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

New York Special: Rev. DR.. Tai
mage has chosen as the subject OF his
sermon: Man Overboard,' the text
being Jonah, l., g." So the shipmaster
came to him, and said unto him, What
meaneSt thou, Oh, Sleeper? Arise, call
upon thy God, if so be that God will
think upon us, that We perish not
God told Jonah to go to Ninevah on
an unpleasant GRAND. He would not
go. He thought to get away from his
duty by putting to sea. With pack I'M
der his arm, find him on his way to
Joppa, a sea- port. He goes down
among the shipping, and says to the
men lying around the docks, (which
of these vessels sails tO-day?' The
sailors answer, ''Yonder is a vessel to
Tarshish. I think if you hurry you
may get on board her" Jonah steps
ON board the rough craft, asks how
much the fare is, pays it. Anchor is
weighed. sails are hoiSted, and the rig
ging begins to rattle in the strong
breeze Of the Mediterranean. Joppa is
an exposed harbor, and it does not take
long for the vessel to get 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 eXhilerating to those at
home on the deep. But the strong
breeze becomes gale, the gale hur-
ricane. The affrighted passengers ask
the captain if he ever saw anything
like this before. ''Oh, yes he says;
this is nothing" Mariners are slow to
admit danger to a landsman. But,
after while. crash goes the mast, and
the vessel pitches 50 far ''l-beam' send
there is a fear she will not be righted.
The captain answers few questions,
and orders the throwing out Of boxes
and bundles. and Of so much Of the
cargo as they can get at. The captain,
at last, cOnfesseS there is but little
hope. and tells the passengers that they
had better go to praying. 1t is seldom
that 4 sen captain is an atheist. He
knows that there is a God, for he has
seen him at every point Of latitude be-
tween Sandy Hook and Queenstown
Capt Moody. commanding the Cuba, Of
the Cunard line, at Sunday service, led
the music and sang like Methodist.
The captain of the Mediterranean craft,
goes around examining the vessel at
every point. He descends into the cab
in to see whether, in the strong wrest-
ling Of the waves, the vessel has sprung
4 leak. and he finds Jonah asleep. Jo-
nah had had 4 WeariSOme tramp, and
had spent many sleepless nights about
questions of duty and he is so sound
asleep that all the thunder of the
storm and the screaming of the passen,
gers does not disturb him. The cap
tain lays hold of him, and begins to
shake him out of his unconsciousness
with the cry: Don't you see that We
are all going to the bottom? Wake up
and go to praying, if you have any God
to go to. What meaneSt thou, Oh
sleeper? Arise, call upon thy God, if
so be that God will think upon us, that
we perish not" The rest of the story
I will not rehearse, for you know il
we'll. To appease the sea, they threw
Jonah overheard.
Learn that the devil takes a mans
money and then sets him down in &
poor landing place. The Bible says hi
paid his fare to 'Tarshish But see hin
get out. The sailors bring him to the
side OF the ship. lift him over "tht
guards and let him drop, with lou(
splash into the waves. He paid his
fare all the way to Tarshish, but hi
did not get the worth of his money
Neither does any one who turns hi
back on his duty and does that which
is not right
There is Il young man who, durin;
the past year has spent large part OF
his salary in carousal. What has b.
gained by it? A soiled reputation,
halfStarved purse, a dissipated look,
petulant temper, a disturbed con
science. The manacles of one or tW
bad habits that are pressing tighte
and tighter will keep on until the,
Wear to the bone. You paid your far
to Tarshish, but you have been sc
down in the midst Of q sea- Of disuuie1
ude and perpleXity.
One hundred dollars for Sunday hors
hire!
One hundred dollars for wine sur
pers!
One hundred dollars for cigars!
One hundred dollars for frOIicS tina
shall be nameleSS!
Making $4OO for his damnation!
Instead Of being in Tarshish now, h
is in the middle of the Mediterranean
Here is a literary man, tired Of til
faith of his fathers, who resolves t
launch out into what is called Ere
Thinking. He buys Theodore Parker
works for $12; Remains Life of Christ
for S1.50; Andrew Jackson Davis
works for $40. Goes to hear intide]
talk at the clubs and to see spiritulalis1
at the tablerapping. Talks glibly {
David, the psalmist, as an old libe
tine; Of Paul as a wild enthusiast; an
of Christ as a decent kind of q man
little weak in some respects, but a
most as good as himself. Talks smi
ingly of Sunday as a good day to put
little extra backing on ones boot!
and of Christians, as TO the most par
hypocrites; and of eternity as 9Th
great to be" 1.-The everlasting now" {
1.-The infinite what is it, Some day /
gets his feet very wet, and finds hin
self that night chilly. The next mor1
ing has q hot mouth and is headach
Sends word over to the store that !
will not be there to-day. Battles h
feet; has mustard plasters; calls tt
doctor The medical man says, asid,
'sThis is going to be a bad case Of CO..
gestion of the lungs" Voice fail
ChiI1rop unrct no lyont down o;.o