Evening journal., 1907-03-18
HOPE TIE ANCHOR
OF OUR SALVATION
When All Else is Gone That
Alone is Left TO
Us

US
In Harrison street NJ. e. Church
yesterday morning. the Rev. C. r..
Wyatt preached forceful sermon
taking as his text;
which hope we have as an anchor
of the soul botn sure and steadfast,
and which entercth into that within
the vell"-Heo. G:19.
In treating his subject Dr. Wyatt
said:
mo captain would dare leave port
without am anchor ii is regarded as
Indispensable to the safety of the ves-
sells. When the captain reaches port
he throws the anchor overheard. or
TO use a nautical term. he casts am
chor-sometimcs when the storm is
raging the captain casts anchor and
the ship held securely in place. Hone
in all ages has been represented by
an anchor. When az else is gone hope
is left
The Greeks have a beautiful legend.
They say Pandora was the first cre-
atcd woman and that her intrusive
curiosity brought an the trouble i..ta
the worll In the house was "a closed
jar which she was ordered not to open.
But her curiosity was so strong that
She ventured to raise the lid and many
thingso scaped. Filled with aiaavn
she shut the lid just IN time to prevent
hope from escaping. When there Is a
panic the business world hopes that
IHI d. I'd. ID
caused such disaster viii soon vanish.
When the halance-sheot shows no
gain at the end of the year the mer-
chant hopes 10 do better next year.
When there is failure I'm crops the
farmer hopes that the next harvest
win requite his toll. The sick hope
to- recover Without hope there would
be no progress and the world would
become stagnant To lose hope Is 60
sink into despair-there would be
nothing left 20 buoy us up"
Perhaps, all hope is not gone until
the soul Is shut up i'm hell-over its
portals Is written--No hope The apos-
tie tells us that the hope OF the Chris
tian is as an anchor of the soul both
sure and steadfast The basis Of the
Christians hope is the atonement ST.
Peter says: Blessed be the God and
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who
hath begotten us again unto living
hope by the resurrection of His son
from the dead to an inheritance in
corrupuble, undehled and that fadeth
not away When Christ died the hone
of the disciples died--when he arose a
new hope was begotten i'm their hearts.
II is called a sure hope. There Is q
world Of difference between a living
hope and q dead hope. Many Of the
hopes that the wording entertains
arc false. This man hopes TO secure
heaven because he Is correct in his
life, and does no one any harm. Many
hope TO reach heaven because they
are church members. But Jesus said:
Not every one that saith unto mo.
Lord, Lord, shall enter the kingdom
Of heaven but he that dooth the will
of my Father I'm heaven. job says.
The hypoCrites hope shall perish.
whose hope shall be cut on and whose
trust shall be as the spiders Wob. So p
crates declared. To ground hope on "a
false supposition Is like trusting TO a
weak anchor The Christians hope
centors In Christ
My hope Is built on nothing less
Than Jesus blood and righteousness.' "
THE hopes concerning this life are
fun Of uncertainty-ver many Of
them are never realized. Many hope
TO be rich, but die Ia poverty. Web-->r
and Clay hoped to reach the White
House but their hopes were never
realized. But the hope of the Chris
tian is sure. 1t has It's foundation in
the veracity OF God. Every one whose
hope is in Christ shall realize his hope.
The realization viii be beyond our
most sanguinc hope. In His presence
there Is fulness OF joy and at His right
hand there are pleasures foreveumcrc.
All other hopes end at death The
hope which is the anchor of the soul
goes beyond and enters into that
within the veil. Every sinner hopes
TO be saved but his hope does not
enter within tho veil II has nothing
solid to hold TO. Sometimes the ship
drags anchor. The anchor was thrown
overheard, but the nuSes did not take
hold the vessel was wrecked and the
crew was lost. There is danger II the
vessel drags anchor. The wording has
hope but ii takes hold upon things
perishable and these do not furnish
good anchorage. II Is a fearful thing
TO be drifting into eternity with a
false hope with an anchor that win
not hold.
"The Christians anchor Is both surc
and steadfast II takes firm grip upon
the holding ground. Il enters within
the veil. that Is heaven. our hope is
not based on feeling. Il takes hold
upon Gods promises, the infallible
truth of God. Gods word cannot. fail.
Had he sworn by anything finite that
might have failed. But he has sworn
by Himself and He cannot fail. All
the infinite perfections OF His Cod
head are pledged 10 fulfill His word.
The anchor does not quell the storm,
but It will hold the ship securely in
It's place. The CHRISTIAN Is not exempt
from sorrow, PAIN and discouragcment.
The temptations and trials are tho
winds and waves that threaten our
shipwreck. But the Christians hope
like sheet anchor holds when with
out il he would be driven upon the
lee shore by the storm.
"The apostle was tempest tossed
He was despised by his own country
men and bitterly prosecuted. Very
likely he was a prisoner at Rome when
he wrote this epistle, but he could say.
Which hope we have as an anchor
both sure and steadfast and which en-
tereth within the veil
"rhe storm of death Is coming Havo
you the Christians Anchor To start
upon life's voyage without IL IS TO
impcril your highest Interests. Trust