The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-08-29
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
riE NOTED DIvINHs SUNDAY
DISCOURSE.
Subject, "aIau Overheard"

HAtA HNAH NlNt 'MHM mHANHNN ANnnt %
aloeperf Arise, call upon thy God, n So Boz
that GOD VIII think uponus, that Wo perish
not. Jonah l., g.
God told Jonah 10 go 10 Nncyeh on an un-
pleasant orrand. Tie would not go. Tie
thought % gee away from he duty by putting
10 sea. With pack under bis arm i end him
on his way 90 J0ppn, q seaport. Tie goes
down among the Shipping and saws 90 the
men lying around on the docks. (which OF
these vessels sails t0-lav2h The sailors an
wer Wonder ia vessel going 30 Tarhish.
! think W YOU hurry you may get on board
nor. Jonah steps on board the rough craft.
asks how much the fare g. and paws 10.
Anchor Is weighed. sails are h0isted. and the
rigging begins 20 rattle In the strong breeze
OF the Mediterranean. Joppa Is an exposed
harbor and it does not take long Tor the ves-
sci to get on The broad sen. The sailors like
what they call a spanking breeze, " and the
plunge OF the vessel from the crest OF a tall
wave Is exhilarating 90 those at homo on tho
deep. But the strong breeze becomes gale,
the gale hurricane. The afidghted passen-
gers ask the captain ~ he ever saw anything
like this before.
"Oh, yes" he says. This is nothing
Mariners are slow 20 admit danger 10 lands
men. But after awhile crash goes the mast.
aud the vessel pitches so far "aheam's end"
there is % fear she will not be righted. The
captain answers few questions. aud orders
the throwing out OF boxes and bundles and
Of 30 much Of the cargo as they can get at.
The captain as last confosses there Is but lit
lle hope and tells the passengers that they
bad better 90 20 praying. Il Is seldom that
a sea captain IS an atheist He knows that
there Is u God. Cor no has seen Him at every
point OF latitude between Sandy Hook and
Queenstown. Captain Moody, commanding
INC Cuba OF the Cunard line. at Sunday SER
vice led the music and sang like Methodist
The captain Of this Mediterranean craft,
having set tho passengers TO praying, goes
around examining the vessel at every point
He descends into the cabin TO SEQ whgtherin
the strong wrestling of the waves the vessel
had sprung aleak, and no finds Jonah asleep
Jonah had had a wearisome tramp and had
spent many sleepless nights about questions
81 duty, and he is so sound asleep that all
the thunder OF the storm and the screaming
Of the passengers does not disturb him. The
captain lays hold Of him and begins to shake
him ont OF his Inconsistencies with the
cry: Don't you see that we are all going
to the bott0m2 Wake up and 20 10 praying
If you have any God 10 60 to. What mean
est thou o sleeper? Arise. call upon thy
God, II so be that God will think upon US,
that we perish not" The rest Of the story 1
will not rehearse. for you know It WELL To
appease the sea, they threw Jonah over
board.
Learn That the devil takes q mans money
and then sets him down in poor landing
place. The Bible says he paid his fare to
Tarshish. But see him get out. The sailors
bring him to the side OF the ship, lift him
over the guards and let him drop with a loud
splash into the waves. He paid his fare all
the way TO Tarshish, but did not get the
worth OF his money. Neither does any one
who turns his back his duty and does that
which is not right.
There is q young man who during the past
year has spent large part Of his salary in
earousal. What has he gained by it? A
soiled reputation, half starved purse, a
dissipated look, a petulant temper, a dis
/ turbed conscience. The manacles Of one or
two bad habits that are pressing tighter and
tighter will keep on until they wear to the
bone. You paid your fare TO Tarshish. but
you have been set down in the midst Of sea
OF disQuietude and perplexity.
One hundred dollars forSunday horse hire
One hundred dollars for wine suppers.
One hundred dollars for cigars.
One hundred dollars for frolics that shall
! be nameless.
Making four hundred dollars for his dam
nation!
Instead Of being in Tarshish now he is in
the middle of the Mediterranean.
Here is a literary man tired Of the faith Of
his father who resolves to launch out into
what is called freethinking. He buys Theo-
! dore Parker's works for $12, Remains "Life
! of Christ" for $1.50, Andrew Jackson Daviss
works for 500. Goes to hear inldes talk at
the clubs and to see spiritualism at the table
rapping. Talks gllbly Of David. the psalm
| list, as an old libertine, of Paul as a wild en-
thusast and of Christ as a decent kind Of a
man, little weak in some respects, but al
most as good as himself. Talks smilingly OF
Sunday rs good day to put a little extra
backing on ones boots and of Christians as,
'or the most part. hypocrites OF eternity
| - "the great to be, "the everlasting now"
! 9r "the infinite what is it." Some day h.
| gets his feet very wet and finds himself that
| hight chilly; the next morning has q hot
nouth and is headaehy; sends word over to
me store that he will not be there to-day
bathes his feet; has mustard plasters calls
| the doctor The medical man says aside
~Ihis is going to be a bad case of congestion
II the lungs" Voice fails. Children must
70 kept down stairs or sent to the
| neighbors to keep the house quiet
You say, "Send for the minister" But
no. He does not believe in ministers
You say, "Read the Bible to him" No
he does not believe in the Bible. A law.
yer comes in, and sitting by his bedside
writes q document that begins: Gin the
name of God, amen. |, being OF sound mind
do make this my last will and testament.
It is certain where the sick mans body vii
be in less than a week. 1t is quite certain
who will get his property. But what vii
become of his soul2 1t will go into 9Th
great to be, or ''the everlasting now" o
"the infinite what is it." His soul is in dec
waters, andthe winds "blowing great guns,
Death cries, "Overboard with the I'm
believer" A splash. He goes to the bot
tom. He paid So for his ticket to Tarshisl
when he bought the infdel books. H
landed in perdition.
Every farthing you spend in sin satan vii
swindle you out OF. He promises you shal
have thirty per cent. or great dividend
He lies. He will sink all the capital. Yo1
may pay full fare to some sinful success, bu
you will never get to Tarshlsh.
Learn how sOundly men will sleep in thu
| rnideA nj dquOar The worst einner on shin