Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-06-15
one ana the same.

Again. my subject impressed me with
the fact that Jesus was God and man
Ia the same being. Here he Is IN the
back part OF the boat oh. how tired
be looks. What sad dreams he must
have, Look ut his countenanee; he
must be thinking OF the cross TO come.
Look az him: he is a man-bone of our
bone. flesh OF our fleSb. Tired. he falls
asleep; he is man. But then | find
Christ 1T the PROV of the boat: hear
him say, "Pesce. be STILL" s;IG ! see
the storm kneelirg at his Zee; and the
tempests folding their wings In his
presence; he Is God. II l have sor-
row and trouble aud want sympathy, l
go and kneel down 81 the back part of
the boat and say: 20 Christ, weary
One OF .Gennesaret. sympatAise with
all my sorrowi Man OF Nazareth. Man
OF the Gross" A Man, Mas, But II
i want 20 conquer my spiritual fees, If
L want 10 get the victory over sin.
death and hell, come to the front OF
the boat. and kneel down, sad say,
20 Lord Jesus Christ. thou wkc didst
hush the tempest. hush all my grief,
hush ali M temptation. hush all my
SIM
i learn once moro from THIS subject
that Christ can bush tempest. II did
seem as II everything must GO 10 ruin.
The disciples he'd given NJ the idea of
managing the ship: the crew We're en-
tirely demoralized: yet Christ rises.
and the storm crouchcc - bis feet. Oh.
yes. Christ car hush tic tempest: You
have bad trouble, Perhaps IL was the
little child taken away from you-,he
sweetest child CT the household. the
one who asked the most curious cres.
tons aad Stcco ground you with the
greatest foaGncss, ana the spcdc CIT
down through your bleeding heart.
Perhaps II was N cE.y Sor, ard your
heart has even since been Ike 4 desc.
lated castle; the owls OF the right hcct
ing among the fallen arches ard The
crumbling stalrways. Or all your prop.
erty swept away, you said: ~ had so
much bank stock; had so many gov
eminent securities: 1 had so Inuny
houses; had so many farms-all gone.
all gone" Why, sir, all the storms
that ever trampled with their thundeys,
all the sh!Dwrecks, have not been
worse tEaa this 10 you. Yet YOU have
not been completely overthrown Why?
Christ says: II have that little one ia
my keeping. can care for him as well
as you can. better than you can, o be.
reaved mother!" flushing the tenn
pest. When your property went away
God said, There are treasures in heav-
en- in banks that never break" Jesus
hushing the tempest.
There is one storm into which we
will all have to rum The moment
when we let go of this world and try to
take hold of the next we will want all
the grace possible. Yonder / see a
Christian soul rocking on the surges of
death. All the powers of darkness
seem let out against that souI-the
swirling wave, the thunder of the sky
the Shrek of the wind, all seem TO
unite together. But that soul is not
troubled. There is no signing. there
are no tears; plenty of tears in the
room ut the departure, but he weeps no
tears-calm. satisfied and peaceful: all
is well. BY the flash of the. storm Won
see the harbor just ahead and YOU are
making for that harbor. All shall be
vel, Jesus being our pilot.
Into the harbor Of heaven now We glide.
We're home at last, home at last
softly we drift on the bright, silv'ry tide;
We're home az last.
Glory to God. all our dangers arc DER:
We stand secure on the giorihcd shorei
Glory TO God, win shout eycruoro
We're home at last.
Copyright 1900 by Louis Blonscb