The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-07-12

that it cannot unlock tx, gate of
Heaven. There are men in all occupa-
! tions who seem to act as though they
thought that pack of bonds or mort
cages could be traded off for title to
Heaven, and as though gold would be
lawful tender in that place where it is
so common that they make pavements
out of it. Savation by Christ is the
only salvation. Treasures in Heaven
are the only incorruptible treasures.
Have you ever ciphered out in the
rule of loss and gain the sum: what
shall it profit a man if he gain the
whole world and lose his own soul?'
However fine your apparel, the winds
of death will fiutter it like rags. Home
spun and threadbare coat have some
times been the shadow of coming robes
made white in the blood of the Lamb
The pearl of great price is worth more
than any gem you can bring from the
ocean, than Australian or Brazilian
mines strung in one carcanet. Seek
after God, find His righteousness, and
all shall be well here; all shall be well
hereafter.
Some of you remember the shipwreck
of the Central America. The noble
steamer had, think, about 500 passen-
gers aboard. Suddenly the storm came
and the surges trampled the decks and
swung into the matches, and there
went up hundred-voiced death-shriek.
The foam on the jaw of the wave. The
pitching of the steamer as though it
were leaping mountain. The dismal
flare of the signal rockets. The long
cough of the steam pipes. The hiss of
extinguished furnaces The walk
ing of God on the wave! The
steamer went not down without
struggle. As the passengers sta
toned themselves in rows to bale
out the vessel, bark to the thump of
the buckets, as men unused to toll,
with blistered hands and strained
muscles, tug for their lives There is
sail seen against the sky. The flash
of the distress gun is noticed, its voice
heard not. for it is cholled in the louder
booming of the sea. A few passengers
escaped, but the steamer gave one
great lurch and was gone! So there
are some men who sail on prosperously
in life Ais well; all's well. But at
last, some financial disaster comes
"a euroclydon. Down they gol
the bottom of the CONNER
cial sea is strewn with shattered
hulks. But because your property
goes, do not let your soul go. Though
all else perish, save that: for have to
tell you of a more stupendous ship
wreck than that which l have just
mentioned. God launched this world
5000 years ago. 1t has been going
under freight of mountains and inn
mortals; but one day it will stagger at
TIL, cry of fire. The timbers of rock
viii burn. the mountains flame like
ma SITS. and the clouds like sails in the
judgment hurricane. Then God shall
take the passengers off the deck,
ana from the berths those who
have long been asleep in Jesus, and
He will set them far beyond the reach
of storm and peril. But how many
shall go down will never be known.
until it shall be announced one day in
Heaven; the shipwreck OF a world, So
manly millions saved, So many mil
liors drowned! On, my dear hearers,
whatever you lose. though your houses
go. though al your earthly possessions
perish. may God Almighty, through
the blood of the everlasting covenant,
ave all your souls.