Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-09-28

eooe yesss ego. . yossG 0aa. holding
saboediesse posirios In the Fest Isdia
Csopasy's service, tvies attempted %
dspsivs himself of life BY saappiag Q
lesAsd pistol q his hssd. Each tiae The
pistol missed lire. A friead catering his
rooa shortly sftesvari. be requested him
30 Ere IL out II the window; il then went
a without any difkeulty. Satisfied thus
that the Weapon had been duly pinned
and loaded, the young nan spranx up
exelaimisg; Il must be preserved for
ssnething great" and frua that moment
gave up the idea Of suicide, which for
come tl1e previous bad been uppermost
in his thoughts. That young nan after
sard became Lord Give.
Tso friends we're, On oae occasion,
walking together. when . violent storm
Of thunder and lightning overlook them.
One 'sas struck dead on the spot, the
other wss spared, else would the name Of
the great reformer, Martin Luther, have
been unkpown To mankind.
Bseoa, the Aulptor, when . tender hog
i've years old, fell into the pit of soap
boiler, and must have prrishcd, had not
- '.a s8a. l1st GntCt18k VIC N8lu, W.
served the top Of his hesd.
When Oliver Cronvell Vas an infant,
. monkey snx,ched him from his cradle,
leaped With him from q g.rret window,
and ran along the caves II the house
The utmoet alarm was excited among the
inmates, and various were the devices
used tn rescue the child from the guar
dianship Of his newly found protector.
All we're unavailing; his would-bc rcscu-
ers had lost courage, and we're 10 despair
Of ever seeing the baby alive again, when
and deposited its burden ssfely upon the
bed. On subsequent occasion, the VA
tiers had we'll nigh quenched his insatia.
BILE ambition. He fell into deep pond,
from drowEing in which q clergym mar
named johnson wSs the sole instrument
Of his rescue.
At the seige Of Leicester a young sol.
der about II years of age was drawn out
for sentinel duty. One of his comrades
was very anxious to take his place. No
objection was made, and this man went.
He was shot dead while on guard. The
young man first drawn, sfterward be-
came tho author of the 'Pilgrim's Pro-
gress."
Doddridge, when born, was so weakly
an infant he was believed to be dead. A
nurse standing by fancied she saw some
signs of vitality. Thus the feeble spark
of life was saved from being extinguish-
ed, and an eminent author preserved to
the world.
John Wesley, when q child, was only
just preserved from fire. Almost tho
moment after u was rescued, the roof of
the house where he had been fell in. Of
Philip Henry . similar instance 10 re.
corded.
Many years have now elapsed since
three subalterns might have been seen
struggling In the water of 81. Helena |;
one Of them peculiarly helpless. He was
saved to live a. Arthur Wellesley, Duke
Of Wellington.
The life of John Newton 10 but tho his
tory of marvellous deliverances. A .
youth, he had agreed to accompany some
friends on board Of . man-of-war. He
arri(d too late; the boat on Which his
friends had gone WAS cspsized, Ind oil
it, occupants drowned.
On another occasion, when tide sur.
veyor in the port of Liverpool, some
business had detained him, to the great
surprise of those who were in the habit of
observing his undertaking punctuality.
He went out in the boat as heretofore, to
inspect q ship, which blew up before he
reached her. Had he left the shore few
moments sooner, he must have persisted
with the rest on board.