The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-10-26
REV. DR.. TALMAGE'S SERMON
ONLY orB LIrEBoAr
That Will safely Carry Your Soul From
This worlds Wreck.

While your fnces are yet somewhat bronzed
hy attendance on the international boat con
test between the vigilant and the vaIkvrIe 7
address you. Good things when there IL no
betting or dissipation, those outdoor sports
We want more fresh air and breeziness An
our temperamonts and our religion A stale
end slow and lugubrious religion NAV have
done for other times. yet will not do for
these. But my text calls our attention TO n
boat OF different sort. and instead OF the
Atlantic II Is the Mediterranean. and instead
Of not wind enough, ne the crews OF thevigi-
liant and the Valkyrie the other day com
planned, there IL too much wind and the
swoop OF a Euroclydon.
| am not calling your attention 30 much
10 the famous ship on which Paul was the
distinguished passenger. but TO the Hfebo,t
Of that ship which no one seems 10 notice
For fortnight the main vessel had been
tossed and driven. For that two weeks, the
account says. the passengers had ''contin-
ued fasting" / suppose the salt water.
dashng over, had spoiled the sen biscuit
and the passengers were seasick anyhow
The sailors sqid, at Is no use this shin
must go down" and they proposed nmons,
themselves to lower the lifeboat and get into
II and take the chances for reaching shore.
although they pretended they were going 10
get over the sides OF the big ship and down
into the lifeboat only 10 do sailors duty
That WIS no. sailorlike, for the sailors that
have known were all intrepid fellows and
would rather go down with the ship than do
such q mean thing US those Jack Tars OF my
text attempted.
When on the Mediterranean last Jane the
Victoria sank under the ram OF the Cnmper.
down. the most majestic thing about that
awful scene was that all the sailors staid nj
their posts doing their duty. As n class all
overthe world sailors are valoroas, but thes,
sailors ot the text were exceptional AMI pre-
tended TO do duty while they were really pre-
parng for flight in the lifcboat. But these
''narincs" on board-sea soldiers-hnd In
especial charge little missionary who was
turning the world upside down. and wnen
these marines saw the trick the sailors were
nbout TO play they lifted the cutlasses from
the girdle and chop! chop! went those cut
lasses into the ropes that held the lifeboat.
and splash II dropped into tho sea.
Ny text describes IL, ."rhe soldiers cut of
the ropes OF the boat and let her fall OF.
As that empty lifeboat dropped and was cap
sized on n sea where for two weeks winds
aud billows had been In battle think that
many on board the main vessel felt their
last hope OF ever reaching home had agished.
In that tempestuous sea small boat could
not have lived flve minutes.
My subject Is Unsafe Lifebonts. We
c'nnot cxaggerate the importance ot the
liieboat. All honor TO the memory OF Lionel
Lukin. the coach builder OF Long Acre, Lon
don, who invented the first liieboat, and do
not blame him fd- ordering put on his tomb
In Kon, ,h. = ,nsc,in,ian that ,.o,, ,,,n,,
still read there:
"rhis Lionel Lunkin was the first who
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Unss sa', a pA ,inh ar, ~ "I,oa hoo,, H,"ns
sa,yod fro-, ahin,ract ara ha oh,ain,, To-
4, ,ha tinn's ,,a,,n, q, The ,raar ,7as
Au honor ,o. th, ,ra,,crv 81 SIr wi,ii,,,
uiiIarr vho Evin, In ,he isia ~ Mar mi
af,a, .aststin,, ,yitb his o,rn bnnd IN th,, res
one 81 sos uYes ot tha sbinwractsd s,irrad
Inc Fnel;sh parr,amant ~ nnict action q,
,ba cors,r,,c,ion ~ iifohoats 1,hanra 10 EoJ
Tor ,ha snhlir,s ana nstbs,ic and divlna mis-
\sion az tho itaho,t Mo ona viii doubt its
Nnnortant miesion who has rend of the ,rrec,,
X,be kmozon IN the Raw Of Ris,ay NJ the
Twaa. rnnnino on the reofs ~ the ,Jnlf of
MeyIco or Of the Ocean Monarch on the
cot ~ w.los or ~ Tho p,,ronha,d On tho
o., y; ca iIo,o ~ ~ ,hs uovoI Char,sr
on ,,ba ooast af knp.iesoa NJ of ,So rxmonth
on ,ho Soo,,b hraaters or ~ Tho Con,hr,e ON
Tho IrIsb coae, or of,ba A,Iantic on IN. rocl;s
81 Nv, Scotia or ~ ,hs Teyin,,ton on Lon,
IsInnd sound
To add still further TO the Importance o;
ooo ono 49,, toiIny.ins, ,be saa 70 sav moth.
Sn, ot NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. n,ilIions his r1onent
oc,on nossan,er. We .,Iand-Iubbers ns
oDt oeHan pan9us iI ,,a no, .,", ,ha Jisre-.nce
Lotwaan a ,no,lina snita and n rin0,,olt or
Sny,bins about heayinc n Ioa. or ria9jnr ont
divine iihboom or fuTIinr, n ,onsa1i hut we
aIi yaaiiyya 30 tor or loss ,vt,nt the i'm.
nnr,onna ~ n iitshoa, In eysrv marine eouip.
mant
d., 10 urn Too, ,ho i,,ro,,orcaofa n Iifahoo,
IN ,bs n,,,er we ~ tbe sonifs rescuep There are
,mes when ve nil feel that we ar. out nj sea.
snes anH wnen @ va S;s,nreins n and anSious oues,
nons ~ s,rila ry mo os waves struct that vessel
ar,ains, ,ho si5as of which the Iitehont of my
teS, dancIad 0uestions about the church.
ones,inns oho,, ,ba worla Questions abou;
ca nnas,;ons about onr e,ernaI destiny.
T,u.,, ,Sinr;nn ,aan ana ,yoman has these
nmes;,ons '"s andi, nrnnnr,ion Ssthev nrethinL-
tps ,aori, Az ,hapsa dnes,ions arise
HS poople w 'rrnnc ,n ,h,nl,n, II God had
No, in,enSaS - IA w 30 shint and Keen ON think
IT, Wa ,vonid NO, have built under this
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ohtoa ,rhtoh halls No, an its revolutions from
en'ar a mun .a,.a E,an ,he midnight does
uo, u,ao a,o ~ ,a ,hinlino r,acbine for when we
ao' ssop n.,,., ano ,na n-e ,h,nnin. althouoh we
,o ao ~. 80 ,hirL ,s ,rsii All ~ ne who are az
..a w nos sn'aN .n sh,mSin, nnan, 70 reach some
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