The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-12-15

ing from the other side! Transporta-
tion 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
full saying and worthy Of all accepta-
ton that Christ Jesus came into the
world to save sinners" and from .
foreign shore see the ferryboat com
ing, and IL rolls with the surges OF
Saviour's suffering; but as II strikes
the earth the mountains rock, and the
dead adjust their apparel so that
they may be fit to come out. That
boat touches the earth, and glorious
Thomas Walsh gets into it in his ex-
piring moment, saying: HE has
come! lie 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
I 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
infancy. The boats were not skill
fully made, and | can very easily i'm
aginc that the women and the chill
dren of the Kings household might
have been nervous about going on
that boat, 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 Jordan. and then ! could have
imagined the boat starting and rock
ing. and they crying 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 en-
pire-pass in safety.
Now. | want to break up delusion
in your mind, and that is this: When
our friends go out of this world, we
feel sorry for them, because they have
to go alone; and parents hold on to
the hands of their children who are
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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 | co0d 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
darkness: | am afraid she will be
very much frightened in the boat all
alone" | break up the delusion.
When a soul goes to Heaven, it does
rot 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 out: IL
am now ready to be offered, and the
time of my departure is at hand"
Was John 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 en-
tremity? No. Hear him say 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 well for distinguished Chris
tans. but for me, common man, for
me. a common woman, we can't ex-
pect that guidance and help" If l
should give you passage of Scripture
that would promise to you positively
when you are crossing the river to
the next world the King would be in
the boat, would you believe the prom
Use? "Oh, yes" you say, II would"
Here is the promise when thou
passest through the waters, / will be
with thee. and through the rivers,
they shall not overflow thee" Christ
at the sick pillow to take the soul out
of the body; Christ to help the soul
down the bank into the boat; Christ
midstream; Christ on the other side
to help the soul up the beach. BE
comforted about your departed
friends. BE comfortcd about your
own demise when the time shall come.
Tell it to all the people under the sun
that no Christian ever dies alone; the
King is in the boat.
Again, my text suggests that leav-
ing this world for Heaven is only
crossing ferry. DR.. Shaw estimates
the average width of the Jordan 10
be about 80 yards. What, so narrow?
Yes. There went over a ferryboat to
carry the kings household Yes, GO
ing to Heaven is only short trip
only ferry. 1t may be 50 miles
that is, so years-before we get to the
wet bank on the other side, but the
crossing is short. | will tell you the
whole secret. 1t is not five minutes
across, nor three, nor two, nor one
minute. 1t is instantaneous trans
portation. People talk as though
leaving this life, the Christian went
plunging and laundering and swim
| ming, to crawl up exhausted on the
other shore, and TO be pulled out of
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