Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-08-05
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REV. DIR. TALMAGE
ON HIS WESTERN TOUR.


son of the year, Wuel large POI 1i0A
of the community is iourney.ng either
by land or sea. Rev. Dr. Talmage, who
is still absent on his midsummer
preaching and lecturing tour has
chosen as the subject Of his sermon for
to-day: "0lan Overheard" the text
being Jonah 1.6. so the shipmas-er
came to him. and said unto him, What
meauest thou. o sleeper? Arise, call
upon they God if so be that God will
-bfnk upon us. that we perish not
God told Jonah to 90 TO Nineyeh on
an unpleasant errand He would not
20. lie thought to get away from his
duty by putting 10 sea- With pack
under his arm. 1 find him on his way
TO Joppa, sea port lie goes down
among the shipping and says TO the
men lying around on the docks which
of these vessels sails today The
sailors answer. ..Yonder is vessel 60
ing 10 Tarshisa. Il think, if you hurry,
you may get on board her. Jonah
steps on board the rough craft, asks
how much The fare is, and pays IT,
Anchor is weighed, sails are h0isted,
and the rigging begins TO rattle IN the
strong breeze Of the Mediterranean.
Jc9Ua is an exposed h3rb0r. ana IL does
not lake Ions ior the vessel 90 SET out
on the broad sea. The sailors like
what they call q spanking breeze,
and the plunge of the vessel from the
crest of a tail wave is eXhilTating to
those
AT HOME on THE DEEP.
But the strong breeze becomes o gale,
the gale a hurricane The ahrighted
passengers ask the captain il he ever
saw anything like this before. On,
yes" he SAYS: this is nothing. Mar
liners are slow 90 admit danger 20 lands-
men. But. after a while. crash goes
the mast. and the vessel pitches so far
"abe3m send there is q fear She Will
n0t be righted. The captain answers
few questions, and orders the throwing
ont of boxes and bundles, and of so
much Of the cargo as they can get al.
The captain at last c0nfesses there is
but little hope, and tells the passengers
that they had better go 90 praying. L
is seldom that q sea captain is an Athe-
ist. He knows that there is q God, for
De has seen him ar every point of lCi-
tude between Sandy Hook and Queens
town. Captain Moody, commanding
Che Cuba Of the Cunard line. q
Sunday service led the music and sang
like q Methodist The captain Of this
Mediterranean craft. having set the
passenger 20 PRAYING, goes around eX-
aiming the vessel at every point He
descends in,o the cabin to see whether
IN the strong wrestling OF the waves.
the vessel had sprung q leak. and he
finds Jonah asleep. Jonah had had q
wearis0me tramp, and had spent many
sleepless nights about questions of duty
and ne is so sound asleep that all the
thunder of the storm and the scream
ing of the passengers does not disturb
him The captain lays hold Of him.
and begins to shake him out of his
uncons ciousness with the cry. Don't
y0u see that we are all going to the
bo--7m2 Wake mp and so TO praying.
If you have
ANY TOD III ~ ~.
What me7nest thou. o sleeper? Arise.
call upon they God If so De that God
VIII think upon u.s. that we perish not"
The rest Of the story I viii not re-
beIrse. for YOU know IL we'll. TO APP
pease the sea, they threw Jonah over
board
Learn that the devil takes a mans
money and then sets him down in a
poor landing place The Bible says he
paid his fare to- T1riSh. But see him
get out The sailors bring him 10 the
side of the ship, lift him over "the
guards and let him drop with a loud
splash into the waves. He paid his
fare an the way 20 Tarshish, but did
not get The worth OF his money Neither
does any one who turns his back or hiS
duty and does that which is not right
There Is young man who. during
the past year has spent a large part Of
his salary I'm car0usal What has he
gained bv &c? A s9ile1 reputation. a
half-starved purse, dissipated look, a
petulent temper, disturbed con-
science. The manacles OF one or two
bad habits that are pressing tighter
and tighter viii keep on until they wear
to the bone. You paid your fare 10
Tarshish. but YOU have been set down
in the midst of a sea of disquie-tude
and perpieXity
One hundred dollars for Sunday horse
hire,
one hundred dollars for wine sup
pers,
one hundred dollars for cigars!
One hundred dollars for frOlics that
shall be uame'ess,
Making four hundred dollars for his
damnation.
Instead of being In Tarsnish now. me
is I'm the middle of the Mediterranean.
HERE is A LITERARY MAN,
tired Of the faith of his fathers. who
resolves to launch out into what is
called Thinking. He buys The
OlOre Parker's works for twelve dol
lars. Remains Life of Christ for one dol
lar ard i1-y cents, Andrew Jackson
Davis's works for twenty dollars. Goes
to hear iDddels talk 40 the clubs. and
to see Spiritualism nc the -2ble-rapping.
He talks glib,y of D2vidthe Psalmist. rs
an old Gbert'ne. Of Paul as q wild enthu-
siast; and of Christ rs q decent kind of
o mana little weak I'm some respects,
but almost as good as himself. Talks
smiliugly of Sunday rs q good day TO
put a little extra backing on ones boots
and of Christians as, for the mos, part,
hypocrites; and of eternity as "the
great TO be. "the everlasting now,
or "the infinite what Is &c." Some day
he gets his feet very wet and finds HIM
self that night chilly. The next morn
ing has a hot mouth. and 8 heajachy.
Sends word over 20 the store chat he