2 Corinthians 11:26 In journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by my own countrymen, in perils by the heathen… It required courage to be a voyager in olden times, the ships were small and clumsy, the rocks and shores so poorly defined; no weather "probabilities," signals or lighthouses. Yet there are as great perils now, notwithstanding our sea-charts, lighthouses, ironclads, storm-signals, etc. The danger arises now from the multiplicity of crafts. Note — I. THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THOSE WHO HOLD THE LIVES, OR THE PROPERTY, OR THE SOULS OF MEN IN KEEPING. 1. Captains, guards, engineers, architects, have very great responsibility, and God will hold them to account. 2. Pastors of churches, private Christians who hold in their hands the souls of people, had better obey the injunction: Watch! II. WHEN WE PART FROM OUR FRIENDS, REUNION IS UNCERTAIN. III. ELEGANT SURROUNDINGS ARE NO SECURITY. Iceberg, and storm, and darkness, and collision can see no difference between magnificent mail steamship and whaler with rusty bolts and greasy deck. Do not think that brilliant surroundings will keep off the last foe. IV. SOME CHRISTIANS ARE NEARER TO GLORY THAN THEY THINK. Some of you are spending your last Sabbath, singing your last song, giving your last salutations. V. THE WORLD HAS NOT YET BEEN PERSUADED OF THE NONSENSE OF PRAYER. VI. THE IMPORTANCE OF ALWAYS BEING READY FOR TRANSITION. (T. de Witt Talmage, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; |
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