Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-11-03

TIKI The men roTel hard to hrins
ito the lau' t.u. they could Lot. where
fore they criei unto the L~ord."-Joaah
l.. -. II.
Navigation in the Mediterranean Sea al
WAYS wes parilous. especially SO In early
times. Vessels w-ra prop@Ilai partly ~ sail
ani partly tv oar. W1en. ty faasoa % great
stress 81 weather. il was n-cessarv 70 r-a'
the canvas or haui II in, then the v.-@@i was
entirely dependent upon the oars. sometimes
fventy or thirty 0f 'her On eithag side o.
the ve<--'. }ou would not venture outside
your harfor " tn such a craft as MY text
fms Jonah sailing in. bu' he hal no: much
choice. of vessels. He VIA. running away
from the Lord. and when a man Is running
away from the Lord he hast 10 run very fast.
90 ha told Jonah 70 20 to Nineveh to
rrrarh about the q. ~tru-tion o. that city.
5en1h fisoh.y.f. That always makes rough
water. whether IN the Mediterranean. orthe
A~,iantie. or the Pacific, or the Caspian Sea.
II u a ysry hsri thing 10 scare sailors. |
have seen them. when the brow Of the v.ssei
was almost unier water, and they ~werc
w~alkinvihe deck knee deep In the surf, an
the small t0ais by the side Of the vessel hal
been crushed as small as kin3ilng wool.
whis'liny asthough nothing had happened.
NJ tn" Bible says that these mariners Of
whom | speak were frightened.
1 aft = ItEfI s$tltDES CALL Il EHIp Oh u SEA z
has benotne a binding. heafening. swapping
fury. How maj the wind can get at the
water. ana the water can get at the wind,
YOU 60 not know unless YOU have been
spectators. ! have in my house a pi+ce Of
the sail 81 n ship, no larger than the palm OF
my hand. That piece OF canvas was all that
was lett oithe largest sail Of the ship Greece.
that sent into tn. storm 200 miles off New
foanaland. On. what a might that was |
suppose II wasf In some sucl storm as this
that Jonah was caught.
He knew that the tempest was on his ac-
count. AMI be asked the sailors to throw him
oyertoard. Sailors are n generous hearted
race. and they resolved to make their es-
ape. II possible, without resortiny TO such
extreme measures. The sails are OF no usa,
and 20 they lay hold on their oars. / Sc.
the long bank Of shining blades on either
sii" the vessel. On. hw they did pull, the
hronzei -camen. a. they la back into the
oars But rowing on the SEA IS very differ
ent from rowing upon n river, an as the YES
7nl holsts the oars skip the wave AMI miss
the stroke. ani the tempest laughs 10 scorn
III" flving pallles. |, IS Of no Use, no use.
here comes 4 wave that crashes the last
mast and sweeps the oarSnen from Their
places and mmb!ts everything In the con-
fusion o. impending shipWrAck, or, as my
text fas il, the men rowed hard 10 bring
il 10 ii. land. but they could not, wherefore
they cried unto the Lori
j his scene IS very suggestive to me-. and |
pray God | may have grace and strength
e~noughto represent it ln~te,ligently TO you.
Years a2o | preached a sermon on another
| rhas'. % this very subject. and | got Il letter
IRON Houston. Tex, The. writer saying that
ia. r.atlug OF that sermon in London had
led him 10 God. And / resolved another let
t"r rom South Australia. saying that the
readtng ~ that sermon IL Australias hal
brought several souls TO Christ. And then. /
thought why not now take another phase ..
the sane subject. for perhaps that Go who
Fan raise in power that which IS soWn IN
weakness nay now through anotn her phase.
Of III" Same sutjrst. bring salvation to tho
peopt. who shall hear and salvation 10 tho
people who shall read. Men and woHen who
know how 10 pray, lay hold Of The Lord Got
Almighty. AMI wrestle for Undressing.
Bishop Latinlcr would stop sometimes in
his sermon. in the midst Of his argument
AMI say, Now. | Will tell YOU a table" and
today | would ike TO bring the scene OF tn.
text as an illustration 81 \ most important re-
l1glous truth. A. those Mediterranean oars
men trying tohring Jonah ashor. were di--
comttt.l, | have to tell YOU that they were
not III" only mn who have broken Town on
tae'r pliilrs AMI nave been Obliged to call
on the Lord for tI.lp. | want 10 say that IN.
nnavHlf!ng efforts OF those Mediterran.al
nar-:nrn hava counterpart IN the efforts W
are nttklhs IN lrins eolls TO th. shore t
safety and set tilclr feet on the Rock OF Ages.
You have 4 fattsr. OF mothfr or husband or
vic Or child Or near friend who Is not Il
thri-tiin. Ih"re have Teen times when YOU
have been i'll agony about their sat vatIoa.
\ mlE:et"rot tlirl-f, whose vile was Iyln :,
wthp4, any hope IN Jesus, walked tho lloor.
wruns his han Is. cri"i bitterly an sail, II
believe | stall 20 .nsal", tor | know she is
not pr pared 10 MEET TO L. AMI there. nay
have been days Of sickness in your house
hold UHap }5ll fpur. | II urn1t ~. =. fos,i
sickEtss, m how closely YOU examine | tn
lace O. lh.Ioctor AS he came III AMI serl-
iinIze! the patient AM felt the pulse. an |
You followed him into the next room and
said. There isn't any danger, Is there, do
tor AMI the hesitation AMI tins uucer-
tainiy 81 the reply made two rternlties Hash
before Your vision. And then YOU went an
talked TO tho sick one about the great future.
On. there 1T. those hero who nave tried
10 bring their friends to God The,
have been unable ~ hrln, them 70 the slor,
Of safety. They are no nearer that poln'
than they We're twenty years ago. You th}ni
you have Sof them aim Isl 10 the shore. wneI
You are swept back again. VIVA, shatl sot
doI Tut down the oar Ga. no. / do no
advise that. but | do atv.se that 10,
appeal to that Goi 10 whom the Me1iterra
mean oarsmen appcalei-the col who coul,
silence the tempest and bring the ship ii
safety 70 thu port | tell YOU. my friends
that there has Eot to be a good deal OF PRAY
ing before our families are brought to Christ
All. il Is ar wfu thing 10 have half q housr
hold on one siie the line ani the other par
Of the HOUSEHOLD on the other side OF the line
Two vessels part on the ocean OF eternity
one going TO the right an | the other 10 tn
lett-tarther apart and farther apar-unt
the signals cease TO be recognized and Their
are only two sperss on the horizon. and the
they are lost 10 sight forever
have 10 tell yoa that the unavailinG o.
forts Of these Mediterranean oarsnen have
counterpart In thu efforts some o. US ar
making 10 bring onr children to the shore c
safety. There never were so many tenpts
tons Tor young people rs there are now
The literary and the social Influences sasc
TO be against their spiritual interests. Chris
seems TO be driven Amos: entirely from ID
school and the pteasusahle ~concourse, Y,
Got knows how ANXIOUS we ara for OF
children. We cannot think OF going In.
haaven withou, them. We 90 not va,
10 leave this life while they ar. ;osssu
on th~ waves - temptation AMI avs
from Col. From which Of them cou
W. consent 10 Ia eternatlv separatat