Connecticut western news., 1900-12-13

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 to that rock. and he clutched that and held on. We sent five lifeboats at diff ferent times out to him, and they were
 all broken to splinters. After awhile ! we got him some food, but he could not eat it. He seemed to have no appetite. | He wanted to get ashore, and the poor l fellow held on and held on, and, with 1 shriek louder than the thunder of the
 cataract, he went over" When a man | puts out from the shore of this world
 on the river of death In boat of his | own construction, he has worse disas- ter than that-shipwreck, eternal ship
 wreck.
 From the Other Shore.
 Blessed be God, there Is boat com. ing from the other side! Transporta- ton at last for our souls from the other shore; everything about this gospel
 from the other shore; pardon from the
 other shore; mercy from the other
 shore; pity from the other shore; minis try of angels from the other shore;
 power to work miracles from the other shore; Jesus Christ from the other
 shore. This is faithful saying and | worthy of all acceptation that Christ l Jesus came into the world to save sin , ners," and from foreign shore l see
 the ferryboat coming, and 1t rolls with
 the surges of Saviour's suffering, but
 as it strikes the earth the mountains
 rock and the dead adjust their apparel
 so that they may be fit to come out.
 That boat touches the earth, and glori-
 ous Thomas Walsh gets into 1t in his | niriy vi
 come! He has come! My beloved Is
 mine, and am his." Good Sarah Wes-
 ley got into that boat, and as she shov
 ed off from the shore she cried "Open
 the gates! Open the gates" I bless
 God that as the boat came from the
 other shore to take David and his men
 across so when we are about to die the
 boat will come from the same direc-
 ton. God forbid that I should ever
 trust to anything that starts from this side.
 Again, my subject suggests that | when we cross over at the last the | King will be on board the boat Ship | carpentry in Bible times was in its in-
 fancy. The boats were not skillfully
 made, and I can very easily imagine |
 kings household might have been nerv-
 ous about going on that boat, afraid
 that the oarsman or the helmsman
 might give out and that the boat might | be dashed on the rocks, as sometimes
 boats were dashed in the Jordan, and | then I could have imagined the boat | starting and rocking and they crying
 out, "Oh, we are going to be lost; we | are going downp Not so The king | was on board the boat, and those wo | men and children and all the household | of the king knew that every care was
 taken to have the king, the head of the
 empire, pass in safety.
 DeIusion Dispelled.
 | Now, want to break up delusion in | your mind, and that is this: When our
 friends go out from this world, we feel
 sorry for them because they have to go | alone. and parents hold on to the hands of their children who are dying and
 hold on to something of the impression
 that the moment they let go the little
 one will be in the darkness and in the boat all alone. "Oh," the parents say, If could only go with my child, l would be willing to die half dozen I times. 1 am afraid she will be lost In | the woods or in the darkness. l am afraid she will be very much frighten- | ed in the boat all alone" l break up | the delusion. When soul goes to | heaven, 1t does not go alone; the King Is
 on board tle boat. Was Paul alone in
 the last extremity? Hear the shout of
 the sacred missionary as he cries out, | 6u ff, ho of nd ho
 time of my departure Is at hand" Was John Wesley alone in the last extrem-
 ity? No. Hear him say, Best of all, | God Is with us." Was Sir William Forbes alone In the last extremity? No. 1 Hear him say to his friends, "Tell all l the people who are coming down to the
 bed of death from my experience it has | no terrors" "Oh," say a great many | people, that does very well for distin- | guished Christians, but for me, a com | mon man, for me, common woman, | we can't expect that guidance and | help" If I should give you passage I of Scripture that would promise to you l positively when you are crossing the | river to the next world the King would
 be in the boat, would you believe the | plOuloc! ou, ySo, Jod say, | would" Here is the promise: "When
 thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee, and through the rivers they shall not overflow thee." Christ ! at the sick pillow to take the soul out | of the body, Christ to help the soul
 down the bank into the boat, Christ | midstream, Christ on the other side to | help the soul up the beach. Be com | forted about your departed friends. Be comforted about your own demise | when the time shall come. Tell it to all
 the people under the sun that no Chris
 tian ever dies alone; the King is in the
 boat.
 A Narrow Stream.
 | Again, my text suggests that leaving
 this world for heaven Is only crossing a
 ferry. Dr. Shaw estimates the average ! width of the Jordan to be about 30 | yards. What, so narrow! Yes. There went over ferryboat to carry over the
 kings household" Yes; going to heav- | en Is only short trlp-only ferry. It may be 80 miles-that Is, 80 years-be- fore we get to the wet bank on the oth- CT side, but the crossing Is short. I will
 tell you the whole secret. It Is not five
 minutes across nor three nor two nor
 bne minute. It Is an instantaneous
 transportation. People talk as though | leaving this life the Christian went | plunging and foundering and swim
 ming, to crawl up exhausted on the
 other shore and to be pulled out of the | pelting surf as by Ramsgate lifeboat. | No such thing. It is only ferry. It Is ! so narrow-that we can hail each other from bank to bank. It is only four | arms length across. The arm of earth | ly farewell put out from this side, the
 arm of heavenly welcome put out from the other side, while the dying Chris | tian, standing midstream, stretches out
 his two arms, the one to take the fare l well of earth and the other to take the l greeting of heayen That makes fnur