Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-09-04
\ Change of Weather.


y Change of Weather.
Calm night, starry night, beautiful
night Run up all tho sails, ply all tho
oars, and let the large boat and the
small boat glide over gentle Gennesaret
But the sailors say there is going to be
change of weather. And even the
passengars GILL hear the moaning Of the
storm as it comes OH with long stride,
with all tho terrors of hurricane and
darkness. The large boat trembles like
deer ut bay trembling among the
clangor of the hounds; great patches of
foam are flung into the air; the sails OF
the vessels loosen, and the sharp winds
crack like pistols; the smaller boats
like petrels poise on the cliff of the
waves and then plunge Overheard 60
cargo, tackling and masts, and the
drenchcd disciples rush into the back
part of the boat and lay hold of Christ
and say unto him, Master, carest thou
not that we perish:" That great per-
sonage lifts his head from the pillow OF
the fisherman S coat, walks to the front
Of the vessel and looks out into tho
storm. All around him are tho smaller
boats, driven il the tempest, and
through it comes the cry of drowning
men. By the flash of the lightning l
SEQ the CALM brow of Christ as the
spray Dire! pf:! from his beard. He has
one word 1nr the sky and another
word fer the waves Looking upward,
he cries, Peace" Looking downward,
he says. BE still!''
The waves fall fat Oh their faces, the
foani nlclts, TIE distinguished stars re-
light their torches, the tempest falls
dead, and Christ stands with his foot
OIL the neck of the storm. And whilo
the sailors arr hai!ing out the boats and
while they ura trying To untanglo the
cordacc the disciples stand i'll amaze
ment, naw locking into tl.a {. ~ sea-
then into IKE calm sky tlt!- &c the
calm of the Saviorr's countenance, and
they crv cut, "WfaJ nanner of man is
this. t.i;; i, Is! ;.ic ....-:..5 ;.ns! the sea
cbei' Biz:
Tie .LLject "a tie first place impress
es ME with the fact that it is very i'm
portant to have Christ in the ship. for
all those boats would have gone to the
bottom of Gennesarct if Christ had not
been present. Oh, what lesson for you
aud for me to Learnt Whatever voyage
we undertake, into whatever enterprise
we start. let us always lave Christ in
the ship Many of you i'll these days OF
revived commerce are starting out IN
new financial enterprises. bid you
good cheer Do all yon can do Do 1t
en- as high & plane as possible. You
have 10 right to be stoker in the ship
if you can lie an admiral of the navy
You have no right to DC colonel OF a
regiment if you can command brigade,
you have no right to be engineer of a
boat OIL river banks or near the coast II
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 boumd to do; but, oh, have
Christ in every enterprise Christ in
every voyage, Christ in every shipl
There are men who ask God to help
them at the start of great enterprises.
He has been with them in the past. Nc
trouble can overthrow them. The storms
might come down from the top of Mount
Harmon and lash Gennesa1et into foam
and into agony, but it could not hurt
them. But here is another man who
starts cut in worldly enterprise and he
depends upon the uncertainties of this
life. He has no God to help him. After
awhile the storm comes and losses OH
the masts of the ship. He puts out his
lifeboat. The sheriff and the anntinnaer