Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-08-22

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writes document that begins: an the
name OF God, amen. l, being of sound
Mind' 90 make this my last will and
testament" 1t is certain where the
SICK mans body will be in less than 4
week. It is quite certain who will oct
ms property. But what will become
OF ms soul? 1t will go into ssthe great
W De-, or the everlasting now" or
tne Infinite what is it." His soul is in
deep water, and the wind is GLOWING
great guns" Death cries: .Overboard
with the unbeliever!" A splash! He
goes TO the bottom. He paid IS for his
.lcket 10 Tarshish when he bought the
inndel books. He landed In perdition.
every farthing you spend in sin
satan will swindle you out Of. He
promises you shall have 80 per cent. or
great dividend. He lies. He will
sink all the capital. You may pay full
are to some sinful success, but you
Wi never get to Tarshish.
Learn how soundly men will sleep in
she midst OF danger. The worst sinner
on shipboard, considering the light he
mad, was Jonah. He was a member of
the church, while they were heather.
Inc sailors were engaged in their law
full calling, following the sea. The
merchants on board, suppose, were
gong 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
ne lay down-his breast heaving with
deep respiration. Obi how could he
sleep! What if the ship struck rock!
What II it sprang leak What if the
clumsy oriental craft should capsize!
What would become of Jonah?
So men sleep soundly now amid perils
infinite. In almost every place, sup
pose, the Mediterranean might be
sounded, but no line is long enough to
fathom the profound beneath every i'm
penitent man. Plunging thousand
fathoms down you cannot touch bot
tom. 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 surges of warn
ing break over the hurricane deck
the gong of warning sounds through
the cabin-the bell rings. Awake"
cry hundred voices; yet sound asleep
in the cabin.
In the year IT'S, the captain of a
Greenland whaling vessel found him
self at night surrounded by icebergs,
and LAY to" until morning, expecting
every moment to be ground to pieces.
In the morning he looked about and
saw ship near by. He hailed it. No
answer. Getting intoa boat with some
of the crew, he pushed out for the mys-
FERROUS craft. Getting near by, he saw
through the port hole man at stand,
as though keeping log book. He
hailed him. No answer. He went on
board the vessel, and found the man
sitting at the log book frozen to death.
The log book was dated 1869, showing
that the vessel had been wandering for
thirteen years among the ice. The sail
ors were frozen among the hammocks,
and others in the cabin. For thirteen
years this ship had been carrying its
burden of corpses.
So from this gospel craft to-day, l
descry voy ayers for eternity. l cry:
sShip ahoy! ship ahoy!" No answer
They float about. tossed and ground by
the icebergs Of sin, hosting no sail for
Heaven. l go on board. find all asleep.
1t is frozen sleep. Q, that my Lord
Jesus would come aboard, and lay hold
of the wheel, and steer the craft down
into the warm gulf stream of mercy!
Awake, thou that sleepest! Arise from
the dead and Christ shall give thee life.
Again: notice that men are aroused
by the most unexpected means. II
Jonah had been told one year before
that heather sea captain would ever
awaken him to sense of danger, he
have scoffed at the idea; but
here it is done. So now, men in stran-
pest WAYS are aroused from spiritual
,tupor. A profane man is brought to
conviction by the shocking blasphemy
81 a comrade. A man attending church
and hearing sermon from the text,
'.The OK knoweth his owner, etc, goes
home unimpressed; but, crossing his
barn yard, an OK comes up and ticks
his hand. and he says: 'There it is
now-.the OK knoweth his owner, and
the ass his masters crib, but | do not
xnow Cod The careless remark OF a
teamster has led man to thoughtful
ness and Heaven. The child's remark:
Father, they have prayers at uncle's
don't we have them?' has
brought salvation to the dwelling.
BY strangest way and in the most un-
expected manner men are awakened.
The gardener Of the Countess OF Hunt
ngdon was convicted Of sin by hearing
the countess on the opposite side OF the
wall talk about Jesus. John Hardoak
was aroused by dream in which he
saw the last day, and the judge sitting,
md heard his own name called with
terrible emphasis: John Hardoak,
,ome to Judgment" The Lord has
ways of waking up Jonah.
Would that the messengers OF mercy
NIGHT now find their way down into
he sides of the ship, and that many
rho are unconsciously rocking IN the