Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-10-15

nnore OI satety. They are no nearer that
point than they were 20 years ago You
thlnk you have got them almost IN tha
shore' when you are swept back again.
! What shall you do? Put down the oarT
On, no, l do not advise that but do
ADVISE that you appeal to that God to
whom the Mediterranean oarsmen an.
/ pealed-the God who could silence rho
tempest and bring the ship in safety to
the port! tell you, my friends, that
there has got to be a good deal of prav.
ing before our families are brought to
Chrlst. All, it is an awful thing to have
hait household on one side the line
ana the other part Of the household on
the other side of the linel Two vessels
part on the ocean of eternity, one going
10 the right and the other to the left
farther apart and farther apart-until
the signals cease to be recognized and
there are only two specks on the bori-
zon, and then they are lost to sight for
everl
Dangers to the Young.
have to tell you that the unavailinp
efforts of these Mediterranean oarsmen
nave counterpart in the efforts some
OF us are making to bring our children
to the shore of safety. There never were
SO many temptations for young people
as there are now. The literary and the
social influences seem to be against their
spiritual interests. Christ seems to be
driven almost entirely from the school
and the pleasurable concourse, yet God
knows how anxious we are for our chill.
dren. We cannot think of going into
heaven without them. We do not want
to leave this life while they are tossing
ON the waves Of temptation and away
from God. From which of them could
we consent to be eternally separated?
Would it be the son? Would it be the
daughter? Would it be the eldestP
Would 1t be the youngest? Would it be
the one that is well and stout or the one
that Is sick? Oh, hear some parent say
ing tonight: 81 have tried my best to
bring my children to Christ. have laid
hold of the oars until they bent in my
grasp, and have braced myself against
the ribs of the boat, and / have pulled
them to Christ" Then l ask you to
initiate the men of the text and cry
nightly unto God. We want more i'm.
Fortunate praying for children, such as
the father indulged in when he had
tried to bring his six sons to Christ and
they had wandered off into dissipation.
Then he got down in his prayers and
said, 20 God, take away my life, if
through that means my sons may re-
pent and be brought to Christ, " and the
Lord startlingly answered the prayer,
and in few weeks the father was taken
away, and through the solemnity the
six sons fled unto God. Oh, that father
could afford to die for the eternal well
fare of his children He rowed hard to |
bring them to the land, but could not,
and then he cried unto the Lord.
ProdigaI Sons.
There are parents who are almost dis
couraged about their children. Where
is your son tonight? He has wandered |
off perhaps to the ends of the earth. 1t |
seems as if. he cannot get far enough |
away from your Christian counsel.
What does he care about the furrows
that come to your brow, about the quick
whitening of the hair, about the fact
that your back begins to stoop with the
burdens? Why, he would not care
much if he heard you were dead The
black edged letter that brought the It'd
ings he would put in the same package
with other letters telling the story OF
his shame. What are you going TO doY
Both paddles broken at the middle of
the blade, how can you pull him ashorei
| throw you one oar now with which /
believe you can bring him into harbor.
1t is the glorious promise, II will be
a God to thee and TO thy seed after
thee" Oh, broken hearted father and
mother, you have tried every thing else;
now make an appeal for the help and
Of the covenant keeping
God, and perhaps at your next family
gathering - perhaps on Thanksgiving
lay, perhaps next Christmas day-the
DrOdigal may be home, and II you crowd
ln his plato more luxuries than on any
lther plate at tho table ! am sure the
lrothers will not be jealous, but they
will wake up all tho music Ia the house,
because the dead is alive again aud he-
lause the lost is found " Perhaps your
prayers have been answered already !
rhe vessel may be coming homowardl
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hat absent sou may bo pacing tho deck
4 tho ship anxious for tho ime fo
onle whep be can throw his arm around
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bat ho has boon WTlngiug yom old heart
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