, 1873-12-08

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Sister mud wo know wo ahnll aeo tlom no NOR
on eaftli, now htrongly wo foel thiH. How doc
nM'' n,,o "hoio cu'roht NJ 0lr lilo SOON chauro{
yito vii11o spr'ngs y. s, of , love and Joy lint Vol
Tlloao tohtot ties Tint bind IN to han,i,,ea.
now tley sllin(s ati.l s1rror wl,cu thny arn ~,
asandor* How the l!cart weepH nutl u,tya,s i
sun % awini y baptism Ut groat aotruw. flow mo
death. 'eF 1'on' o'1'n y
We nre ht,ch stuT al dreams nro made OF.
hu" our listlo lifo Ia roanlbu by s!uop
:. Wish not to !iisparago luna, existence. r,
srap s|'5t"n1 anG sinac'tSs and Possibilities It i
POINTS is It brief and ileeiing; only in q materia
soIso 40 wo walk near doAtlt.
4 nnt thero arc n thongand ways moro appalling
ama enocEing by which DoatlI spreads his nant|0
'e nnar oea fn n appness peace and
regular proccss Of disease anil decay. PostIlonco
Walks at MONDAY, and broatlles {ts poison unon
M tHe people, and they dio. War t}aslos down a
tnvmsano tnu,ta goIuen bowls rndciy broken at tho
mon, whoBo swift course Of ruin enda II, ,,ttor
night. and brutalizol nlon md tlwarfcl and Inc.
Rafa children perish by hundreds as eyorv sin
gGSs W d3fwn e ahs A to this tho slaughter Of travel
oasht oo SuG ua 9o9a wa l. n 1esd aaa no
81 tho might asld mystory that Ia around lin
HOW many time lisB there como to M. nvnn
the youngest OF III, md lessons Of dlsaatcr md
ea1nsy eahnnt ,r,, Agssn and again have mon stood
reached tliem lot. olton All tlleso lessons come.
we noed tho'n, mood them all, noed to hear
aouuuins III our own ears tho words Of tho D-
t,. vlno Man, "Watcli, thcrcforo 20 know noithor
mons may como: God grant wo may hear and
heea' and that they may do lis good.
a great calamity il our losson. start;nc
e'rssn stn,,nuE;m un1n ,o the So sorrows Of tho world
country and Europe. 1llloi with human " beInes ae
was on her uHsial course. II was no long. IN.
usual Journey; this spinning Of tho ocoan Inns
neoomo common in our TING, au.l you or might
an nave taKen tio TIP without much thongllt Of
saansef. Al'd vet TINT City OF Havre wns a 'city
n ltaetf with all forms mud conditions Of human
life, driving on It's mysterious iournoy.-tho
rcli, tho poor the high and low, tho learol mud
iaI nno nInaearnGt, brave mon aud trusting womon
decaying old ago. Thoro was tho carolesa trust
that co,ncs of familiarity will, tho troachoroms
deep. There woro quiet trust and rovt In: tha
@ oea.,ng E, hearts e!. within aa tho rolling pillows
doar onos at oo anofo o e1o swest droamngs
whom they woro going. TO all, life was tloar.-
dearer now than esor, for separation doenonp
and makes moro real tho love OF our leartg.
Any 90 the vessel drove on-ou into the night
lIore is blow, shake, n orasli, and tho iron |
city struggled and trcnlbled as though it woro
hor last tlroe for. lfo,-as, indeed, It
Ta9' fnp a,1ntI ana thon am what hurried rrsh
What piercing srioka, burating from, nshy. ouIy.
Bring lips rosa .atoya the hoarse gushing Of tho
waters, ~ tho hcavlng tide poured iuI Whnt
frantic orios Of husband for wifo, and wife for
husband aaa the mother clatching into tho dark
lMoss M 1or hor child. tho child sobbing for bis
Mother. Oh! what invocatsons for aid, aLrloL-
ng IN tho earn Of mortala helpless and perish
ng wnaE iesyent prayers poured out Of actainE,
'pas nfstlng r;, hearta and from lips all nuaod e
'resenco Of THO night, sooking Tho pitying ear Of
Tod! What silent prayers In tho hoarts of those
Q whom God is always noar, and tho light of
fhose spirit no calamity can darkeu. Dui ssll
o Masea o9ma tue vessel is sinking down, tho
mabie q abysa SO moro than 900 living beings.
nose hopes woro US bright, whose lonse OF iifo
!, aemed as secure as onrB, but fow minutes ago,
ne ~ ,aTsi maveq af!nk & up the dread scono. an WHEN
lere @ Is nothing to mark tho place whoro tho
wful death struggle calno fow hours boforo.
hoy went down they wero dead. Thoro vas a
IL 'an or great taienta and learning. whom
nd abroad, haahtudiod with tho loyo and earnost-
esa VI Tho sellolar, the sober Bonso OF ul;los-
ply, aud in tho rosoront faith Of religion
nc nose , brain was tho tonaplo Of great thoughts
oas WHO blessed the world by the nobility Of !
Is llto, and tho spirituality Of bis aimy..he
70, ls gono, gone IN the autumn ripenoas OF liz t
owors, .gono w.on justice needs moro than l
'ef (, euch Judge, aud could lily sparo such
q i;oreign cline, lomeward bound, child OF 4
ealtll aud lonora,--but death leads ali. nnd Q
ao 1 ~ side the child Of poverty sleeps with tho
orlily great. the jowellod hand aud tho hard a
oraelcsB III tho loop ocean buried. Love md II
'nuty were thero. But still iB tho heart and I
10 is the check that nav hcave with tic waycB. q
rest u tue sllont deop. Maternal affection was 6
o,S aoeP sf and, and true TO- tho last How she
it Tor her child! 1fow could sho give her babe u
the cold bosom OF the ocean, when 1t was 10 II
fe, SO :, sweet, and 30 unconscious OF "
mug 1,a, death, that that she eon|d strain it to t.
ry dawn Of 1ife7 But tile moLhor and Tie child T
mt down There. too, was another mother
!oso M eyes behell the bttornoss Of thousand s
aths-ner four children swept from hor arms,
yes, while heart and hands were helpless to ! In
'o., and 80, III various modes and under cir- -.
instances marked BY various dogroos Of horror, g
young, tho old, the rich, tho poor, the learn Sc
'nd manhood aud tender womsnhood, budding a..
lth and tho l.olpluaR child. all arc swept be.
,th the yaHnng waters. 'unltnellod, ,uncotinet j.,
unknowh.'' Oh! whnt scono waa that III
'unl on which we stand woro Sliding from ,is ep
tne verge q death Oh, what IL life but a n
'dow? Watch. thon, and bo renay, for ye ~ -.
ow neither tho day nor tho hour rheroiu tic III
! OF Man cometh." nj
But why, It may bo asked, have those solemn aF
sons been aErayed! I answer, because tloy en-
10 ilesatons, and We need .hom, snd the world 70 70
saa taem' ' quo GOD designs that we should ~ ~,
m from them. Every year. thousands Of Gu G.,
nan beings are sacrificed on our VI
At -. routes Of trayel, both by land and e. i.
llroad collisions. steamboat condagrationa. bo
pwrec|ss, and dsaators occur again and again. Vo
thoy aro imputed to q blind chance. But ne ne
; ls downright atheism. There IL no chauco re-
iod's universe. Every occurrence OF this to
ls tho logical rosult Of nomo bonoficept law. Te
which the Creator rules tho world OF matter. el'
3uidos the world Of mind At the helm stands se
nan rockloasnoRs, Drawing the waves and pr
ta, the darknoss and terror Of tho ocean. ~
hing may ahead, in spite Of danger aud dis n blE
line. and money bo gained 10 fill the coffers Of
tile rich.
!, will not do to cast the burden OF this ~ ~
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