Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-09-21

there woDld be thousands Of arms tossed /
up from The galleries; and as these Chris.
tlan men rose up 90 help them, 4 would /
hc as when vessel drives on tie NnckS |
and ON the shore-.the command Is, "Man |
the lifchost. Man the lilohoat Pull, |
my lads, pail 4 steamer with two hum !
dred ON board making thu last plungVW
Why does your cheek turn pale, and your /
heart pound until, listening, you can hear
III II Is because, my dear brother, You |
realize that, owing TO your lifetime sin |
aud rejection OF Gods mvrry, you are w |
peril And really believe there are
thousands of people IN this house this |
moment saying within then s,lyes,
"N1t,r shall, noPn
Dor Dot Why, my brother, do what
any ship docs when IN trouble. Lift q
distrcss-signa, There IL fash and n
boom You listen and YOU look. 4 YES
sci Is IN trouble The distrcss-eun is
sounded, OF a rocket Is sent up, or a
blanket Is lifted, or a bundle os rays
anything TO catch the eye OF the passing
craft. SO II YOU want 60 be taken of the
wreck OF your sitN ypa must lift dis.
tress-signal. RlsN, Lift yonr hand.
Cry out for mcWy The publican lifted
the distress.Signal when he cried, "God,
be metclfn 20 me q siuncrln Peter
lifted the distrcss.signal When he said,
"lord save mel pcrishiN The blind
man lifted tlle distycss.slenal when lie
said, "l.ord, That my eyes may be
opencd,n The iailcr liited the distress
signal when he said, ''What must do 10
be Sayed!N And nolp viii never
come 60 your soul until you
! lift such signal as that. You must
make some demonstration, give some
| sign, make some heaNen-piercmg cutlery
| for help. lifting the ,listrcSs-slgnal for the
church's prayer, lifting the distrcss-Slg
for heavens pardon, Pray. pray, Thu
voice of the Lord tonight sounds ia your
ears, "ln Me Is thy help" Too proud TO
raise such Signal
! roo PROUD To M SAVED,
There was mn old sailor humping about
| In 4 small boat In n tempest Tho large
vessel had gonc down. He felt he must
/ die Tho surf was breaking over the
/ boat, and he said; 81 took of my liie-hclt
that II might soon be over, and thought
somewhat mdistlnctly about my friends
on shore, aud thcn ! bid them good-hye
like, and was about sinking back and
giving II mp, when saw Il
bright star. Tho clouds wew break
ing away, and there TINT blessed
star shonc down ON me, aud II seemed 20
take right hold OF me, and, somehow -
cannot tell how II waS--bnt somehow,
while was trying 10 watch that star, Il
seemed 10 help me and seemed 10 lit
me- o, drowning soul! see you moi
the glimmCr between the rius of the
storm-cloudt Would 10 God that tina,
light might lay hold Of YOU Tonight!
Death struck, ceased Tie tide TO stem,
when suddenly u star aruae;
II was the star OF Bcthivhem'
o, We castaways cod is doing every
thing 20 save YOU.
Did you ever hear OF Lionel l.uklnl
! lie wps the Inventor OF the insnbmcrgl
i Die llfe-Boat IN n6nori y duo HIS mono
! ~ by sea-iarlng men rs Wei as by lauds
I men. How many lives he saved lN hi
! lnycntionl IN attcr-days that invention
was improved, ane one day there WAS
, perfect llfe-boat, the Northumberland
, ready at Ramsgate The llfc.hoat bcln;
} ready 10 test II the crew came ont an'
. leapcd on the gu1-,yalc on one side {,
! see II the boat would upscti " was I'M
{ possible 60 upset Il. Then, amds
7 the hu2zas OF excited thoN
sands, that boat was launched, an,
II has gone and come, picking up grra
] many of The shipwrecked. liut ! have 4
( tell you Tonight of Il grandcr launching
a and from the dry-doCkA 81 heaven, Worl
v came up that world was beating on IN
i. rocks. In the presence OF the potcntatc
= of heaven the liic-boat Of the worlds ~
: demption was launched II showed o
G the golden sands amidst nnGellc hOsan
Il mas The surges OF darkness beat agains
! its bow, but it sailed on, mud It comes !
a sight tonight. II comes for You an
IA comes for me. soul, soul get into n
u MAXI oNE LEAP FOR IsAVEN.
u In 1888 the Isabella came ashore o
y Hastings England. The ain was file
u with sounds the h0arsp -ca-trpmpet, N
Il crash OF the axes and the Believing ui ~
!. tornado. boat from The shore can
p under the stern Of Che disabled yesSd
!, There were women aud children on lloal
II that vessel. SOME Of the suila
II inmped into The sBnll boat al
e said, "Now, give Us the children.
!, IA father who stood on q
=, dack took his first-OorD and threw him
the boat Tho sailors caught him saiel,
and the next, and the next, 10 the Las
II SIN the sea rocking, the storm hOwlint
" "Now,n said the sailors, "now, N
r inotherin aud she leaped, aud was siyet
y The boat went ashore but before II 70
% 70 ilf tiolf liit ihHtfhifU NtiN ~ tl
- lent 20 help the suffering people tha
~ hia XXX ttssaaed clear down into the surf, wit
{. helm and sd garments, aud promises {
Il. manv Of the families blight that grc1
4. saved. aud saved dftoatsTe going TO ,
in that child for Christ, that ot,5lye y
ed that other. Give MS the mother, giYP''
b. The father, the whole family. They Pu
id MI coue in Al heaven wadcs ~ 10 b.
he Won. claim this whole audience !
~. COD. pick not out one man here u
/ / one man there; ] claiiA this whole q
~ dience for Cod There are some Of y
d, who. thirty years ago, were consccrut
" 10 Christ by your parents IN bapusi
~. Certainly / am not stepping over I
IS right bound when ! claim y
err Tor Jesus. Then there are ma
nc here who have been seeking God ioi
10 good while, and am ! not right IN clai
mt ing YOU for JesusY Then, thore are sol
on here who have been further away ] y
"a. you come ia tonight III cluaters---ty
81 three, four men together and you dfli
am aud swear, and you are bringing up W
be families without any God To take care
se them when you are dead. And cla