Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-08-09

1t will go into the great 10 De, OF
"the everlasting now," or "the infinite
what is it.. =" HIS soul is in deep waters,
and the wind is blowing great guns. "
Death cries, Overheard with the un-
belieyer" A splash. He goes to the bot
tom. He paid S. for his ticket to Tar
shish when he bought the infidel books.
He landed in perdition.
satan's swindles.
Every farthing you spend in sin satan
will swindle you out Of He promises
you shall have 80 per cent or a great
dividend. He lies. He will sink all the
capital. You may pay full fare to some
sinful success, but you will never get to
Tarshish
Learn how soundly men will sleep in
the midst of danger. The worst sinner
on shipboard, considering the light he
had, was Jonah He was a member Of
the church, while they were heather.
The sailors were engaged in their law
full calling, following the sea. The mer-
chants ON board, suppose, were going
down to Tarshish TO barter, but Jonah,
notwithstanding his Christian profess
sion, was flying from duty. He was
sound asleep in the cabin. He has been
motionless for hours-his arms and feet
In the same posture as when he lay
down-his breast heaving with deep
respiration. Oh, how could he Sleep
What if the ship struck a rockl What if
it sprang aleak? What If the clumsy
oriental craft should capsize3 What
would become Of Jonah?
So men sleep soundly now amid perils
infinite. In almost every place, I sup
pose, the Mediterranean might be sound
ed, but no line is long enough to fathom
the profound beneath every impenitent
man. Plunging a thousand fathoms
down, you cannot touch bottom. Eter-
nifty beneath him, before him, around
him Rocks close by and whirlpOols and
hot breathed Levanters. Yet sound
asleep We try to wake him up, but
fail The great surges Of warning break
over the hurricane deck, the gong Of
warning sounds through the cabin, the
bells rings "Awake!" cry hundred
voices. Yet sound asleep in the cabin.
In the year 1875 the captain Of
Greenland whaling vessel found him
self at night surrounded by icebergs and
"lay to" until morning, expecting ev-
cry moment to be ground to pieces In
the morning he looked about and saw a
ship near by. He hailed it. No answer.
Getting into boat with some Of the
crew, ne pushed out for the mysterious
craft. Getting near by, he saw through
the porthole man at stand, as though
keeping a logbook. He hailed him. No
answer. He went on board the vessel
and found the man sitting at the log
book, frozen to death. The logbook was
dated 1862, showing that the vessel had
been wandering for Is years among the
ice. The sailors were found frozen
among the hammocks, and others IN the
cabin For 13 years this ship had been
carrying its burden Of corpses
SO from this gospel craft today de-
scry voyagers for eternity. Icry: "Ship
ahoyl Ship ahoyW No answer. They
Goat about, tossed and ground by the
icebergs 6 sin, hoisting no sail for heav-
en-. 20 on board. I find all asleep. 1t
is frozen sleep. Oh, that my Lord
Jesus would come aboard and lay hold
Of the wheel and steer the craft down
into the warm gulf stream Of his mercy
Awake, thou that sleepest! Arise from
the dead, and Christ shall give thee life.
Again, notice that men are aroused
BY the most unexpected means II Jonah
had been told one year before that
heather sea captain would ever awaken
him to a sense Of danger, he would have
scoffed at the idea, but here it is done.
So now men in strangest ways are
aroused from spiritual stupor. A pro
fane man is brought to conviction by
the shocking blasphemy Of a comrade
A man attending church and hearing
sermon from the text, 1.-The OK knowetf
his owner" ETC., goes home impressed
but, crossing his bsrnyard, an OK come
up and licks his hand, and he says
"There 1t is now. The OK knoweth hi
owner and the ass his masters crib,
Int do not know God. The careless
remark of a teamster has led man t
thoughtfulness and heaven. The child I
remark: Father, they have prayers a
uncle's house. Why don't we hav
them?" has brought salvation to tn
dwelling.
Bv strangest ways and in the most un
expected manner men are awakened
The gardener of the Countess Of Hunt
, ingdon was convicted Of sin by hearing
the countess on the opposite side Of tn
! wall talk about Jesus John Hardoa
was aroused by a dream, in which h
saw the last day, and the judge sitting
, and heard his own name called wit
terrible emphasis, "John Hardoak, com
TO iudgmentw The Lord has thousan
ways of waking up Jonah. Would tina
the messengers Of mercy might nov
find their way down into the sides
. the ship. and that many who are uncon
sciously rocking in the awful tempest
their sin might hear the warning
"What meanest thou, o sleeper9 Aris
o and call upon thy God"
Awake Too Late.
Again: Learn that man may wax
= ND too late. II, instead Of sleeping
Jonah had been on his knees confessin
: his sins from the time he went on boar
: the craft, think that God would hav
saved him from being thrown overheard
! But he woke up too late. The tempe'
a is in full blast, and the sea, in convu
. sion. is lashing itself, and nothing wi
stop IL now but the overthrow OF Jonai
So men sometimes wake mp too lat'
|, The last hour has come. The man h'
. no more idea Of dying than l have
|. dropping down this moment. The III
= ging is all white with the foam
: death. How chill the night isl II mul
die" he says, yet not ready. mu
9 push out upon this awful sea, but ha'
nothing with which to pay my Tar
d The white capsl The darkness II
e hurricane How long have been slee
is ingl Whole days and months and year
o am quite awake now. see ever