Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-12-15
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Some of them sneaked out Of life. some
wept themselves away in darkness. some
| biasphelned and raved aud tore their
| oed covers to tatterS. This is the way
worldly philosophy helps a man to die.
a guide at Niagara Falls said TO me.
| DO You see that rock down in rhe
| rapids! l said, Yes" Well" he
| SAID, some years ago a man got into
the rapids and hoated down until ne
| came to that rock. and he clutehed that
and held on. We sent five lifeboats ut
| different times out TO him, and they were
al broken TO splinters. After awhile we
| got him some food, but he could not eat
| II. lie seemed 10 have no appetite. lie
! wanted TO get ashore, and the poor fell
low held on and held on, and with
| shriek louder than the thunder OF the
cataract he went over" When a man
| puts out from the shore Of this world on
| tae river of Death in a boat of his own
| construction, he has worse disaster than
| rhat-Shipwreck, eternal shipwreck
| Word from the Other shore.
! Blessed be God, there is a boat coming
| from the other side! Transportation at
last for our souls from the other shore;
| everything about this gospel from the
| ether 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 a faithful saving
| and worthy of all acceptation that Christ
Jesus came into the world to save sin
ners, and from foreign shore see the
| ferryboat coming, 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 mt to come out. That boat
| touches the earth, and glorious Thomas
| walsh gets into it in his expiring mo-
| ment, saying: He has come! He has
| come. My Beloved is mine, and | 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.
we cross over at the last the King will ne
on board the boat. Snip carpentry in BIZ
bic times was in its infancy. The boats
were not skillfully made, and l can very
easily imagine that the women and the
children of the kings household might
have been nervous about going on that
beat, 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 Jor-
dan, and then l could have imagined the
boat starting and rocking, and they crv-
ing out: "Oh, we are going to be lost. We
are going down" Not So The king was
on board the boat and those women 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.
The SOul's Companions.
Now, | want to break up a 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
or 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 parent says, IF could
only go with my child, would be willing
TO die half dozen times. | am afraid she
Will be lost in the woods or in the dark
ness; am afraid she will be very much
frightened in the boat all alone" break
up the delusion. When soul goes TO
heaven. il does not go alone; the King is
on board the boat. Was Paul alone in
the last extremity? Hear the shout of
the sacred missionary as he cries ont. II
am now ready to be offered, and the time
of my departure is at hand" Was Holm
Wesley alone in the last extremity? No.
Hear him say, Best Of all, God is with
us" Was Sir William Forbes alone in
the last extremity? No Hear him saw
to his friends, Tell all the people who
are coming down to the bed of death from
my experience it has no terrors." oh"
say great many people, that does very
we'll for distinguished Christians. but for
me. common man, for me, common
woman. we can't expect that guidance
and help If | should give you mas
sage Of Scripture that would promise 10
you positively when you are crossing tho
river TO the next world the King would he
in the boat, would you believe the prom
Use! oh, yes, you say, Il would" Here
is the promise, ''When thou passest
through the waters. l will be with thee.
and through the rivers. they shall NOT
overflow thee Christ at the sick pillow
to take the soul ont of the body; Christ
to help the soul down the bank into the
boat: Christ midstream; Christ on the
other side 20 help the soul mp the beach.
BE comfOrted about your departed
friends. Be comforted about your own
demise when the time shall come. Tell il
to all the people under the sun that no
Christian ever dies alone: the King is in |
the boat.
The Ferry to Heaven.
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 thirty I!
yards. What, so narrow? Yes. There |
went over \ ferryboat to carry the kings |