Milford chronicle., 1904-05-20
Ca(m1aoe
Sermon
By Rev.
frank De Witt Talmase. DID.


pleasure or business. is TODAY +bc
theme of the preacher Tho +ov+ ;.
Acts xvii, SO, "Then they were all Of
good cheer"
h'Ve you ever followed the sea? In
These days of multiplied facilities for
ocean travel, when mammoth linors
equipped like floating palaces carrv
tens and hundreds of tbousora, -
passengers to and fro across the seas
with sense of security added to tbo
maximum of comfort we little +bfnl,
Oh the dlscomforts attendant upon tho
Oceah voyages of half a centurv ago
nut though the conditions of sea travel |
nave so vastly improved in recent |
gears that a journey across the Allan |
nc OF up the Mediterranean is no
Iouser an undertaking to be dreaded
tnere are stlll many traditions Of the
sea which time has not materioIIv
changed If you nave Travelled ,nucb
upon the ocean, you must know that
there are superstitious sailors who die
IKE TO carry ministers, or. as tbev COLL
men, sky pilots" in their ships Ever !
sllce the recreant Jonah was the causa 7
OF a Mediterranean cvcIona booo,-ae y
ne would persist in going TO Torsbisb Il
""en uou lold him to so to Nineveh. Ii
there have been sailors who believe +bo Y
presence OF minister upon their shin u
'e"Hs nead winds and storms and dis G,
aSters ana misfortunes. This prejudice
agalhst carrying a minister, like tbe m
pIeJuulce against carrying a corpse or
tne starting of voyage on q Friday DC
mas been gradually getting less and lif
less as sailors have become be+tar br
educated. Only a few months ogo a w
great liner set out from our shores fo, ms
1he Holy Land carrying among ber me
passengers several hundred ministers fai
OI lne gospel. But in olden times tho tia
sailors would look with very distrust- shr
Iui eyes upon any man in clerical porb ing
VINO might cross their gangplank. The teri
mutterlngs in the forecastle were Ioud libe
ana deep if two or more missionaries IN,
happened to be enrolled at the same che,
li1le on the ships passenger list. any
heV Dr. James McGregor Alexon- the
4er, lhe honored missionary Of India. said
,oIu me that when he and his wife ana stra
I'VE Otner missionaries in 1865 set sail it. b
OF Ihdla the sailors were in almost natu
pen mutiny at the idea Of CARRYING have
uch dangerous cargo of human tivel
.+4s s"'' out "nen they arrived in Cal Wha
llta' after long four months' Wv sucb
~ VI unprecedented clear weather. your
lose sailors were so surprised that in and
cad Of considering their ministerial vour
'ssengers 'Jonahs" they looked unon es of
-, IaiI weather angels. So Jesus
mpletely had their opinion cbancod
at they told their captain. who knor,,
thelr former forebodlng. that tbev
shed the missionaries Toro rn''' @ siiey Why
ck with them on their ro+nrr ,,oz SINS gers OF
Paul In the storm. ~ OF
superstition bovve,,o. g. -. ing VI
ulcated. This prejudice against tIe t,ie'i
lls'erlaI passengers has survived @ e-ie III
centuries. Yet in the scene of nv - 80
we nave an instance of its being Il
rcome Here is Paul, a landsmon was no
rlsoher and missionary, so win. | oie zen
the confidence Of the crew thar MHen
neeu MS warnings and follow his .,,.1C 'O'u
5esuons. 1t was too, in crisis lnoSe III
u nautical skill was needed thar HIe aDo
nstehed 70 him. There was 80! d
Il ruglhg or unusual violence Tho =, SUNG
Ieu uurr Icuhe they called euroclv- - ,,,I
was iashlng the Mediterranean in "''9 iiA'
ny tuere was darkness even at | 81, ,
"y' al reckoning lost, all hope -, o'' -H
up linen the 275 persons on -, you
turned to this little Jewish mis- NH -
y Lor guidance and encourage - = III
Ihey had begun the VOYAGE ,,lu 10, uO "
st us advice. They might be W III
llceu against him as a preacher 80 sei
prisoner, but they listened 70 ~ e-an stan
'hen he addressed them. bidding "seis an'
oe OF good cheer. "And when no ~ ~ " 10
nus spoken he took bread ana Ia tIa' VIZ
tnanks to God in presence of Ills onas wint,
iH' ana when he had broken II e' It.
AN to eat. Then were they oil e eoIue 10 J
cheer, and they also took some nus
were the crew and the mas. -, 'CSS oi
OF this AleXandrian corn shin SUPP
OF heart? First, because faiti T.
0egets faith. and confidence roll - S d 9
zee and good cheer good cheer tla,,, -i"i'
ief which Paul felt that There n,.o,, ,iiei
'e no loss Of any mans life. but ton+,I,ao " !
uip' was, by his personal ey- lin ~ - a
lhstiied into the hearts and 10 r,as, -
lnose by whom he was sur flo oI,ii5 y, =
we know that cOwardice ia .,Ivou C. ~ ~
s. We know that when n ;s 49,, ~ JHi
N a rnsb for ~ Is HaDle knew it VIII
~ ensua rrha.e ppa's Ia tnat dose as yol
weh that only by order and T to,d llUle Ua,, p
" Is there hope for the safety bod 80 you
III draw his pistol, and. with bab,, 10y y
FIRST mon - @ tnu' ne VIII bring the CHI
orcing his ua ~ uisoDeys or is mean, c
e know thai vybo ln,o lne NE to come to J
? the charge - -en 81 a regiment aster, and sa
IN take he a,.,y "n enemy the caught. were
the line az 0sision IN the Aha! you wo