Democratic messenger., 1889-11-23

cOuusct Ot competent hUVtseTs. raul tOIu
them not To go out with that ship. They
thought he knew nothing about II. They
said: ale Is only minister!" They
went, and the ship was destroyed. There
are great many people who now say Of
ministers: They know nothing about the
world. They cannot talk TO u.s." All +!
my friends, Il Is not necessary to have the
Asiatic clolera before you can give II
medical treatment In others. II Is not
necessary to have your own arm broken
before you eau know how To splinter a
fracture. And we who stand In the pull.
pit, and IN the Office of Christian teach.
or, know that there are certain styles Of
belief and certain kinds Of behavior that
will lead to destruction as certainly ms
Paul knew tha. u that ship went out Of
Fair lIavens il would go TO destruction.
Rejoice, o young man, in thy youth, and
let thy heart cheer thee in the days Of thy
youth hut know thou that for all these
things God will bring thee into Judge.
ment." We may not know much, but
we know that.
THEY HAVE nEgx 8x THE SEA.
Youn. people refuse the advice Of pa.
rents. They say: Father Is ovcr.suspi-
cious, and mother is getting old" But
those parents have been on the sea Of life.
They know where the storms sleep, and
during their voyage have seen thousand
battered hulks marking the place where
beauty burned, and intellect foundcred,
and morality sank. They are old sailors,
having answered many signal Of dis
trcss, and endured great stress of weather,
aud gone scudiing under bare poles; and
the old folks know what they are talking
about. Look nj that man--in his check
the glow Of internal fires. His eyes flashes
not as once with thought. but with low
passion. His brain Is sewer through
which impuriiy floats, and his heart the
trough in which lusts wallows aud drinks.
Men shudicr ns the lcper passes. and pa.
rents cry wolf. Wolff" Yet he once
said the Lords Prayer at his mothers
knee, and against that iniquitous brow
once pressed pure mothers lip. But he
refused her counsel. lie went where euro.
cly,lons have their lair. lie foundcrcd on
the sea, while all he'll echoed ut the roar
of the wreck Lost Pacifics Lost Paci.
iics!
CHRISTIANS ALWAYS SAFE.
Another lesson from the subject Is that
Christians are always safe.
There did not seem TO bc much chance
for Paul getting out Of the shipwreck. did
there. They had not, In those days, rock
els with which to throw ropes over found
ering vessels. Their lifcboats were of lii
tie worth. Aud yet, Notwithstanding oil
the danger, my text says Paul escaped
safe to land. And so II will always b,
with Gods children. They may III
plunged into darkness and trouble, but b,
the throne Of the eternal God. ! assert
II. they shall escape sale to land"
Sometimes there comes storm Of com
mercial disaster. The cables break. Tli'
masts fall. The carg0es are scattered
over the sea. Oh. what struggling ant
leaping on kegs and hoghcads and corn
bins and store shelves. And yet, though
they may have /, so very hard IN CONNER
cial circles. the good, trusting in God, al
come safe To land
Wrcckers go out ON the oceans bcacl
and lind the shattered hulks Of vessels
and on the streets Of our great cities ther,
Is many a wreck. Mainsaii slit with bank
cr's pen. lIulks abcams end ON insur
ancc counters Vast credits sinking, hay
Ing suddenly sprung leak. Yet all o
them who are Gods children shall at las,
through His goodness aud mercy. escape
safe To land. The Scandinavian war
riors used TO drink wine out of the skull
of the enemies they had slain. Even 81
God will help us ont al the conquered I'LL
and disasters of life to drink sweetness
anu stFtu.lu iVt
Az EXPERIENCE VI SEA.
Yon have, my friends, had illustration
in your own life OF how God delivers Hi
people. have had illustrations IN M,
own lite ofihc same truth. | was one,
in what on your Mediterranean you call !
curoclydon, but what on the Atlantic ",
call a cyclone, but the same storm. TIN
steamer Greece. of the National Line
swung ou, into the river Mersey at Liver
pool, bound for New York. We had oI
board 200, crew aud passengers. W,
came together sirangers-ltalians, Irish
men. Englishmcn. Swedes. Norwcgians
Americans. Two flags iloated from ih'
masis-llritish aud American ensigns. W.
had new vessel, or one So thoroughly
rcmodelcd that the voyage had around II
the uncertainties al u trial trip. Th'
great steamer felt her way cautiously on
into the sea. The pilot was discharged
aud committing ourselves To the care o
Him who holdeth the winds In His fist
We were fairly started an our voyage u
5000 miles. II was rough nearly all th
way-ihc sea with strong buifetting dis
putting our path. But one night, nj !
o'clock, after the lights had been pu, out
u cyclone wind just made To teal
ships To pieces caught us in It's clutches
|, came down so suddenly that we ha'
not time TO take in the sails or la hsten
the matches. You may know that the bo,
tom Of the Atlantic Is strewn with the
CHASTITY work of cyclones. Oh they nr'
cruel winds. They have hot breaihs. n
though they came up from internal fur
naces. Their mcrriment is the cry q
afrri, ,;hiel passengers. Their play is ,h'
laundering of steamers. And when
ship goes down they laugh uuiil boil
continents hear them. They go In circles
or. as I describe them with my hand
rolling on rolling on. with finger Of ter
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