The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-11-28


aps and glasses were dashed
pieces Of the table getting
across the saloon. 1t seemed
US uue hurricane took that great
ship Of thousands of tons and stood
it on end, and said: ''Shall 1 sink
it, or let it 60 this onceT' And then it came
down with such force that the pillows tram
pied over it, each mounted of a fury We
felt that everything depended on the pro-
pelling screw. If that stopped for an in
slant we knew the vessel would fall off into the
trough of the sea and sink; and so we prayed
that the screw, which three times since leav-
ing Liverpool had already stopped, might
not stop now. Oh! how anxiously we
listened for the regular thump of the ma
chinery, upon which our lives seemed
to depend. After a while some one
said: 1.-THE screw is stopped" No;
its sound had only been overpowered
by the uprcar of the tempest, and we
breathed easier again when we heard the re-.
gular pulsations of the overtasked machinery
going thump, thump, thump. AT 3 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 waterrolled back and for
ward in the cabins, and dashed against the
wall, it sprang half way up to the ceiling.
nama T, u;th ercb torr;6c roor thoro
Went m IRON, the cabin sbrialI Of bo erar
which 7 may Cod 7 NAV never hear ara;n
l have dreamed tho whole scene over again,
but God has mercifully kept me from hear
ing that one cry. Into it seemed to be com.
1t seemed to say: II shall never get home
againl NV children shall be orphaned, and
my wife shall be widowedl am launching
now into eternity! In two minutes l shall
meet my Godn
There were about iivo hundred and fifty
passengers in 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 To mud, sor.e praying, some
crying, all teNnfed. They made rush for
the deck. An officer stood on deck and beat
them back with blow after blow. 1t was
necessary. They could not have stood an
instant on the deck. Oil how they
begged to get out OF tho hold of tho
shipl One woman. with n child in her arms
rushed up and caught hold of one of the
officers and cried: do let me out! will
help you'll Do let mo out! I cannot die
herer Some got down and prayed to the
Virgin Mary saying: 80 blessed mother.
keep us! Have mercy OH usr' Some stood
with white lips and fixed gaze silent in their
terror Some wrung their hands and cried
out: 20 God! what Shall I do? What shall
l dol" The time came when the crew
could no longer stay on the deck
and the cry of the officers was. @Belowi all
hands belowp Our brave and sympathetic
Captain Andrews,whoso 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 CIV
clone seemed TO stand on the deck, waving its
wing, crying: "Ihis ship is mine! | have
captured it,! Hal ha! | will command it
If God will permit, | will sink il here and
nowl By thousand shipwrecks, | swear
the doom OF this vessel" There was a
lul in the storm: but only that il
might gain additional fury. Crashl went
the lifcboat on one side. Crash! went the
ifehoat on the other side The great booms
got loose, and, as with the hert of a thunder.
bolt pounded tho deck and beat the mast
tho jib boom, studding sail boom, and square
sail boom, with their strong arms, beating
time TO the awful march and music of the
hurricane.
MeanWhiIe the ocean became phosphores-
cent. The whole scene looked like fire. The
water dripping from the rigging. there were
ropes of fire. and there were mast5 of fire:
and there was deck of fire A shin of fire
sailing on sea OF fire, through a night of
fire. May never see anything like it aoainl
Everybody prayed. A lad of twelve
years of age got down and prayed for
his mother. ''If l should give up" he
said, 81 do not know what would be.
come of mother There were men who,
L think, had not prayed for thirty years,
who then got down on their knees When .
man who has neglected God all his i'll i;f y
feels that he has Come 70 b;S ost ti ms me -
makes n verp Jusv niobt Al, o ae ~
sins and shortcomings naeSod ,b,.n,,eri, o our
minds. NV own life sae,rod ,,t ,on Uu ,,
satisfactory. Iconld only saw. ssuo,,a o III
take me as am I cannot p,onJ ntta,.,
now. Lord Jesus Thou diGst dio i fn, az
chief of sinners That's me-, I. i sao s,.e
Lord, as il nv wori, ;s dove ~ seellis,
done and unon Thv infinita ,,,aro u Poorly o.
myself. and in This Ionr Of sbinr,roy,,i Cas .
darkness commit mysef ami her WI ,yI,on aiiq
hold by the hand to Thee. O Lord Tesnst
pray1ng that If nav h, -.
he water, and that az tha s sa,,S struggle In
nay both a,.,.i,,, =, . ~ Uc stIie instant we
nan prays STRAIGHT 70 r. ~, I'M teii you
lcyclone above him an oa aio'u Mhen ne has
nd eternity so close 10 hin, a. pSleath nm,
It's breath on his cheek nm ''i'' he can leei