Sharp County record., 1890-01-16

| ever voyage We ullNO oIu,ova
over enterprise we start, let us al""SS
have Christ in she ship All you !"n
Ju 9th utmost tension Of body, mlnu
and soul YOU are bound to doi but on
have Christ in every voyage
~ there are men who ask Gods heip az
the beginning of the gre@' enterprises,
Uo hos been with them III the past no
tronble can overthrow them, the STORMS
night come down from the top OF Mo'"'
Ucrmon. and lash Gennesaret into loan
and into agony, but it could not hufU
them. But there is another man VIM
ctarts ont in worldly enterprises, ana ne
depends upon the uncertainties ol .nlS
life. He has no God to help him. Al'er
owbiIe the storm comes and tosses OH
the masts of the ship; he puts out ms
Iifeboat and the longboat; the sherlH
and the auctioneer try to help MIN
off; they can't help him off; he muSV
90 down-no Christ in the ship. our
life will be made up OF sunshlne
and shadows. There may be IN IL
Arctic blasts or tropical tornadoeS; l
know not what is before you, Dut l
know if you have Christ with you al
shall be well. You may seem 10 geC
along without the religion OF OhrlSU
while every thing goes smoothly DuU
after awhile, when sorrow hoVers the
soul, when the waves OF trial dash clear
over the hurricane deck, and the decks
are crowded wi tn piratical disasters
oh, what would you do without ChrlSO
in the ship? Take God for your por-
ton. God for your guide, God for your
help; then all is we'll; all is well LOT
time, all shall be we'll forever. Blessed
) is the man who puts in the LORD MS
, trust He shall never be confounded'
But my subject also impresses me with
the fact that when people start to toi-
low Christ they must not expect smootn
sailing. These disciples got into small
} boats, and l have no doubt they SAID:
"What a beautiful day this is! What a
} smooth seal What bright sky this IS!
How delightful is sailing in this boat.
And as for the waves under the keel OF
l the boat, why they only make the mo-
t ton of our little boat the more delight
, full" But when the winds swept down
, and the sea was tossed into wrath, then
: they found that following Christ was
, not smooth sailing. So you have found
7 it: so have found it. Did you ever no
| tice the end of the life Of the apostles
8 of Jesus Christ? You would say If ever
| men ought to have had a smooth life, a
e smooth departure, then those men, the
disciples of Jesus Christ, ought to have
l had such a departure and such life.
!, St. James lost his head. st. Philip was
1 hung to death on a pillar St. Mat
n thew had his life dashed out with hal
d bert. St. Mark was dragged to death
n through the streets st. James the
h Less was beaten to death with fuller's
: club ST. Thomas was struck through
a with a spear.
/ They did not find following Christ
d smooth sailing. Oh, how they were
3 all tossed in the tempest! John Hus'
, in the fire; Hugh McKail in the hour O.
d martyrdom; the Albigenses, the Wal
d denses, the Scotch covenapters - die
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a go into history when we can draw from
y our memory illustration of the truth o
e what say? Some young man in store
y trying to serve God, while his employee
}, SCOTS at Christianity; the young men II
If the same store, antagonistic to thu
n Christian religion, teasing him, tor
e menting him about his religion, trying
h to get him mad. They succeed in get
IS ting him mad, saying; "You're prett.
e Christian!" Does that young man fine
Il it smooth sailing when he tries to fol
d low Christ? Or you remember Chris
'r tian girl. Her father despises tn
vt Christian religion; her mother despise
e the Christian religion; her broth
d ers and sisters scoff at the Chris
a tian religion; she can hardly fnt
is a quiet place in which to say he
d prayers Did she find it smooth sailing
.. when she tried to follow Jesus Christ
L Oh, no! All who would live the life o
n the Christian religion must suffer per
e secution; if you do not find it in on,
D. way, you will get it in another way
The question was asked: "Who ar,
IL those nearest the throne?" And tn,
e answer came back These are the,
e who came up out of great tribulation-
1t great failing, great pounding haC
a their robes washed and made white il
s. the blood of the Lamb" Oh, do not b,
e disheartened! Take courage. You arr
d in glorious cOmpanionship. God viii
< see you through all trials and He viii
a deliver you. My subject also impresscs
e me with the fact that good people some
g times get very much frightened.
Il In the tones of these disciples as the,
e rushed into the back part of the boat
S find they are almost frightened to death
n They say: Master, carest Thou no
g that we perish?" They had no reason
S to be frightened, for Christ was in the
d boat. | suppose if we had been then
we would have been just as much af
= frighted. Perhaps more. In all age
very good people get very much a.
d frighted. 1t is often so in our day, ant
t., men say: "Why, look at the bad lect
d ures, look at the various errors going
d over the Church of God; we are going t,
g founder; the Church is going down; sh,
y is going down" Oh, how many gooC