The Penn's Grove record., 1895-08-09
REV. DR.. TaLuaGE.
The Brooklyn Divine's Sunday
Sermon.
Subject: "Man Overheard"

that God will think upon US. that we perish
~not.'"-Jonah l., 6.
God told Jonah to go to Nineveh on an I'M
pleasant errand. He would not go. HI
thought to get away from his duty by putting
to sea. With pack under his arm l ind him
on his way to Joppa, a seaport. He goei
down among the shipping n SAYS to tht
men living around on the docks, (which o.
these vessels sails today" The sailors an
swer, "Yonder is q vessel going to Tarshish,
/ think II you hurry you may get on board
her." Jonah steps on board the rough craft,
asks how much the fare is, and pays It
Anchor is weighed. sails are hofsted, and the
rigging begins to rattle in the strong breeze
Of the Mediterranean. Joppa Is an exposed
sci to get on the broad sea. The sailors hkt
what they call a "spanking breeze" n the
plunge Of the vessel from the crest Of q tai
wave Is exhilarating to those at home on the
deep. But the strong breeze becomes a gale,
the gale a hurricane. The affnghted passen.
gers ask the captain II he ever saw anything
like this before.
"oh, yes" he says. SThis Is nothing
Mariners are slow to admit danger to lands.
men. But after awhile crash goes the mast,
and the vessel pitches so far "abeam's EMP
there Is a fear she will not be righted. The
captain answers few questions. and orders
the throwing out of boxes and bundles and
Of 30 much OF the cargo as they can get at.
The captain at last confasses there Ia but lit
tie hope and tells the passengers that they
had better go to praying. It 10 seldom that
a sea captain is an atheist. He knows that
there Is n God, for he has seen Him at every
point OF latitude between Sandy Hook and
Queenstown. Captain Moody, commanding
the Cub of the Cunard line, at Sunday SER
vice led the music and sang like q Methodist.
The captain OF this Mediterranean craft,
having set the passengers to praying, goes
around examining the vessel at every point.
He descends into the cabin to see whetherin
the strong wrestling Of the waves the vessel
had sprung aleak, and he finds Jonah asleep.
Jonah had had a wearisome tramp and had
spent many ~sleepless nights about questions
OF duty, and he is so sound asleep that all
the thunder Of the storm and the screaming
Of the passengers does not disturb him. The
captain lays hold OF him and begins to shake
him ont of his Inconsistencies with the
cry: ''Don't you see that We are all going
to the bottom2 Wake up and go to praying
II YOU have any God to go to. What mean
est thou. o sleeper? Arise, call pon thy
God, II so be that God will think upon us,
that we perish not" The rest of the story I
will not rehearse. for you know II well. TIC
appease the sea, they threw Jonah over
board.
Learn that the devil takes q mans money
Va tucn bctS HUI uDWu III . pVOE u
place. The Bible says he paid his fare tc
Tarshish. But see him get out. The sailors
bring him to the side OF the ship, lift him
over the guards and let him drop with a loud
splash into the waves. He paid his fare all
the way to Tarshish, but did not get the
worth Of his money. Neither does any one
who turns his back on his duty and does that
which is not right.
There is a young man who during the past
vaQr haq Gnant a tar0a mari NJ hfa caIarv In
carousal. What has he gained by 1t? A
soiled reputation, a half starved purse, q
~dissip8ted look, a petulant temper, a dis
turbed conscience. The manacles of m OF
two bad habits that are pressing tighter and
tighter will keep OIL until they wear to the
bone. You paid your fare to Tarshish. but
you have been set down In the midst of a sea
u d~isquietude and perplexity.
One hundred dollars for Sunday horse hire
One hundred dollars for wine suppers.
One hundred dollars for cigars.
One hundred dollars for frolics that shall,
be nameleas.
Making four hundred dollars for his dam
nation!
Instead of being in Tarshish now he Is IN
the middle OF the Mediterranean.
Here is literary man tired Of the faith OF
his father who resolves to launch out into
what ia called freethinkin9. He buys Theo-
dore Parker's works for &12, Remains sLife
Of Christ" for 81. so, Andrew Jackson Davis's
works for $40. Goes to hear inf1dels talk at
the clubs and to see ~spiritualism at the table
rapping. Talks glibly Of David. the psalm
list, as an old Hbertine, OF Pau as q wild en-
thusiast and Of Christ as a decent kind Of a
man, q little weak in some respects, but al.
most as good as himself. Talks smilingly OF
Sunday as a good day to put a little extra
backing on ones boots and of Christians as,
for the most part, hypocrites Of eternity
as s'the great to be-" 'the everlasting now
or "the Infinite what Is It." Some day he
gets his feet very wet and finds himself that
night chilly; the next morning has a hot
the store that he win not be there to-day;
battles his feet; has mustard plasters; calls
the doctor. The medical man says aside,
This Is going to be a bad case of congestion
of the lungs" Voice fails. Children must
be kept down stairs or sent to the
.peighbors to keep the house quiet.
You say. "send for the minister" But
You say, "Read the Bible to him." No;
he does not believe in the Bible. A law
yer comes In, and sitting by his bedside
writes o document that begins: SIN the
name Of God. amer. (, being ofsound mind,
do make this my last VIII and testament"
1t Is certain whore the sick mans body will
be in less than q week. 1t Is quite certain
VIM IA kOt IL PEOR1Elys ouL WHhI Will
become OF his soul2 It will go into 'the
great to be-" or "the everlasting now" or
s'ths infinite what is it" His soul Is in deep
waters, andthe wiidis ''blowing great guns"
Death cries, Overheard with the IN.
believer!" A splash. He goes to the bot.
tom. He paid s5 for his ticket to Tarshish
when he bought the infdel books. He
landed in perdition.
Every farthing you spend In sin satan will
swindle you out OF. He promises you shall
have thirty per cent. or . great dividend.
He lies He will sink all the capital. You
may pay full fare to some sinful success, but
you win never get to Tarshish.
Learn how soundly men will sleep In tho
mids: Of danger. The worst sinner on ship
board, considering the light he had, was
Jonah. He was q member Of the church,
while they were heather. The sailors were
engaged in their lawful calling, following
the sea. The merchants On board, / sup
pose, were going down to Tarshish to barter,
but Jonah, notwithstanding his Christian
profession, was flying from duty. He was
sound asleep in the cabin He has been
motionless for hous-his arms and feet In
the same posture as when he lay down-his
breast heaying with deep respiration. Oh,
how could he sleepl What II the ship struck
a roekP What II 1t sprang aleak? What IL
the clumsy oriental craft should capsizei
What would become Of Jonah2
30 men sleep soundly now amid perili
In almost every place, I suppose,
Mediterranean might be sounded, but no
line is long enough to fathom the profound
beneath every impenitent man. Plunging q
thousand iathoms down, you cannot touch
Eternity beneath him, before him,
himl Rocks close by and wnirlpools
and hot breathed Levanters. Yet sound
We try TO wake him up, bat fan.
The great surges Of warning break over the
deck, the gong Of warning sounds
through the cabin, the bell rings. sAwakel'
cry q hundred voices. Yet sound asleep III
the cabin.
In the year ITS the captain Of q Green
whaling vessel found himself at night
by toebergs and clay 10" until
morning, expecting every moment to be
ground TO pieces. In the morning he looked
about and saw b ship near by. He hailed
II. No answer. Getting into q boat with
of the crew, he pushed out for the
mysterious craft. Getting near by, he saw
the portfolio q al at a stand, a.
keeping . logbook. He hailed him.
No answer. He went on board the vessel
and found the man sitting At the iogbook,
to death. The loRhoof was dated
1852, showing that the vessel hal been wan
dering for thirteen years among tho iea-
The sailors vera found hnnAR among fh-