The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-10-24
TALMAGE'S SERMON
At THE BROOKLYN TABERNACLE
LAST SUNDAY.
He Takes for His Subject ''Unsafe Life
boats and breaches an Eloquent Ser
mon to His Audience.

that have never been preached on. This
afternoon he chose for his subject: Unsafe
I.ifeboats" The text being: Acts u: -
'"Then the soldiers cut off the ropes OF the
boat. and let her fall Off
While your faces are yet somewhat
bronZed by attendance on the international
boat contest between the Vigilant and the
Valkyrie, address you Good things when
there is no betting or dissipation those
outdoor sports We want more fresh air
and breeZiness in our temperaments ana
our religion. A stale and slow and lugubrl-
Gus religion may have done for other tilheS'
yet will not do for these. But my text calls
our attention TO Il boat OF a different SORT
and instead of the Atlantic. 1t is the
Mediterranean, and instead OF not Wlnd
enough as the crews of the ViSliant ana
Valkyrie the other day complained there
is too much wind and the sWoop OF Il Eu-
rocydon. / am not calling your attention
so much to the famous ship on which faui
was the distinguished passenger, but TO the
lifebcat of that ship which no one seems
to notice For Il fortnight the mann Vessel
had been tossed and driven. For that Two
weeks the account says, the passengers
had "continued fasting" l suppose the
salt water diShing over, had spoiled the
sea biscuit and the passengers We're sea-
sick anyhow. The sailors said. 1T is no
Use: the ship must go down. ana theE
proposetI among themselves to lower the
lifeboat and get into it, and take the
chances for reaching shore although they
pretended they were gong to get over the
sides of the big ship and down into the
lifcboat only to do sailors duty. mat WAS
not sailor-like, for the sailors that nave
known We're MI intrepid fellows. and would
rather 90 down with the ship than DO
such a mean thing a those Jack Tars of
Iny text attempted. When on the NIediter-
rancan last June the Victoria sank under
the nam of the CamperdCwn. the most
ma iestic thing about that awful scene was
that all the sailors staid at their posts
doing their duty As Il class all over the
world sailors are valorous, but these SAIL
ors of the text We're exceptional and pre-
tended to do duty while they were really
preparing for fight in the lifeboat But
these marines" on bOarl-Sea scidlerS-iiad
in eSneciaI charge Il little missionary who
was turning the world upside down, and
when these marines saw the trick the
sailors were about to play, they llited the
cutiasses from the girdle and chop. chop!
went those cIltlasSeS into the ropes That
held the lifeboat. and splash. 1t dfopped
into the sea. My text describes il: THE
soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and
let her fall off, As that empty lieboat
dropped and capsized on I sea where Tor
TWO weeks wind and pillows had been in
battle / think that many on board the
main vessel felt their last hope of ever
rcaclIing home had vanished. In that
tempeStuous sea n small boat could not
have lived five minutes.
Nv subject is Unsafe Lifeboats." We
cannot exa~gerate the Importance OF the
lifeboat. All honor to the memory of Jon
81 Lukin. the coach-buider of Long Acre.
London. who Invented the first lifeboat.
ard | DO net blame him for ordering put
unon his tombstone in Kent the inscription
that YOU may still read there
This Lionel Lukin was the first who
built a lifeboat and was the original in
vcntor of that principle of safety. by which
many lives and much property have been
preserved from ShpWrecll: and he obtHined
for it the kings patent in the year ItHo.
Al honor to the memory of Sir William
Hillary. who living in the Isle of Man,
and after assisting with his own hand III
the rescue Of 305 lives of the shpwrecked,
stirred the English parliament TO quick
action in the construction OF HfeDatS.
thanks 10 God for the sublime and pathetic
and divine mission of the hfeh0at. No one
will doubt its imnorant mission who read
Of the wreck Of the Amazon iii the Bay or
Riscay: Of the Tweed running on the reefs
of the Gulf of Mexico. or OF the ocean
Monarch on the coast of Wales. or OF the
Rirkenhead on the Cape Of Good Hope, or
of the Royal Charter on the coast OF An
,,lesea. or OF the EXmouth on the Scotch
F,reakers. or of She Cambria on the Irish
coast. or Of the Atlantic on the rocks OF
Noya Scotia, or OF the Lexington on Long
Island sound 70 add still further to the
imnOrtancc of the lfehOat remember there
are at least 3.000.00O men following the
sea. 10 say nothing of the uncounted null
ions this moment ocean passengers. we
Gland -lubberS' rs sailors call us. may not
know the difference between u marine
suike and n ring bolt. or anything about
having \ log or rigging out tying I'D
boom or furling q tops;lt, but we All real-
iZe To greater or less extent the Importance
of 4 Hfeboat in every marine equipment
Ruf do we feel the Importance of 4 liieboAt
in the matter Of the soul : rescue! mere
are times when we all feel that we are out
NJ sea- and as many disturbing ANA ahAioHS
questions strike Us as waves $iFurh tu:'i
vessel anainst the sides of which the NE
Lu1t of my text dan@led. Questions about
.h, church. Questions about the world.
Questions about God. Questions about our
eternal destiny. Every thinking man anu
woman have these questions. ana III pr1poi
tion as they are thinking people go tHeSe
questions arise. There is no wrong III 1nihE-
inc IF God had not intended uS TO thihk
and keen on thinking, lie would not nave
huilt under this WheeihouSe oi the Skull
this thinking machine, when haitS no. III
lis revolutions from cradle 10 grave fEeh
The midnight does not stop the thinking
,r,chine for when we are III dreams: we
are thinking although We do not tiiilit> us
we'll All of us who are accuSloincu W
+b;nl,;ns, want to reach some solid shore or
safety and satisfaction, and If anyone mas
, GOOD lifeboat that we may honoranlF
fol[n, T wish he would unsWing IT from me
davits und let us get into 1t ana pt'L lot
shore. But / give You far no'icG' | mus
SIT examine the lifcboat before RISK NY
ni,,I in il or advise you to FISK your SOU
=; Il All the splendid Rams@ate hlcSoI'S
III Ind i Njarcate lifeboats and South Shielas
iifehoats and American lileoo n,f
zoe tested before bells p'..
;ptn practical use, as 10 M MI
hroyancv and speed, and Stor3Ge anu
s p,iPS capacity. And when you
infer nv soul Il life boat must hrS'
Iiarc is a splendid new life boat called &c
Philosophy II has only niue wllne
shrrn launched. although some OF the pianks
are really 1000 years old and from Il
worm-eaten ship. but they are painted over over
AM look new They are really Eatahsm
and Pantheisln of oden time. but we
mI1sf forget that and call them Iheosolhy
The Grace Darling of the life boat was an
,arss,yoman by tie name of Madame blav-
stsky. but the oarswoman now IS anne
Resant SO many are getting aboard me
boat. If is worthy of examination. both be-
rsuse OF the safety OF those who have enter
81 If and because we ourselves are invited
~ get in. lis theory is that everything
;sGod. Horse and star and tree and man
sr narts of God. We have three souls
st animal soul Il human soul. y spiritual