We
hear a great commotion
'Bout the ship that comes to grief,
That founders
in mid-ocean,
Or is driven on a reef;
Because it's cheap and brittle
A score of sinners drown.
But we hear but mighty little
Of the ships that
won't go down.
Here's
honour to the builders--
The builders of the past;
Here's honour to the
builders
That builded ships to last;
Here's honour to the captain,
And honour to the crew;
Here's double-column headlines
To the ships that
battle through.
They
make a great sensation
About famous men that fail,
That sink a world of
chances
In the city morgue or gaol,
Who drink, or blow their brains out,
Because of "Fortune's Frown",
But we hear far too little
Of
the men who won't go down.
The
world is full of trouble,
And the world is full of wrong,
But a Calvary
man is noble,
And the Blood bought man is strong!
They say the sea sings
dirges,
But I would say to you
That the wild wave's song's a counterpoint
To the saints who battle through!
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It's
been a lengthy voyage
Two thousand years and more
Since the Captain set
the compass
The ship Zion left the shore
But the ship is quite sea worthy
And
the northern star is bright
We will battle though dear Christian
Our safe
haven is in sight
2
Corinthians 4:8
We are troubled on every side,
yet not distressed;
we
are perplexed,
but not in despair;
9
Persecuted,
but not forsaken;
cast down,
but not destroyed;
10
Always bearing about in the body
the dying of the Lord Jesus,
that the
life also of Jesus
might be made manifest in our body.
11 For we which
live are alway
delivered unto death for Jesus' sake,
that the life also
of Jesus
might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
12
So then death worketh in us,
but life in you.
13 We having the same spirit
of faith,
according as it is written,
I believed,
and therefore have
I spoken;
we also believe,
and therefore speak;
14
Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus
shall raise up us also by Jesus,
and shall present us with you.
15 For all things are for your sakes,
that the abundant grace might
through the thanksgiving of many
redound
to the glory of God.
16
For which cause we faint not;
but though our outward man perish,
yet the
inward man is renewed day by day.
17 For our light affliction,
which is
but for a moment,
worketh for us a far more exceeding
and eternal weight
of glory;
18
While we look not at the things which are seen,
but at the things which are
not seen:
for the things which are seen are temporal;
but the things which
are not seen are eternal.
ARE
YOU NEARING THE END OF THE JOURNEY?
SO IS BROTHER ESCHOL COSBY--
LET
HIS ZEAL ENCOURAGE YOU
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