Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-07-20

the circulation OF the blood. as George
Whitefeld was alone, when. as a pull
piteer, he was looked upon as a mounta-
bank and an ecclesiastical clown; as
Paul was alone when he had TO fee for
as Jesus Christ waA alone when,
scoffed and spit upon. he was hurried
up the rocky heights where he was to
be crucified between two thieves.
Similarly in reference to the head
winds and side currents which have to
be fought against. 1t would not be so
bad If in the voyage of life the human
vessel had to make its journey alone,
and that was all. But no sooner do
our friends begin to leave our sides
than the hurricanes of abuse and the
undercurrents of SANDER begin to work
against us. When a noted reformer
at the end of his life was given a great
popular demonstration of approval
and presented with q beautiful gold
watch he stood looking at it with en-
barrassment Then he said, with a
smile, Friends, if it had been a brick
bat or a bad egg hurled at me would
know what to do, but this beautiful
watch in my hand absolutely takes
away my breath" All my Christian
brethren, with such loneliness which
must be endured and with such hurri-
canes of abuse which must be fought
against, no human craft trying to fol-
low the right course is safe unless
Jesus Christ, as the divine captain, is
guiding it and treading upon its quar-
ter deck. No human ship can ever be
sailed safely over the troubled sea of
time into harbor of blessed eternity
unless it has the magnetic needle of
the cross for a compass and the great
harbor of peace for its destination. Do
you wonder that l declared every hui
man vessel should be under the domin-
ion of Jesus Christ?
The passing ship is like the Chris
tians life in the close of it's voyage.
The harbor of peace will be entered
gladly as soon as the earthly journey
is ended. Have you ever taken a long
trip away from home? Have you been
gone three, five, ten months or a year?
Have you ever been so far away that
If cablegram was sent you that one
Of your loved ones was dying you knew
that you could not reach the bedside
of the sufferer, or even see her face
again after she was dead? Well, I
have. pray God you may never know
what such separation means.
End of the Voyage.
Then, after long journey Of many
months, have you ever felt in head
and heart. in all parts of your being,
mental, physical and spiritual, the ex-
ultant JOY of heading toward home?
Oh, then the bliss and yet the long
drawn out Impotence as the journey
comes nearer to it's close! The old
ships propeller will not revolve fast
enough. You hang around the chart
which is daily posted in the ship s
cabin to tell you how many miles the
ship is sailing. You bother the cap
tain every time you meet him, saying,
Captain, will we be able to get in by
Friday night?" Then if the ship is de-
tanned. as ours was all night long in
fog just outside of New York harbor,
slept a wink that last night on my
journey around the world. l walked
up and down the deck. up and down.
1 wondered if the telegram had been
flashed to my folks from Barnegat
lighthouse that the Etruria had been
sighted. I wondered if they would be
down at the docks to greet me. And,
fhn11 erh yTyoC ctr dow yhnY xyra
went up the Narrows, stood out near
the bow. l was alone entirely alone,
without kith or kin for travelling
companion; yet when 1 saw my dear
ones upon the dock, l nudged the man
nearest to me and cried out: There
they are! There are my folks. There
are father and my sisters! Yes, there
they all are" And the tears of JOY
rolled down my cheeks. That is the
way the Christian voyager shall enter
the harbor q peace. The physical
ship in which he sails may be bruised
| and battered by many q storm, but
that will amount to nothing. Then all
our loved ones will come down to meet
US. Oh. how many, many, many dear
ones are there. They shall all come
down to the banks. l wonder if we
will know them at once. l wonder il
they will cry when we wave back
The Bible says there are no tears in
heaven. but l do not think that state
ment is literally true. do not believe
( we can see our own dear ones for the
first time without crying just a little
But, mark you. in that great welcome
they will only be tears of joy and not
tears of sorrow
Thus. my dear friends. as voyagers
upon the great sea Of life, today gree
you. 1 signal you with the warmes1
| feelings of Christian joy stirring my
heart feel that it is due to the provi
dence of God that we have beer
brought together. and therefore we
have been brought together for Chris
tan purpose. The sea of life is so de
that many of us only meet each othel
this once before we sail into the harbol