The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-09-08

voysge and BOW Shspw7scE Kay 9e
Avoided.
This sermon by Rev Dr.. Ta,Ease will be /
OF great solace 10 people who are f2@.:1s
their life 8 rough voysse. Iext. h&EH1''
SO: "And there we're also with hin oIHeE
little ships, and there arose i great SioE.A @
wind. And the wind ceased and there "''7
great calm.
names for the same lake. No tt1er gem
ever had 50 beautitul s setting. i&; IL
scene of great Iuxuria1ce; the SCTro''2alAS
hills high, terraced, slope3, groved, 50 many
banging gardens Of beauty: ihe waters cs'.i-o,
linr down between rocks of gray &GU red
limestone. flashing from the hills a2d oou2G-
inc into the sea- On the shore were castles,
armed towers. Roman baths, eTerything al
tractire and beautiful; al styles otvesetauoa
in shorter space than IN almost any other
space in all the world, from the palm tree OF
the forest 10 the trees ofa rigorous climate.
Itseemed aS if the Lord had launched oae
wave of beauty on al the scene and It auag
and swung from rock and hill and olea2Ger.
Roman gentlemen in pleasure boais sailing
the lake and country men in fish s22acks
coming down 10 drop their nets pass each
other with nod and shout and laughter, or
swinging idly st their moorings. Qa, TA2:
wonderful, what a beautifulla lake.
It seems as if We shall have q quiet night
Nota leaf winked IN the air; nota ripple 1!S-
turbed the face Of GenneSaret, but there
seems to be 8 little excitement up the oe&en,
an6 We hasten 10 see what Il Is, AID We AnG
it an embarkatioo.
From the western shore a fotilla pushing
out; not squadron or deadly armament, ror
clipper with valuable merchandise, nor pi-
ratio vessels ready 10 destroy everything ibey
could seize, but tlotilla, bearing messengers
of life and light and peace. Christ IS n lie
tr1... Of the boat. His disciples are II q
smaller boat Jesus, weary Win GucA
speaking TO large multitudeS, Is put INTO
sompolence by the rocking OF the waves. Il
there was any motion at all, the ship was
easily rishted. 1.-THE wind passed from one
side, from the starboari to the larboard or
from the Iarboard to the star5oar6, the boat
would rock, and by the sentleneSS OF iAe
motion putting the Master asleep. An0 they
extenporize6 pillow made out OF Hs5er-
mans coat l think no sooner IS C1rls;
PROSTATE and his head touching the pillow,
than he is sound aleep. The oreezes OF the
lake run their fingers through the !ccAS o;
theworn sleeper, and the boat rises and
falls ike sleeping child on the bosom O. q
sleeping mother.
Calm night, starry night beautiful night
Run up all the sails, ply all the oars, a2a let
the large boat and the small boat glide over
gentle Gennesaret. But the sailors say
there is going to be s. change OF weather.
And even the passengers can hear the mos:-
ing of the storm SIS it comes Oh with org
stride, with all the terrors of hurricane and
darkness. The large boat trembies Ike
deer st bay trembling among the clargoro:
the hounds: great patches Of foam are flag
into the air; the sails of the vessels loosen,
and the sharp winds crack like pistols:
the small boats Ike petrels poi>e
on the cliff Of the waves and then plunge
Overheard 20 cargo, tack.ing and nasts, the
drenched disciples rush into the back part OF
the boat and lay hold Of Christ and say 10 him,
Master, carest thou not that We perish:
That great parsonage lifts his head from the
pillow Of the fshcrman's coat, walks TO the
front of the vessel and looks out into the
storm. All around him are the smaller boats,
driven in the tempest, and through it comes
the CRY of drowning men. By the fash OF
the lightning see the calm brow OF Christ
IS the spray dropped from his beard. he
has one word for the sky and another word
for the waves. Looking upward he cries,
''Peace.." Looking downward ne says, DE
stiil.''
The Wages fall fat on their faces, the foam
melts, the extinguished stars reiight their
torches. The tempest falls dead and Christ
stands with his foot on the neck Of the
storm. And while the sailors are 5ailins out
the boats and while they are trying to IN
tangle the cordage the disciples stand IN
amazenent, now looking into the calm sea,
then into the calm sky, then into the calm
of the SaYiour's countenance, and then cry
out, '.What manner of man is this, that even
the winds and the sea obey him.
The subject in the first place imp7eSses me
with the fact that it is very important TO
haye Christ in the ship, for ali those boats
would hsye goneto the bottom OF Gennesaret
if Christ had not been present. Oh, what
lesson for you and for me to learn. What
ever voyage we undertake, into whatever
enterprise we start, let US always have
Christ in the ship. Many of you n these
days of revived commerce are starting out
in new financial enterprises. bid you good
cheer. Do all you can do. Do II on SIS high
plane as possible You have no right TO
be stoker in the ship tyou cen be an ad-
miral Of the navy. You haTe 10 right 10 be
colonel of regiment If you can command
brigade. You have no right 20 be enci-
neer Of boat on river banks or near the
~os- -tar etc >e--S S>.fo--
New York to Liverpool. AL you can do,
you are bound 70 do; but, on, have Christ n
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 mas
been with them IN the past. No trouble can
overthrow them. The storms might come
down from the top Of Mount hermon and
lash Gennesaret into foam and into agony,
but it could not hurt them. But here IS an
other man who starts out in worldly enter
prises, and he depends upon the uncertain
ties Of this life he has no God 10 help him.
After awhile the storm comes and tosses OF
the masts Of the ship. He puts out his life
boat. The sheriff and the aucuoneer try 10
help him of. They can't help him of. He
must 20 down. No Christ in the ship, Here
are young men just starting out II lie:
Your life viii be made up Of sunshine and
shadow. There may be in il arctic blasts or
tropical tornadoes I know not what IS be-
fore you, but know if you have Christ with
you all shall be well.
You may seem to get along without the re-
Egion Of Christ while everything goes
smoothly, but after awhile, when sorrow
hovers over the soul, when the waves Of Trial
dash clear over the hurricane deck, ard the
bowsprit is shiYered, and the haiyacd: are
swept into the sea, and the gangway Is
crowded with practical disaSters-oh, wha;
would you then do without Christ il the
ship? Young man, take God for your por-
HoS Cod helm