The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-10-05

they are only helped into
higher experiences. The coolest wind
that ever blew down from snow-capped
Hermon and tossed G~ennesaret into
foam and agony could not hurt them.
Let the winds blow until they crack
their cheeks; let the breakers boom
all is we'll. Christ is in the
ship. Here are other men, the
pray of uncertainties. When they
succeed, they strut through the world
in great vanity, and wipe their feet on
the sensitiveness Of others. Disaster
comes, and they are utterly down.
They are good sailors on q fair day,
when the sky 10 clear and the sea Is
smooth; but they cannot outride the
storm. After awhile the packet 10
tossed abeam's end, and 1t seems as II
she must 60 down with all the cargo.
Push out from the shore with lifeboat,
longboat, shallop, and pinnace. You
cannot save the crew. The storm
twists off the masts. The sea rises up
to take down the vessel Down she
goes? No Christ in the ship.
speak to young people, whose voy-
age in life will be q mingling Of sun
shine and Of darkness, of Arctic blast
and of tropical tornado. You will
have many q long. bright day Of pros
perity. The skies clear, the ssas
smooth. The crew ~exhilarant The
boat stanch will bound merrily
over the pillows. Crowd on all the
canvas. Heigh, hoi Land aheadi
But suppose that sickness puts
its bitter cup to your lip; sup
pose that death overshsdows 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 hslyards swept
into the ses, and Rangwsy crowded
with piratical deserters, and the wave
beneath and the sky above, and the
darkness around are filled with the
clamor Of the voices of destruction.
Oil then you will want Christ in the
ship.
learn, In the next place. that people
who follow Christ must not always OK
pect smooth sailing. When these dis
ciples got into the small boats they
said: What . delightful thing this isl
Who would not be q follower of Christ
when he can ride in one of the small
boats after the ship In which Jesus ID
sailiug?" But when the storm came
down these disciples found out that
following Jesus did not always make
smooth sailing. So you have found
out, and 80 1 have found out II theirs
IN sny people who you would think
ought to have . good time In getting
out Of this world. the apostles Of Jssui
Christ ought to have bsen the men.
Have you ever noticed how they got
out of this world? st. James lost his
head. St. Phillip was hung to death
against . pillar. st. Matthew wal
struck to death by . halberd- St
Mark was dragged 70 death through
the streets. ST. James the Less had ht
brains dashed out with . fullsr's club
st. Mattheas was stoned to death
St Thomas was struck through with
spear. John Huss In the fre, the Abb
geuses, the Waldsnses, the Scotch Gov.
epanters-did they always Hnd smooth
sailing? Why 20 20 fsrf There II Z
who has . hard time to maintain hi
Christian character. All the clerk
laugh at him, the employers In tina,
store laugh 1t him; and when he lossl
his patience they say: "You are Z
pretty Christian" Not 90 easy u &
for that young man to follow Christ
II the Lord did not help him hour BY
hour he would fail. There are scorel
Of young men to-day who would b
willing to testify that in following
Christ one does NOT always find smooth
sailing.
Again. my subject teaches me tina
good people sometimes get very mucl
frightened. From the tone sud man
nsr Of these disciples as they rushei
into the stern Of the vessel and wok'
Christ up, you know that they ar,
fsarfully scared. And 70 It IL now thu
you often find good people wildly sgi
tated. "Ohr' says some Christie,
man, "the inddel magazines, tn
bad newspaper, Of spirituslisti,
societies. the importation Of 90 man!
foreign errors, the church of God Il
going to be Lost, the ship ID going Il
founderi The ship Il going DOWN.
What are you frightened about? Al
old lion goes into his cavern TO TAX
. sleep, and he lies down until hi
shaggy name covers his pawa Mean
while. the spiders outside begin 4
spin webs over the mouth of his cavsri
and say: THAT lion cannot break on
through this web" and they keep on
spinning the gossamsr threads until
they get the mouth Of the cavern
covered over. 'Now." they say, ''thl
lion's done" After awhile the lior
swskes and shakes himself, and h
walks out from the cavern, never know
ing there were any spiders webs. sut
with his voice he shakes the mountain
Let the inAdels and the sksptics
Of this day 20 ON spinning their webs
spinning their inAdel Gosssmer the
ories, spinning them all over the plscs
where Christ seems to be sleeping
They say: "Christ can never again COM
out: the work u done; He can 10 &c
through this logical web we have bseI
spinning" The day will come wheI
the Lion of Judah's tribe will rous
Himself and come forth and shsks
nightly the nationa. What u then 81
your gosssmer threads? What h
spiders web TO IN aroused honP d
not fret, then, about the worlds goin,
backward. It IL going forward.
You stand ON the banks Of the se
when the tide IL rising. The slmana
says the tide In rising. but the wav
comes up to . certain point. and theI
1t rscsdsA. why" you say, ''ths It'd
Ii going back" No IL II not tn
next wave comes up . little higher
and 1t goes back. Again you say tn
tide Ia going out. And the nez
time the wave comes TO Q highe
point, and then to . higher poini
Notwithstanding all these rscessioni
at last all the shipping OF tn
world knows II is high tide. So II
with the cause of Christ In the worlt
One year 1t comes up to one point, an
we are greatly encouraged. Then
seems to 60 back next year. We -
the tide IL going out Next year
comes to . higher point and falls bacl
and next year It comes to . still highs
point and falls back; but all the tim
It IL advancing, until It shall be ful
tide, land the earth shall be full
the knowledge of God IS the wateI
I'LL the sea-"
Again, I learn from this subject tbs
Christ IL God and man In the same PEI
son. i 60 into the back part of tbs
boat and I look on Christ's sleepin
face, and zee In that face the story
sorrow and WEAKNESS, and . despe
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