Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-11-22

way 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, it sprang half way up TO the cell
ing. Rushing through the skyliglSs as 1t
came in with such terrific roar, there went
up from the cabin shrek of horror which /
pray God may never hear again. | have
dreamed the whole scene over again, but God
has mercifully kept me from hearing that
one cry. Into it seemed to be compressed the
agony Of expected shipwreck. 1t seemed to
say: II shall never get home again My
children shall be orphaned and NY wife shall
be widowed l am launching now into eter-
nifty! In two minutes shall meet my Godl"
There were about five hundred and fifty
passengers III the Storage; and as the water
rushed in and touched the furnaces, and be-
gan violently to hiss, the poor creatures in
the Storage imagined that the boilers were
giving way. Those passengers writhed in the
water and in the mud, some praying, some
crying, oil terrified. They made a rush for
the deck; An officer stood on deck, and beat
them back with blow after blow. 1t was
necessary. They would not have stood an
instant on the deck. On, how they begged
to get our of the hold of the shipl One wo-
man, with child in her arms, rushed up and
caught hold of one of the officers and cried:
"Do let me out! l viii help you! Do let me
outl | cannot die here!' Some got down
and prayed to the Virgin Mary, saying: 80
blessed Alotherl keep US! Have mercy on
usl' Some stood with white lips and fixed
gaze, silent III their terror. Some wrung
their hands and cried out: go Godi what
shall do} what shall don The time came
when the crew could no longer stay on the
docz, and the cry of the officers was: "Be-
low All hands belowin Our brave and SYM
pathetic Captain Andrews whose praise !
shall not cease to speak while | live-had
been swept by the hurricane from his bridge,
and had escaped very narrowly with his life.
Tho cyclone seemed TO stand on the deck,
waving its wing, crying: This ship is minel
| have captured it! Ha! Ia, l will COM
inanG it! # God will permit, will sink it
here and now! BY thousand shipwrecks,
swear the doom of this vessel!' There was =
luil in the Storm but only that it mifht gain
additional fury. Crash! went the ifeboat on
one side Crash! went the hfeboat on the
Other side. The great Blooms got loose, and
a with the heft of a thunderbolt, pounded
the deck and beat the mast the jibboom
studdmg sail boom, and square sail boom,
with their strong arms, beating time to the
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Everybody prayed. \ lad Of twelve years
OF age got down and prayed for his mother.
IF | should give up he said, II do not
know what would become Of mother" There
We're men who, think, had not prayed for
thirty years who then got down On their
knees. When a man who has neglected God
all his life feels tina he has come to his last
time it makes q varr busy night. All Of our
sins and shortcomings passed through our
minds. My own life seemed utterly unsatis-
factory. | could only say: Here, Lord,
take NE az / am; | cannot mend matters
nov. Lord Jesus, thou didst die for the chief
OF sinners. That's ne! 1t seems, Lord as if
my wori, IS done, aud poorly done. and upon
thy infinite mercy 1 cast myself, and in this
hour Of shipWreck and darkness commit my
self ard her whom | hold by the hand to