The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-23


/ NJ to take down the vessel Down she
goes2 No Christ in that SHIP.
speak TO young people whose voyage
Z IN lie viii be a mingling OF sunshine and
/ Of darkness, of Arctic blast and Of trOpi-
] cal tornado. You will have many 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 sick
ness puts It's bitter cup 10 your lips; sup
pose 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 shivered and hailiards
swept into the sea, and gangWay crowded
wiz fatieaI disasters, ana me wave pc
meath. and the sky above, and the darkness
around are filled with the clamOr OF the
voices Of des truction OH then you will
want Christ in the ship.
learn, in the next place, that people
who follow Christ must not always expect
smooth sailing. When these disciples got
into the small boats they said: What a
delightful thing this is Who would not
be a follower of Christ when he can ride
in one Of these small boats after the ship
storm came down these disciples found
out that following Jesus did not always
make smooth sailing. So you have found
out and 50 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 no
ticed how they got out OF the world? ST.
James lost his head St Phillip was hung
10 death against pillar. st. Matthew
Mark was dragged 10 death through the
streets. ST. James the Less had
his brains dashed out with full
ers club. ST. Matthias was stoned to
with spear. John Huss in the fire. the
Albigenses. the Waldenses. the Scotch
,y, ters[dld they always nnd smooth
sailing? Why go so far? There Is 4
young man in store in New York who
has a hard time to maintain his Chris
tian character. All the clerks laugh at
him. the employers in that store laugh at
him. and when he loses his patience they
say; you are pretty Christian" Not
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 Will
ing to testtify that in following Christ
one does not always find smooth sailing.
There is a Christian girl. In her home
they do not Ike Christ. She has nard
work 10 get silent place in which to
say her prayers. Father opposed to re-
ligion. Mother opposed to religion. Broth
ers and sisters opposed to religion. The
CHRISTIAN girl does not always find IL
smooth sailing when she tries to follow
Jesus. But be of good heart. As sea-
farers, when the winds are dead ahead
by setting the ship on starboard tack and
braclhs the yards, make the winds that
oppose the course propel the ship forward
SO opposing troubles, through Christ
Veering around the bowsprit of faith, will
had been abaft, they might have rocked
and sung you TO sleep, and while dream
ing of the destined port of heaven you
could not have heard the cry of warning
and would have gone crashing into the
breakers.
Again, my subject teaches me that good
people sometimes get very much fright
ened. From the tone and manner of these
disciples as they rushed into the stern
OF the vessel and woke Christ up, you
know that they are fearfully scared. And
4 n 1G n "a 90 &C.,. q 4
pie wildly agitated. oh" says some
Christian man, the inhdel magazines
the bad newspapers, the spiritualistic So
cieties, the importation of so many for
eign errors, the Church of God is going
to be lost, the ship is going to founderi
Inc snip IS going DOWN. What are you
frightened about2 An old lion goes into
his cavern to take a sleep. and he lies
down until his shaggy name covers his
paws. Meanwhile, the spiders outside be-
gin TO spin webs over the mouth of his
cavern, and say: That lion cannot break
out through this web" and they keen on
spinning the gossamer threads until thew
GET get the mouth OF the cavern covered
over; Now, they say, 1.-THE lions done
the lions done" After awhile the lion
awakes and shakes himself, and he walks
out from the cavern, never knowing there
We're any spiders webs and with his voice
he shakes the mountain. Let the infdels
ana the sceptics of this day go on spin
ming their webs, spinning their inhdel
the place where Christ seems to be sleep
ing. They say: Christ can never again
come out; the work is done; he can never
get through this logical web we have been
spinning. The day will come when the
Lion OF Judahs tribe will arouse himself
ana come forth and shake nightly the
nations. What then all your gossamer
threads2 What is a spiders web 10 an
aroused lion? Do not fret then about
the worlds going backward II is going
forward.
You stand on the banks of the sea when
the tide is rising The almanac says the
tide is rising. but the wave comes up to
a., certain point. and then it recedes
Why" you say, 1.-THE tide is going back. !"
No 1t is not. The next wave comes IN a
little higher, and 1t goes back Again
you say the, tide is going out. And the
next time the wave comes TO a higher
point. and then to higher point Not
wlthstanding all these recessions at last
al the shipping of the world knows \ is
high tide So II is with the cause of
Christ in the world. One year IL comes nm
TO enc point, and we are greatly encour-
aged. Then 1t seems to go back next
year. We say the. tide is going out. Next
year it comes to a higher point and falls
back, and net year Il comes to a still
higher point and falls back; but all the
tide, land the earth shall be full Of the the
knowledge of God as the waters fiji the
sea-"
Again, learn from this subject that
Christ is God and man In the same per
son. ! go into the back part of that boat
and look on Christ's sleeping face. and
see in that face the story of sorrow and
WEAKNESS, and a deeper shadow comes
over his face. and / think he must he
dreaming of the cross that is to come
As / stand on the back part OF the boa
looking on his face. l say: "He is a man
he Is man!' But when l see him come
to the Prov of the boat, and the sea
kneeis in his presence, and the winds fold
their wings al his command / saw: Gle
is God! He is Cod" The hand that set
up the starry pillars of the universe win
ing away the tears of an orphant When
l want pity and sympathy, / go into the
back part of this boat, and / look at him,
and say: 20 Lord Jesus, thou weary
One, thou suffering One have mercy on
me-" ''Ecce homo!' Behold the man
But when l want courage for the conflict
OF life when / want some one to beat
down my enemies, when l want faith for
the great future, then come to the front
of the boat. and / see Christ standine
there in all his omnipotence and / saw
20 Christ, thou, who couldst hush the
storm, can hush all my sorrows, all my
temptations, all my fears" ''Ecce
Deusl Behold the God!
! learn also from this subject that
Christ can hush the tempest. Some al
you my hearers, have a heavy load
of troubles. Some of you have Went
untl you can weep no more Perhaps
God took the sweetest child out of voiIT
house-the one that asked the most en-
rlous questions-the one that hung around
| you with greatest fondness The grave