Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-26
soul, see you not the glirnmer between
| the riffs of the storm cloud? That is the

the riffs of the storm cloud? That is the
star of hope.
Deathstruck, ceased the tide to stem,
When suddenly star arose;
1t was the star of Bethlehem
If there are any here who consider
themselves castaways, let me say God is
doing everything to save you. Did you
ever hear of Lionel Luken? He was the
inventor of the insubmergable lifeboat.
All honor is due TO his memory by sea-
faring men as well as by landsmen How
many lives he saved by his invention!
In after days that invention was i'm
proved, and one day there was perfect
lifeboat, the Northumberland ready at
Ramsgate. The lifeboat being ready,
to test it the crew came out and leaped on
the gunwale on one side to see if the
boat would upset; it was impossible to
upset it. Then, amid the huZzas of ex-
cited thousands, that boat was launched,
and it has gone and come, picking up a
great many OF the shIpwrecked. But L
have TO tell you now of grander launch
ing, and from the drydocks OF heaven.
Word came mp that world was beating
on the rocks. In the presence of the
potentates of heaven the lifeboat of the
worlds redemption was launched. 1t
showed of the golden sands amid angelic
hOsanna. The surges 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,
get into it Make one leap for heaven.
Let that boat go past and your opportu-
nifty is gone.
SAVED! SAVED!
am expecting that there will be
whole families here who will get into
In no Tcoh 0QF
ashore off Hastings, England The air
was filed with soupds-the hoarse 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 were women and
children on board that vessel, Some of
the sailors jumped into the small boat
and said: "Now give us the children. -
A father who stood on deck took his
first born and threw him to the boat.
The sailors caught HIM safely, and
the next, and the next, to the
last. Still the sea rocking, the storm
bowling Now - said the sailors,
''now the mother;'' and she leaped and
was saved. The boat went to the shore,
but before it got to the shore, the lands
men were so impatient to help the suffer-
ing people that they waded clear down
into the surf with blankets and garments
and promises of help and succor. So
there are whole families here who are
going to be saved, and saved ali tOgeth-
er. 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 i'll. All heaven wades in to help
you. l claim this whole audience for
God. pick not out one man here nor
one man there; claim you all. There
are some of you who, thirty years ago,
were consecrated to Christ by your par
ents III baptism. Certainly l am not
stepping over the right bound when 1
claim you for Jesus. There are many
here who have been seeking God for a
good while, and am l not right in claim7
ing you for Jesus2 Then there are some
here who have been further
away, and you drink, and you
swear. and you are bringing up your
families without any God to take care of
them when you are dead. And l claim
you, my brother; 1 claim all of you.
You will have to pray sometime; why not
begin now, while all the ripe and pur-
pie clusters of divine promise bend over
into your cup, rather than postpone your
prayer until your chance is past, and
the night dropsssgnd the sea washes you
out, and the appalling fact shall be an
nounced that Notwithstanding. all your
MAGNIFICENT opportunities, SSH hayegI
beeeme castaway.
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