The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-21
REV. DR.. TALMAGE
DISCOURSE BY ~HE EMINENT DI
VINE LAST SUNDAY
Subject: Life's stormy way-It is Rough
Sailing without Christ in the Ship
lie SmOoths the Pathway For Those
Who Trust in Him.
Copyright 1900. !

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| congregations in the great cities sends
| this sermon, in which he describes the
| rough places OF life and indicates the best
| means OF getting over them and shows now
| many people fail to understand their best
| blessings: text. Marx w. 80, "And He
| arose and rebuked the wind, and said unto
| the sea, Peace, be still"
Here in Capernaum, the seashore vii.
| lage was the temporary home of that
| Christ who for the most OF His life was
! homeless. On the site of this village, now
| in ruins. and all around this lake what
scenes OF kindness and power and glory
and pathos when our Lord lived here! /
| can understand the feeling of tn immor-
tai Scotchman. Robert NfcCheyne. when.
sittingon the banks of this lake, he wrote:
| If IL NOT thar tho wild oazoue
Comes down 70 dr;ni, nv ia.
| But He that v.as niarcad ~ save fr,r, be1
OFT wandered nv INV eide
| Graceful ,ro,,rd tbeo +l,o ,,o,,,+o;,,e want
Thou cain ,,a,,os;y,,, COO -''7 -'-s~
| Bnt nh fer more The beautiful foot
| Of ,Jasns v.alI,ed oio,. 4bon
| 4 o"i Id9iiS uiil'eI 9tlili rom the con
t .put Oh lhe country tHat BOUNDS this lake
.Il1C storms we're eaSlIE tempted no 70 maze
| eneS 81 MdyeI3 Ohell pay ground Inns ldke
~ OirIsC tIIle lay IN scene 81 great
insurance nee Vhe surrounding mis-, yer
Gardens ~ he5rfI ~ tho sborc ,ioIo e .,,5
| Ties armed towers Roman baths every
| thing attractive and beautifnlNall stvies
| of veoetotion in SMALLER snace than in Il.
| VI Neeetd'ioI III siiidIieI SPACE thd1 IN u
IiIosC any o.her space IN the world from
1ile pam Tree OF the 1orest 10 the trees OF
| Lord had launched one wave Of beautv
on all the scene and Il bunq and svnng
| from rock and Hill and olnander Roman
SGhtIeAuet LII pledSuie podCS .dIllhS Inns
| COMING down to dron their nets mass each
| other with nod and shout and laughter or
| SWINGING idIv 81 their n,oorinos IN What
a beautiful scenei
1t seems as if we shall have a ouiet
NIGHT. Not a leaf ouiyered in the mir NOT
| But there seems to be a little excitement
nm the beach. and we hasten to see what
Il Is and we fnd II an CONTEMPLATION From
the western shore a hotilla nushing ont.
NOT squadron of deadly armament MOI.
clipper with valuable merchandise. nor
thev could seize Int a AotiIla hearing
messengers of LIGHT and life and peace
Christ is in the stern Of the boat His
disciples are in he bow and amidshiDs
Jesus. weary with much Speaking to large
multitudes. is mt into soIanolence bv the
rocking OF The waves. If there was an
motion at all. the shin was easily righted:
If the wind nasscd from etarF GARD to lar
board. the boat would rock and. Lv the
rentIenegs of the motion. Dlt4;rr the Mas
fer asIenn And tbey eytemnorizod 4 nil.
low made out of n fsberman's coat.
think no sooner is Christ PROSTATE and
MS head touched The pillow than He is
-ouud asiceD The hreeles OF tbe lake run
their fingers through t, locks of the worn
slenner and the Eoat rises and fails like
= slfenja@ child on The bosom Of a sleeD-
inc mother.
Calm NIGHT. starry night beautiful
n;ght, Pun m ali the sails. NV ali HE
oars and let lie jarge boat and The small
boa- oiidc ovar geI,fla Gennesaret Put
.La - los say tbero i conc 10 he a
change Of weather And eve the mas
senpers can hear The moaninr of the storm
as II comes. on with great stride and all
tne terrors Of hurricane and darkness,
The larre boat trembles like deer at bav
aroonq The clangor of the hounds: great
patches Of foam are flung into the air:
the sails of tho vessel loosen and m the
strong wind crocl, like nistols: the smaller
boats like petrels' noisa on the cliffs of
the waves and then nlunoc. Overheard
% CARGO. tackiinr and masts and The
drencbed discinIes rush int The hack mart
Of The heat and Law hold Of Christ and saw
INTO Hin Master carest Thou NOT thai
we nerish2" That Great nersonace lifts