The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-09-24

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yonf heart pound until, listening, you
bear w 10 10 hecauGe, my dear !
brother, you realize thai, owing ~
v0ur llflilme ain tnd foieOilOn .Oi
llud'a mercy, yOn arc Ia psril, and !
really bsllovh thera arc thousands ~ |
~ Iple In this hpuho thls
moment seylng within themselves
''What shall I dO2" boz Dor
Why, ny bfpihnr, do what any ship
does whom Il lain trouble. Lifo is
distrOas signtl. ThOrb liz a Hash and q
boom. You liAtun ans you look. A
vessel IN IN trouble. The distros'-sun
is suuudsd, or q rocket Ia annt up, or a
blanket Ia lifted orc bundle of rags
To catch She eye OF tue pass
ing craft. So " you want 90 DO tsson
oil tho wreck % your sin, you must
lin Adistfsss.rign.l. RiBs. Li't your
hAud. Cry out for m.roy. Tho pub
lic.n llftad the distress signsl when mo
cried, "Hnd, bo meTciful 10 me u
blnner!" Pot6r lifted the distr0ns.sig-
nal When no said, "LOTd save 100
psrlahw Tee blind man lifted tho dis
irosS-slSnal when he said, "L1rd. that
nv syes mhy bh oponed" Tho jhilOr
llfted tIn dtstJesg-sisnrl whom he said,
"Wh,t must do 20 be ssvssg" Aud
help viii never comn In your houl .in-
On you ii'L surh = siEnal a. that, You
mugt make some demonstration, g,ys
somA rign, mako some
REAVFN -rIRRCINa oUTCRY FOR HELP,
luing rno disrraN signal Tor the
chWrh'y PRAYER, llftlug tho dlsLress
signat lur ughyon's pstdon. Pray!
pray! Tne y0tgr OF the Lord 70 night
sounds in your cars, "in me IN thy
hslp.h Too proud ~ rN,,e ouch His <
mol, too proud ~ ho saved.
Tnore was AN old sailor humping
about In a small boat In tempest.
pna largo vessel mad gone down. lie
ing oruv tho boat, and he sla; al
tOog oil roy lifc-bclJ that IL might soon
ba over, aud I thought somewhat In
diStiActiy about any frisnds on suDre,
aud then / bid them goodbye ana
| was about sinking bsck and giving
II up, when | saw a bright star.
The clouds were breaking
away, and there that blessed
stsI snsue down on me, and IL soemSd
90 take right hold OF me, aud, some
howl cannot toll how H. was'--but
somehow, while l was trying TO watch
that star, ~ seonied 10 heig mo and
seemed 10 iifJ mo-" o., drowning
soul! $50 you not the giimner bstw0en
the riffs % tins storm.cloud? Would
TO cod that that light might lay hold
of you tonight!
"Ieatb- struck / erased the tide 10 stom,
When suddenly n star arose,
II was the star OF Hsthleheml"
on, We castaways! God is doing ey-
erything TO save you.
Did YOU ever hear of Lionel Lukin?
Ne was tho inventor OF
THE LIFE-DoAT.
Al honor is due his memory by ssa-
faIiug mon, IS well as by laudsmen.
How many ilvss ne saved by his ill.,
vention! In aftor-dsys that invention
was improved, and ono day there was
perfect llfs-oost, tho Northu mber-
land, ready a. EAmsgsto. The life
beat bsing ready, TO Test 1t the crow
came out aud losped on the gunwale
on ono sids 10 nse II thc boSt would
upset; IL vas ina possible 70 upset it,
Then, amidst the huZZRS of excited
thousands, that boat WAS launched,
and 1t has gone and come, picking up
great many of the shipwreoked.
But have 10 toll you Tonight OF a
RrsndeF Launching, and from The dry
q lckg Of heaven. Word came up that
world wrs beating on tho rocks. In
tho presence Of the potentstes Of
heaven the life-bont OF the worlds re-
dempEion was launched. 1t showed Off
hossnnas. The surges Of darkness
bsa5 against It's bow, but IL Skilled on,
and it comes in sight tonight. IL
comes for you ana comes FOR
me. soul! soul! get into it,
Make one leap for heaven. In 1885 mo
Isabella came ashore Off Hastings,
England. The air was filled with
sounds-the hoarse sea trumpet, the
crash of the axes, snd the believing of
! the tornado. A boat from the shore
came under the stern OF tho disabled
vessel. There were women and chill
dron on board that vessel. Some OF
tho sailors jumped into tho small beat,
sno said, "Now give us the children"
A father swho esto0d on the deck took
his iirst-born and threw him TO the
bopt. The sailors caught him safely,
and the naxt, and tho next, TO the last.
Still tho sea rocking, the storm howl
ing. "Now," asid the sailors, "ncw,
the molhar;" sud sne lesped, and was
saved. Tho bost went "a shese: but
before IL got 10 the shore the
the suffering people that they
| waded clear down into tho surf, WITH
bians eta aud garments, ard promises
OF Gelp ard succor.
have to hope tonight that great
many of the families nero are going to
| ba saved, and saved altogether. Give
us that child for Christ, that other
child, tha5 other. Give us the mother,
| give ua the father, tho whole family.
They must ell come in. All heaven
wades in to help you L claim this
whole audience fer God. pick not
out one man hero nor one msu there
/ claim this whole audience for God.
There arc some OF you who, 30 years
ago, were consecrated to Christ by
your parents in baptism. Certainly
am not stepping over the right Bound
when l claim you for Jesus. Then
there are many here who have been
seeking God Tor good While,
and ana ! not right in claiming you for
Jesus. Taen there are SOM here who
who have been further away. / saw
you come in tonight in clusters-two,
Jhreeand four mon together-and you
drink, aud swear, and you are bring.
ing up your families without any God
to take care of them when you are
dead. And I claim you, my brother;
1 claim ell Of you. You will have to
Gods holy spirit Is striving now with
you irresistibly. You will have to
pray sometime; why not begin now,
while all the ripe and purple clusters
OF divine promise bend over into your
cup, rather than postpone your PRAYER
until your chance is past, and the
night drops, and the sea washes you
out, and forever and forever and for
ever you become castaway.
Honey Grove
HONEY GROVE, Sept. 20.-[Special.]