St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-01-12

pany and of their kind died saying:
"Must l leave all these beautiful pic.
tures?" and then asked that he might
be bolstered up in the bed in his last
moments and be shaved and painted
and rouged. OF ali the uhbelievers OF
all ages not one died well. Some OF
them sneaked out of life, some wept
themselves away in darkness, some
and raved and tore their
bed covers to tatters. This is the way
worldly philosophy helps man to die.
A guide at Niagara falls said to me:
do you see that rock down in the
rapids?" I said: "Yes." "Well," he
said, "some years ago man got into
the rapids and floated down until he
came to that rock, and he clutched
that and held on. We sent five life.
boats at different times out to him,
and they were all broken to splinters.
After awhile we got him some food,
but he could not eat it. He seemed to
have no appetite. He wanted to get
ashore, and the poor fellow held on
and held on, and with shrek louder
than the thunder of the cataract he
went over" When man puts out
from the shore of this world on the
river Of Death in a boat of his own
he has worse disaster
than that-shipwreck, eternal ship
wreck.
Blessed be God, there is a boat COM
ing from the other side! Transports
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
full saying and worthy of all accepta-
tion that Christ Jesus came into the
world to save sinners" and from a
foreign shore 1 see the ferryboat COM
ing. and it rolls with the surges OF a
Saviour's suffering; but as it 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! 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
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
in Bible times was in its
infancy. The boats were not skill
fully made, and con very easily i'm
agine 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, az sometimes boats were dashed
In the Jordan. and then I could have
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
dying, and hold on to something of
the impression that the moment they
let 70 the little one will be in the
darkness and in the boat all alone.
Oh" the parent says, IF could only
90 with my child, would be willing
to die half dozen times. I am afraid
The will be lost in the woods or in the
darkness; I am afraid she will be
rery much frightened in the boat all
alone" 1 break up the delusion.
When a soul goes to Heaven, it does
not 60 alone; the King is on board
The boat. Was Paul alone in the last
Hear the shout of the
sacred missionary as he cries out: II
Am now ready to be offered, and the
lime of my departure IL at hand"
Was John Wesley alone in the last
No. Hear him say:
Best of all, God is with u.s." Was Sir
Forbes alone in the last ex-
tremity? No. Hear him say to his
friends: "Tell all the people who are
coming down to the bed Of death from
nv experience it has no terrors."
oh" say a great many people, that
loes very we'll for distinguished Chris
ians, but for me, common man. for
ne, a common woman, we can't ex-
,ect that guidance and help" II !
'nOulu give you PdssdSe VI oSi iPeuAS
hat would promise to you positively
when you are crossing the river to
he next world the King would be in
he boat. would you believe the prom
Sc? "Oh, yes" you say, Il would"
Here is the promise: when thou
,assest through the waters, I will be
With thee, and through the rivers,
hey shall not overflow thee" Christ
Il the sick pillow to take the soul out
II the body: Christ to help the soul
lown the bank into the boat; Christ
Christ on the other side
o help the soul up the beach. Be
.omforted about your departed
riends. Be comforted about your
,wn demise when the time shall come.
Tell it to all the people under the sun
hat no Christian ever dies alone; the
King 10 in the boat.
Again, my text suggests that leav-
np this world for Heaven is only
.rossing a ferry. DR.. Shaw estimates
he average width of the Jordan to
,e about 80 yards. What, SO narrow?
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