Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-10-15
THEY CALLED ON GOD
DR.. TALMAeE FINDS MANY LESSONS
IN ONE TEXT OF JONAH

BROOKLYN, Oct 14.-Rey. DR.. Tai
mage, who is still absent ON his round
the world tour, has selected as the sub-
Ject OF today sermon through the press
Inc Oarsmen Defeated, the text cho-
sen being Jonah i, 13, Id, 1.-THE men
rowed hard to bring it to the land. but
they could not, wherefore they cried
unto the Lord. "
Navigation in the Mediterranean sea
always was perilous, especially SO in
early times Vessels were propelled
partly by sail and partly hy oar. When.
by reason OF great stress of weather IL
was necessary to reef the canvas or hapl
1t in, then the vessel was entirely de.
pendent upon the oars, sometimes 20 or
30 OF them on either side the vessel
You would not venture outside vour
harbor with such craft as nv text
finds Jonah sailing in, but he had NOT
much cholce OF vessels. He was running
away from the Lord, and when man
Is running away from the Lord he has
to run very fast.
The DisobedIent Prophet.
God had told Jonah to 90 TO Nineveb
to preach about the destruction of that
city. Jonah disobeyed. That ALWAYS
makes rough water, whether in the Med
lterranean, or the Atlantic, or the Pa
cific, or the Caspian sea. 1t is very
hard thing to scare sailors. l have seen
them, when the brow of the vessel was
almost under water, and they were
walking the deck knee deep in the surf,
and the small boats by the side of the
vessel had been crushed as small as kim
ding wood, whistling as though moth
ing had happened, but the Bible saws
that these mariners Of whom I speak
were frightened.
That which sailors call "a lump of
sea- has become binding, deafening,
swamping fury. How mad the wind
can get at the water, and the water can
get at the wind, you do not know un-
less you have been spectators. have in
my house piece Of the sail of ship.
no larger than the palm of my hand
That piece of canvas was all that was
left Of the largest sail of the ship
Greece, that went into the storm 200
miles off Newfoundland. Oh, what
night that wasl l suppose it was in |
some such storm as this that Jonah |
was caught.
He knew that the tempest was ON his |
account, and he asked the sailors to |
throw him overheard. Sailors are a gen
erous hearted race, and they resolved to |
make their escape, if possible, without
resorting to such extreme measures.
The sails are Of no use, and so they lay
hold on their oars. ! see the long bank
OF shining blades on either side the yes.
sci. Oh, how they did pull, the bronzed |
seamen, as they lay back into the oars
But rowing on the sea is very different |
from rowing upon a river, and as the
vessel hoists the oars skip the wave and
miss the stroke, and the tempest laughs
to scorn the flying paddles. 1t is of no
use, no use. There comes a wave that
crashes the last mast and sweeps the
oarsmen from their places and tumbles
everything in the confusion Of impend-
ing shipwreok, or, as my text has it,
''The men rowed hard to bring it to
the land, but they could not, wherefore
they cried unto the Lord "
Converted by Reading Of 1t.
This scene is very suggestive to me,
and l pray God / may have grace and
strength enough to represent it intelli-
gently to you. Years ago l preached a
sermon ON another phase Of this very
subject, and / got letter from Houston,
Tex, the writer saying that the read
ing Of that sermon in London had led
him to God And received another
letter from South Australia, saying that
the reading of that sermon in Australia
had brought several souls 30 Christ
Aud then, / thought, why not now take
another phase Of the same subject, for
perhaps that God who can raise In pow
on that which is soWn in weakness may
now through another phase Of the same
subject, bring salvation 10 tho people
who shall hear and salvation 10 tho
people who shall read. Men aud wOm-
on who know how % pray, lay hold Of
tho Lord God Almighty, and wrestle
for the blessing
Bishop LatimeT would stop sometimes
in bis sermon, iu tho midst " his argn
mont, and say Now, ! viii toll you o {
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