The Red Cloud chief., 1893-07-28
GOSPEL
The Union Sermon by the Rev.
Geo. TOmkins.

Wauy arc inuiHeicut anu uupe-
because they misunderstood
what the verses imply. Let me illus.
trate. A young man is walking down
New York. Suddenly he
and says: "Am l near Central
Park, Sir2" ~ answer, "You are 60
ing from it." He says: II was walking
fast and exp cted to get there" I re.
piled: $50 continue walking - you
wcre-whcthcr fast or not, but the
the sooner-you will walk into
the bay and drown, to obviato which
.deplorablo catastrophe you have only
just to turn round and walk without
further loss Of time to, and enjoy the
beauties Of Central PARK" r. that
young gentleman accepts my testi.
mony, he turns i~nstanta, and suiting
his action to his belief, he goes ono
step at a time until with lungs inflat-
cd with purer than the Broadway
atmosphere, he gladly justifes rcpon-
lance and faith. Again, whom DR..
Peirson, was crossing the ocean to oc.
c!upy the late Pastor Surgeons pull
pit, He says, there was not . ray Of
sunshine for over four days, by which
Capt. Cook could guide his marvellous
ship the "Aurenia"-on which I took
n Of my seven trips acros, the At.
lantic. Anxious for light TO appear,
he was constantly on the alert! At
last, there came . rift in the clouds!
He instantly slowed %up--for they may
be soon dashed on the dangerous
rocks OF the Irish coastl Only 200
yards from them is q sailing vessel
signalling distress and asking for
longitude and latitude-they had lost
their bearings. The good captain an.
swered: "near the Fastuct lighthouse!
follow mel will lead you into the
port Of Liverpool" So many pre-
cious souls have lost their bearings
they have lost their way! They may
have set sail on q calm seattle looked
80 promising and fair! They had moi
sailed long before some trouble eaugh'
their uubalasted bark . broad.sider
which made every timber in thei'
composition tremble from stem to stsrr
They had not taken Gods Son - thei
Captain, nor his word 40 their char
nor his Holy Spirit as their comfort
err The clouds Of trial gathefe'
thicker-the winds of adversely bic,
o hurricane--there is blackness an
darkness and tenpestl despair take
the place Of hope and wrecksge- sue
as 7 saw in tho q 9 Of the Oregon
10 all that 10 left Of "the pride Of III
sea."--All to mark out to those tbs
remain the folly Of attempting to tax
the voyage Of life without the gui,
ancc of the God Of your life. Pre-
notice that my text IL composed
Christ's own words-not simply to q
men generally but to each ono in pa
ticular. Neither 10 repentance an
faith an optional matter, for God no
commander all men, everywhere,
repent. Acts II 30. So many stun
bio at this word "repentl" remer
Der . young man in Toronto, Canad
relating n Of his experienced. Il
was . railway man and very fond
listening fol the approaching EXPIRE
- it dashed along its straigl
steel road-he always became 70,
mated, as ,he watched the headligI
when it seemed but . little spec
miles away, until il appeared in !
binding glare-jast IS he allow
himself daily less and less time to
cape being dashed to pieces! D
day he felt ,ivitcd to the spot IS
made several attempts to move. b
with one supreme effort he leap
/, from tho rails to- tho platform--det'
mined never again to jeoprodize
life or the happiness OF the
. dear to him by such qu
; tionable pleasure! So some HI
denbtless are triling with some qu
/. tionable pleasurc-which the loni
: it il continued tho greater the risk
, !, to its fatal result. Make that supre
9 effort Of will now, which will enable y
from this moment, to take a higl
and safer stand for God and right!
"There is u time, ] know not when,
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