The Princeton union., 1895-07-18

the empty bread tray, and nakedness
sllivers for lack of clothes and fire
When / hear a man in canting TRADE.
against money--a Christian man-aS
though it had no possible use on earth,
and had no interest in it at all, come
almost. to think that the heaven that
would be appropriate for him would
be an everlasting poor house. While,
my friends, we do admit there is
such a thing as the lawful use of mon
ey-a profitable use Of money-let us
recognize also the fact that money
can not satisfy a mans soul, that it
can not glitter in the dark valley, that
it can not pay our fare across the Jor-
dan Of death, that it can not unlock
the gates of heaven. There are men,
In all occupations who seem to act as
though they thought that a pack OF
bonds and mortgages could be traded
Off for title to heaven, and as though
gold would be a lawful tender in that
place where it is SO common that they
make pavements out Of it. Salvation
byChrist is the only salvation. Treas
llres IN heaven are the only incorrupti
BILE treasures.
Have you ever ciphered out in the
rule of loss and gain the sum-. sWhat
shall it profit man if 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 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 Austral-
ian, OF Brazilian mines strung in one
carcanet. Seek after God; find his
righteousness, and all shall be well
here; all shall be we'll hereafter.
| Some of you remember the ship
| wreck Of the Central America That
| noble steamer had, 1 think, about 800
| passengers aboard Suddenly the
/ storm came, and the surges trampled
the decks and swung into the matches.
and there went up hundred-yoiced
death Shrek. The foam on the jaw
Of the wave. The pitching of the
steamer as though it We're leaping q
mountain. The dismal flare of the sig
nal rockets. The long cough of the
steam pipes. The hiss Of extinguish-
ed furnaces. The walking Of God on
! the wave! The steamer went not down
without a struggle. AS the passengers
stationed themselves in rows. to bale
out the vessel, hark to the thump of
the buckets, as men unused to toll,
with blistered hands and strained
muscle, tug for their lives There is
a sail seen. against the sky. The fash
of the distress gun is noticed, its
voice heard not, for it is choked in
the louder booming of the sea. A few
passengers escaped; but the steamer
| gave one great lurch and was gonef
So there are some men who sail on
prosperously in life. AIls we'll; alPs
well. But at last some financial dis
aster comes; a euroclydon. Down they
go! the bottom of the commercial sea
is streWn with shattered hulks. But
because your property goes do not let
your soul go. Though all else perish.
save that; for [ have to tell you of
more stupendous shipwreck than that
which [ just mentioned. God launch
ed this world 5000 years ago. 1t has
been going on under freight of noun
tains and immortals; but one day it
will stagger at the cry of fire. The
timbers of rock will burn, the noun
tains fame like masts, and the clouds
like sails in the judgment hurricane
Then God shall take the passengers
off the deck, and from the bertl<
( those who have long been asleep in
Jesus, and he will set them far be-
yond the reach Of storm and peril
But how many shall go down will
never be known, until it shall be an
nounced one day in heaven; the ship
wreck of a world! So many millions
saved! So many millions drowned. Oh!
my dear hearers, whatever you lose
though your houses go, though your
. lands go, though all your earthly pos
sessions perish, may God Almighty,
through the blood of the everlasting
covenant, save all your souls.