The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-08-29

bottom. Elemtv beneath him. before him,
around hlnf Rocks close tY and whlrlpo4lH
ana hot hrHaihsd Levanters Yet sound
asloepl We iry Co wake him mp. but ihi
Tho great surgea oi warning break over tne
hurricane defs. too gong Of warning SOUNDS
through the cabin. tho bell rings "AWakr.'
rFY n hundred voices. lot sound asleep I'D
Gao cabin.
la fhs wear 1875 the captain Of "a Groom
land whaling vessel found himself a. night
surrounded by leeberg uni CLAY to- until
morning, expecting every moment 70 e.
ground Co pieces. Ia the morning be- looked
about and saw ship near by, io hailed
H. 30 answer. Getting into a boat with
some of the crew. Doc pushed out Tor tha
mysterious craft Getting near by, ho saw
through the portfolio O. man at a stand, a4
though keeping % logD0ok. Ho hallot him.
No answer. Ho went on board the vessel
aud found the man sitting at the logbo0k,
frozen to death. The l0ghOok was dated
1902 showing that the vessel had been wan
dering FOR thirteen years among tho Gee.
Tho sailors we're found frozen among the
hamm0cks and others On the cabin. For
thirteen years this ship had been carrying lbs
burden OF c0rpses.
SO from tbls gospel craft to-day descy
y0vagers for eternity Il cry. "Ship ahOYi
Ship ahoyln No answer They aoat about
tossed and ground by tho icebergs OF sin,
hosting no sail Tor heaven. / 20 on b0ar1.
/ nnd an nsleen. 10 Is q frozen sleep. Oh
that my LorJ Jesus would come aboard and
lay hold Of tho wheel and steer the craft
down into the warm gulf stream OF Ills
mercy Awake. thou that sleepostl Arise
from the dead, and Chris, shall give thee
h1s.
Again. notice that men arc aroused blythe
most unexpected means. If Jonah had been
told one year b8ioro that heather sea
captain would ever awaken him 20 a sense
OF danger. he would have scoffed nj the idea.
but here Il is done. SO now men Ia strongest
ways are aroused from spiritual stupor.
proiane man is brought to conviction by the
shocking blasphemy OF comrade. A man
attending church and hearing a sermon from
the text, "Tho OK knoweth HIS owner" etc,
goes home impressed. but. crossing his barn
yard. an OK come up aud ticks his hand, and
he says: "Ihereitis now. 'rhe OK knOweth
his owner and the ass his masters crib, but
do not know God" The careless remark
of teamster has led man 10 thoughtful
ness and heaven. The child's remark:
Father, they have prayers at uncle's house.
Why don't we have them3' has brought saliva
tion to the dwelling.
BY strangest ways and I'm the most unex-
pected manner men are awakened The gar
dener Of the Countess OF Huntingdon was
convicted OF sin by hearing the countess on
the opposite side Of the walltalk about Jesus.
John Hardoak was aroused by a dream. In
which he saw the last day. and the Judge sit-
ting, aud heard his own name called with
terrible emphasis, "John Hardoak, come to
Judgment The Lord has a thousand ways
of waking up Jonah. Would that tine mes
sengers OF mercy might now find their way
down into the sides OF the ship. and that many
who are unconsciOusly rocking in the awful
tempest Oi their sin pight hesr the warming:
'What meanest thou, o sleeper Arise and
call upon thy Go1w
Again: Learn that n man may wake up
too late. IT, instead Of sleeping, Jonah had
been on his knees cOnfessng his sins from
the time he went on board the craft, / think
that God would have saved him from being
thrown overheard. But ne woke up too late
The tempest is in full blast and the sea, in
convusion. is lashing itself, and nothing will
stop it now but the overthrow of Jonah.
SO men sometimes wake up too late. The
last hour has come The man has no more
idea OF dying than have of dropping down
this moment. The rigging is all white with
the foam OF death. How chill the night is,
81 must die" he says, "yet not ready. ]
must push out upon this awful sea, but have
nothing with which to pay my fare.
The white caps! The darkness! The
hurricane How long have I. been sleep
ing2 Whole days and months and years. /
am quite awake now. see everything, but
It is too late. Invisible hands take him up.
He struggles to get loose. In vain. They
bring his soul to the verge. They let il
down over the side. The winds howl The
sea opens its frothing jaws to swallow. He
has gone forever. And while the canvas
cracked, and the yards ratified, and the ropes
thumped, the sea took up the funeral dirRe
| playing with open diapason OF midnight
storm, because l have called, aud We re.
fused, have stretched ous My hand, and nc
man regarded, but We have set at naught all
| My counsel and would none of my reproof
/ also will laugh at your calamity, 1 viii
mock when your fear cometh."
Now, lest any of you should make this
mistake, l address you in the words Of the
Mediterranean sea captain: "What mean.
est thou, o, sleeper? Arise, call upon thy
God, II so be that God will think upon us
that we perish no." II you have God
/ you had better call upon Him. Do YOU say
81 have no God?" Then you had better cal
upon your fathers God. When your father
was in trouble, whom did he 1y, to? YoI
heard him in his old days tell about sons
terrible exposure in a snowstorm, or at sea
or in battle, or among midnight garroters
| tAiAu NV uO b5pdpShs ACAndps kMbnLl
years before you were born you
father made sweet acquaintance will
God. There is something in tn
worn pages Of tho Bible he used TO read which
makes you think your father had God II
the old religious books lying around tbs
house, here are passages marked with
lead pencil-passages that make YOU thinl
your father was not goddess man, but that
on that dark day when he lay in the bacl
room dying he was ready--all ready. Blu
perhaps your father was bad man-prayer
less and blasphemer-and you never thinl
Of him now without a shudder. He wor
SHIPPED the world or his own appetites. d,
not then, beg Of you, call upon your faith
ers God, but call on your mothers God.
think she was good. You remember wheI
your father came home drunk late on a COLI
night, how patient your mother was
You often heard her pray. She used to 81
by the hour meditating as though she wer
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