The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-06-22

save as the paddles Of pleas parties rattle
the oar locks, was fashdnto foam, and
selves
OH what a time it was ghe hills Jared
under the rumbling of Go. chariot Blind
ing sheets Of rain droy1he cattle TO the
bars, or beat against th'xindow pane as
though TO dash II in. ThSrain fields threw
their crowns OF gold at tifeet Of the storm
king. When night camel It was a double
night Its mantle was nm with the ilght-
nings, and into its Lock were twisted the
leaves Of uproOled oaksnd the shreds OF
canvass torn from the nBts OF the beached
shipping Ii was such a tight as makes you
thank tod for shelter, an open the door 10
let in the spaniel howlingutside with terror.
We went TO sleep und' the full blast oil
heavens great orchestrathe forests with up
lifted voices. in chorus tat filled the noun
tairs, praising the Lord. We woke not until
the fingers Of the sunnynora touched our
eyelids. We looked ourhe window and the
HouSatonic slept as Giet as an infant 5
dream. Pillars OF cloui set against the SKY
looked liked the castles Il the best built Tor
heavenly hierarchs on tie beach Of the azure
sea All the trees sparIed as though there
had been some great grief in heaven, ana
each leaf had been God appointed TO catch an
angels tear. 1t seemed as if our Father had
and stopped to her tear-wet cheek and kissed
it So will the darkness OF sin and Grim.
leave our world before the dawn Of the morn
ing. The light shall gid the city spre an.
strike the forests Of Milne and the masts
Mobile, and all between. And one end re I
ing on the Atlantic fst and the other rest
ing on the Pacific 6each, God Will spring
great rainbow arch OF neace in token o
everlasting covenant that the world shall
never more see a delugs of crime.
But SAYS some ons .,nraacbinr agains
the evils Of society wiz .i,,o,nniisb nofhlna
70 YOU n I 50 tlit "a evils 60 right on.
oi,s "eIl we die uoe az an esls'-s.fairaged.
1t seemed insignificant for Moses % -.7t7et.
his hand over the Red sea What power
could that have over the waters, But The
east wind blew all night; the waters gath
cred INTO two glittering palisades on either
side. The pillows reared As Gods hand
pulled back upon their crystal bits Wheel
into line oh Israeli march, Marchi Pearls
crash under their feet The shout OF host.
mounting the beacbe4rswe.s the shout o
hosts md sea, untff. as he last line OF the
lsraelites have gained the beach, the shield,
cians and the cymbals clap, and as the wa.
ters whelm the pursuing foe the swift i'm
sered winds on the white keys Of the foam.
play the grand march of Israel delivered
and the awful dirge of Egyptian overthrow
So we 90 forth, and stretch out the hqni -
prayer and Christian effort over these dark.
boiling waters Of crime and sin. AHA
aha!' says the deriding world. But wait.
| he winds Of divine help will begin to blow
he way will clear for the great army Of
christian philanthropists; the glittering
treasures Of the worlds beneficence will line
he path OF our feet; and to the other shore
We will be greeted with the clash of all
Ravens cvmbalS; while those who resist
nd deride and pursue US will fall under the
ca, and there will lie nothing left of them
.ut here and there. cast high and dry upon
he beach. the splintered wheel of a chiriot.
nd. thrust out from the surf. the breathless
ostril of n riderless charger.