Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-11-21
Persevere to the End


into port. Her sides we're all chSfed
and scarifed, as il she had been beset
BY the robber waves, and forced to
battle for her life. Her masts were
broken, Der sails dragGled and
torn; her spars and yards we're gone,
and she looked almost wreck.
Out on the sea the waves bad risen
against her, and all the thievish winds
had sought to do her harm. A deS-
perate time she had indeed OF it, but
she had made her port and now, as
she dropped her anchor and lay
securely in her mooringe, her hull
sound, her cargo all safe, her crew
alive and well, what, to her. was it
that she had been obliged to fight her
way, or that out at sea the waves and
winds were even yet raging and mad
with stormsY She had gained her
hsrbor; she had made prosperous
voyage. The end for which she was
sent forth was accomplishment the
less nobly that through storm aud
tempest she had held upon her way.
But what was it to the ship John
Milton when Rhe was floating piece
by piece upon the waves-when her
cargo was sunken, and her crew all
drowned, and lying upon the beach or
IN the ses-that all the first part OF
her voyage had been pleasant, that all
the middle Of it had been over smooth
and sunny seas, that she had passed
in safety all the islands, and sailed
prosperously over the equatorR Her
voyage was a failure, for she had
never entered port. The end-the
end stamps a career as successful or
disastrous; and the John Milton did
not answer the end for which she was
sent forth.
Men are as ships sent forth upon
the sea, and that man who gains the
port Of heaven, though he be more
battered and bruised than any ship
that ever sailed up yonder river to its
anchorage, is the succuSsful man; but
he who founders on the beach, no
matter how close it be to the open
gates Of heaven has made a bad
voyage, though his log book may tell
OF sunshine and fair winds all the
way to the shoal wherein he struck
and found destruction.
NV
UNTIL SEVENTY TIMES SEVEN.
forgiveness has been beautifully
illustrated by the smile OF the sea-
worm and the muasel. The sea-worm
perforates the mussels shell, and then
the wound is closed up with pearl.
The apostle asked our Lord how often
he was required to forgive, and we
know the tender, patient answer
which fell from the lips that in death
prayed for his enemies.
Some of us can forgive real injury
more early than a rudeness, an i'm
pertinence. Perhaps we are feeling
perplexed about the proper treatment
of our Sundy-school scholar who per-
sistently annoys US by disobedieDce
and makes light of our authority.
THAT boy ought to be turned out" is
carelessly said by teachers again and
again, forgetting that the natures
inclined for evil are the very ones for
which Satan is STRIVING, and that the
child who has made his power already
felt for good or evil in the days to
come. Turning out" is the most
serious punishment young life can
know, when it really means expulsion;
let everything else be tried first.
Have you tried private converse, Ssn
earnest letter, the visiting Of the home
and knowledge Of the surroundings,
q change Of class, and the like7 And,
above all, have you tried private
prayer9 It is not bad plan, on
urgent necessity, to suspend a per
aistent evil-doer by letter, for shori
space of time, but the element of hops
and cheerful, loving pardon should
always be kept in sight. We can no
sympathize with the complaint W
heard a superintendent make at
teachers conference.-the neighbor
hood school had taken in a boy e1
PEELED from his without the inquire
which would have brought out tn
facts. The little fellow il not surel
hopeless whe, forbidden to enter b
former school, presents himself pei
tzeverlaQlv amid fresh surroundings.