The national leader., 1889-08-31
DR.. TALMAGE.
oELYs OK Dlvrsrs SUN.
AZ SERMON.
nat Sea Captains Say"
at Portland, Oregon.l

! I. o,ao... ma. 5y , any means I Imysey
u'ooy"-Cor. tx, 81.
nee q, . Of you who live on the Pa
mo hve on the Atlantic coast
'e.y speak on this marine allu-
Z loT all who know about the
aDoug the castaway, The
tnat ministers of re-
aeip Others into heaven and
smselyes. m The carpenters that
TX did not get into it them.
ana surplice, and diplomas.
are no security. Cardinal
naving been petted by kings.
itertained foreign ambassadors
court, died in darkness.
most eminent ministers of
this country has ever
sed INTO sin and died: his
st-mortem examination. found
not figuratively but literally.
may have hands of ordination
ana address consecrated assem-
iat Is no reason why we shall
eacn the realm celestial. The
nst go through tho same gate
tne laynan. There have been
plpWreck where all on board
epting the captain. Alasl if,
hched to Others, I myself should
y" God forbid it.
mined some of the commentaries
they thought about this word
and find they differ in regard
used, while they agree in regard
ing. So / shall make my own se-
take it in a nautical and seafar-
Id show you that men may be-
lal castaways, and how finally
Ito that calamity.
l live in seaboard cities. You
bd upon the beach. Many of you
the ocean. Some of you have
Essels in great stress of weather.
pa captain, and there is another,
|is another, and there are q goodly
you who, though once you did not
Inference between a brig and a
between a diamond knot and
bail knot, and although you could
|lt the weather cross jack brace,
you could not man the fore clew
bw you are as familiar with a
|Ou are with your right hand
kere necessary you could take a
II across to the mouth of the
bhout the loss of a single sail.
B is a dark night in your memory
The vessel became rmmanageable.
t was scudding toward the shore.
B the cry: Breakers ahead (!
the lee bowr' The vessel
rock and you felt the deck
o under your feet, aud you were
!, as when the Hercules drove on
of Caffraria, as when the Portu-
went staying, splitting, grinding,
"a the Goodwins. But whether
followed the sea or not, you all
| the figure when I tell you that
men, who, by their sins and
IS. are thrown helpltssl Driven
gale! Wrecked for two worlds!
/! Castawaysl
ng with some sea captains, l have
that there are three or four causes
calamity to a vessel. I have been
comes sometimes from creating
on the beach. This was often so
mas It is not many years ago,
Il ysgabonds used to wander up
the beach, getting vessels ashore
4 throwing up false lights in their
ri III deceiving them, that they may
j ransack them. All kinds Of
h .ts were used to accomplish this.
ai,rht, on the Cornish coast, when
! Coming in fearfully, some villains
.o,.n and tied it to q horse, and led
~ ~, and down the beach, the lantern
= the motion of the horse, and a sea
= tha .s offing saw it, and made up his
na no was not anywhere near the
IN AZ so;d. There's a vessel-that
:, no go s for It has a movable light y
, seas ,,o snnrehsnsion till he heard the
! ~ !. on ~p the ships bottom, and it
ing ing. a. md the Williams on shore gath
ecoS - ,.,c and treasures that were
= tbe LAND land, And I have to tell you
Dno ,.o . mi multitude Of souls ruined by
: aau au the beach. In the dark night
: !. ~ ,,rer false religion goes up and
isnse' ~ shaking its lantern, and men
snVas oaSo that fickering and expiring
lo s;nnsI .a Of safety, and the cry is:
le !, s ,,ls;n topsail to the mastl All is
ne nla l,'Jden destruction cometh upon
,eIl |, lssv sball not escape. So there
1 .ne! lanterns swung on the beach
llGicsl l6S lanterns, educational Ian
,ul.St !. nl.nS;tarian Lanterns. Men look at
MANI. M dsceived, when there is Moth
are I aashe,nal lighthouse Of the Cos
ods s.san an them from becoming casta-
IN kesp On Wolf Crag light
Jnce tried to build a cop
they q wolf with its mouth
Z | \ Il tbe storms beating into it, the
hsI !, iaT ihaowl forth the dangers to
lld !. night be coming anywhere
tnss isst Of course i was a failure;
ccsa' II rventions for the saving of
new nmnayailing. - What the human
j orc i;ght bursting forth from the
ts s. 81 on the great head
andnSt Of pardon, the light
o Dsn' the light of heav-
fort q better 60 tonight, and de-
nllsusa light-houses on the dan
the The .bs Barnegat lighthouse, the
asts l;gbthouse. the Sharr-vore
Rock y" "uongsuips IIgnGnouse, Jnt
4, ae than to put out God!
d lgnsn-the Gospel. Woe to thost
an lInp lua lanterns ON the beach till
ng i ~ ruin. Castawaysl Casta
18th sea captains l have heard
King Ines ships come to this calam-
sOpesan swoop of a tempest. For
le sdaeI IS sailing along in the East
fe ~ IS not o single cloud on the
nd tha,,Iy the breeze freshens, and
sS1ss t.et on the ratlines, and the
, sNl' bsul away therer' but before
VS., the booms and tarpaulin
q adNt tbe vessel is groaning and
,huslss s. grip Of a tornado, and
!. ID ~ the trough of the sea,
ar i1V / rolls IN to the beach
,adsa ,,ssying = thecrew to struggle
S Ole nrf. Castawayl Castawayl