Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1893-10-28

or plnnacr or Yacht or cutter that ever
sped ont of huathuu i. or hoiSt.,l sail
for Pace. Bni sh. leaks Trust your
soul in that. AMI you will 20 I" to In"
bottom. She leaks :" | imitat" the
mariners If il.' text. AMI with a cutlass
strike the ropes of th" boat and let her
fall off
Another lifcboat is Christian Incon-
sistencics. The planks Of this boat are
composed Of the split planks of ship
wrecks. That Prov il male out Of hy
pocrisy from the life "f a man who pro
fesscd one thing and really was another.
Dnc oar If this lifeboat was the false
hood of achurcl member AMI the other
oar was the wik.,lness If sorne minister
of tn. gospel. who's. impurities were not
for long while found out Not one
plank from the oak of Gods eternal
truth in all that lifeboat. All the planks.
by universal admission. are lccayed and
crumbling and fallen apart aud rotten
and ready 10 sink.
We'll. well. you say, mo one will
want tn get into that llfeboat" oh, my
friend. you are mistaken That is The
most popular lifcbnat ever constructed
That is the most popular hfclnat ever
launched. Millions of people want to
get into it. They justlc each other to
get the best seat III the boat. You could
not keep them back though You stood at
the gunwalcs with club. as on our ship
Grecce.in a hurricane. and the steerage
passengers We're determined to come up
on deck. where they would have been
washed off. and the officers stood mt the
top of the stairs clubbing them back
Even by such violence rs that Won could
not keep people from Jumping into the
most popular lifeboat. made Of church
member Inconsistencies.
In times of revival when sinners flock
into the inquiry room the most of them
are kept from deciding Alright because
they know 81 many Christians who are
bad. The inquiry room becomes IA
worlds fair for exhibition of all tho
frailties "f church members. SO that if
you believe all is there told y"n YOU
would be afraid to- enter church lest
you get your pockets picked or get
knocked down.
This is the way they talk: II was
cheated ont Of $500 10y u leader If
Bible class. IA Sunday school teacher
gossipcd about me and did her hest 10
destroy my good name" II had u part
ner in business who swamrsi our bust
ness concern 10y his trickery and then
rolled up his eyes in Friday night prayer
meeting. rs though h. were looking for
Elijah's chariot to make u second trip
ami take up another passenger.
But what n cracked and wa logged
and gaping scanned lifcboat the incun-
sistencics If others! Put mo on Il shinsle
mid Atlantic and leave me there rather
than in such a yawl If spiritual conf
dence. tod forbid that | should get
aboard il. AMI lest some IF you make the
mistake Of getting into il do az the
mariners did on that Mediterranean ship
when the sailors Were. about tu get into
the unsafe lii.i"at Of the text aud l..s.
their lives in that way Then III. sol
dirrs cut oil tn" ropes of I'll. boat and
let her fall nif.
S,sF LIFT oCiIAStE.
We'll. SAYS some one. this subject
- WI WI Nv htSt Itht
u lif.lnat if we are ever to- get ashore
and You have already condemned three"
All, il Is because want To- persuade you
to take the only sif. lifcl"at. will not
allow you To- le deceived and get On tu
the wild waves and then cal,siz" or sink.
Thank God. there is Il liIchat that will
take won ashore. in safety. as sur" as God
i,.f ..,i. .tt.l l.s.ty... h,t ftl. Loci
and ribs Of this boat are made ont IF
tree that WAS SIT up on II hlIlf back al
Jerusalem II gotl many year; ago. Enth
If the oars are ml'lt out Of the same
tree. The rnwlu,ks arr. made ont of the
same tree. The st'~rin" gear is made
out Of the same tree. I plants of il
wer. hammered together by the ham
mcrs Of cxccutionrS who Thought they
were only killing Il Christ. but were
really pounding together IAN escape for
all Imperfect souls Of all ages.
II is an old boat. but good as new,
though it has been carrying passengers
from sinking ships t"iirm shore for ages
and has never lost - passenger. Th"s"
old Christians begin IL smil.. because il
is dawning upon them what mean.
The fact is that in this WAY wears ago
they got oft a wreck themselves. and
do not wonder they smile. Il is not
scnselcss giggle that means frivolity,
but il il smile like that on the face Of
Christians the moment they leave earth
for heaven-yca, like the smile "f God
himself when he had completed the plan
for saving the world.
Right after that big tumble Of the At
lantic occa six or seven weeks ago on
tn. beach ut East Hampton | met tho
captain Of the life saving station and
said. Captain. do Won think Il lif.boat
could live in Il sea like that" Although
tn" worst If il was over, the captain re-
piled, mo. do not think it could" But
this lifchoat of which | speak can live
i'm anv sea and deiics all breakers and
all cyclones, and all eluinoxrs. and all
earth, and all hell. IN % years the life
saving apparatus along our Atlantic
coast saved the lives II over 5000 If
the shipwreckcd. hut this lifclmat that
commend has saved in - wears hundreds
of millions If the shipwr.ckc,l. Lik"
those newly invented English lifeboats,
it is Interchangeable. self rightiug and
self hailing.
All along our rocky American coast
things were left IT, chance fnr centuries.
and til" shipwr"ct",l crIwl.d NJ uii tine
beach To- Iii" unless some one happened
to walk along ar some fishcrnlfs hut
might Le near But after the ship AYR
shire was wrecked 1T Sluan beach and
the Powhattan left her $50 dead strewn
along our coast. aud annth.r vessel went
on the rocks. im lives l"'Iisling the
United States government woke ny anil
mad" an appropriation e SH#."n for
life saving stations and life lines from
fakin. hnx are shot over The will. surf.
and hawScrs are stretched fiom wreck
to shore. and what with Labs gun
and six cared surfh"lt. with cork
ut III. Sides IL mak" it uu>inLalle.
and rait"lm.n all night long walking
the beach until they meet c;,'i, ether AMI