Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1890-04-16

Grace baptist Church.
This church has rented the old First
Baptist Church, ON King street. whore
they hold regular services. Maurice
PsDtcld Fixes, Of Syracuse, N. T., is the
regular aupply, aud since he has teeu !.
ministerinR TO them tho congregation has ]
increased to double the pumher. On
Sunday evening he preached from the
Of Galilee is sacred in the annals and
memories Of the Christian faith aud
affection for all time. The cities that
lined the shore and the boats that darted |
across the sea where Jesus walked on
the beach, are gone. The pensive pill
grim who psruses the gospel story amid
the ruins OF Capernaum, may lift his
eyes from the page aud take In the whole
compass OF sea and land and not discover
single human being In sight, unless It
be some wandering Arab stealing along
under the high banks 90 cautiously that
his very appearance Increases the aspect
OF lonlinees that makes the whole NC ne.
Silence and desolstion reign where
once Jesus had only to lift His voice and
thousands would gather to listen to H
changes that have taken place In 1850
years there Is one aspect OF this sacred
SEES which brings back our 8aviour's days
with vivid and awful reality. 1t is
night storm such as the disciples en-
eountered when their little bark was
tossed with the angry waves. After p0r-
tray ing In bold outline and graphic de-
tail the scene of tumuit and terror, the
speaker continued. The human heart 10
great deep, troubled and tormeated by
the strong wind OF passion, and finding
no rest until Jesus comes walking upon
the turbulent pillows with Hts blessed
feet and brings = great calm to the weary
soul. The great sea OF human life 10
ever and anon agitAted BY fear and con.
fiict and change until jesus Gomez with
the message oil peace, saying, ut 10 1; be
not afraid"
Tbs whole history OF the world, from
age to age, has been q history of trouble
and battle and storm, aud the eroaning
earth will never have rest until Jesus
comes and the nations receive the Divine
Messenger Of peace. When the disciples
saw the Master walking upon the waves
they imagined Him o spiri., an unreal
and ghostly shadow, appearing to terribly
rather than to comfort and deliver. Men
still are prone to regard Christ as some
thing unreal, spectral, ghostly, and yet
He 10 the highest realisation Of truth.
In Him the weary, troubled, longing
soul finds the only reality which satisties
Its great want and craving. Like Peter
Of old many try to walk on the treacher-
GUS waves Of worldly life at the bid
ding OF the ''prince Of the power Of
t!ously ct frat, not meaning to
go lar II there should be danger;
but they give themselves up gradually
more and more 10 pleasure, and to prid.,
aud TO mirth, and to mo ey setting, and
care, and ambition, or to appetite aud
self-indulgence; they go farther and
farther from the old safeguards of prayer
and waichiulhess, the Bible and the Sab
bath, and the sanctuary, Christian com
pany and Christian influence; they look
to tie world for comfort, and they keep
sinking deeper and dseper In trouble.
They look to the world for pleasure,
and grow more ushappy. They look to
the world for light, and they arc all the
while becc ming involved in deeper dark
ness. They look to the world for hope,
and are answered with groan OF despair.
Once more scen the horizon, and see
sailing AID steaming along upon the
, ''oceau OF time" crafts of every conceiva
! BILE sha pc and size. Yonder ! behold the
, Presbyterian ship, there the Methodist,
, here the Unitarian, away oil yonder the
!, stately and richly decorated vesse
named Episcopalian.- But now, raising
i my glass, perceive whole fleet sweep
. Ting majestically before the breeze, and
, read the name UPON the stern, Baptist
, Again, looking, I see one sailing NOR
! boldly, with greater epeei, with NOR
! complete equipments than all the rest
, and upon her bow l read the name o
/ Zion.
And, as mighty hurricane strikes th,
, sea, and one by one the old vessels ~
down never moro to rise, see thu
staunch old Zion" picking up the sink
lug passengers. And now, as tho storm
Increases In fury, behold them, one by
one, running alongside and transferring
their living freight to her broad deck
All are aboard now, and rushiug on We
ECON encounter another mighty soa, and
as the old ship shakes, plunges forward,
lsiands on her beam ends, we give up and
lssy all must be lost. No mortal car
combat these roaring billows, but ct the
/ dread moment we behold our deliverei
coming. Beautifu Will be his feet upon
the cullen waves Sweet the sound OF Iii
voice through the gloom, saying, at II
/; DO not AFRAID" Then lifting our eyer
we shall see the purple shores Of Canaan,
SO long looked for and greatly loved.