Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-10-24

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some great matter Of profit. hope \
is so. If you are content to go along II
the treadmill course and plan nothing
new, you are not fulfilling your mis-
sion. What you can do by the utmost
tension Of body, mind, and soul, thai
you are bound to do. You have nc
right to be colonel of a regiment II God
calls you to command an army. You
have no right to be stoker in a steamer
If God commands you to be admiral o.
the navy. You have no right to engi'
neer a ferryboat from river bank to
river bank if God commands you to en-
gineer Cunarder from New York to
Liverpool. But whatever enterprise
you undertake, and upon whatever voy-
age you start, be sure to take Christ In
the ship. Here are men largely pros
pered. The seed of small enterprise
grew into an accumulated and over
shadowing success. Their cup OF pros
perity is running over. Every day sees
commercial or mechanical triumph.
Yet they are not pulled up. They &C
knowledge the God who grows the har-
vests and gives them all their pros
perity When disaster comes that
destroys others they are only helped
into higher experiences. The coolest
winds that ever blew down from snow
capped Hermon and tossed Gennesaret
into foam and agony could not hurt
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crack their cheeks; let the breakers
boom all is well, Christ is in the ship.
Here are other men, the prey OF uncer-
tainties. When they succeed they strut
through the world in great vanity and
wipe their feet on the sensitiveness OF
others. Disaster comes and they are
utterly down. They are good sailors
on fair day, when the sky is clear and
the sea is smooth; but they cannot out
ride storm. After awhile the packet
is tossed abeam's end, and it seems as
if she must go down with all the cargo.
Push out from the shore with lifeboat,
longboat, shallop and pinnace. You
cannot save the crew. The storm
twists off the masts. The sea rises
up to take down the vessel. Down she
goes No Christ is in that ship.
Ispeak to young people whose voy-
age in life will be a mingling Of sun
shine and of, darkness, of arctic blast
and of tropical tornado. You will have
many a long bright day Of prosperity
The skies clear, the sea smooth. The
crew exhilarant. The boat staunch
will bound merrily over the pillows
Crowd on all the canvas. Heigh, no!
Land ahead! But suppose that sickness
puts it's bitter cup to your lips; suppose
that death overshadows your heart
suppose misfortune with some quick
turn of the wheel hurls you backward;
suppose that the wave of trial strikes
you athwart ships, and bowsprit shiv-
cred, and billiards swept into the sea,
and gangway crowded with piratical
disaster, and the wave beneath, and
the sky above, and the darkness around
are filled with the clamor of the voices
of destruction. o! then you will want
Christ in the ship.
learn in the next place that people
who follow Christ must not always ex-
pect smooth sailing. When these dis
ciples got into the small boats they
said: "What delightful thing this is.
Who would not be follower Of Christ
when he can ride in one Of these small
boats after the ship in which Jesus is
sailing?" But when the storm came
down these disciples found out that
following Jesus did not always make
sailing. So you have found out
and so have found out. If there are
any people who you would think ought
to have good time in getting out OF
this world, the apostles of Jesus Christ
ought to have been the men. Have you
ever noticed how they got out of the
world? st. James lost his head. St.
Philip was hung to death against
pillar. st. Matthew was struck to
death by halberd. st. Mark was
dragged to death through the streets.
st. James the Less had his brains
dashed out with a fuller's club. st.
Matthias was stoned to death. st.
Thomas was struck through with
spear. John Hess in the fire, the Abb
genses, the Weaknesses, the Scotch
Covenanters-did they always find
smooth sailing? Why go so far2 There
is young man in store in New York
who has hard time to maintain his
Christian character. All the clerks
laugh at him; and when he loses his
patience they say: 'You are pretty
Christian" Not so easy is it for that
young man to follow Christ. If the |
Lord did not help him hour by hour
he would fail. There are scores
Of young men to-day who would
be willing to testify that in fol-
lowing Christ one does not always
find smooth sailing. There is Chris
tian girl. In her home they do not like
Christ She has hard work to get a |
silent place in which to say her
prayers Father opposed to religion. |
Mother opposed to religion. Brothers
and sisters opposed to religion. The
Christian girl does not always find it |
smooth sailing when she tries to follow
Jesus. But be of good heart. As sea-
farers, when winds are dead ahead, by
setting the ship on starboard tack and |
braceing the yards, make the winds
that oppose the course propel the ship
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