The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1892-10-28
At the Tabernacle.

At the Tabernacle.
The subject last Sunday was, ''Half .
Planet" the text being Deuteronomy iii,
27. Lift up thine eyes westward"
So God said to Moses in Bible times,
and so He said to ChristofOrO Colon DO,
the son Of a wool comber of Genoa, more
than four hundred years ago. The
nations had been looking chiefly toward
the East. The sculpture of the world.
the architecture of the world, the laws
of the world. the philosophy Of the
world. the civilization of the world, the
religion Of the world came from the
East
But while Columbus, as his name was
called after it was Latinized, stood
studying maps and examining globes and
reading cosmography, God said to him,
Lift up thine eyes toward the West J"
The fact was it must have seemed to
Columb bus very lopsided wOrld-like q
cart with one wheel, like scissors with
one blade, like a sack on one side OF a
camel, needing sack on the other side
to balance it. Here was bride OF a
world with no bridegroom. When God
makes half Of anything He does not
stop there. He makes the other half.
We are all obliged sometimes to leave
things only half done. But God never
stops half way, because He has the time
and the power to go all the way.
do not wonder that Columbus was
not satisfied with MALT a world, and so
went to work to find the other half.
The pieces Of carved wood that were
foated to the shores Of Europe by a
westerly gale, and two dead human faces,
unlike anything he had seen before, like
wise floated from the West. were to him
the voice Of God saying, Lift up thine
eyes toward the West" But the world
then, as now, had plenty Of Can't-Ce-
dones. That is what Keeps individuals
back. and enterprises back, and the
church back, and nations back-igno-
minious and disgusting and dishearten-
ing Can't be- dones.
Old navigators said to young Column
bus, 1T can't be done" The Republic
of Genoa said, ut can't be done" Al
phonso V said, 1T can't be done" A
committee on maritime affairs. to whom
the subject was submitted. declared, 1T
can't be DONE Venetians said, ut
can't be done" But the father Of Co
lumbus' wife died, leaving his widow a
large number of sea charts and maps,
and as il to condemn the slur that diff
ferent ages put upon mothers-in-law, the
mother-in-law Of Columbus gave him the
navigatOr's materials out Of which he
ciphered America. After awhile the
story of this poor but ambitious Column
bus reaches the ear of Queen Isabella.
and she pays eighty dollars to buy him a
decent suit of clothes SO that he may be
fit to appear before royalty.
The interview in the palace was sue
cessfuL Money enough was borrowed to
fit out the expedition. There they are
the three ships, in the Gulf of CadiZ,
Spain. III you ask me which have been
the most famous boats Of the world, l
would say, first, Noah's ship, that
wharfed on Mount Ararat; second, the
boat of bulruSheS, in which Moses floated
the Nile; third, the Mayflower, that put
out from Plymouth with the Pilgrim
Fathers, and now these three vessels
that on this the FRIDAY morning, Aug.
B, 1892, are rocking on the ripples
l am so glad it is Friday, so that the
prows of those three ships shall first of
all run down the superstition that things
begun or voyage started on Friday must
necessarily prove disastrous. Show me
any Monday or Tuesday or Wednesday
or Thursday or Saturday that ever ac-
as much as this expedition
that started on Friday. With the idea
that there will be perils connected with
the expedition the sacrament of the
Lords supper is administered. Do not
forget that this voyage has begun under
religious auspices.
There is the Santa Maria, only ninety
long wit M &c nd tn nf
chors. The captain walking the deck is
81 years old. his hair white, for a: 35 he
was gray, and his face is round. his nose
aQuiline and his stature little taller
than the average. know from his de-
is determined man. That is Captain
Columbus. Near BY, out
far enough off not to run into each other,
are the smaller ships, the Pinta and the
Nina, about large enough and safe
enough to cross the Hudson River or the
Thames in good weather.
There are two doctors in this fleet Of
ships and few landsmen, adventures
who are ready to risk their necks in az
wild expedition. There are enough pro-
visions for year. Captain Columbus,
where are you sailing for?' 81 do not
know" "How long before YOU will get
Thereof Il cannot saw" "All ashore
that are going!" is heard, and those who
wish 70 remain 60 to the land.
Now the anchors of the three ships are
being weighed, and the ratlins begin to
rattle and the sails to unfurl. The wind
is dead east and it does not take long to
get out to sea In few hours the ad
venturers wish they had not started.
The ships begin to roll and pitch Oh.
It is such q delightful sensation for
|andsmen! They begin to bother Captain
Columbus with questions They want
10 know what he thinks Of the weather.
They want to know when he thinks he
will probably get there. Every time
when he stands taking observations of
the sun with an astrolabe they wonder
what he sees and asks more questions.
The crew are rather grouty. Some of
them came on under four months ad- |
vance pay and others were impressed |
into the service.
For sixteen days the wind is dead |
east, and that pleases the captain be- |
cause it blows them farther and farther |
away from the European coast and |
farther on toward the shore of another |
,onnfry IL there is any, After awhile /