June 1924
T H E K I N G ’S B U S I N E S S
351
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FILLING THE MAINSAIL Once a party of us were fishing n ear the mouth of Chesa peake Bay, where th e tide rolls in from th e A tlantic. On our way homeward, in our little catboat, we concluded to round the Rip-Raps, a small island of immense granite blocks and boulders, upon which the incoming tide was breaking. A t the eastw ard of th e island, as we tacked toward the north, we found it difficult to get our mainsail to fill on th e new course. The boom would sh ift from side to side, and the sail would flap to and fro bu t would not fill. A t each g reat swell of th e tide our little boat was driven closer toward the island, and then would recede w ith the wave, only to be carried still nearer to th e rocks on the crest of each succeeding swell; and still th e sail re fused to fill. In fact, on one incoming wave we were driven so close to the rocks th a t our captain, in order to keep the boat clear, had to push w ith an oar against th e rock, and thus ward off a threatened collision. The next wave meant our dashing upon the rocks. But ju st then our sail began to fill, our boat took the wind and became as a living thing, and began to veer away from the island. The force of the wind more th an coun teracted th e streng th of the tide; and th e crest of the next wave found us full th irty feet from the rocks. Soon we were safely clear, and rounded the point of th e island on the way to our harbor. The danger of shipwreck was past, all due to the tim ely power of the wind. And so a hum an craft, afloat upon the sea of life, is often pressed by the tide of circumstance, and driven danger ously n ear to the rocks th a t mean shipwreck to the soul. Our frail human craft lies helpless between tide and rocks, driven hopelessly near to destruction. W hat then is our help and refuge? “The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, bu t can not tell whence it cometh, and w hither it goeth: So is every one who is born of the S pirit.” Our faith sets th e sail. The Spirit of God fills it, and we are carried safely away from the rocks of destruc tion and wafted into the harbor of peace. “ Be ye filled w ith the S pirit.” T. T. Holloway. Dallas, Texas. NOT THE WISDOM OF MAN My brethren, the preaching of the Gospel m inister should always have soul-winning for its object. Never should we seek th a t the audience should adm ire our excellency of speech. I have in my soul a thousand times cursed oratory, and wished the arts of elocution had never been devised, or a t least had never profaned th e sanctuary of God; for often as I have listened w ith wonder to speech rig h t well conceived, and sentences aptly arranged, I have felt as though I could weep tears of blood th a t th e tim e of the congregation should be wasted listening to wordy rhetoric, when w hat was wanted was plain, u rgen t pleading, w ith men’s h earts and consciences. It is never worth a min ister’s while to go up the pulpit stairs to show his auditors th a t he is an adept in elocution. High-sounding words and flowery periods are a mockery of m an’s sp iritual needs. If a man desireth to display his oratory, let him study for the bar, or en ter P arliam en t; bu t let him not degrade the cross of Christ into a peg to hang his tawdry rag s of speech upon. — C. H. Spurgeon.
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