The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-07-19

couragement. There are victories yet
for you to gain. But sometimes none
tary disaster comes to a man when there
is something in his age or something in
his health or something in his surround
ings which make him know well that he
will never get up again.
In 1857 IL was estimated that for many
years previous to that time annually
there had been 10000 failures in the
United States. Many of those persons
never recovered from the misfortune
But let me give a word of comfort in
passing. The sheriff may sell you out
Of many things, but there are some
things of which he cannot sell you out.
He cannot sell out your family. He can
not sell out your bible He cannot sell
out your God. He cannot sell out your
heavenl You have more than you have
lost.
Sons and daughters Of God, children OF
an eternal and all loving Father. mourn
not when your property goes The
world Is yours, and life is yours, and
death is yours. and Immortality is yours,
and thrones of imperial grandeur are
yours, and rivers Of gladness are yours.
and shining mansions are yours, and
God is yours. The eternal God has
sworn IL. and every time you doubt II
you charge the King OF heaven and
earth with perjury Instead OF complain
ing how hard you have II. go home, take
up your bible full of promises, get down
on your knees before God and thank
him for what you have, instead Of spend
ing so much time in complaining about
what you have not.
The Ark OF Safety.
Some OF you remember the shipwreck
OF the Central America. This noble
steamer had. I think. about 500 pas
sengers aboard. Suddenly the storm
came. and the surges trampled the decks
and swung into the matches. and there
went up a hundred voiced death shrek.
The foam on the jaw of the wave. The
pitching Of the steamer as though II
were leaping q mountain. The dismal
fare of the signal rockets. The long
cough OF the steam pipes. The hiss of
the extinguished furnaces. The walking
OF God on the wave! The steamer went
not down without struggle.
AS the passengers stationed themselves
In rows TO bail out the vessel. bark TO
the thump Of the buckets. as men un-
used TO toll, with blistered hands and
strained muscle. tug for their lives
There is sail seen against the sky. The
fash OF the distress gun sounded. Its
voice Is heard not, for IL Is choked IN
the louder booming OF the sea. A few
passengers escaped. but the steamer
gave one great lurch and was gone! So
there are some men who sail on pros
perously in life. Airs well. airs we'll
But at last some financial disaster comes
"A euroclydon Down they go the bot
tom OF this commercial sea strewn with
shattered hulks.
But because your property goes, do not
let your soul go. Though all else perish
save that. For I have 20 tell you OF a
more stupendous shipwreck than that
which | have just mentioned. God
! launched this world 5000 years ago. II
/ has been going on under freight OF noun.
/ tains and immortals. but one day II
will stagger at the cry OF fire. The tim
/ bers Of rock will burn, the mountains
| flame like masts and the clouds like
sails in the judgment hurricane. Their
! God shall take the passengers off the
/ deck and from the berths those who
/ have long been asleep In Jesus, and hi
will set them far beyond the reach OF
storm and peril.
! But how many shall go down. that viii
] never he known until Il shall be an
| nounced one day In heaven, the ship
! wreck Of world oh, my dear hearers
whatever you lose. though your houses
/ go though your lands go. though al
/ your earthly possessions perish, may Goo
/ Almighty, through the blood OF the ever
| lasting covenant, save all your souls.
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