The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-09-09

sloped, gfOVeu, SO
/, many hanging gar
uehs OF beauty; the waters rumbling
uo"n between rocks of gray and red
ilHestone, flashing from the hills, and
Oounolng into the sea. On the shore
were castles, armed towers, Roman
Daths, everything attractive and beau
llIul; all styles of vegetation in short
er space than in almost any other space
II all the world, from the palm tree
Sol the forest to the trees of a rigorous
climate,
IL seemed as if the Lord had launch
Ell one wave of beauty on all the scene
ana II hung and swung from rock and
nIll and oleander. Roman gentlemen.
IN pleasure boats sailing the lake, and
countrymen in fish-smacks coming
uo"n to drop their nets, pass each
clner with nod and shout and laughter,
Vi swinging idly at their moorings. Oh,
what a wonderful, what a beautiful.
lake!
IL seems as if we shall have a quiet
hlght. Not a leaf winked in the air:
not ripple disturbed the face of Cen
nesaret; but there seems to be little
excitement up the beach, and we hast
en- to see what it is, and we find it an
embarkation.
FROM the western shore a fotilla
pushing out; not a squadron. or dead
~ armament, nor clipper with valuable
merchandise, nor pirate vessels ready
TO destroy everything they could seize;
put a f1Otilla, bearing messengers of
Life, and light, and peace. Christ is in
the front of the boat His disciples
are in smaller boat. Jesus, weary
with much speaking to large multi
tudes, is put into somnolence bv the
rocking of the waves. If there was
any motion at all, the ship was easily
rlghted; If the wind passed from one
side, from the starboard to the lar
BOARD, or from the larboard to the star
BOARD, the boat would rock, and by the
gentleness of the motion putting the
Master asleep. And they extempor-
lied pillow made out of a fisherman's
coat. think no sooner is Christ pros
trate, and his head touching the pill
low, than he is sound asleep. The
breezes OF the lake run their fingers
through the locks of the worn sleeper.
and the boat rises and falls like
sleeping child on the bosom of a Sleep
ing mother.
The subject in the first place i'm
presses me with the fact that it is very
Important to have Christ in the ship:
for all those boats would have gone
to the bottom of Gennesaret if Christ
had not been present Oh, what les
son for you and for me to learn! What
ever voyage We undertake, into what
ever enterprise we start, let us always
nave Christ in the ship. Many of you
IN these days of revived commerce are
starting out in new financial enter
prises: I bid you good cheer. Do all
you can do. Do it on as high a plane
as possible. You have no right to be
a stoker IN the ship if you can be
an admiral Of the navy. You have no
right to be a colonel of a regiment if
you can command a brigade; you have
no right to be engineer of a boat on
rlver-Danks, or near the coast, if you
can take the ocean steamer from New
York to Liverpool. All you can do with
utmost tension of body, mind and soul.
you are bound to do; but oh! have
Christ in every enterprise. Christ in
every voyage, Christ in every ship.
There are men who ask God to help
them at the start of great enterprises.
He has been with them in the past:
no trouble can overthrow them: the
storms might come down from the top
of Mt. Hermon, and lash Gennesaret
into foam and into agony, but it could
not hurt them. But here is another
man who starts out in worldly enter
prise, and he depends upon the uncer-
tainties of this life. He has no God to
help him. After awhile the storm
comes, and losses off the masts
of the ship, he puts out his life
boat; the sheriff and the auctioneer
try to help him off; they can't help
him off; he must go down; no Christ
in the ship Here are young men lust
starting out in life. Your life will be
made up of sunshine and shadow. There
may be in it arctic blasts or tropical
tornadoes; I know not what is before
you, but know if you have Christ with
you all shall be we'll.
You may seem to get along without
the religion of Christ while everything
goes smoothly, but after awhile, when
sorrow hovers over the soul, when the
waves Of trial dash clear over the hur-
ricane deck, and the bowsprit is shiv-
cred, and the halliards are swept into
the sea, and the gangway is crowded
with p1rat1cal disasters what
would you then do without Christ in
the ship? Young man, take God for
your portion, God for your guide, God
for your help; then all is well; all is
we'll for time, all shall be we'll forever.
Blessed is that man who puts in the
Lord his trust. He shall never be con-
founded. n
But my subject also impresses me
with the fact that when people start
to follow Christ they must not expect
smooth sailing. These disciples got
into the small boats, and l have no
doubt they said What beautiful day
this is! What a smooth sea. What