The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-21

utes, or four minutes. or three min
u.es, OF two minutes, or one mlnuts.
ynu may DO q csstaway.
v "nioreiven soull II you could ace
l.. your PERIL BEFoRR aoD
aisns on account OF your lifetime
"a s,n anu trsnsgression, there would re
nen en-, VINO would rush
snroagn this aisle crying for mercy,
anu tnere would he 30 who would
mercy. and they would be ss msn arc ara
when they rush across tho deck os n
foundering ship, and there wonld bs
thousands of arms tossed mn ir,m tSs
galleries, aud as these Christian man
rose mp 10 help them, Ii would ba MS
when vessel drives on the rocka and
on the shore. the command Ia: uMan
the life-boat! Man tho lifo-boat! Pail
my lads, pull! A steamer, with 200 ON
board, making the last plunpel'l
Why does your cheek turn pale, and
your heart pound until, listening, YOU
near 1t! 1t is because, my dear
prother, you realize that, owing ia
your lifetime ain and rejection OF
uou,s merov, you are in peril, aud /
really believe there are thousands Of
people In this house this
moment saying within themselves
"Whst shall dofp Do? Doi
why, my brother, do what any shir
does when 1t isin trouble. Lie Ia 4
distress -signAl. There is flash and !
boom. You listen and YOU look. A
vessel ~ In trouble. The distress gun
Is sounded, or a rocket is sent up, or 4
blanket Ia lifted, or bundle of rags-
anything to catch tho eye OF the pass
Ing GRAFT. 80 II you want to be taken
on the wreck OF your sin, You nuNt
iir distress.signal. Rise. Lift your
hand. Cry out for mercy. The pub.
lican lifted the distress. signal when hc
cried, .nG0d, be merciful to me !
sinnerW Petor Hftsd tho distress- -sipr
nal when he said, "Ilord save mel
psrishW The blind man lifted the dis
tress-signal when he said, "I.ord, tina,
my eyes may be openedi" The jsiler
nIted the distress-signal when he aaid
l"What must l do to bs ssved?n And
help viii never come to your soul un.
I'll you hit such signal ~ that. You
must make some demonstration, give
sone sign, mako some
knAvRN-PInRCINo ouTcRY FOR HRLP
ntinE tho distress signal tor tht
churoh's prayer, lifting the distres,
signsl Tor hoavon's patd0p. Pray!
pray! Iho voice OF the Lord to nigh,
help" Too proud to raise suo6 a Al =.
nal, too proud to be saved.
There was an old sailor thumpinp
about In small boat In tempest !
The large vessel had gone down, ii,
ielt he must die. The surf was break
Ing over the boat, and he said: W]
took of my life-belt that II might soof
be over, and / thought somewhat in
distiactly about nay friends on shore
aud then / bid them goodbye anc
! WAC about sinking back and givinp
II up, when / saw q bright star
The clouds were breaking
away, and there that blessed
star shone down OH me, and IL seemed
TO take right hold Of me, and, some.
howl cannot toll how IL was-bu,
somehow, while was trying to watch
that star, II seemed to help me aud
seemed to lift mo-" Oh, drowning
soul! SEQ you not the glimmer between
tho riffs OF the storm cloud? Would
to God that that light might lay hold
Of you tonight!
"peatb-struck ceased the tide TO stem,
| when suddenly star arOps
IL was the Star Of Bethleheml"
On, ye castaways! God is doing ey
erythlng to save you.
Did you ever hear of Lionel Lukin
He was the inventor Of
THE INsUpMEnaIBLE LIFE-nOAT.
All honor Ia due his memory by sea
faring men, AZ well as by lsndsmen
How many lives no saved by his IN
vontion! In after-days that Invention
WAS improved, and one day there wa
q perfect llfe-boat, the Northumber
land, ready ut Ramsgate. Tho life
beat being ready, to test 1t the crow
came out and leaped on the gunwal,
ON ono Side to sec II the boat woulC
upset; 1t was impossible to upset IL
Then, amidst the huEyas OF excitod
thousands, that boat was Launched
and 1t han gone aud come, picking ii
q great many Of the ahipwreoked
But have TO tell you tonight OF |,
grsnder launching, and from the dry
docks OF heaven. Word came up ths
q world was benting on the rocks. Ii
the presence OF tho potentates O
heaven tho lito-boat of tho worlds re
demption was launched. 1t showed OF
the golden sands amidst angelic
hosannss. The surges Of darkness
bsat against It's bow, bat it sailed on
and II comes In sight tonight. II
comoS FOR you and comes 70
mo. Soul! soul! get into Il
Make ono leap ior heaven. In 1883 thl
Isabella camS ashore OFF Hastings
England. The air was filled Will
sounds--the hoarse sea trumpet, tn
crash ofthe axes, and the believing o
the tornado. A boat from the shor
came under the stern OF the disable,
vessel. Thore were women and ohll
dren on board that vessel. Some q
ths. sailors jumped into the amall hosI
and said, Snow give us the childr0n.
A father Swho lstood on tho deck too
, hia hrst born and threw him TO th
| boat. The sailors caught him safely
and the next, and the next, to the last
Still the sea rocking, tho storm how
ing. SNOW" said the sailors, "nov
the mother" and she leaped, and wa
saved. Tho boat went q shore; bu
before II got to the shore th
landsmon wero 30 inpatient to hel
: the. suffering people that the,
waded clear down into tho surf, wilt
blankets and garments, and promise
OF help aud succor.
II / have to hop0 tonight that o grea
A many OF the families hero are going 4
|, bo saved, and saved altogether. Div
!. US that child for Christ, that othe
child, that other. Give us the mother
give us the father, the whole family
/, They must all como In, All hoavoI
wades In TO help you. claim thi
whole audience Tor God. / pick ma
, out ono man hero nor ono man there
, ! claim this whole audience for God
There are some OF you who, 20 yosr
ago, were c0nsecrated to Christ b.
your parents In baptism. Certainly
, nm not stepping over tho right boiin
| when i claim you for Jesus. Tho
thero are many here who have boo
seeking God for good Will,
and am ] not right in claiming You Ia
jesus. Thon there aro some hore VIII
who have been further away, I M,
you como In tonight in clusters-twC
threeand four men togo other-and yo
drink, and swear, and you are brinp
Ing up your families with out any Oo
to tako caro- OF thom whom You mr.
dead. And claim YOU, my 6rotho,
claim ALI Cf vOu. Nou will hnv. !