 would give all this brilliant