The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-07-20

| ooOub tno ncCHS tuut IL tohCo IN oSs'sS
from the foot, no blythcness from the
heart, no sparkle from the eye, norinR
from the laughter; but that "her ways
are ways OF plcassntness, and all
her paths arc peace" sympathize
with the work being done In many OF
our cities, by which beautiful rooms
are set apart by our Young Mems
Christian associations. and pray God
to prosper them In all thinga But !
tell you there Is something back OF
that and before that. We need more
happy, consecrated, cheerful, Christian
homes everywhere.
Again / remark, that . great many
Of our business men are tempted to
put the attainment of money above
value OF the soul. 1t is grand thing
to have plenty of money. The more
You get Of 1t, the better, II 1t come
honestly and go usefully. For the lack
OF it, sickness dies without medicine.
and hunger finds its coffin in the empty
bread tray, and nakedness shivers
for lack OF clothes and fire. When
hear man In canting TRADE against
money-a Christian man-as though it
had no possible use on earth, and had
no interest in II ut all, como almost
to think that the Heaven that would
DO appropriate for him would be an
everlasting poorhouse. While my
friends, we do admit there Is such a
thing as the lawful use of money-a
profitable use of money-let US recog-
nize also the fact that money can not
satisfy a mans soul, that 1t can not
pay our fare across the Jordan of
death, that 1t can not unlock
the gate of Heaven. There are
men in all occupations who
seem to act as though they
thought that pack of bonds and
mortgages could be traded off for a
title to Heaven, and as though gold
would be a lawful tender in that place
where it is so common that they make
pavements of it. Salvation by
Christ is the only salvation. Treas
ures in Heaven are the Only incor-
ruptible treasures.
Have you ever ciphered out in the
rule of loss and gain the sum: "What
shall it profit man II he gain the
whole world and lose his own soul?"
However fine your apparel, the winds
Of death will futter it like rags.
Homespun and a threadbare coat have
sometimes been the shadow of coming
robes made white In the blood of the
Lamb. The pearl of great price is
worth more than any gem you can
bring from the ocean, than Australian
or Brazilian mines strung in one
carcanet. Seek after God; find His
righteousness, and all shall be well
here; all shall be well hereafter.
Some of you remember, the ship
wreck of the Central America. That
noble steamer had, l think, about five
hundred passengers aboard. Suddenly
the storm came, and the surges
tramp!cd the decks and swung into
the matches, and there went up
hundred-voiced death shrieks-
The foam on the jaw of the wave.
The pitching of the steamer as though
it were leaping mountain. The
dismal fare of the signal rockets. The
long cough of the steam pipes. The
hiss of extinguished furnaces. The
walking of God on the wave! The
steamer went not down without
struggle. AS the passengers sta
SttiohCd Ill ToHS W Ddlo
out the vessel, bark to the
thump of the buckets. as the men
unused to toll, with blistered hands
and strained muscles, tug for their
lives. There is n sail seen against the
sky. The fash Of the distress gun is
noticed, its voice heard not, for it is
cholsed in the louder booming of the
sea. A few passengers escaped: but
tho steamer gave one great lurch and
was gone! So there are some men who
sail on prosperously in life. Ais
we'll; all's we'll. But at last
some financial disaster comes; a euro
clydon. Down they go! the bottom of
tho commercial sea is strewn with
shattered hullss. But because your
property goes do not let your soul 60
Though all else perish, save that; for
have to tell you of a more stupendous
shipwreck than that which just men
toned. God launched the world six
thousand years ago 1t has been GO
ing on under freight of mountains and
immortals; but one day it will stagger
Mt the cry Of FIRE. The timbers of rock
will burn, the mountains flame like
masts, and the clouds like sails in the
judgment hurricane. Then God shall
take the passengers off the deck, and
from the berths those who have long
been asleep in Jesus, and He will set
them far beyond the reach of storm
and peril. But how many shall go
down will never be known, until 1t
shall be announced one day in Heaven;
the shipwreck of world! So many
millions saved! So many millions
drowned! Oh! my dear hearers, what
ever you lose, though your houses go,
though your lands go, though all your
earthly possessions perish, may God
Almighty, through the blood OF tho
everlasting covenant, save all your
souls.