The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-09-23

nj thev cannon outride a storm. After
while the packet is tossed a-Deahl -,
md il seems as if she must go down VIII
IN the cargo Push on; from the shcre
With lifebOat longboat, shaliop anu prm
ace. You cannot save the crew. me s ~, ~ =,
visits off the masts. The sea rises W ~
lake down the vessel. DOWN SHe S"s'
No Christ in that ship. .
| speak to young people whose Voyasge
life will be a minSling of sunshine 'iIu
If darkness, of arctic blast and OF tropl-
al tornado. You will have many Iols'
bright day of prosperity. The SKIES ciy ~,
he smooth. The crew eXhllafaht' ~
BOAT stanch will bound merrily over tlle
FLOWS. Crowd on all canvas. Iieigh' no.
Land aheasi But suppose that sickness Pu'
It's bitter cup to your lips; suppose th'it
.eath overshado your heart; suppose
misfortune with some quick turn OF me
wheel hurls you backward; suppose that
he wave of trial strikes you athwart-shlpS,
and bowSorit ShiVered, anc ha'IdiuS
iwept into the sea, and gangway crowheu
with piratical disasters and the wave &c
meath, and the sky above. ana the dark
ness around flied with the cIamor OF
voices of destruction. Oh! then you VIII
want Christ IN the ship.
want Christ in the ship.
| learn i'm the next place. that people who
follow Christ must not always eXpect
smooth sailing. When these disciples got
into the small beats they said: what
delightful thing this is Who would not lie
a follower of Christ when he can ride in
one of these small boats after the ship n
which Jesus is sailinG?' But when the
smooth sailing. So you have found out
sHdI IOnONlfE Jesus tlt not alWslNS E.skE
smooth saihng.CSo you have found out
and so have | found out. If there are any
people who you would think ought % have
a good time in getting out Of this world,
the apostles of Jesus Christ ought To have
Oeen the men. Have you ever noticed now
they got out of the world? st. James lost
his head. St. Phillip was hung 10 death
against "A pillar. -. Matthew was struck
to death by a halberd. st. Mark was dTaa-
Sed to death through the streets. st. James
the Less had his brains dashed out with :;
fuller'S club. st. Matthias was stoned 20
death. St Thomas was struck through
with spear. John Huss in thu fire, the
AlbiSenSes the Naldenscs, the Scotch
CoYenanteTS-did they always find smooth
sailing? Why 20 far There Is q
young man in a store in New York who has
n hard time To maintain his Christian cna~-
acter. All the clerks laugh at him. the cm-
ploycrS in that store laugh at him. and
when he loses his patience they say: 'Fou
are n pretty Christian" Not 50 easy IS il
for that young man to follow Christ. " the
Lord did not help him hour 10y hour re
today who would hc willing 70 t"stty
that in following Christ one does not
always find smooth sailing There is
Christian girl. In her home they do nos
like Christ She has hard work To get
silent place in which 10 say her prayers.
Father opposed to religion. Mother op-
posed 20 religion. Brothers and sisters on
posed to religion. The Christian girl does
not always find il smooth sailing when
she tries to follow jesus. But De of good
Eoart. AS ScafarerS. when winds are dead
ahead, by setting the snip on starboard
tack and bracng the Yards make TIE
winds that oppose the course prcpcl tine
ship forward. SO opposing troubles. through
Christ, VcerinG around the howsprit of
faith. Will watt You TO heaven, when. II
the winds had been ahaft, they might have
rocked ana sung you 10 sleep, anu while
dreaming of the destined port of heaven
YOU could not have heard the cry Of
warming and would have gone crashing
into the breakers.
Again. my subject teaches me that good
people sometimes get very much fright
Il Of
disciples as they rushed into the stern
Of the vessel and woke Christ Up, YOU
know that they are fearfully scared. And
50 u IS now that YOU often find good PEG
PIE wildly aEitated. oh" saws some
Christian man. 'the infdel magazines
the bad newspapers. the spiritUaiis;ic scot
cites. thc Importation Of 50 MANY foreign
errors the church of God is going 10 he
lost, the ship is gcinS 10 founder, The
ship is going down" What arc You fright
cned about? Ar old lion goes into his
cavern to take sleep, and ne lies down
until his shaggy name covers his paws.
Meanv hile, the spiders outside begin To
grin webs over the mouth or his cavern.
and say. That lion cannot break out
through this web and they Keep on spin
ming the gossampr threads uutl they get
the mouth Of the cavern covered over.
Now. they say. Tho lion done. "a"
h"i, ,ptt- tNl''f = "Hi'' til' iitI AVIAN
and shakes himself. and he walks oJs
from the cavcrn, never knowing that there
were any spiders webs, and with his voice
he shakes th" mountain. Let tle inia is
and the sEopticS of this day 80 on spin
ming their webs spinning their inijdel Eos-
sanicr theories spinning them al over tine
place where Christ seems to DC sleeping.
They say. Christ team never a-.,t;n
CoIae out; the work is done: he can never
&c. through This logical web we have be"n
spinning The day Will come when the
Ion of Judah's tribe win rouse hiws II
and come forth and shake nightly the
nations. What then all your gossaneT
threads What is spiders web to an
aroused licn2 DO not fret, then. ABOUT the
WORLDS going backward. It is going for-
ward.
You stand on the banks Of the sea whom
the tide is rising. The almanac says the
tide is rising, but tho wave comes up 10 4
certain point and then II recedes "NhY,
you say. the tide is going back" SO. 10
is not. The next wave com 'S up n little
higher, apd it goes back Again YOU say
the tide is going out. And the next time
the wave comes to a higher point. and
tnen to higher point notwithstanding
all these reccssions. at last all the ship
ping of the world knows it is high tide.
So il is with the cause Of Christ i'm the
world. one year 1T comes up to one point.
and we are greatly encouraged. Then il
seems to- - back next yea~. We saw the
tide is going out Next year it COMES to p
higher point and falls back. and next year
" comes I" q SUN h'Ehtf point ana IahS
hack: but ali The time il is advancing
until il shall bo fun tide. and the earth
shall hc fun OF the knOwiedge of God as
the waters III the sea-
Again. l learn from this subject that
Christ is God aud man i'm the S1me person.
] go into the back part OF that boat and
that face Jno story Of sorrow and WEAKNESS
ana deeper shadow comes over his face.
ana l think he must be dreaming of the
cross thdt IS 10 come As stand ON sac
back part of the beat looking on MIS- face.
] say: HE is man, He IS "A mani I.ut
when l see him come to the Prov of tle
boat. and the sea k1eels in ms presence.
and t-ae Winds fold their wings ~ h.s COM
mcnd, | say: "lle is God He is Cod
The hand that set mp the starry pillars of
the universe wipiug away the tc8rS OF an
urphaul When ! want pity ana sympathy.
] 90 into the back part of this boat. and
| look at him, and ] say. 20 Lord Jesus.
thou weary one, thous suffering one. nave
mercy on me- "Ecce homo Bthold tile
mani But w-1cn / want courage for the
conflict of life, when ! want some one To
beat down my enemies, Wlen ] want faitl
for the great future, then i come to the
front Of the boat. and see CAr.st StduG-
ing there in all his omuipotcuce. and /
say: 20 Christ. fhou VINO couldst hush The
storm can hush all my sorrows, an my
temptations. all my fears "Ecce Deus,'
Behold the God,
learn also from this subject that Christ
can nuSh the tempest. Some Of You. my
hearers, have a heavy load OF troubles.
Some of You have wopt until You can
weep no more. Perhaps God took tle
sweetest child out 0f yoUr IOUsc-the one
that asked the most curious qucStians-tHle
one that hung ar1u-d yDu with greatest
flrdncSs. The ;-rlEc-.t.gEcr spade Cut
down through your bleeding hoart. or
perhaps it was rhe only one that yoI had,
and your soul has ever since been ike
dos lated castle where the birds Of the