The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-15

is blowing great guns Death cries:
"Overboard with the unbeliever!' A
splash! He goes to the bottom. He
paid So fol. his ticket to Tarshish when
he bought the intidel books. He landed
in perdition! .E
Every farthing you spend in sin sa-
tam will Swindle you out Of. He prom
Uses you shall have 80 per cent or
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 member OF
the church, while they We're heather.
The sailors We're engaged in their law
full calling, following the sea. The mer-
CHATS ON board, suppose, We're 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 had
been motionless for hours-his arms
and feet in the same position rs when
he lay down-his breast heaving with
deep respiration. Oh. how could he
sleep! What if the ship struck a rock!
what If it sprang Il leak! what if the
clumsy Oriental craft should capslze!
What would become of Jonah!
Some men sleep soundly now amid
perils infinite. In almost every place,
I suppose, the Mediterranean might be
sounded, but no line is long enough to
fatlhom the profound deep beneath ev-
cry impentent man. Plunging a thOu-
nd fo tO11Ch
| bottom. Eternity beneath him, before
him, around him! Rocks close by, and
whirlpools and hot-headed Levanters;
yet sound asleep! We try to wake him
up, but fail. The great surges of warn
ing break over the hurricane deck-the
gong Of warning sounds through the
cabin-the bell rings. "Awake!" cry a
hundred voices; yet sound asleep in the
! cabin.
In the year 1875 the captain Of q
Greenland whaling vessel found him.
self at night surrounded by icebergs,
and clay to- until morning, expecting
every 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, he pushed out for the
mysterious craft. Getting near by, he
saw through the port hole man at q
stand, as though keeping log book.
He hailed him. No answer. He went
on board the vessel and found the man
sitting ut the log book frozen to death.
The log book was dated 1162, showing
that the vessel had been wandering
for thirteen years among the ice. The
sailors were found frozen among the
hammocks, and others in the cabin.
For thirteen years this ship had been
carrying its burden of corpses.
So from the Gospel craft to-day,
descry yoyagers for eternity. I cry
ship alloy, ship ahoy" No answer
They float about, tossed and ground
by the icebergs of sin, hosting no sal
for heaven. l go on board. l find all
asleep. 1t is a frozen sleep. Oh, that
my Lord Jesus would come aboard
and lay hold Of the wheel and steer
the craft down into the warm gull
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 evel
awaken him to a sense Of danger, he
would have scOffed at the idea; bu
here 1t is done. So now. men in the
strangest ways are aroused from spir
ltual StupOr. "A profsne man il
brought to conviction by the shocking
blaSphemy of a cOmrade. A man at
tending church, and hearing sermon
from the text, 1.-THE OK knoWeth it.
owner etc., goes home unimpressed
but crossing his barn yard, an O,
comes up and ticks his hand, and Ii,
says, '"There it is nOW-'the OK know
eth his owner, and the ass his mas
ters crib but I do not know Cod
The careless remark Of q tealnster ha
led man to thoughtfulness and heay
EN-. The child's remark, "Father, the,
have prayers at uncle's house-wh,
don't we have them?' has brought sal
walton to the dwelling
By strangest way and in the mos
unexpected manner men are awaken
ed. The gardener of the countess O
Huntington was convicted Of sin b
bearing the countess on the opposit
side OF the wall talk about Jesus
John Hardoak was aroused by
dream in which he saw the last da,
and the judge sitting, and heard hi
own name called with terrible enpha
sis: John Hardoak, come to juds
ment! The Lord has a thousand way
Of waking up Jonah. Would that tn
t messages of mercy might now fin
their way down into the sides of tn
ship and that many who are unco1
: sciously rocking in the awful tempes
of their sin might hear the warnin.
: What meanest thou, o sleeper? Arts.
, and call upon thy God!
, Again: Learn that man may wax
5 up too late. If, instead of sleepin,
y Jonah had been on his knees confess
, ing his sins from the time he went O
$ board the craft I think God woul
I have saved him from being throw
{ overheard. But he woke up too lat
: The tempest is in full blast, and tn
l sea, in convulsion, is flashing itsel
I and nothing will stop it now but tt
/ overthrow of Jonah.
! So men sometimes wake up too lat
q The last hour has come. The man hs
j.; no more idea Of dying than have (
:. dropping down this moment The ri
= ging is all white with the foam
+ death. How chill the night is!
. mist die" he saws "vet not rea6v