The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-05
SLEPT AMID PERIL INFINITE.
JONAH's SOUND sLUNBERS UNTIL
THE SAILORS THREW HIM
OVERHEARD.

Dufy-There Must he no Slumbcr-
ing on the Good Old Gospel ship.
New York, Aug. AT this season Of
the year. when a large portion Of the
community IS journeying either By land
or sea. Rev. DR.. Talmage. who is sun
absent on his midsummer preaching and
lecturing tour. has chosen as the subject
Of his sermon for to-day Man over
board" the text being Jonah l:6, so the
shipmaster came TO him. and said unto
him, What meanest thou. o 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 Nineveh on an
unpleasant errand He would not 60. He
thought to get away from his duty by
putting 10 sea. With pack under his arm,
1 find him on his way 10 Joppa. a sea-
port. He goes down among the ship
ping. and says 10 the men Iying around on
the docks, Which Of these vessels sails
to-day?" The sailors answer, "Yonder is
a vessel going 10 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. and pays it.
Anchor is weighed, sails are hoisted. and
the rigging 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 a
spanking breeze" and the plunge of the
vessel from the crest of a tall wave is
exhilarating to those at home on the
deep. But the strong breeze becomes
gale. the gale a hurricane The alright
ed 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 landsmen. But,
after a while, crash goes the mast and
the vessel pitches so far "a-beam's-
end" there is a fear she will not be
rjghted. The captain answers few ques-
tions, 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 a sea
NdRAdiAA - al dAHtlSl. ne KNOWS there Is
God, for he has seen him at every point
of latitude between Sandy Hook and
Queenstown. Capt. Moody, commanding
the Cuba of the Cunard line, at Sunday
service, led the music and sang like a
Methodist. The captain of this Medter-
ranean craft, having set the passengers
10 praying, goes around examining the
vessel at every point. He descends into
the cabin to see whether in the strong
NJ ba he
sprung a leak, and he finds Jonah asleep.
Jonah had had a 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 passengers does
not disturb him. The captain lays hold
of him, and begins 10 shake him ont of
his Inconsistencies with the cry: Don't
you see that we are all going 10 the bot
tom? Wake up and 60 10 praying. if
you have any god 20 90 10. What mean
est thou. oh, sleeper? Arisei
call upon thy God, II so be
Il that Cod will think upon us. that
we perish not" The rest of the story I
will not rehearse, for you know il well
To appease the sea they threw Jonah
overheard
7--. sIlaI IHe uvvH IaHrs a s..=--'a
money and then sets him down IN a poor
landing place. The Bible says he paid his
fare TO Tarshish. But see him get out
The sailors bring him 10 the side Of the
ship, lift him over ''the guards" and let
him drop with a loud splash into the
waves He raid his fare all the way to
but did not get the worth Of
bis money. Neither does any one who
Turns his back on his duty and does that
which is not right
There is a young man who. during the
past year, has spent large part of his
salary in carousal. What has he gained
by It? soiled reputation. a half-starved
purse, a dissipated look, a petulant tenn
per. a disturbed conscience. The mana
cles of one or two bad habits that are
pressing tighter and tighter will keep on
TIL they wear to the bone. You paid your
fare to Tarshish, but you have been set
down in the midst Nof a sea of disouie-
tude and perplexity.
One hundred dollars for Sunday horse
hire!
One hundred dollars for wine suppersI
One hundred dollars for cigarsi
One hundred dollars for frolics that shall
be nameiess,
Making four hundred dollars for his
1amnationi
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 fathers, who resolves to launch
put into what is called free-thinking. He
buys Theodore Parkers works for twelve
dollars; Remains Life of Christi for one
dollar and fifty cents; Andrew jackson Da-
Wis works for twenty dollars Goes to
hear infidels talk at the clubs. and to see
spiritualism at the table-rapping.
Talks glibly of David the Psalm
st, as an old libertine; of
Paul as a wild enthusiast.
and Of Christ as decent kind of a man
a little weak in some respects but almost
as good as himself. Talks smilingly of
Sunday as a good day to put a little extra
backing on ones boots; and Of Christians
as, for the most part. hypocrites: and of
eternity as 1.-The great to be" 1.-The ever
lasting now" or the infinite what is IL
Some day he gets his feet very wet. and
finds himself that night chilly. The next
morning has a hot mouth and is head
achy. Sends word over to the store that
be Will not be there to-day. Battles his
feet; has mustard-plasters calls the doc
tor. The medical man says aside This
Is going to be a bad case Of congestion Of
the lungs" Voice fails Children must
be kept downstairs, or sent 10 the neigh
bors. to keep the house quiet You saw.
Send for the minister" But no: he
does not believe in ministers. You saw.
Read the Bible to him" No; he does
not believe in the Bible A lawyer comes
In, and sitting by his bedside x,-ritae ,