The Canton times., 1895-08-16
.N OVERBOARD."
Tn tory of Jonah's Voyage and
It's Sequel.
Men Whe Sleep Regardless of Impending
Lanscr. and Awake Too Late to
Escape the Consequences
OF Their Folly.

tSc1 Mdn OVerDOard' is selected
Hev. L. Dewitt Talmage for public
zion this week, the reverend doctor b
ing still absent from New York cit
ON his summer lecture tour. 1t III base
ON the text:
80 the shipmaster came to him, and sal
unto him: What meanest thou, Oh, sleeper
arise call upon thy God. If so be that God wi
shtnk upon us, that we perish not. "-Jonal
&.6
God told Jonah to go to Ninevah o,
an unpleasant errand. lie would no
go He thought to get away from hi:
duty by putting TO sea. With pacl,
under his arm. find him on his way
20 Joppa. sea port He goes down
among the shipping, aud says to the
men lying around an the docks:
Which Of these vessels sails to-dayo"
The sailors answer: "Yonder is a yes
sci to Tarshish. 1 think, if you hur-
~, you may get on board her." Jo-
nah steps on board the rough craft
asks how much the fare is, pays it,
AHchor is weighed sails are hosted,
and the rigging begins to rattle in the
strong breeze of the Mediterranean
~1oppa is an exposed harbor, and it
Aoo eohS AoIR IOi Vic VESSEL W peU !
out on the broad sea- The sailors like !
what they call spanking breeze"
and the plunge of the vessel from the
crest OF tall wave is exhilarating to
those at home on the deep. But
the strong breeze becomes
gale, the gale a hurricane The
aHrighted passengers ask the CAP
tain If he ever saw anythinp
like this before. "Oh, yes" he saws:
this is nothing" Mariners are slow s
70 admit danger to landsmen. But. |
AFTER awhile, crash goes the mast, and r
the vessel pitches SO far ''a-beam's- v
end" there is fear she will not be o.
raghted. The captain answers few /,
questions. and orders the throwing 8,
out of boxes and bundles, and of so tt
much o. the cargo as they can get at. h
Ahe captain at last confesses there is fir
out little hope, and tells the passen- tb
gers that they had letter go to pray he
aag- 1t is seldom that sea captain is no
an ATHEIST, He Knows that there is br
fod, Tor he has seen Him at every Oh
point OF latitude between Sandy Hook sh
and Queenstown. Capt Moody, COM ale
handing the Cuba of the Cunard line. cra
u SUNDAY service led the music and COZ
dng like a Methodist. The captain I
It this Mediterranean craft, HAVING by
et the passengers to praying, goes Jor
round examining the vessel at eyerv tina
ONT lie descends into the cabin to aw;
ae whether. in the strong wrestling wo,
l Che waves, the vessel had sprung her
anu ne nnds Jonah asleep. stra
'nah had had wearisome tramp, and ual
I'd spent many sleepless nights about to .
festlons OF duty, and he is so sound phe
teep That all the thunder of the tenG
orm and the screaming of the pas mon
ngers does not disturb him. The can kno,
IN lays hold of him, and begins to unin
AXE him out of his Inconsistencies ward
tn the cry: Don't you see that we hant
all going to the bottom? Wake up the
d go to praying, if you have any ass
u W go TO- what meanest thou, Oh, know
eper? Arise, call upon thy God if team
be that God will think upon us, that ness
perish not" The rest of the story "Fat
VIII not rehearSe, for you know it hous,
H. 10 appeaSe the sea, they threw brou
ian overheard. BY
earn thaI the devl takes mans unex
ney and then sets him down in a eued.
r landing place. The Bible says he of HI
his fare to Tarshish. But see him heari
out. The sailors bring him to the side O
of the ship, lift him over "the Hardt
rds" and let him drop with loud which
sh into the waves. He paid his Judge
all the way to Tarshish, but did called
get the worth of his money. Neith- Hardc
oes anyone who turns his back on Lord
iu"y anu uoes that which is not up Jol
u of me
iese Is young man who, during down
SdsG year. mas spent large part that
us salary IN carousaL What has rockin
aimed by itP soiIed reputation sin nj
lt-starved purse, dissipated look, meane
tulant temper, disturbed con- call up
ICE. The manacles of one or two Agai
naoits that are pressing tighter up toe
tighter will keep on until they Jonah
TO the bone. You paid your fare ing his
arshish, but you have been set board
in the midst of a sea of dis would
ude and perplexity. thrown
hundred dollars for Sunday horse too lat.
and tn,
hundred dollars for wine sup ITSELF
but the
nu"feu ooliars Tor cigars! So m
= nunteu uoilars Tor frolics that The las
e H1 lneiesS' no mo
Ing .iE i'ur hundred dollars for his of drop
a"S l.,n e rigging
cad OF being in Tarshish now, he death.
'ne middle oil the Mediterra- must di
~ literary man, tired of must pu
VI VI ms Ia1ers' who resolves but hav
n ous into what is called Free my fare
T " ouys theodore Park ness! II
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