The Penn's Grove record., 1889-11-30
PENIS GROVE, J, SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 80 1885,

who then got down On Their anees. When {
pan who has neglected God all his life
makes . very busy night. All of our
sins and shortcomings passed through our
minds. Ny own life seemed utterly. un-
satisfactory. Icould only say. "Here Lord,
take me as I am, I cannot mend matters
now. Lord Jesus, Thou didst die for the
chief of dnnerA That's moi It seems,
Lord, asn my work is done, and poorly
done, and upon Thy infinite mercy I cast
myself, and In this hour of shipwreck and
darkness commit myself and her whom I
hold by the hand to Thee, o Lord Jesusi
praying hat it may be q short struggle in
the water. n that at the same instant we
may both arrive in gloryp Obi I tell you .
. cyclone above him, an ocean beneath him,
and eternity 90 close to him that he can feel
its breath on his cheek. I
The night was long. At last we saw the
dawn looking through the port holes. Asin
the olden time, In the fourth watch of tho
night, Jesus came walking on the sea, from
wave Cliff to wave cliff; and when He puts
His foot upon q billow, though It may bei
tossed up with might It goes down. He cried
to the winds Hushi They knew His voice.
The waves knew His foot. They died away.
And In the shining track Of His feet ! read
these letters on scrolls Of foam and fire:
'sThe earth shall be filed with the knowledge
the seas The ocean claimed. The
path of the steamer became more
and more mild; until, on the last morning
out, the sun threw round about us . glory
mch as I Kever witnessed before. God made
\ pavement of mosaic, reaching from horizon
20 horizon, for all the splendors Of earth and
heaven to walk upon-a pavement bright
enough for the foot Of q seraph-bright
enough for the wheels Of the ~archangers
chariot. As q parent embraces q child, and
kisses away its grief, so over that sea, that
had been writhing in agony in the tempest,
the morning threw its arms of beauty and Of
benediction, and the lips Of earth and heaven
met.
As I came on deck-it was very early, and
We were nearing the shore Il saw a few sails
against the sky. They seemed like the spirits
pf the night walking the billowA I leaned
over .ne taffrail OF the vessel, and said. 10y
way, o God, is in the sea, and Thy path in
the great waters"
It grew lighter. Tie clouds were hung In
purple clusters along the sky; and, as If those
purple clusters were pressed into red wine
and poured out upon the sea, every wave
turned into crimson. Yonder, fire cleft
stood opposite to fire cleft; and here, a cloud,
palace with flames bursting from the win
hows. The whole scene lighted up un-
iii It seemed as il the angels Of
God were ascending and descending
npon stairs of fire, and the wave-crests
changed into jasper. and crystal, and anne
thyst, as they were flung toward the beach,
made me think of the crowns of heaven cast
before the throne of the great Jehovah. I
leaned over the tatfrail again, and said, with
more emotion than before: ''Thy way, q
God, is in the sea, and Thy path in the great
watersY'
So, I thought, will be the going of Of the
storm and night of the Christians Life. The
darkness will fold its tents and awayi The
golden feet of the rising morn will come
skipping upon the mountains and all the
wrathful pillows of the worlds woe
break into tho splendor Of eternal Joy.
And % WI come into the harbor. The
cyclone behind u.s. Our friends be-
fore u.s. God, who is always good,
all around us And IL the roll of the crew
and the passenger had been called seven
hundred souls would have answered to their
names. sand 90 It CAM to pass that we all
escaped safe to land.n inc may God grant
that, when all our Sabbaths on earth are
snded, we may find that, through the rich
mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ we all have
weathered the galei
Into the harbor Of heaven now we glide
Home At last
Roftly We drift ON the bright silver tide
t Home At lastt
Glory 10 0odi All our dangers are o'e1
We stand secure on the glorined sierra
Glory TO God I we will shout ever re-
Home at lastl
Home At iastl