The Square Rigged Cruiser Or Lorrains Sea Sermons

awaken some than to awaken others. So it is in natural sleep. When we call all hands, on board, some will start, at the first alarm, and spring from their berths, in full possession of all their faculties; while others must be dragged from their nests, and shaken powerfully before they can be fully aroused. It is not, then, the manner, but the fact, which we inquire into. Have you been convinced that you are a sinner in the sight of God, exposed to the wrath of Heaven, and in danger of eternal fire? If so, it makes little difference whether this has been done by a sermon, a shipwreck, a flash of lightning, or a still, small voice; the Lord hath done it. 2. Repentance. The sinner who yields to conviction repents. " His soul is melted within him, because of trouble." He is troubled at his situation. He finds himself tossed on the frightful billows of sin, every moment in danger of eternal shipwreck. He is troubled, because he has sinned against so good a God. And, under the influence of divine grace, the Holy Spirit giving him a good will, he begms to haul in his light sails of vanity. But still the storm increases; the tempest of condemnation bears down heavy upon him. "He has come to hitwits' end." Tea, "he staggers to and fro, like a drunken man." Sometimes, by a flow of hope, he is lifted up to heaven. Again he sinks down into the deeps of despair. He now douses every sail of opposition; lets fly the last rag of self-righteousness; lays to, under bare poles, a poo...