The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-15


went over" When a man puts out
from the shore of this world on the
river of Death in a boat of his own
construction, he has worse disaster
than that-shipwreck, eternal ship
wreck
| 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; ministry of angels from the
other shore; power to work miracles
from the other shore; Jesus Christ
from the other shore. This is faith
ful saying and worthy of all accepta-
tion that Christ Jesus came into the
world to save sinners" and from
foreign shore | see the ferryboat COM
ing. and it 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 fiji to come out. That
boat touches the earth. and glorious
Thomas Walsh gets into it in his ex-
piring moment, saying: He has
come. He has come. My Beloved is
mine, and l am His" Good Sarah
Wesley got into that boat, and as she
showed off from the shore she cried:
Open the gates! Open the gates!"
/ 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 direction. God forbid that
| 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
h infancy The boats were not skill
A fully made, and l can very easily i'm
. agine that the women and the chill
i dren of the Kings household might
n have been nervous about going on
il that boat, afraid that the oarsman or
o the helmsman might give out and
p that the boat might be dashed on the
h rocks, as sometimes boats were dashed
h in the Jordan. and then | could have
, imagined the boat starting and rock
n ing, and they crying out: "Oh, we arr
IS going to be lost We are going down!
,e Not so. The King was on board th'
D. boat, and those women and children
m and all the household of the kin:
te knew that every care was taken t
te have the king-the head of the EN-
X pre-pass in safety.
id Now, I want to break up delusiol
y in your mind, and that is this: Whel
our friends go out of this world, w
IL feel sorry for them, because they hav
le to go alone; and parents hold on Z
is the hands of their children who ar
lie dying. and hold on to something O
ID the impression that the moment the
id let go the little one will be in tn
ID darkness and in the boat all alone
o. "Oh," the parent says, ''if | could onl
IN go with my child, | would be willin
~ to die half a dozen times. am afrai
ne she will be lost in the woods or in tn
Mt darkness; | am afraid she will b
le very much frightened in the boat a
'e, alone" l break up the delusioI
" When soul goes to Heaven, ii doe
lie not go alone; the King is on boar
I'd the boat. Was Paul alone in the las
O. extremity? Hear the shout OF III
lg sacred missionary as he cries out: .
'e- am now ready to be offered, and til
ty time OF my departure is at hand.
III Was John Wesley alone in the las
ID extremity? No. Hear him say
ut BEST of all, God is with u.s." Was s.
III William Forbes alone in the last e.
ny tremity? No. Hear him say to h
IN friends: TELL all the people who al
ng coming down to the bed of death frol
OF my experience it has no terrors
"Oh," say a great many people, "thf
hu does very well for distinguished Chri
in- tians, but for me, common man, fC
IN me, a common woman, we can't e,
&c pect that guidance and help" II
ne should give you passage of Scriptul
AT that would promise to you positivel
ne when you are crossing the river
ior the next world the King would be
'er the boat. would you believe the pror
- Use? "Oh, yes you say, Il would
sh Here is the promise: when tho
nj passest through the waters. will
nc with thee, and through the river
they shall not overflow thee" Chri
IN at the sick pillow to take tn, soul o.
w of the body: Christ to help the so
~, down the bank into the boat; Chri
N midstream: Christ on the other si'
w to help the soul up the beach.
IS comforted about your depart,
nD friends. Be comforted about yo
". own demise when the time shall CON
~. Tell it to all the people under the 81
that no Christian ever dies alone; t
-, King is in the boat.
the Blessed be God, that when we lea
md this world we are not to have a gre
,at and perilous nterprise of getting in
net Heaven. Not dangerous Franklin e
his pedition to find the northwest passa
to among icebergs. Only ferry. Tn
accounts for something you have new
ne. been able to understand. You new
the supposed that very nervous and tim
he Christian people could be so uneNcit
nto and placid in the last hour. The ia
he is, they were clear down on the bar
,ad and they saw there WAS nothing to