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

or plnnace or yacht or cutter that ever
sped out of buathuu /. or huistel sail
for Pace. But Sho leaks. Trust Your
soul IN that. AMI yvu will go To- t. the
bottom. She leaks. 81 ! initiate the
mariners If tie, text. and with a cutlaSs
strike the ropes Of the beat 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 is made out Of ny
pocrisy from the life If a man who pro-
fessc,i one thing and really was another.
One oar If this lifcbuat was the false
hood of II church member. AMI the other
oar was tn" wick.lncss Of sprIe minister
of the gospel, wh"S,. iniguitirs were not
for u long while found out. Not one
plank from the oak If G"l's eternal
truth in all that lif"bcat. All the planks.
by universal admission. are ,lrcayed and
crumbling and fallen apart AMI rotten
and ready 10 sink.
well. we'll. you say, mo ono will
want Ia get int" that lifeboat." oh, my
friend, you are mistaken. That il the
most popular lifcboat ever constructed.
That is the most popular lifcbuat ever
launched. Millions nf people want to
get into it. They lostle each other to
get the best seat IN the boat You could
not keep them back though you stood at
the gunwalcs with club, ~ on our ship
Greece n a hurricane. AMI the steerage
passengers were determined Ia come up
II. II
washed off. and the officers stood mt the
top of the stairs clubbing them back.
Even by such violence as that You could
not keep people from jumping into the
most popular lif.b"a,. 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 ST many Christians who are
bad. The inquiry room becomes u
worlds fair for exhibition Of all tho
frailtics If church members. 50 that if
you believe all il there told y"u YOU
would be afraid to enter church lest
You get your packets picked or get
knocked down.
MS ~ tttt NsN WIS
cheated ont Of $500 by u leader IF a
Bible class" IA Sunday school teacher
gossiped about me and did her best To
destroy my good name" II had part
ner in business who swampcd our bust
ness concern 10y his trickery and then
rolled up his eyes in Friday night prayer
meeting, rs though liz were looking for
Elijah's chariot to make II second trip
and take up another passenger.
But what "a cracked aud WI r legged
and gaping scanned lifchuat the incon-
sistencics If others! Put mo on shin.le
mid Atlantic and leave mo there rather
than in such u yawl If spiritual conf
dence Cod forbid that | should get
aboard it. and lest some of you make the
mistake Of getting into it do as the
mariners did an that Mediterranean ship
when the sailors We're about tu get into
tho unsafe liirl"'lt "f the text AMI hose.
their lives in That way Il hen the sol
,licrs cut oil III" ropes az the boat and
let her fall III.
Ser LEFT To- 'IItS1E.
We'll" says some uiW. this subject
is very Encouraging. for we must have
lifeloat If we are ever L. get ashore,
and you have already condemned three"
All, il is because want I" persuade you
tn take the only safe lifcl~at. ! will not
allow ynu to be deceived and get On tu
the wild waves and then cal,siz" or sink.
Thank God. there is Il lifclrat that will
take you ashore, in safety. as sur" as God
is God and heaven j. heaven. The keel
and ribs If this boat are ma,i' out If a
tree that WAS sat up nn "a hlIif buck of
Jerusalem u go",l many years ago. Enth
IF III" oars are ma'i. ont IF the same
tree The rowlr'kS arr. made out of the
same tree The si,srin" gear is made
ont of the same tree. I planss of it
were hammered Together 10y tn" ham
mcrs of cXccution"rS who Thought they
were only killing u Christ. hut were
really pounding together an escape for
all Imperfect souls of all ages.
II is an old boat. but ,"ol as new,
though it has been CARRYING passengers
from sinking ships firm shore for ages
and has never lost u passns. These
old Christians begin To- smil, bs1auSc il
is dawning upon them what | mean.
The fact is that in this WAY years ago
they got oif "A wreck themselves. and
do not wonder they smile. II is not a
senselrss giggle that means frivolity.
hut il is Il 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 At
lantic ocean six or seven weeks ago on
the beach ut East Hampton | met tho
captain Of the life saving station and
said, Captain. do Won think II lifcboat
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 lifcbcat Of which | speak can live
in any sea and driies all breakers. and
all cyclones. and all etiuin"xts. and al
earth, and all hell. In 20 years tn, life
saving apparatus alon. our Atlantic
coast saved the lives "f over $3.50 If
the shipwrcckrl hut this lifcb"at that
commend has saved in - wears hundreds
of millions cf the shipwr.ckcI Lik"
those newly invented English lifrboats,
it is Interchangeable. self righting and
self battling.
All along our rocky American coast
things were left I" chance for centuries.
and the shipwrcci;"d cr.Iwl-d up "n tine
beach Ia iii" unless suinc one happened
To walk along ar some iishrrmans hut
might hc near. But after the ship AYR
shire was wrecked ai Sqnan beach. AMI
the Puwhattan left her :an dead strewn
along our coast. aud another vessel went
on the rocks. I'm lives I"rishng the
United States government woke up AMI
mad" an appropriation Ut S'",Wn for
life savin. stations. and life lines from
taking box are shot over III" wild surf,
and hawS'rs are stretched fem wreck
Ia shore. and what with IIl"s gun
and six cared surfi"at. with cork
ut III" sides L. MAX" II uu>lnkal'lc,
and patiulm.n all night long walkli;
the beach until they meet each other und