Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-04-18
THE GOSPEL SHIP.
,esson From the Ark, Drawn by
Rev. DIR. Talmage.

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.oma into the ark, thou and thy sons
ryivps with thee"
IN this day of the steamships Luca
10 and Majestic and the Paris l viii
~" Nv Won ship that in some respect
'a,,nsed them all and which sailed out
ocean underneath and anothe
On .n falling upon it. Infidel scientist
osk us to believe that in the formation
- The earth there have been hal
owen deluges, and yet they are no
.une TO believe the Bible story O.
one deluge.
In what way the catastrophe came
u.a know not-whether by the stroke
n comet, or by flashes of lightning
changing the air into water, or by 6
stroke of the hand of God, like the
stroke of the axe between the horns
of the OK, the earth staggered. To
meet the catastrophe God ordered 9
great ship built. 1t was to be withou,
nrow. for it was to sail to no shore. II
was to be without helm, for no human
hand should guide it. 1t was vast
structure, probably as large as two OF
three modern steamers. 1t was the
Great Eastern of olden time.
The ship is DONE The door is open.
The lizards crawl in. The cattle walk
in, The grasshoppers hop in. The
birds fly in The invitation goes forth
TO Noah, Come thou and all thy house
into the ark Just one human family
embark on the strange voyage, and ]
hear the door slam shut. A great
storm sweeps along the hills and bends
the cedars until all the branches snap
in the gale. There Is moan in the
wind like unto the moan of a dying
world. The blackness of the heavens
Is shattered by the flare of the light
nngs that look down into the waters
and throw ghastliness on the face of
the mountains. How strange it looks,
How suffocating the air seems! The
biz drops of rain begin to plash upon
the upturned faces of those who are
watching the tempest. Crash go the
rocks in CONFUSION! Boom go the
bursting heavens! The inha bitants of
the earth, instead of flying to the
housetop and mountain top, as men
have fancied, sit down in dumb, white
horror to die, for when God grinds
mountains to pieces and let's the ocean
slip its cable there is no place for men
to fly to. See the ark pitch and tumble
in the surf, while from it's windows
the passengers look out upon the ship
wreck of race and the carcasses of
dead world. Woe to the mountains
Woe to the sea!
am no alarmist When, on the Goth
of September, after the wind has TO.
three days been blowing from this
northeast, you prophesy that the equi-
noctial storm is coming, you simply
state fact that Is not to be disputed.
Neither am an alarmist when l say
that storm is coming compared with
which Noah's deluge was but an April
shower, and that it is wisest and safest
for you and for me to get safely |
housed for eternity. The invitation |
that went forth to Noah sounds in our
ears Come thou and all thy house |
into the ark"
Well, how did Noah and his family
come into the ark? Did they climb in
at the window or come down the roof?
No. They went through the door. And
just SO, If we get into the ark of Gods
mercy, it will be through Christ the
door. The entrance to the ark of old
must have been very large entrance.
We know that it was, from the fact
that there were monster animals in the
earlier ages, and in order to get them
into the ark two and two, according to
the Bible statement, the door must
have been very wide and very high.
So the door into the mercy Of God is
large door. We go in, not two and
TWO, but by hundreds and by thou
sands and by millions. Yea, all the
nations OF the earth may 60 in 10000
900 abreast
Inc door Of the ancient ark was in
Inc side. So now 1t is through the side
OF Christ-the pierced SIDE the wide
open side, the heart side--that we en-
Ter Aha the Roman soldier thrust
ing his spear into the Saviour's side,
expected only to let the blood out, but
ne opened the way to let all the world
M oh, what broad Gospel to preach!
Il man is about to give an entertain
meht' ne issues 200 or 300 invitations
carefully put UP and directed to the
particular persons whom he wishes to
entertain. But God, our Father, makes
banquet, and goes out to the front $
aoor OF heaven, and stretches out his !
Aalos over land and sea, and with a
voice that penetrates the Hindoo Jun |
ss and the Greenland ice castle, and 7
BRAZILIAN grove, and English factory, /
anu american home cries out, Come, I
~. all things are now ready" 1t is Z
@ue door. The old cross has been .
saAen apart, and it's two pieces are q
~ up for the doorposts so far apart 1
s"a' all the world can come in. Kings a
' W, treasures on days Of great re- s
Y,ig' So Christ, our King, comes h
,uu scatters the Jewels of heaven. b
~ Hill said that he hoped to get t
I"o heaven through the crevices of the G
o in
n'er having preached the Gospel in S
s'.ey chapel, going up toward heav- n
~ we gatekeeper cried, lift up your s
~, ,sus' We everlasting gates, and let s
49,. man come in~ The dying thief
an H. Richard Baxter and Robert a
or,u went in. Europe, Asia. Africa, Y
.. ana South America may yet Ii
through this side door without CT
.v"uiig' Ho, everyone-all condi- O.
u.s. -. an ranks all people! Luther said a
~ ms truth was worth carrying p
,o ones knees from Rome to Jeru- B
I'm out | think it worth carrying ir