Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1889-08-31
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rnere was. z,n onr sailor humping.
about in a small boat III tempest.
Tile largcrvessel had gone down. He
felt lie must die. The surf was break
ing over the boat. and: he said: 81
took off my life belt that it might soon
be over and thought somewhat in
distinctly about my friends on shore
and then l bid them good-by like, and
/ was about sinking back and giving
it up wllcn,I saw u bright star. The
clouds were breaking away, and there
that. blessed star shonc down on.
nc, and seemed to take right hold
OF. me; and somehow. | cannot tel:
how,it was, but somehow, Willie Twas
trying TO watch THAT star, .it.seened to.
help. me and seemed to lift nc" o,
sinking soul. see you not the glimmer
between the riffs of the storm cloud2
IS!,rhatis the star. of hope. 8
r., beathstruck, Iceasel the tide to stem. -.
- When sliddenly.n star arose, - z
- Itwas the star ofaBethchem!. y
If there are anywhere wlio5consider;
themselves castaways,: let me say God;
is. doing everything TO save you. Ibid
you ever lcar. Lionel sEu ken
Twas fhe invent oi4of the iergible
EEtifes oat / Oh or, is due his
memory am @ssE 5'ss|
sS lXesS si1s
fsaved-tby lis: ii VERT OH. In after days
that invention was improved, and one
day there was ass perfect life boat, the
Northumberland. ready at Ramsgate.
The life boat being ready, to test it
the crew came out and leaped OH the
gunwalc OH one side to sec if the boat
would upset; it was impossible to up.
set it. Then, amid tile huzzas of ex-
cited thousands, that boat was launch
ell, and it has gone and come, picking
up great many of the sllipwrecked.
But l have to tell you now OF Il grand
er launching, and from the dry docks
of heaven. Word came up that u
world WIS beating or the rocks. In
the presence of the potentates OF heav-
Ell the life boat of the worlds redcmp-
ton was launched. IL showed off the
golden sands amid angelic hosanna
The sllrges of darkness beat against its
bow, but it sailed on, and it comes in
sight Of us this hour. 1t comes for
YOU, it comes for me- Soul. soul!
ret into it. Make one leap for heaven.
Let that boat go past and your oppor-
tuuity is gone.
GET INTO TIE LIFE BOAT.
am expecting that there will be
Whole families here who will get into
that life boat. In 1888, the Isabella
came ashore off Hastings, England.
Tie air was filled with sounds-the
lIoarsc sea trumpet, the crash OF the
axes, and the believing of the lorna
do. \ boat from the shore came UNI
der the stern of the disabled vessel
There were women and children on
board that vessel. Some Of the sailors
Jumped into tile small boat and said:
Nov give us the children. 4 father
who stood on deck took his first born
and threw him to the boat. The sail
ors caught him safely. and the next,
and the next, 10 the last. Still the sea
rocking, the storm bowling. Now"
said the Sailors now the MOTHER
and she leapcd, ,and was saved. The
boat went to the shore; but before it
rot to the shore, the lantlsnen were
SO impatient to help the suffering peo-
rlc that they waded clear down into
the surf with blankets and garments
and promises of help and. succor. So
there arc whole families here who are
going 10 be saved, and saved alto-
getber. Giycus that child for Christ,
that other child that other. Give lis
the mother. give us the father, the
whole family. They must all come
in. All heaven wades in to help you.
claim this whole audience for God.
pick not out one man here nor one
man there; claim you all. There
arc some of you who thirty years ago,
were consccratcd TO Christ by your
parents il baptism. Certainly l am
not stopping over the right bound
when claim you for Jesus. Then
there arc many here who have been
seeking God for good while, and am
not right i'll claiming you for Jcsis2
Then there arc some here who have
been further away, and you drink,
aud you swear, and You bring up
your families without any God TO take
care of them when you are dead. And
claim you, my brother; | claim all
of you. You will have TO pray some
time; why not begin row, while all
the ripe and purple cluster 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 the appalling fact shall be an,
nounccd that Notwithstanding all
your. magnificent opportunities, you
have become Il castaway.