Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-09-01

IN trouble. Inc distress gun is SOunu-
ed, or a rocket is sent up, OF a blanket
is lifted, or a bundle of rags-any-
thing to catch the eye Of the passing
craft. So if you want 10 be taken of
the wreck Of your sin, you must lift a
distress signal. The publican lifted
the distress signal when he cried:
God, be merciful to me a sinnerg'
Peter lifted the distress signal when
he said; Lord, save me, | perishl'
The blind man lifted the distress sig
nal when he said: Lord, that my
eyes may be opened" The jailer lift
ed the distress signal when he said:
What must | do to be savedf' And
help will never come TO your soul un-
til you lift some signal. You must
make some demonstration, give some
sign, make some heaven piercing out.
cry for help, lifting the distress signal
for the church's prayer, lifting the dis.
tress signal for heavens pardon.
Pray Prayl The voice of the Lord
now sounds in your ears: "ln me is
thy help" Too proud to raise such a
signal, too proud to be saved.
THE STAR Of HOPE.
There was an old sailor humping
about in a small boat in a tempest.
The larger vessel had gone down. He
felt he must die. The surf was break.
ing over the boat, and he said: II
took off my life belt that it might soon
be over, and | thought somewhat in
distinctly about my friends on shore
and then | bid them good-by like, and
| was about sinking back and giving
it up, when | saw a bright star. The
clouds were breaking away, and there
that blessed star shone down on
me, and it seemed to take right hold
of me; and somehow, | cannot tell
how it was, but somehow, while | was
trying to watch that star, il seemed to
help me and seemed 10 lift me-" o.,
sinking soul, see you not the glimmer
between the riffs of the storm cloudi
That is the star OF hope.
Deathstuck, I ceased the tide to stem.
When suddenly a star arose,
1t was the star Of Bethlehem!
II there are any here who consider
themselves castaways, let me say God
is doing everything TO save you. Did
you ever hear of Lionel Luken2 He
was the inventor of the insubmergible
life boat. All honor is due to his
memory by seafaring men, as well as
by landsmen. How many lives he
saved by his invention. In after days
that invention was improved, and one
day there was a perfect life boat, the
Northumberland, ready at Ramsgate.
The life boat being ready, to test it
the crew came out and leaped on the
gunwale on one side to sec if the boat
would upset; it was impossible to up
set il. Then, amid the huzzas of ex-
cited thousands, that boat was launch
ed, and it has gone and come, picking
up a great many Of the shipwrecked.
But | have to tell you now Of a grand
er launching, and from the dry docks
of heaven. Word came up that a
world was beating on the rocks. In
| the presence OF the potentates of heav-
en- the life boat of the worlds redemp.
ton was launched. IL showed off the
golden sands amid angelic hosanna.
The surges of darkness beat against its
bow, but il sailed on, and it comes in
sight of us this hour. II comes for
you, il comes for me. SOUL soul
get into il. Make one leap for heaven.
Let that boat go past and your oppor.
tunity is gone.
GET INTO THE LIFE BOAT.
| am expecting that there will be
whole families here who viii get into
that life boat. In 1888. tn Isabella
came ashore off Hastings, England.
The air was filled with sounds-the
hoarse sea trumpet the crash Of the
axes, and the believing Of the lorna
do. A boat from the shore came un-
der the stern of the disabled vessel
There were ONE and children OF
board that vessel. Some of the sailor:
Jumped into the small boat and said
Nov give us the children" A father
who stood on deck took his first borr
and threw him TO the boat. The sail
ors 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 10 the shore; but before il
got to the shore, the landsmen wer,
SO impatient TO help the suffering PEG
pie that they waded clear down int
the surf with blankets and garments
and promises Of help and uccor Sc
there are whole families here who ar,
going TO be saved, and saved alto
gether. Give us that child for Christ
that other child, that other. Give IA
the mother, give US the father, thu
whole family. They must all com,
in. All heaven wades in to help you
| claim this whole audience for God
| pick not out one man here o on,
mar there; ! claim you all. Their
are some Of you who, thirty years ago
were consecrated TO Christ by you.
parents in baptism. Certainly an
not stepping over the right boun,
when | claim you for Jesus. TheI
there are many here who have beef
seeking God for a good while, and an
| not right in claiming you for Jesus
Then there are SOME here who hav
been further away, aud you drink
and you swear, and you bring u
your families without any God To tax
care Of them when you are dead. An
| claim you, my brother; | claim al
Of you. You will have TO pray SOME
timei why not begin now, while a
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