The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-01-24
REV. DR.. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIVINE's FARE
with SERMON.
Debating a Sermon to His Many
Readers as He Embar!Ns
for the Eoly Land.

dressed his millions of friends through the
press, taking for his text Acts Ky. IS: 'And
they accompanied him unto the ship Hi
sermon is printed below in full:
To the more than twenty-five million PEG
pie liz many countries to whom my sermons
come week by week. in English tongue and
by translation, through the kindness of the
newspaper press, I address these words. l
dictate them to stenographer on the eve Of
my departure for the Holy Land, Palestine.
When you read this sermon ! will be mid
Atlantic. l 60 to be gone few weeks ON a
religious journey. l go because | want for
myself aud hearers and readers TO see Beth
lehem, and Nazareth, and Jerusalem. and
Calvary, and all the other places connected
withmy Saviour life and death, and so re-en-
force myself for sermons. l go because 1
am writing the Life of Christ. and can be
more accurate and graphic when have been
an eye witness Of the sacred places. PRAY
for my successful journeying and my safe
return
l wish on the eve of departure to pronounce
a loving benedictiOn upon all my friends in
high places and low, upon congregations to
whom my sermons are read in absence of
pastors, upon groups gathered out on the
prairies and n mining districts, upon all
sick and invalid AMI aged ones who cannot
attend churches, but u whom | have long
administered through the printed page Ny
next sermon will be ADDRESSED 10 you from
Rome, Italy, for I feel like Pail when he
said: so, as much rs in me is, / I'm ready
to preach the Gospel 10 YOU that are at Rene
also. The fact is that Paul was ever NOV
lHft about on land QS@Sea. He was an old
sallor-hou from Occupation, but from fire.
quency of travel. | think he could have
taken vessel across the Mediterranean as
well rs some of the ship captains The sail
ors never scolIed at him for being 'ganl
lpbber-" II Pauls advice had been taken.
the crew would never have gone ashore at
Melita. ~
When the vessel went scudding under bare
poles Paul was the only self-possessed man
on board, and, turning to the excited crew
and despair1ng passengers, he exclaims. in n
voice that sounds above the thunder of the
tempest and the wrath Of the sea: BE of
good cheer"
The men who now go to sea with maps. and
charts, and modern compass, warned by buoy
and lighthouse, know nothing Of the perils Of
ancient navigation Horace said that the
man who first ventured on the sea must have
had heart bound with oak and triple brass.
People then yentured only from headland to
headland, and from island TO island and not
until long after spread their sail for a VOYAGE
across the sea. Before starting, the weather
was watched, and the vessel having been
hauled up on the shore, the mariners placed
their shoulders against the stern of the shin
and heayed it oI-'hey at the last moment,
leaping into it.
Vessels were then chiefly ships Of burden
the transit of passengers being the exception;
for the world was not then migratory. as in
our day, when the first desire of a man in
one place seems to be to get into another
place. The ship from which Jonah was
thrown overheard, and in which Paul
was carried prisoner, went out chiefly with
the idea OF taking cargo. As now, 50 then,
vessels were accustomed to carry a flag. In
those times 1t was inscribed with the name
Of heather deity. A vessel bound for SYRIA
,use had on II the inscription, Castor and
PolluX-" The ships were provided with an
shors Anchors were of two llinds-those
that were dropped into the sea and those
hat were thrown up on to the rocks to hold
he vessel fast. This last kind was what Paul
alluded to when he said: (which hope we
nave as an anchor Of the soul, both sure and
and which enteretl into that with
n the vail That was what the sailors
AL a hook anchor" The rocks and sand
bars shoals and headlands not being mapped
lut, vessels carried plumb line They would
ir0p it and find the water fifty fathoins, and
irOp 1t again and find it forty fathoms and
lrop 1t again and find it thirty fathoms. thus
discovering their near approach 10 the shore.
IN the spring, summer and autumn the
If ships, but at the first wintry blast they
ned themselves to the nearest harbor; al
hough row the worlds commerce prospers
II January as well as in June and in mid
winter all over the wide and stormy deep
here float palaces Of light, trampling tile
pillows under foot and showering the sparks
4 terrible furnaces on the wild wind; and
he Christian passenger, tippeted and /
hawled, sits under the shelter Of the smoke 1
tack, looking off upon the phosphorescent |
ieep, on which IS written in scrolls OF foam
md fire: Thy way, o God, Is in the sea. and /
Thy path in the great waterse'
1t is in those days Of early navigation that 4
see a group Of men, women and children on /
he beach Of the Mediterranean. Paul is /
bout TO leave the congregation to whom he I
lad preached, and they are come down to t
ee him Off. 1t is a solemn thing TO part. /
,heEe are 50 many traps that wait for 1
feet. The solid ground may break 4
aranceagd the sea-how many dark mys-
its bosomi = few counsels /
ch any moree last look, and the ropes
the street car vr are pi h9i5tsd o and the
e with such clotsf the SAM 'esier,
and if some foo embark Git4 for E Beqs
or looks askance a. noe IN m maf 59aS y are
d reception, pray t first ns od,b is sound % nd
,rgigen. Pity * want Of it, vessels that /
rty of gracfhen caught in a storm have
ob,,,.ol, c,o.-te a wafer. The truths of 4
church Sfe what Imean by floor timbers. /
-hen Wi. Four lighter materials. Nothing I
hewn in the forest OF divine truth, .
5eemech enough for this craft
must have love for helm to guide
NarIDn the craft Neither pride, nor a l.
, 70 nor avarics will do for a rudder
not only in the heart, but flashing in
Ne and tingling in the hand-love mar
10 work, which many look upon as 50
e'mely bride-love, not like brooks which
en- and rattle yet do nothing, but love ike
liver that runs up the steps Of mill wheels
"a works in the harness of factory bands
ne that will not pass by on the other side
ut visits the man who fell among thieves
ear Jericho, not merely saying: 'Poor fel-
wi you are dreadfully hurt" but, like the
God Samaritan, pOurs in oil and wine and
avs his board at the tavern. There must
lso be prov, arranged to cut and override
le billow. That is Christian perseverance.
There are three mountain surges that
,metimes dash against a soul in a minute
lie world, the flesh and the devil-and that
a well built prov that can bound over
lem. For lack of this, many have put back
I'D never started again. II is the brondside
ave that so often sweeps the deck and fills
le matches: but that which strikes in front
harmless. Meet troubles courageously and
Ou surmount them Stand on the prov;
I'd, as you wipe OF the spray Of the split
rye. cry out with the apostle; ''None of
ese things move me- Let oil your fears
ay aft. The right must conquer. Know
at Moses in the ark of bulrushes, can run
Jwn war steamer.
Have good, strong anchor. (which hope
e have as an anchorp By this strong cable
ID windlsss, hold on to your anchor. IF
" man sin, wehave an advocate with the
lther." Do notuse the anchor wrongfully.
, not always stay in the same latitude aud
1gitude You will never ride DIP the har-
r Of Eternal Rest if you all the way drag
iur anchor.
But you must have sails Vessels are not
for the sea until they have the flying jib
3 foresail, topgallaut, the s'lysail, the gait
4 and other canvas. Faith is our canvas
DIST it aud the winds Of heaven will drive
u ahead. Sails made out Of any other can
S than faith will be slit to tatters by the
st northeaster. Strong faith never lost
battle It will crush foes, blast rocks,
ench lightnings, thresh mountains. 1t isa
ield 10 the warrior, n crank to the most
nderous wheel, a lever TO pry up pyramids,
irum whose beat gives strength to the step
the heavenly soldiery, and sails to watt
FPS laden with priceless pearls from the
-bor Of earth to the harhor of heaven.
But you are not yet equipped You must
We what seanen call tho running rigging.
is comprises the ships braces halliards,
W lines and such like. Without these the
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