Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-11-08

'''' .' [" rNnih. or a gazelle, or a soft {,
P'.-e nSnter. or Herod, or a Jezebel, an,
- enabled to have great variety o
experience. rotating through the uni
Z N'E>e. now rising. now falling nov
,'ot out in a straight line and now descrih
in; = p1rahola. and on and on and mn an
oi', anu down aud down. and round an,
lvuui. Don't you see? Now that thaosonhI
liehoat has been launched II nronoses :,
'ase You on the rough sea OF doubt into ever
h7'fn- quietuie. How do you like the Iffs
S'A'' Ny opinion is YOU had sptter initst.
ne mariners OF my text and cut CT the rope,
tast boat and let her fall OF.
Another lifeboat temptin. M to anta- I,
made OF many planks of good works II /,
'ratly beautiful bozt-almsciyin- prarti-
al sympathies for human suflerina. RIGHT.
sors words and righteous deeds. / mus,
llulit l liSe the looks of the PROV, and OF
ne roWlocks and of the paddles. and OF the
WeerinS gear, and of many who ara thinL
n 10 trust themselves on her benches Ru,
ne trouble about thr' '>boat Il IL leaks.
leNer knew man yet good enough to earn
-eSFrn oy ms virtues or generosities.
II 'here De one person here present on this
blessed Sabbath all of whose thoughts have
2een always right, all of whose actions bav-
always been right. and all of who's. words bsvs
always been right, let him stand up. or IL al.
ready standing let him lift his hand and I
wili know that he lies. Paul had II aboui
right when hesaii, by the deeds of the law
shalI no hesh living be justified" David had
Z about right when he said, 's'There ia non,
hat doeth good, no not one"
Inc Old book had it about right when II
SAID, "All have sinned and come short of III,
glory OF God Let a man get of that little
steamer called The Maid of the Mist, which
'alls up 10 the loot of Niagara Falls and then
@'.trah @ 10 thstnn of the falls on the descending
hoods. for he can do # easier than snv mar
sver will be able TO climb to heaven by hi
;ood works.
Ifyour thoughts have always been exactly
light, and your words exactly right, and
Tour deeds always exactly right, you can
20 up to the gate OF heaven, and you need
lot sven knock tor admittance, but open il
Tourself and push the angels out of your way
and go up and take one of the front seats.
But you would be so unlike any one else that
las gone up from this world that you wo9ld
)e curiosity in heaven and more fit for
heavenly museum than for place where the
inhabitants could look at you free of charge.
No, sir, admire your good works, and tha
itehoat you are thinking of trusting in is
landsomer Khan any yawl or pinnace OF
Facht or cutter that ever sped out ofa boat
louse or hoisted sail for a race. But she leaks.
Trust your soul in that, and you will go to
he bottom. She leaks. So l initiate the
mariners of the text and with a cutlass strike
he ropes of the boat and let her fall Of.
Another Hfeboat is Christian Incon
sisteneies. The planks of this boat ar,
composed OF the split planks OF shipUrecls.
That PROV is made out of hypocrisy from
he life Of q man who professed one thing
and really was another. One oar OF this
iteOOat was the falsehOod of church mem
Der, and tho other oar was the wickedness
Oi some minister OF the Gospel, whose in
.quities were not for long while found out.
Not one plank from the oak Of Gods
.ternal truth in all that lfebOat. All the
blanks. by universal admission, are decayed
f. ur,N- sFtva
an1 ready to sink.
.'Weil. WE'LL you say. mo one will want
% get into that Hfeboat." Oh. my friend.
sou are mistaken. That is the most popuis-
ifsbOlt ever constructed. That is the most
popular lifebO9t ever launched. Millions o
people want 10 get into it. They iostle eacI
)ther to get the best seat in the boat. You
could not keep them back though you stood
gt the gunwaies with club, as on our snip
Greece in hurricane, and the steerage pas
sengers were determined TO comc up on deck
where they would have been washed OF, anc
he officers stood at the top OF the stair.
clubbing them back. Even by such violence
As that you could not keep people from
Jumping into the most popular lileboat, mad
of church member inconsistencies.
In times OF revival when sinners flock into
:he inquiry room the most OF them are KEEP
from deciding ariSnt because they know sc
many Christians who are bad. The inquiry
room becomes a Worlds Fair for exhibition
IF all the frailties OF church members. so that
# you believe all is there told you you would
Je afraid to enter a church lest you &c YOU
pockets picked or get knocked down.
This is the way they talk Il was cheated
1ut OF $500 by leader o. a Bible class. ~
Suuday-schoOl teacher gossiped about mt
AMI did her best 10 destroy my good name.
4 had partner in business who sWaupet
our business concern by his trickery and ther
rolled up his eyes in Friday night prayej
meeting. as though he were looking fol
-liiah's chariot TO MAKE second trip anc
lake up another passenger
But what a cracked and water logged anc
gaping ssaned liie5oat the inconsistency:
Of others. Put me on "a shingle mid-Atlantit
and leave me there rather than IN sucn
vawl of spiritual confidence. God forbid tha
should get aboard it, and lest some OF you
make the mistake OF getting into 1t l do as
the mariners did on that Mediterranean shiE
" hen the sailors were about to get into the
unsafe lifeboat of the text and lose theiI
lives in that Wav. ''Ihen the soldiers cut
OF the ropes OF the boat and let her lalI on
We'll, says some oH'N, tins suoJect L
5ery discouraging, for We must have a NE
Dogt if we are ever to get ashore, and you
nave already condemned three" An. 1t Il
because wantto persuade you to take the
only safe lIfehOat l will not allow you to be
deceived and get on to the wild waves ana
then capsze or sink. Thank God, there Is
lifeboat that wiIltaEe you ashore IN saIety,
gs sure as God is God and heaven Is heaven
1',a Keel and ribs OF this boat are made out
of a tree that was set up on blu1 back
OF Jerus liem good many years ago. Both
~ fhe oar, are ma ie out of tho same tree
The rowIocls are M 10 out OF the same tree
The steering gear is made out OF the same
rec. The planIs Of il were hammered to-
,a+har nv the hammers Of exscutioners who
thought ey were only killing a Christ, but
we're really pounding together an escape ior
all imper!ed sous OF all ages.
Ii is an old boat, but good as new, though
Il has been carrying passengers from SINKING
sIlips to firm shore FOR ages and has never
rosf a Messenger. These old Christians begin
% smile because it is dawning upon them
what mean The fact Is that in TINS Way
years ago they got or wreck themselves,
md [ do not wonder they SMILE IL Is not =
senseless giggle that means trlyollty, Dut
fs n smile like that on the face OF CHRISTIANS
The moment they leave earth for heaven
yea like the smile Of God Himself When he
had completed the plan for SAVING the world
Right after that big tumble OF the Atlantic
Ocean six or seven weeks ago on the Dedci'
at East Hampton met the captain ol u a.
life saving station and said, captain, 90
Won think a lifeboat could live in a sea IKE
fbat?" Although the worst of it was over,
the captain replied, mo, do not thlhA
could But this iifeboat OF when sPeaH
can live in any sea and dehes all oreaSeI y
and all cyclones. anu az
parth. and all hell. In twenty years the ne
saving apparatus along our Atlantic c23s'
sayed the lives of over 5000 of the ship
wrecked. but thi. lifeboat that L commen1
has saved in twenty years HUNDREDS OF mil
ions of the shipwreck-d. Like those newy
Invented English lifeboats, it is unsuDm=rS-
lille. self rightlng snd self bauing-
"A along our rocky American coast tnlh =
were left to chance for centuries ana tnr
shfpvracRed crawied up on the beach 70 oie
unless some one happened TO walk along ol
sorne fsherman's hut might be near; Bti
alter the ship Ayrshire was wrecked at az
Sguan Beach, and the Powhatian left her !; 10.
,a,4 strewn along our coast, and another
vesscI went on the rocks, 400 lives perishng,
-, -, on aDnronriat;on OF 5000, 80 for
ira s,ations, and lue lines from fax
nc box are shot over the via