Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-16

be mercitul to me . sinnsrW Peter lifted
the distress.signal when he said, "Lord
save me, I perishp' The blind man
lifted the distress signal whom he sold,
Lord, that my eyes may be openedY"
The jailer lifted the distress signal when
he said, "What must I do to be savedl"
And help will never come to your
soul until you lift such a signal as that.
You must make some demonstr alton, give
some sign, take some heaven.piercing put
cry for help, lifting the distress signal for
the Church's prayer, lifting the distress
signal for Heavens pardon. Pray pray !
The voice Of the Lord Tonight sounds in
your ears. "1n me is thy help" Too
proud to raise such a signal, too proud to
be saved.
There was an old sailor humping about
In a small boat in a tempest. The large
vessel had gone down. He felt he must
die. The surf was breaking over the
boat, and he said: II took off my life.
belt that 1t might soon be over, and 1
thought somewhat ind~istinctly about my
friends on shore, and then I bid them good.
bye like, and I was about sinking back
ana giving it up, when l saw a bright
star. The clouds were breaking away,
there that blessed star shone right
down on me-, and it seemed to take right
hold of me; and, somehow-I can not tell
now IL was-but somehow, while I was
trying to watch that star, it seemed to
help me, and seemed to lift me-" Oh,
drowning soul, see you not the glimmer
between the riffs of the storm. cloudP
Would to God that that light might Law
hold of you Tonight!
Death struck, l ceased the tide to stem.
When suddenly a star arose,
1t was the star of Bethlehem,
o, We cast Always, God is doing every.
thing to save you.
did you ever hear of Lionel Lukin? He
was the inventor of the insu bmerpible
lifeboat. All honor is due his memory by
seafaring men, as we'll as by landsmen.
how many lives he saved by this inven-
tion. In after days that invention was
improved, and one day there was a per-
feet life -boat, the Northumberlan nd, ready
at Ramsgate. The fe.boat being ready,
to test 1t the crew came out and leaped ON
the gunwale on n side to see il the boat
would upset; it was impossible to upset it.
Then, amidst the huzzas of excited thou.
sands, that boat vas launched, and it has
gone and come, picking up a great many
OF the shipwrecked. But ! have to tell you
tonight of a grandsr launching, and from
the dry.docks of hea 9 Word came up
that a world was beating on the rocks. In
the presence of the potentates of heaven
the lfe-boat Of the worlds redemption
was launched. 1t showed off the golden
sands amidst angelic hosannas. u The
surges of darkness beat against it's bow,
but it sailed on, and it comes in sight to.
night. 1t comes for you and comes for
me. Soul! soul! get into it; make one
leap for heaven. In 1888 the Isabella
went ashore off Hastings, En- gland. The
air was filled with sounds-the roaring
sea trumpet, the crash of the axes, and
the believing of the tornado. A boat
from the shore came under the stern OF
the disabled vessel There wore
women and children aboard
that vessel. Some Of the sailors
jumped into the small boat and said:
"Now, give US the children" A father
who stood on the deck took his first born
Nb ILL W uno OOdQs Au0 III .
caught him safely, and the next, and the
next, to the last. Still the sea rocking,
the wind bowling. "Now," said the
sailors, snow the mother" and she
leaped, and was saved. The BOAT went
ashore; but before it got to the shore the
landsmen were so impatient to help the
suffering people that they waded clear
down into the surf with blankets and
garments, and promises of help and
succor.
have hope to-night that a great many
of the families here are going to be saved
and saved altogether. Give us that child
for Christ-that other child-that other.
Give us the mother, give us the father,
the whole family. They must all come
in. All Heaven wades in to help you.
claim this whole audienc, for God. There
are some of you who, thirty years ago,
were conseerated to Christ by your
parents in Baptism. Certainly 1 All
not stepping over the right bound when ]
| claim you for Jesus. Then there are many
here who have been seeking God for d
! good while, aud am / not right in claim
ing you for Jesus? Then there are some
here who have been further away. saw
you come in to -night i'll clusters--two
three, four men together-and you drink,
and swear, and you are bringing up your
families without any God to take care Of
them when you are dead. And I claim you.
my brother; I claim all of you. You will
have to come Tonight to the throne
of mercy. Gods Holy Spirit is striving
now with you irresistibly. You will have
to pray soma time; why not begin now,
while all the ripe and purple clusters Of
Divine promise bend over into your cup
rather thar postpone your prayer unit
your chance is past, and the night drops,
and the sea washes you out, and forev,,
and forever and forever you become q
c~astaway?
NELLIE GRANT.