The Grenada sentinel., 1889-08-31

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II there are any here who consider
themselves castaways, let me say God Is
doing every thing to save you. Did you
ever hear of Lionel Luken? He was the
inventor of the insubmergible life boat.
All honor is due to his memory by sea-
faring men, as we'll as by landsmen. How
many lives he saved by his invention. In
after days that invention was improved,
and one day there was perfect life-boat,
the Northumberland, ready at Ramsgate.
The life boat being ready, to test it the
crew came out and leaped on the gum
vale on one side to see if the boat would
upset; it was impossible to upset it,
Then, amid the huzzas of excited
thousands, that boat was launched,
and it has gone and come, picking up a
great many of the shipwrecked. But !
have to tell you now of grander launch
ing, and from the dry docks of Heaven.
Word came up that world was beating
on the rocks. In the presence Of tho
potentates of Heaven the life boat of the
worlds redemption was launched. 1t
showed off the golden sands amid angelic
bosannas. The surges of darkness beat
against its bow, but it sailed on, and II
comes in sight of US this hour. 1t comes
| for you, it comes from me. Soul! soul
| get nto it. Make one leap for Heaven.
Let that boat go past and your oppor-
| tuuity is gone.
am expecting that there will be whole
! families here who will get into the life
boat. In 1888 the 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
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: snow give
us the children" A father who stood OF
deck took his first born and threw him tC
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 moth
err" and she leuped, and was saved. The
boat went to the shore; but before it go
to the shore the landsmen were so impa
tient to help the suffering people tha
they waded clear down into the surf will
blankets and garments, and promises o
help and succor.
So there are whole families here who
are going to be saved, and saved alto
gether. Give us that child for Christ
that other, that other. Give us thu
mother, give us the father, the whole
family. They must all coma in. Al
Heaven wades in to help you. claiu
this whole audience for God. | picl; no
out one man here nor one man there;
claim you all. There are some of yol
who, thirty years ago, we're cOnsocrateC
to Christ by your parents in baptism
Certainly | am not stepping over tht
right bound when | claim you TO
Jesus. Then there are man!
here who have been seeking Goo
for good while, and am
not right in claiming you for Jesus
Then there are some here who have beef
further away, and you Dir nix, aud yo
swear, and you bring up your familie
without any God to take care of then
when You are dead. And | claim you
my brother, claim all OF you. You vii
have to pray sometime; why not begii
now, while all the ripe aud purple clus
ter or Divine promise bend over int
your cup, rather than postpone you
prayer until your chance is past, and tn
night drops, and the sea washes you out
and the appalling fact shall be an
nounced that Notwithstanding all you
IN agnifcept opportunities, you have be
come @ castaway.