The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-11-20

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pended on the propelling screw. II that
stopped for an instant we knew the yes
sci would fall off into the trough OF the
sea and sink, and 30 we prayed that the
screw, which three times since leaving
Liverpool had already stopped, mightnot
stop now. O how anxiously we listened
for the regular thump Of the machinery,
upon which our lives seemed TO dependl
After O while some one said: 1.-THE
screw Is stopped" No; It's sound had
only been .overpowered by the uproar
Of the tempest, and we breathed easier
again when we heard the regular
pulsations OF the overtasked ma
chinery going thump, thnmp, thump.
At three o'clock In the morning the
water covered the ship from prov to
stern, and the skylights gave wayl The
deluge rushed in, and we felt that one
or two more waves like that must swamp
US forever. As the water rolled back
and forward In the cabins, and dashed
against the wall, 1t sprang half way up
to the ceiling. Rushing through the
skylights as itcame inwith such terrific
roar, there went up from the cabin q
shrek Of horror which pray God may
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wholesome over again, but God has mer-
cifr 'ly kept me from hearing that one
cry. into It seemed to be compressed the
agony of expected shipwreck. It seemed
TO say ~ shall never get home againl
My children shall be orphaned, and
my wife shall be widowed lam launch
ing now into eternityl In two minutes
! shall meet my GodP' F
There were about five hundred and
fifty passengers In the steerage, and as
the water rushed in and touched the
furnaces, and began violently to hiss,
the poor creatures In the steerage inn
agined that the boilers were giving
way. Those passengers writhed in
the water and in the mud, some
praying, some crying, all terrified.
They made rush for the deck. An Off
Ger stood on deck and beat them back
with blow after blow. 1t was necessary.
They could not have stood an instant on
the deck. o, how they begged to get out
Of the hold OF the ship! One woman,
with child In her arms, rushed up and
caught hold OF one Of the officers and
cried: "Do let me outl / will help you'll
Do let me outl 1 can not die herep'
Some got down and prayed TO the Virgin
Mary, saying: 80, blessed motherl keep
usl Have mercy on usr' Some stood
with white lips and fixed gaze, silent in
their terror. Some wrung their hands
and cried out: 20, Godl what shall 1
do? What shall 1 do?r The time came
when the crew could no longer stay on
deck, and the cry Of the officers was:
"Belowi all hands below" Our brave
and sympathetic Captain Andrews
whose praise shall not cease TO speak
while ] live-had been swept by the
hurricane from his bridge, and had es-
capped very narrowly with his life. The
cyclone seemed to stand on the deck,
waving its wing, crying: 'yrhis ship Is
minel have captured II! Hal Hal will
command It'll II God will permit will
sink II here and now. By thousand
shipwrecks, l swear the doom OF this
vessell" There was lull in the storm,
but only that 1t might gain additional
fury. Crashl went the lifeboat on one
side. Crashi went the iifelboat on the
other side. The great booms got loose,
and as with the heft OF a thunderbolt,
pounded the deck and beat the mast
the jibhooni, studding-sail boom, and
square san boom, with their strong arms,
beating time TO the awful march and
music OF the hurricane.
Meanwhile the ocean became phos-
phorescent. The whole scene looked
like fire. The water dripping from the
rigging, there were ropes OF FIRE; and
there were masts Of hre; and there was
a deck Of fire. A ship Of fire, sailing on
a sea Of fire, through, night Of fire.
May never see any thing like It againi
Everybody prayed: A lad Of twelve
years OF age got down and prayed for
his mother. SIf l should give up" he
said, "I do not know what would be-
come Of mother" There were men also,
1 think had not prayed for thirty
years, who then got down on their
knees. When man who has neglected
God all his life feels that he has come
TO his last time, It makes q very busy
night. All OF our sins and shortcomings
passed through our minds. Myown life
seemed utterly unsatisfactory, could
only say, Here, Lord, take me as / am.
can not mend matters now. Lord Jesus,
thou didfst die for the chief OF sinners.
That's mel 1t seems, Lord, as II my
work Is done, and poorly done, and upon
Thy infinite mercy cast myself, and In
this hour OF shfpwreck and darkness COM
NIT myself and her whom / hold by the
hand 10 Thee, o. Lord Jesusl praying
that IL may he short struggle In the
water, and that at the same Instant we
may both arrive In gloryr' o, tell
you man prays strsight to the mark
when he has q cyclone above him, an
ocean beneath him, ana eternity SO close
TO him that he can feel It's breath on his
cheekl e"~'ti
The,night was long. AT last we saw
the dawn, looking through the portfolios.
As in the, ,olden time, In the fourth
watch Of the night, Jesus came walking
on the sea, from wave cliff TO wave cliff;
and when he puts his foot upon billow,
though itmay be tossed up with might,
II goes down. He cried TO the winds,
Hushl 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, "The earth shall be filled with the
knowledge Of God as the waters cover
sea-" The ocean calmed. The path OF
the steamer became more and more
mild; until, on the last morning out,
the sun threw round about US glory
such as never witnessed before. God
made pavement Of mosaic, reaching
from horizon TO horizon, for all the
splendors OF earth and heaven TO walk
upon--a pavement bright enough for
the foot OF seraph--bright enough for
the wheels Of the archangels chariot.
As a parent embraces a 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. afl
As came on deck-it was very early,
and we were nearing the shore-I saw .