The sun., 1897-05-17
SHIPB0ARD SALVATIONISTS
SAILOR KORN breaches Oy THE
SNoWD0N TO HIS CONVERTS.

Has Not Joined the Army. but Give. II M,
| Countenance-Anert the Sermon the Bnpa.
| with Its Sharks Biadder Drum, Strike, I'm.
A proceeding quito extraordinary In the eva.
| OF sailormon took place the British barb
| Snowdon yesterday afternoon, when First Mat.
Owen Williams sat with seven or eight hare
footed seamen at the feet of another Of his com.
mon sailors, Paul Korn, and listened rcverentlv
to Korns words of religious instruction Sun.
| day is the one day in the week when for brief
space Korn is looked to the leader Of the crew.
| Capt. Rowlands takes no part in the reliRioua
| ceremonies not because he objects to them, but
because he docs not approve, so far as he person.
| ally Is concerned Of Salvation Army methodr
| He thinks they produce a temporary religious
enthusiasm, which is wont to wear off. So he
sits in the cabin tho poop deck while the
services go on, but gives ready assent to Sailor
Korn's missionary work, and has oven helped ID
1 along by buying musical instruments for Korn'u
improvised Salvation Army band.
Korn Is a big, serious.faced German with
nothing Of the fanatic about him. His height
and bushy black beard make him look more
than his age Of 20 years. He was born in Pots
dam and his father is paymaster in the Gardo
K1rassier. IIo has three brothers and sister.
none Of whom is especially interested in religious
work. Nor was Korn until couple of years ago.
He was brought up in the Lutheran Church and
gained an excellent education at school and A
gymnasium in Berlin. When he was II he went
to sea, and he worked before the mast for nine
years before he was converted
Il was just good a sailor as any one" he
says, "and just rs bad a one."
When he was ashore in Port Adelaide. Aus.
tralia. in 1895. he wandered into a Salvation
Army headquarters. When he came out IL was
with q new faith and with determination to
ent voyage on the SnOwlOn he Joined the Saliva
tion Army at Newcastle, New South Wales and
his bess wS5k the other
shipped, comprising Greek five Germans two
Russian Finns one Russian, one swede, and two
Korn @ Himself speaks 'PsA t as hhFnitn L wefe sas
gave little heed to his eHhortations but as time
went on they could not help respecting this big,
esh fo OF them Joined
Arr Army I there ,-, They agreed to eschew tobacco
SO ar as obaoeo is bu1 in othee
spects they are in good standing, When the
ship docks s today and the men go ashore most Of
ters, and the backsliders will probably be taken
back into full fellowship.
Yesterdays service on the snowdon began at
o'clock. The seamen and the mate sat along Q
spare spar Just inside the bulwarks. Korn sat
tion, regulation Salvation Army, cap on Els
head. Little red.eovered hymn books were dis.
he osn IN Ps
sonorous voice led in singing All people who
S1.s Sn saFt4 IA DO shs tune Of Hun
@hat end have r. Jesus snSs
down down @ upon the deck and bowed lis head upon upon
his arms on the hatch. removing his cap as he
and buried their heads. One Of them si kneit on on
70 God, we thank Thee" Korn prayed. for
Winds Peace. be- still, and hast hast sa broug6, 10 'u US
safely into this harbor, Bless every one, In this
be spoken. Bless the Captain and tho otfleerS
and the e. strangers who are here. Make Thy
y oS c and
Korn read the Twenty-third Psalm. Then hs
read 1s the parable Of the sower trSm s. Luke and
his text the parable he had just read. His mar.
THE Disciples, he said. asked the Lord 70
explain the meaning Of this parable. He told
Word Of God, which is received in different
ways. The Word Of God gets preached every.
it will be receved Some jump @ at It it" and s seize
eagerly when they hear 1t. but when the time OF
trial and temptation comes they are like the
feii in stony ground and from mia lack Ike Of R moisture
withered away. So, in their case The Word Of
the Book and get more nourishment. If we
stand on God God's word and let it sin sink III into our
our hearts which are the good ground or the
poor ground.
Some say because they see tho wicked pros
per that God cannot be just. When they see
church going up they join IL readily enough.
There Will always be found plenty 10 worship
God in such places But when they see Christe
people trodden down and in distress, they will
have have, nothing to do with them Only yi iSs. rev
strength and faith. 49,,
Some say, everything is matter OF prcdeSti.
nation. believe In predcstination myself, hus
1t is in the sense that God has pre-ordained ihas
every one shall be saved II he have faith. we
are all sinners-you ard l arc sinners anu Wo
cant save ourselves. But God has proNtch
remedy in sending His Son TO us in human form.
Through His precious blood, shed on Calvary.
we can be saved. No good works alone can save
us. We must come to Christ in faith
"Oh. come to Christ. This may ho your last
invitation. We cannot tell when We WI! hhve
to face judgment. Then, u you haven't ChrlSt
as an advocate. you will all be condemned MS
not Christ who condemns MS, but We ourselves
DO believe. DO come to Him. God bless YOU
The sailors sang Come to the Saviour; MAKE
no delay" and KOrn prayed fqr those Pr".rhb
and for the Salvation Army in Port Adrialis
Newcastle. and Honolulu. concluding Win inc
Lords Prayer.
That ended the service and the congregation
withdrew TO the foc's'le, where they sanG hymns
TO the accompaniment of the Salvation hthd. IN
this korn plays AN autOharp; Althcr u i,Irtk'
tho violin; Nielsen. a Finn. the accordion; IHrhoi
a German, the triangle. and Thompson, one OF
the negroes. pounds away on the bass druin
which the sailors have improyiscd from the enc