The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-08-10
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DIR. TALMAGE'S THEME SUNDAY
An Eloquent Sermon on Jonah With
Its Lessons for Sleepy Christians.

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not. Jonah j., 6.
God told Jonah to 90 to Nineveh on an un-
pleasant errand He would not go. He
thought TO get away from his duty by putting
to sea. With pack under his arm find him
on his way to Joppa, a seaport. He goes
down among the shipping and SAYS to the
men living around on the docks. (which OF
these vessels sails io-1ay?" The sailors an
swer. ''Yonder is a vessel going TO TarshlSh:
| 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 II.
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 YES
sci to get on the broad sea. The sailors like
what they call 4 "spanking breeze and the
plunge Of the vessel from the crest Of q tall
wave is eXhilarating to those at home on the
deer But the strong breeze becomes gale.
the gale hurricane. The affrishted passen-
gers 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 lands
men. But after awhile crash goes the mast.
and the vessel pitches SO far "abeam's end
there is a fear she will not be righted. The
captain answers few questions. and orders
iioi so much Of the cargo as they can get at
The captain at last confesseS there is but lit
tie hope and tells the passengers that they
rad better go to praying. It is seldom that
n sea captain is an atheist. He knows that
there is n God. for he has seen Him at every
:point of latitude between Sandy Hook and
| Queenstown Captain Moody, commanding
| the Cuba OF the Cunard line. at Sunday ser
| vice led the music and sauc Ikea Methodist.
| The captain Of this Mediterranean craft.
| having set the passengers to praying. goes
| around examining the vessel at every point.
| He descends into the cabin to see whetherin
the strong wrestling of the waves the vessel
| had sprung aeak. and he finds Jonah asleep.
| Jonah had had wearisonle tramp and had
| spent many slPcpless nights about questions
! of duty, and he is 50 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 out Of his unconSciousnrss with the
cry: s'Don't You see that we are all going
to the bottom? Wake up and go to praying
if You have any God to 80 to. What mean
est thou. O 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 it we'll. To
appeasc the sea. they threw Jonah over
| board.
Learn that the devil takes a 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 loud
splash into the waves. He paid his fare all
the way to Tarshish. but did not get the
worth Of his money. Neit&er does any one
who turns his back Oh his duty and does that
which is not right.
Thare is young man who during the past
wear has spent Il large part OF his salary in
| carousal. What has he gained by it? 4
so!led reputation, a half starved purse, a
dissipated look. 4 petulant temper, 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 raid your fare to Tarshish. but
you have been set down in the midst OF a sea
| Of Gisquietude and perpleyity.
One hundred dollars for Sunday 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 literary man tired OF the faith OF
his father VINO resolves to launch out into
wnat is called freethinking. He buys Theo-
Gorc Parker's works for S12. Remains Life
| Of Christ" for i. 80. Andrew Jackson Davis's
works for 800 Goes to hear inndels talk at
the clubs and to see spiriiualism at the table
rappinc. Talks glbiy OF David. the psalm
ist, as an old lihertine. of Paul as 4 wild en-
thusiast and OF Christ as decent kind OF
man. a little weak in some respects, but al
most as good as himself. Talks sninngly OF
Sunday as a good day to put 4 little extra
blacking on ones boots and OF Christians as,
for the most part. hypocrites OF eternity
as ''the great to be. "the everlasting Low"
Or 'the infinite what is it." Some day he
gets his feet very wet and finds himself that
night chilly: the next morning has hot
mouth and is headachy; sends word over to
! the store that ne will not be there to-day;
bathcs his feet: has mustard plasters; calls
the doctor The medical man says aside,
''.Ths is going to bea bad case Of congestion
OF the lungs" Voice fails. Children must
be kept down stairs or seht to the
ncighbors to keD the house quiet.
You say. "Send Or 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 a document that begins sin the
name OF Col. amen. |, being OF S1untt mimi.
do make this my last will AMI testament.
Il is certain where the sick man's body VIII
be in less than Il week. 1t is quit" certain
vino will get his property. But what will
become of his soul! 1t will =" into "the
great to be" or the everlasting now. or
"the infinite what is it, His soul is in deep
waters, andthe wind is "blowing great guns"
Death cries. "Overhoard with tho un-
believer" splash. He goes to the bot
/, f.r RI 81,
when he bought the infldel books. II"
landed in perdition.
Every farthing you spend in sin satan will
swindle you out o. He promises YOU Shall
have thirty 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
mids. OF danger. The worst sinner Oh ship
board, considering the light he hnd, was
Jonah. He was member Of the church,
while they We're heather. Tho sailors were
engaged in their lawful calling. following
the sea. Tho merchants on board, l sup
pose, were going down to Tarshish to barter,
but Jonah. notwithstanding his Christian
profession, was flying from duty. He was
sound asleep in the cabin. He has been
motionless for hours-his arms and feet in
the same posture as when he lay down-hls
breast neaVlnS WIN Qeep respiration. vi,
how could he sleep? What ifthe ship struck
a rock? What if it sprang aleak? What if
the clumsy oriental craft should capsize:
What would become of Jonah?
So ren sleep soundly now amid perils
Infinite. In almost every place, I suppose
the Mediterranean might be sounded. but no
line is long enough to fathom tho profound
beneath every impenitent man. PlunSing q
thousand rathoms down, You cannot touch
bottom. Eternity beneath him. before him.
around him! Rocks close by and whirlpools
and hot breathed Levanters. Yet sound
asleep, We try to wake him up. but fail.
The great surses Of warning break over the
hurricane deck. the gong of warning sounds
through the cabin. the bell rings. awake"
cry hundred voices. Yet sound asleep IL
the cabin.
In the year 1775 the captain OF u Greaa-
loud rbaI 1-e:.o1 fo,1n nj him Salf at ni0ht