The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-10-04


of the sea dripping from His beard
He has two words Of command--on
for the wind, the other for the sea. III
looks into the tempestous Heavens
and He cries, .Peacci" and then HI
looks down into the infuriate waters
and He says: he still" The thunder
beat a retreat. The waves fall fiat OF
their faces. The cxtinguished star
rekindle their torches. The foam
melts. The storm is dead. And while
the crew are untangling the cordags
aud the cables, and bailing out the
water from the hold of the ship, the
disciples stand wonder-str now
gazing into the calm sea, now gazing
into the calm face of Jesus, and whis.
pering one to another: what manner
of man is this, that oven the winds
and the sea obey Him."
Ilearn, first, from this subject that
when you are going to take voyage
of any kind you ought to have Christ
in the ship. The fact is, that those
boats would have all gone to the bot
tom If Christ had not been there.
Now. you are about to voyage out
into some new enterprise-into some
new business relation; you are 60
ing to plan some great matter of
profit. I hope it is SO. If you
are content to go along in 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, that
you are bound to do. You have no
right to be colonel of regiment if
God calls you to command an army.
You have no right to be stolfer in
steamer if God commands you to be ad-
miral of the navy. You have no right to
engineer ferryboat from river bank
to river bank if God commands you
to engineer Cunarder from New York
to Liverpool. But whatever enter
prise you undertake, and upon what
ever voyage you start, be sure to take
Christ in the ship. Here are men
largely prospered. The seed of
small enterprise grew into an
and overshadowing
success. Their cup of prosperity is
over. Every day sees com
nercial or q mechanical triumph. Yet
hey are not pulled up They acknowl
edge the God who grows the harvests,
md gives them all their prosperity.
When disaster comes that destroys 9TH
RS, they are only helped into higher
The coolest winds that
,ver blew down from snow-capped
iermon and tossed Gennsaret into
Dam and agony could not hurt
hem. Let the winds blow until they
rack their cheeks; let the breakers
is we'll, Christ is in the ship
Iere are other men, the prey of un-
,ertainties. When they succeed, they
strut through the world in great vani-
y, and wipe their feet on the sensi-
iveneus of others. Disaster comes,
nd they are utterly down. They
re good sailors on fair day, when
he sky is clear and the sea is
mooth; but they can not outride
he storm. After awhile the packet
5 tossed abeam's end, and it seems as
she must go down with all the car
o. Push out from the shore with |
feboat. longboat. shallop, and pin
ace. You can not save the crew. The |
torn twists off the masts. The sea |
ises up to take down the vessel. Down
he goes? No Christ in that ship.
learn. in the next place, that peo-
lie who follow Christ must not always |
xpect smooth sailing. When these |
isciples got into the small boats they
aid: What a delightful thing this is. |
Who would not be a follower of Christ |
hen he can ride in one of these |
mall boats after the ship in which |
esus is. sailing?" But when the |
torn came down these disciples found |
ut that following Jesus did not al
'ays make smooth sailing. So you !
ave found out, and so I have found
ut. If there are any people you
'ould think ought to have a good
ime in getting out of this world, the
postles of Jesus Christ ought to have
cen the men. Have you ever noticed
ow they got out of the world? |
t. James lost his head. st. Philip
as hung to death against pillar.
t. Matthew was struck to death by a
alberd. ST. Mark was dragged to
cath through the streets. st. James
ne Less had his brains dashed out
18th fuller's club. st. Mattheas
as stoned to death. ST. Thomas was
.ruck through with spear. John
uss in the fire, the Albigenses,
lie Waldenses, the Scotch Cow
they always find smooth
liling?
Again, my subject teaches me that
pod people sometimes get very much
'ightened. From the tone and man
er OF these disciples as they rushed