The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-09-11

help him. After awhile the storm
comes and losses off the masts OF the
ship; he puts out his lifeboat; the
sheriff and the auctioneer Try to help
him off; they can't help him off; he
rust go down; no Christ in the snip.
Here are young men just starting out
in life. Your life will be made up OF
sunshine and shadow. There may be
in it arctic blasts or tropical Tomatoes;
know not what is before you, but 1
know If you have Christ with you all
shall be well.
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 piratical disasters-oh, 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 well forever.
Blessed is that man who puts in the
Lord his trust. He shall never be con-
founded.
But my subject also impresses me
with the fact that when people start to
follow Christ they must not expect
smooth sailing. Those disciples got
into the small boats, and l have no
doubt they said: What beautiful
dav this is, What smooth sea. What
bright sky this is. How delightful
is sailing in this boat; and as for the
waves under the keel of the boat, why,
they only make the motion OF our little
boat the more delightful" But when
the wind swept down. and the sea was
tossed into wrath, then they found
that following Christ was not smooth
sailing. So you have found 1T, SO 1
have found it. Did you ever notice the
end of the life of the apostles Of Jesus
Christ? You would say that If ever
men ought to have had smooth life,
smooth departure, then those men, dis-
ciples OF Jesus Christ, ought to have
had such departure and such life.
St. James lost his head. st. Philip
was hung to death on pillar. ST.
Matthew had his life dashed out with
a halbert. ST. Mark was dragged to
death through the streets. st. James
the Less was beaten to death with
fuller's club. St. Thomas was struck
through with spear. They did not
find following Christ smooth sailing
Oh, how they were ali tossed in the
tempest. John Huss in the fire; Hugh
| McKail in the hour of martyrdom; the
| Albigenses, the Waldenses, the Scotch
covenanters-did they find it smooth
sailing?
But why go to history when can
| find all around me score of illustra-
tions OF the truth of this subject!
That young man in the store trying to
serve God, while his employer SCOTS al
Christianity, the young men in the
same store antagonistic to the Chris
tian religion, teasing him, tormentin9
him about his religion, trying to gel
him mad. They succeed in getting him
mad, saying: You're pretty Chris
tian." Does this young man find II
smooth sailing when he tries to follow
Christ? Here is Christian girl. Hel
father despies the Christian religion
her brothers and sisters scott at the
Christian religion; she can hardly fine
quiet place in which to say her pray
ers. Did she find it smooth sailing
when she tried to follow Jesus Christ
Oh, no; all who would live the life o
the Christian religion must suffer per
secution; If you do not find 1T in on
way, you will get it in another way.
The question was asked: "Who ar
those nearest the thronew and the an
swer came back: "These are they VIII
came up out of great tribulation;"-
great failing" as the original has /,
great failing, great pounding-''an
had their robes washed and mad
white in the blood of the Lamb" Oh
: do not be disheartened. Oh, child {
, God. take courage. You are in glor
I GUS companionship. God will see yo
through all these trials, and He wi
deliver you.
My subject also Impresses me wit
the fact that good people sometim
4 get very much frightened. In Il
: tones of these disciples, as they rush'
81 to the back part of the boat, iii
they are frightened almost to deaf
D They say: Master, carest Thou n
3 that we perish?" They had no reas'
81 to be frightened, for Christ was in {
Is boat. / suppose if we had been the
q we would have been just as much ;
70 frighted. Perhaps more.
a, Gin all ages very good people get We
ID much affrighted. 1t is often SO in o
he day, and men say: "Why, look at
IN bad lectures; look at the spiritualis
G. societies; look at the various errors s
n ing over the Church Of God; we are s
Is ing to founder; the church is going
perish, she is going down" Oh, h
n many good people are affrighted
ry triumphant iniquity in our day, a
p; think the church of Jesus Christ a
to the cause of righteousness are going
ad be overthrown, and are just as mu
On affrighted as the disciples of my Il
IT were affrighted? Don't worry, do
1T fret. as though iniquity were going
US triumph over righteousness.
on A lion goes to a cavern to sleep.
'ce lies down, with his shaggy-mane Gov
m ing the paws Meanwhile the spid
er. spin a web across the mouth of
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