Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1869-04-02
Long Waiting Rewarded.

Faith IA rarely more severely tried ,ha,
!" 'he case "f parent" who are waiting up.,,
The Lord from var TO year, and wa,cl.;,,
'"r the answer cf prayers IN the ssIvstsu
lot her children. There is M doubt
mufh that so'nds bike prayers, ON tl,fs anu
" other matters, u hiciT i, only n sound
or At most the breathing Of natural aff.c :
t~".~ Even. ahe,e- they .seask in pra, er
''e''eving' there may often be bong drlays ;
during ah,ch Il NAV he their sad, 10, To-
COX on while he child Of many prayer.
grows ~ p"re"'lv hardened in sip and r-ck-
less in .u"gollin.ss. There may, i, hum
tl'nr think, have been errors in tfai,iuv ,r
'nc"nSis ehci.$ in the life even of prayinu
parents, Of which such course is the To-
g'''male result. Few $orr,w> ran he keeuer
than that accompanies the cnn.ciousn,ss of
this; and what Wonder thaL such parents
'i"u'G u"t b" permitted TO witness the iuI>
! n men. Of their prayers. Il, is not urc...
>"r! that | should he here',o keen wa,,i
over G"d'~ f"ihfu'ne<s," ssii d, inp snin:
WIN reference I" some such p'a, ers which
we're st'ii unans Ap,e'. D"ubtl q. when All
secrets are revealed, it ~lII he found that
mere "'e n' unanswered prayers, though i:
VIII nt the same lime lie found that much
that passed Tor prayer wac unreal.
The f"c,s that we are about 10 record
upon the authority Of we'll II, suain,ed with
he P"r''rs, may be encouraging tn some
u" are waiting IN sorrow. A Christian
f"ther and mother, " ho we've no Rangers
l." 'he power of prayer, had long borne
their son upon heir hearts before the Lord,
Fro" Il wn.wa'd b"y grew up 10 be
p""I"n~ AID pr. figale young mau; aud in
'd' ','"n I" all their o'her sorrows, it. WAS
their gr'rve I" know that he was poi.ted a,
10y The u"g"dlv as II proof of the useless
"ess of religious training and # .he w"rrh
Is, of pra, ,er. The restraint, Of his faith.
els house, illle. a> he seemed to he.d Them
900" ber"m- in,o-rHhIe; aud he departed,
t." on" knew ~h'ller HIS pa,.n,s sub-e
4 "n'iy le"rned alter brief Career Of mr..
d s"ry, he had sought refuge On board a
IMP rs common sailor.
During his fir, voyage, While lie stood
;" 'he hu'i~a'ks Of the ship u,teri"g wan.
o" ll"sphemi-s, he lnst his tco,,nx AM,
I'll ove'hoard Though every tff.rt was
"de to rescue him. a~ the Vessel WA.
under considerable hea,way aud III. .ea
~" high, there WAS s",ne delay before liz
'""'d b- Reached hy :he hoa,, and he WI.
axe" ont OF The water apparently Ii,.Ie>s
Under some imrul-s tie surgeon of the
hip p+rSevered in the uss Of means 10 70
tore animation Of the captain and ever,
me on board pronounced It mere follv.
II efforts were At last rewarded By some
ss"s OF life. The feeble spark was care
uiiy cherished, aud al length the Young
man op"nrd hia eyes and with faint ex-
Preston OF JOY struggling through the le--
cIeness and pain Of such AZ awakening +x-
:l"i".ed, Je.us Christ has saved nv
soul"
Along time elapsed before he recovered
"fhc'e"iiy TO give connected account Of
~" feelings whiIs in The water. When h.
no. he Said that, on his ialI, his mini
ee'ntd at on 9 open to a discovery
.E,-fl
AWFUL guilt in the sight of Gu,l. BE
h"d no hope Of being rescued. and fo,
" t'ne-it seemed All ags-Ls conteu,-
'i"'ed his h"peIe"s guilt aud The wrath Of
God that seemed to await him.. All NJ,
"nre The remembrance of his Is,her's Oft
'epea'ed testimony. "This ia a fai,hfn
lying and worthy oi all acreptation, lha,
Jesus Chris. came int ,hs world 10 save
sinners. Of ~l."m lam cliet," flashed upor
NJ. mind In 'he presence Of nIl hi. ,lack
su's', Jesus Christ The Sun of God VA,
revealed 10 hn ~ an all sufficient Savionr.
whose blood clesnse,l' y. iEom all lin. Il
""ui re"ted there. H. knew lba, he WI.
>aved asweet calm snc.eshed his anguish
:"d then he sank into unsonsciousness.
III" after life proved .ba. ,his WAS no DIT.
s'"g dslusion. H. waS receive.l back ioy
fully 10 The irlns where lie bad csussd NJ.
"ucn, grlet. He u how, Or WAS very re-
ce''t'T' Ia"hfaI and honorej preacher OF
t"a' Gospel OF whoss divine, power he WIS
signal example. At the end If a loup
HE OF faithful service his salvation will nnr
oe more conpIs'e than 1t was ut tn. mo-
"ent when be sank into unconsciousuess
in the wstsry HaA hs"y, hssn rec .vs,.',,
hts e.ae woul' have been quossd a. M ,n-
stanre Of prayer unanswered /; bur, evea |
'hen, believing parma, With ,rhsir ,rns,
shaken, would have looked forward to thu
lay oi'onr gathering toss,bersan,o Jesus,
TO IND 'heir son who was lost smonR IN.
trophies Of rsdeem'ng love- g. Aud nu
n'ngs "ha'sosvsr - sbsII ask in prayer
believing, 80 si'alI e"-.WT.asss. /
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