The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-29
THE CASTAWAYS.
Lu,r THE SEA CAPTAINS SAY.
go. Tells of the Spiritual ship
w-eok and Its Causes.

i -. uT,< that bU any means myseU
~ III \, cast drdH"--Cor. tx, "a.
A.. rreseucc Of YOU who live on tho Pa
IN lnc I who live on the Atlantic coast
|thc cUaSr cUnrnnriotcly speak on this marine allu-
FrN ,he text for all who know about the
|pon y tnnv about the castaway. Tho
fsa ir,nlies that ministers OF re
tets NAV help Others into heaven and
ea,iss h themselves. The carpenters that
%, So.hs ark did not get into IL thom-
gns Wv, Gown and surplice, and diplomas,
III canonicals are no securl.y ~ ~oalni
nu 90. after having been petted by kings,
N9f,:.,,;ne 9f,r., entertained foreign ambassadors
na T.mnton Court, died in darkness.
np Tho most eminent ministers of
nv that this country has ever
punred into sin and died; his
no." he rost-mortcm examination, found
hea,S Seen. not flgurativcly but literally,
pa,' No may have hands of ordination
ros' hoaJ and address consecrated assem-
u Lu, that is no reason why wo shall
As,riiv reach the realm celestial. Tho
,'',vaoi, must go through the same gate
sas.,lon as the laymon. There have been
IN shipwreck where all on board
a,I cxccpting the captain. Alasl II,
I k.,inc ..rrcached TO others, ] myself should
rs.fswav." God forbid It..
as
~. ,bot they thought about this word
s,,.ssy and find they differ in regard
,ke 85lirc used, while they agree in regard
~ meaninr. So | shall make my own Sc
~, and take it in nautical and seafar-
y .snse. and show you that mon may be
-. spititual castawnys, and how finally
bey drift into that calamity.
you and | live in seabOard cities. You
..o I'll stood upon the beach. Many of you
~, .ros.pl The ocean. Some of you have
k.,,,-,l vessels in great stress OF weather.
80 n ,ca captain, and there Is another,
"a yorlor is another, and there are n goodly
Brrher of YOU who, though once you did not
rov tho difference between n brig and n
~ and between n diamond knot and q
m sheet sail knot and although you could
a poiut ont the weather cross jack brace,
nithough you could not man the fore clew
arnets. now you nrc rs familiar wih
m os YOU are with your right hand
IN lit were necessary you could take n
,ssel clear across 10 the mouth of the
Jersey without the loss of a single sail.
elL there is a dark night in your memory
I ,he sea. The vessel became unmanagesble.
Fm saw il was scudding toward the shore.
ou heard the cry: Breakers ahead !
and ON tho lee bowr The vessel
kruck the rock aud you felt the deck
reakng up under your feet, aud you were
caStaWay. rs when the Hercules drove ON
: coast Of Calrrarn as when the Portu-
hes brig went staying, splitting, grinding,
ta,hing ON the Goodwins But whether
Ipu have followed the sea or not, you all
Understand the figure when tell you that
ere are men, who, by their sins and
smptations. are thrown helpl,ssl Driven
ktiore the gale! Wrecked for two worlds!
hstaways Castaways
By talking with some sea captains, have
und out that there are three or four causes
N such a calamity TO q vessel. / have been
IN that It comes sometimes from creating
se lights on the beach. This was often 50
clden times 1t is not many years ago,
deed that vagabonds used to wander up
pd down the beach, getting vessels ashore
the night, throwing up false lights in their
fsenco and deceiving them, that they may
spoil and ransack them. All kinds of
fernal arts were used 10 accomplish this.
nd one night, on the Cornish coast, when
sea was coming in fearfully, some villains
ok lantern and tied it TO horse, and led
horse up and down the beach, the lantern
Fingng 20 the motion of the horse and a sea
ptain in the olling saw 1t, and made up his
Ind that he was not anywhere near tho
pre- for he said There's vessel-that
Hist he ayeSsel, Z lit has a movable light
he had no Prchension till he heard tho
cks gratnr n the ships bottom, and it
tnt 10 pie S and the williams on shore gath
ed up 4 packages and treasures that were
bshed . the land And | have TO tell you
att, no are multitude of souls ruined by
Se fights on the beach. In the dark night
mans danger, false religion goes up and
wn the shore, shaking its lantern, and men
pkoI and take that llickoring and expiring
OK as the signal OF safety, and the cry is:
pieaye The main topsail to the mast All is
tl when sudden destruction cometh upon
em, and they shall not escape. So there
all kinds Of lanterns swung on the beach
philosophical lanterns, educational Ian
rnS humanitarian lanterns. Men look ut
em and are deceived, when there is moth
but Gods eternal lighthouse of the Cos
that can keep them from becoming casta-
yS Once on Wolf Crag light
use, they tried to build cop
figure of a wolf with its mouth
Pen' 50 that the storms beating into it, the
~ would howl forth tho dangers to
primers that might be coming anywhere
ar the coast. or course il was n failure.
pd soall new inventions for tho saving of
pms soul are unavailing. What the human
wants Is light bursting forth from the
standing on the great head.
S-the light of pardon, the light
comfort, the light OF heav-
You might better go tonight, and de-
Oy all the great lighthouses on the dan.
ious coasts-the Barnegat lighthouse, the
met Rock lighthouse. the Slerrvvora
lthouse, the Longships lighthouse, the
Nyhcad lighthouse-tha 10 put out Gods
'a' ocean lamp-the Gospel. Woo TO those
swing false lanterns on the beach till
crash into ruin. Castawaysl Casta-
BY talking with sea captains have heard
wa. sometimes ships come to this calam-
by the sudden swoop of a tempest. For
ahce' vessel is sailing along in the East
ne,' ana there is not single cloud on the
put suddenly the breeze freshens, and
are swift feet on the ratlines, and the
h' way, haul away thercw but before
can square the booms and tarpaulin
uachWays, the vessel is groaning and
III the grip of n tornado, and
yer INTO the trough of the sea,
~vadslde 1t rolls on TO the beach
Ill., o ,. over leaving the crew to struggle
Itrclleas surf. Castawayl Castaway!
nave 10 tell you that there are thou
s VI men destroyed through tho sudden
VI compilations. Some great induce
y ~ "oridliness or To sensualty, or 10
pss Pc', or 70 some form of dissipation,
nj upon Them. IL they had time 10 OK
,Ll.-lI ,uelI bible, If they had time 10 consult
vLr M friends, If they had time TO delib-
cy mey could stand it; but the tempta-
,salhe 50 suddenly-an euroclydon on the
n"rranean, whirlwind of the Carib-
ohe awful surge of temptation and
perish. And so wo often
m the old story: ~ hadn't
TS vS friend in great many years. We
y glad 20 meet. lie said must
alonD u no took me by the arm and pressed
ne, raw o ana iilled the cup until the bub-
''er the edge, and in an evil moment
IL sgou resolutions were swept away,
,ne outraging of God and my own