Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-10-06
2Relieio,ls Department
SINKING In SIGHT OF SHORE.

of safe harDor. her slgna.s OF us
tress were seen, but so violent was the
tempest that those who saw them were
afraid to venture their lives in the effort
to save the lives of others, and one third
of the souls on board were lost. The
daily newspapers arc full of news sad
and shocking, but this is one of the sad
dest accounts which has been published
for many days. For strong, staunch,
well-manned vessel to 60 down at the
very entrance Of the haven of safety, I
with distress signals flying and seen by |
all on shore, how dreadful And what |
must have been the feelings Of those |
unhappy men and women. as they looked |
into the jaws of certain death, and knew
that their hour had come. A beloved
Secretary of the American Board of
Missions was once placed in similar cir
cumstances, upon wrecked and sinking
steamer on Long Island Sound, and the
testimony of the saved was that the ap-
proach of certain death neither blanched
his cheek or rendered his utterance
tremulous. With Christian kindness
he aided others to meet the fate which
he did not fear, and with holy confidence
and resignation he committed his soul
land theirs, so far as he COULD into
the hands of Him whom winds and
waves obey. And when the vessel was
swept to destruction by the breaking
seas. he was borne by the pillows to ev-
erlastlng rest. He was lost in sight of
land, but he belonged to those of whom
Christ said, HE that loseth his life
shall find it, But how many there are, 8
all around us in the world, who are 60
ing down in sight of land, going down
| too, not because there are none to save.
no because they cannot escape from the
wreck which is their portion; but sink
ing in sight of the safe haven which
they might have entered, often driving
furiously and knowingly into the jaws
of death. The man who has cast loose
from religious influences, broken domes-
tic ties, outlawed himself from respecta-
| BILE society, and outraged the feelings Of
| all who would have rescued him from
himself, though surrounded by luxuries
and reveling in wealth, is thus going
down. and he is as certainly and help
lessly sinking to destruction as the pas
sengers on the "Ironsides, for whom
no friendly help was possible Are there
such men. you ask in mingled pity
and anxiety If you will pray for them
l will tell you the names of some, and
you can use the only help left in then
behalf, for so long as prayer can be offer.
ed, they are not utterly helpless. The
person who is sailing upon the stormy
sea of doubt, in distrust of Gods word
disbelief in his Providence, dislike Of
his laws, (for these are all waves of the
same sea,) is in danger Of going dowr
in sight of land. When the Psalmist
, said, ''All thy waves and thy pillows
have gone over me" he was not over
whelmed by such sea; his bark nigh
bend before the tempest and the waves
might dash over it. but his faith in Goo
never failed. and he could not sink
But one who doubts and disbelieves will
sink in deep waters, and he will sink il
sight of shore, for the word oftruth ane
manifold helps to faith, and God might,
to save, are near and yet neglected. Ii
3 lakes and seas and the wide ocean
great multitude will be hopelessly en-
' quilted, but no one will be lost in tina
other ocean-eternity-which rolls roun'
all the world, who cries out Of the dark
ness and the danger to Peters Master
t Lord, save me; perish. "-NeaO Var
4 Observer.
HIDDEN SoRRows.-The wounds {
soul are not always such as bleed out
wardly, nor is the most poignant ar
: guish caused by visible agents. Whe
!, we speak of consolation, our minds ma
= urally call up the images of illness, b.
y reavement, or peril of life or limb. Bl
y man is so constituted, that an assau
on reputation, or even public or gene
. al censure of conduct and character, wi
often infict as keen and lasting pain ;
= the piercing of sword. There ar
: moreover, some who could with mo
- equanimity 60 to the lannon's mou
~ than withstand the voice of disapprob
= tion when proceeding from great nur
- bers, or from persons Of rank and impo
lance. And when censure or rebul
O. actually fall, there is always. an emotl
O. of unhappiness, at least for time, u
d der which the supports Of religion are
rs truly needed as under the most palpab
ID infection, nor is there any means
n. rising altogether above such sufferin
Id except that which is afforded by Chr
III tianity because the true believer is
Tn only man who can nationally and VI
versally appeal from the judgment
a man to the judgment of God.-Dr. al
nd onder.
II, As long as the devil and sin hs
- the dominion in man, the soul of M
being Gods creature is deformed, 70
horrible, and so troubled that it is
!. clined unto all things more than III