Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1898-08-11
SATURDAY SERMON.
For Sunday Perusa1 and Every Day
Guidance.

And let us QOG D0 WedIy IL "CAA
doing; for in due season we shall
reap, if we faint not.-Galations,
vi, 9.
ssDon't give up the ship!" was
the dying injunction of Captain
Lawrence on one of the etormiest
days in our national life. That
cry has been ringing in our ears
for couple of generations, and
when the emergency is on US and
our energies are taxed to their ut
most, those words make our hearts
beat with renewed vigor.
During our civil war-now all
most ancient history-we read OF
regiment of worn out men on
certain occasion. They had trav"
eled fast and far and were ready
to drop by the roadside through
sheer exhaustation The life had
apparently gone out of them.
they were hungry, they had been
without sleep, they had faced a
pelting shower and were drenched
and discouraged. Suddenly the
band struck up, playing patriot
ic air, and then was realized as
never before that there is in hu-
man nature reserve power which
is without limit. Eyes grew bright,
strength returned, good cheer pre-
vailed, and the remainder of-the
days stint was accomplished with
out further fatigue.
| The soul is so much stronger
than the body! The body doni-
nant, everything is done easily
The body as the servant of the
} soul will shrink its duty and mag
Nifty difficulties and turn the whole
man into a coward. The soul Is
master of the body and if inspired
J with a noble idea, will convert a
man into hero.
If, therefore, we can win the
, attention of your mind Or sou.-
that mysterious something which
is the proprietor of the body and
, lives in it as one lives in the house
/ that he owns and can do as be
3 pleases with-and if we can per
suade you that your life is grane
' and noble thing, to be used grand
e ly and nobly we shall thereby give
s you an impulse which will brusl
: obstacles aside like chaff ant
b 1achieve victories worthy Of lm-
d Immortality.
Don't give up the ship! 4o'
b may be walking along thorn.
n path, and if you were a mere ami
if NAL you would lie down and di
n rather than meet its difficulties
But you are more than an animal
le There is eternal fire in your veins
y You can conquer discouragement'
n for there is nothing in life tha
IS can overcome your soul. Whe
t, you are in the depths and you
u eyes are brimmed with tears yo
re shall hear the overture of the ar
ut gels and gather strength as yo
e. listen.
I'd Don't give up the ship! Yo
tv may declare that you have bee
N placed in the wrong environ
"a ment, you may feel in your hea
the heat of a blazing ambitio
which your outward circuf
n' stances have suppressed, "
= may be SO shut in by domest
mt inharmony, by the lack of syn
pathy, that your life is circur
MS scribed within the narrowe
5i> limits and you despair of doii
lk- anything worthy of even 20
his own approval. IF. however. y
yet are conscious that you have alb
ar, ity of any kind, though 1t
It's. ability which. you haye 40 oppt
led ttuni.y to use as you would like
re- use it, that fact should give y
be- secret satisfaction. It you ha
old any power, any genius whatey
cy apply it to the smallest duties tt
on lie in front of you. An archanI
gs, fettered would still be an ar
angel. If he knows what he
we and God knows what he is,
eos God sees that he is doing pie
the ant work with an archangt
,ast hand and brain, 1t matters W
ler- little, after all, whether the wo
site smiles in admiration or frown
ices indifference. If you are all ri
ope toward Heaven you an affor'
.aa an be unnoticed on earth. The t.
will come when you shall
known TO be what you are,
'rses that will be sweet by and
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