Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-12-14
"A WAY OVER JORDAN.
DIR. TALMAeE SAYS THE LORD WILL
SEND A BOAT.

BARK To Transport the Faithful to
Eternal Life-Ie Bids Us Have No
Fear, For the King VIII he on
Board.
WASHINGTON, Dee. 9.-From an unno-
ticed incident of olucA time DIR. Tai
mage IN this discourse draws some
comforting and rapturous lessons. The
text is III Samuel xix. Is. And there
went over n ferryboat to carry over the
kings household"
Which of the crowd is the king?
That short man. sumburnt and i'm fa-
tgue dress. Ii is David. the exiled
king. He has defeated his enemies and
Is now going home to resume his pal
ace. Good! always like to see David
come out ahead. But between him and
his home there is the celebrated river
Jordan, which has to Lee passed The
King is accompanied to the bank of the
river by an aristocratic old gentleman
or so years, Barziliai 10y name, who
owned fine country seat at Rogelim.
Besides that. David has his family
with him. But how shall they get
across the river? While they are stand
ing there l see n ferryboat coming from
N@aN VIM SAtNt 'AANA Is IL cuts lITOGEO
the water / see the faces of David and
his household brighten up Mt the
thought of so soon getting home. No
sooner has the ferryboat struck the
shore than David and his family and
his old friend Barzillai from Rogelim.
get on board the boat. Either with
splashing oars at the side or with one
oar sculling at the stern of the boat
they leave the eastern bank of the Jor-
dan and start for the western bank.
That western bank is black with
crowds Of people, who are waving and
shouting at the approach of the king
and his family. The military are all
out. Some OF those who have been Da.
vid's worst enemies now shout until
they are hoarSe at his return. No soon
CIR has the boat struck the shore on the
western side than the earth quakes.
and the heavens ring with cheers OF
welcome and congratulation. David
and his family and Barzillai from Ro-
Celim step ashore. King David asks
his old friend to go with him and live
at the palace, but Barzlllai apologies
and intimates that he is infirm with
age and too deaf to appreciate the mu-
sic and has delicate appetite that
would soon be cloyed with luxurious
living, and so he begs that David would
let him go back TO his country seat
The Lord Makes n Way.
L once heard the father of president
of the United States say that he had
Just been TO Washington to see his son
In the White House. and he told me Of
the wonderful things that occurred
there and of what Daniel Webster said
to him, but he declared: Il was glad to
get home. There was too much going
on there for me" My father. an aged
man. made his last visit ut my house in
philadelphia. and after the church serv-
ice was over and we went home some
one in the house asked the aged man
how he enjoyed the service. We'll"
he replied. 81 enjoyed the service. but
there were too many people there for
me. II troubled my head very much"
The fact is that old people do not like
excitement If King David bad asked
Barzillai 30 years before 20 20 to the
palace. the probability is that BarziIlai
would have gone, but not now. They
Kiss each other goodby. custom
among men oriental. but In vogue vet
where two brothers part or an aged
father and son go away from each
other never TO meet again. No wonder
that their lips met rs King David and
old Barzillai. ut the PROV OF the ferry
boat. parted forever.
This river Jordan. I'm all ages and
among all languages, has been the SYM
Dol OF the boundary line between earth
and heaven. yet when. OH Il former &C.
casion. l preached 20 you about the
Jordanlc passage have no doubt that
some OF you despondingly said. .'The
Lord might have divided Jordan for
Joshua. but not for poor me" Cheer
up! want TO show you that there is n
way over Jordan as we'll rs through IL
My text says, And there went over n
ferryboat TO carry over the kings
household"
All our cities are familiar with the
ferryboat. 1t goes from San Francisco
10 Oakland and from Liverpool 10 Birk-
enhcad, and twice every secular day
or the week multitudes are on the fer.
ryboats OF our great cities. so that YOU
VIII not need to hunt up classical die
tsonary TO find out what | mean while
i am speaking 10 you about the pas
sage OF David and his family across
the river Jordan.
My subject. In the FIRST place. i'm
presses me with the fact that when we
cross over from this world TO the next
the boat will have to come from the
other SIDE The tribe or Judah. we are
Informed. sent this ferryboat across to
get David and his household. / stand
on the eastern side OF the river Jordan.
and find no shipping at ALL but while
| am standing there I see n boat plow-
Ing through the river. and as hear the
swirl or the waters. and the boat comes
10 the eastern side OF the Jordan. and
David and his family and his old friend
step on board that boat. am nightly
impressed with the fact that when we
cross over from this world TO the next
the boat VIII have TO come from the OBJ
postte shore.
Sad Deaths OF urbeiIevers.
Every day lind people trying TO ex-
temporize way from earth 10 heaven.
They gather up their good works and
some sentimental theories. ana they
make raft. showing II from This shore.
and poor. deluded souls get on board
that raft. and they go down 'rhe fact |
Is that Sk"pticism and lnfidcllty never |
yet helped one man 10 die | invite all |
the ship carpenters OF worldly ph.loso- !
ply 10 come and build one boat that |
can safely cross this river. invite |
them all To unite their skill anL sol
ingbroke shall lit the stanchion:,. and |
iyndan shall shape the bowsprit. snd |
Spinoza shall make the maintopganant
braces, and Renan shall go to tackIng
and wearing and boxing the ship. All
together in 10000 years they Will never
De able to make boat that can cross
THIS Jordan. Why was il that Spinoza
and Biount and Shaftesbury lost their
souls! 1t was because they tried IL
cross the stream in boat of their own
What miserable work
they made of dVin0t niOdoruo ,iioa - |