The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1863-03-11
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shin waa wrecked some time in the
last century on the coast of Cornwall All
hands went down save one sailor boy, who
was washed on the shore, barely living, and
who lay. bruised and ready to perish, for
weeks. on sick bed. lie was visited 10y u
young man-whcthcr in or ont the pastoral
office matters lttlc--a young man who
strovc to lead tbs sinking sailor-lad to the
cross of Christ as the anchor OF the soul,
sure and steadlast, in the storms which de-
stroy both soul and body in hell. Sup
pose, said the missionary, that when your
vessel was in pieces round ab0ut ydu oil
the coast, and you felt yourself sinking, cx-
huustod under the surge-supposc you had
caught hold of "A plank AZ il iloated by you
and felt that. as you clutChed it, it bore your
weight and held You up till relief conld
come, you would tL4nf God for that plank,
would you notE'
Yes. sir" gaspcd the boy: and the boy
was made to understand that tho plank was
Christ, bearing up the spirit of the sinner in
the tempest of wrath.
Many years rolled away, and the Chris
tian missionary toieG on miles after miles
from the Southern coast, III the nidst Of
some Northern city. One day he was again
| in Il sicI,roun Every thing showed that
! it was also a room really fora death. They
moved about silently and reVorontly, as
men do when they expect the coming of the
! king of torrors. The sufferer was indeed
nearly gone. The visitor, true to his old
calling, bert down to whisper to the dying
man words abont tho great salvation, and
the life after death Is 1t VOL with your
spirit?" said the old missionary. And
there was sudden glance of the eye that
had begun To N, and the head turned
round, and last flush covered the white
face, and then smile such smile" God
! bless You, sir. 1hc plank hears, sir! he
pAmh bears !" And so il did. 1t had
borno him over since, and cingng to it, he
got safe to land. lMceoiOHiU.
! The FRIENpLlNEss THERE Is IS CHRIST The
| Church is never Indifferent to tho cry of
| her children. aud Christ is never careless of
the suilcrings This people. And Christian
! ity being the voice of Christ uttered through
| the organism Ol the Church. ever declares
that they who degrade humanity sin against
the Divinity For eighteen centuries the
Church has endeavOrcd to protect it's own
against all wrong, calling its own Human
ity. 1t has never shut its eyes when us
ticc has been outraged; il has never closed
its lips when warnings might save tho op.
pressed from wrong; IT has never denied
it's sympathy to- sufferers through others
sins; il has never forgotten to pour oil and
wine into wouuds Humanity may have re
ceiVed; it has always asserted human priv
egcs in presence of all tyrannies; it hn,
stood 10y every Christian martyr, with ben
cdictons; 10y every Christian sufferer will
solncings; in all homes of men with com
tortiugs, IN all couventiclos of wrong will
thrcatcuings; it has laid its golden rule t,
the granite walls of human institutions
and il they do not spare with that, i
prophcsies "a ont of eternal. passionlcs
lips, An these shall pcrish;' it cover
with the rgis of It's love all classes of man
kind, Us part ct ,he same great brotherhood
and when men or nations lay burdens o
their brethren, when lhe hand of power
laid upon the throat of the dcfenceless ant
weeping, they are led away to darkness n
far of from God; IN the name of God,
cries in all homes of violence, in palaces @
kings, in legislative halls, through ever
land and century, Thus saith the Lord, le
my people go, that they may serve me-
and this very day, in all days, Christianit
, is tho impcrshahIo barrier that God set
; between Humanity and Wrong. Rer. ~ I
Chamberlain.