The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-11-01

himself up, end bear another ip he will
sink, and instead Of dragging one corpse
ont OF the torrent you viii have two to
dag out. When Christ sprang out
irto the sea to deliver us He had no
lebuoy. Hisfather did not help Him. Alone
n the wine pres. Alone in the pang. Alone
4 the darkness. Alone in the mountain
Alone in the sea. o, If He saves us He shall
nhye an the credit, FOR there vas none to
hsp." No oar. No wing No ladder.
When Nathaniel Lyon fell in the battle
Charge IN front Of his troops. he had a whole
Amy % cheer him. When Marshal Ney
Irang into the contest and plunged in
q e spurs till the horses tanks spurted blood,
all France applauded him But Jesus alone.
I vi the people there was none to help.n
/ An forsook him and fed o. it was not a
Hdtiila that sailed down and saved u.s. 1t
I was not cluster OF gOndolas that came over
4 tre wave. 1t was one person, independent
and alone, spreading out His hands among
rs as a swimmer spreadeth forth his hands
10 swim
Behold then to-day, the spectacle of a
downing soul and Christ, the swimmer. l
believe it was in 1878, when there were six
English soldiers Of the Fifth Fusiliers, who
Tsre hanging TO the bottom Of a capsized
! bcat-a boat that had been upset by n sluall
! three miles from shore 1t was in the night
btt one man swan nightly for the beach
/ guided by the dark mountains that lifted their
top through the night. He came to the beach.
| Hs found a shore man that consented to go
with him and save the other men, and they
I pit out. II was some time before they could
| filid the place where the men We're, but after
awhile they heard their cry: "Helpi Helpn
aid they bore down TO them, and they saved
them, and brought them to shore. Oh, that
| this moment our cry might be lifted long,
loud and shriil til Christ the, swimmer shall
esme and take US lest we drop thousand
fsthoms down.
II you have been much by water you
know very well that when one is in peril
help must come very quickly, or it will be Of
nc use. One minute may decide everything.
Immediate help the man wants or no help at
all. Now, that is Just the kind Of a relief we
/ witnt The case is urgent imminent, instan-
taleous See that soul sinking. Son OF
Sod lay hold Of him. Be quick. be quick
] OlL wish yOu all understood how urgent
this Gospel is. There was a man in the
( navy at sea who had been severely whipped
Tor bad behavior, and he was maddened
/ by II and he leaped into the ssa, and no
sooner had he leAped into the sea than, quick
as lightning, an albatross swooped upon him.
The drowning man. brought TO his senses
seized hold OF the albatross and held on. The
huitering Of the bird kept him on the wave
until reliet could come Would now the dove
/ OF lfods conv1ctlng, converting and saving
spirit might fash from the throne upon your
sou, and that you, taking hold Of its potent
wing, might live and live forever.
want to persuade you to lay hold Of this
strong swimmer NO" you say, sit is al
"sys disastrous for drowning man to lay
hold OF a swimmer There is not river or |
lake but has a calamity resultant from the
fact that when a strong swimmer went ont /
70 save a sinking man, the drowning man
clut,hed him, threw his arms around him. /
pinioned his arms, and they both went down |
together. When you are saving man in the /
water you do not want to come up BY /
as face; you want to come up by his back /
You do not want him to take hold of Won /
while you take hold of him. But, blessed be |
God, Jesus Christ is 50 strong q swimmer He !
comes not to our back, but to our face, and
Heasks rs 70 throw around him the arms of
our love, and then promises to take us to the
beach, and He viii do it. Do not trust that
plank Of good works. Do not trust that
shivered spar Of your own Righteousness.
Christ only can give you transportation.
Turn your face upon Him as the dying
martyr did in olden days when
he cried out: None but Christi None but
Christi Jesus has taken millions to the
land, and He IS willing to take you there
Oh, what hardness TO shove Him back when
BE has been swimming all the way from the
throne Of God 70 where you are now, and is
ready to swim all the way back again, taking
your redeemed spirit. 1 have sometimes
thought what spectacle the ocean bed VIII
present when IN the last day the water
Is all drawn of. II viii be a line of
wrecks from beach 10 beach. There is
where the harpOons went down
There is where the line Of battle ships
went down. There IS where the merchant
saen went down There is where the steam
ers went down. a long line Of wrecks from
beach 10 beach, What a spectacle in the
last day when the water IS drawn or But
oh how much more solemn il we had an eve
70 Sc the spiritual wrecks and the places
where they foundered. You would find
thousands along our roads and streets
Christ came down in their .pwful catas-
trophe, putting out for their sou =preading
forth His hands as a swim ing. sadeth
forth his hands to swim;n 5o,st
fair cheek, and the stoiSr A maonef
swallowed them up. 1 ask II MaSh0o
Of this Christ and lay decide aud re-
now. You VIII
him. From horizon toe OF little use.
one s7 en-; N SIGHT Only orr ctnrer's Req
hear q great many in the
"WelL / would like to be
going TO work TO become a
brother You begin wrong. Idren.
drowning, and a strong swim
10 help him. be says to hims1
Put YOUR arm on my arm or @heH HUN
Bat Bat d i sF ~, e., don't 5o date of July l.
struggle and the more ycalth BerkleV, a
quiet and III IN take s you christian lady,
Christ, the strong swimmt a.. H. coll,
save a soul, the sinner sayst IL 1u0 0oAi
Ian am 4i ad to IS, Sc Christ Chris i appeared on
! an gong to pray more atle grandchjl5
6 oven r sigl sins an an5 that vii months c
ny sIo 1Ii II it ~ YIN mot a. ng Quit spr
an ounce, you cannot m ler body. 3
matter Of your redemps
q s so1.. out shs Of the Il ach, and theI
c9rist begin and compile you'd makaeir
there ss-i- ao5hing for ~ m4 room sicBono
a anf ho hfT Of yen Christ s9 The diseehiieTsoo
y e 5o i salyatioP ..5e2S and wll 1l.td
. not. simply VS. her sight.a that q
mighty Son Of God eahn the san do it if
sT@s ae q . yoHr tT1ss ansulte aIs t iGs
'anipofent swimmer of tisszaA. J
That is a thrilling ti1it zen some one
Walnped IN the surf is brought ashore and
icing rtsuscitated. How the people watch
ur the moment when he begins 70 breathe
gain, and when at last he takes one full in
lalatun, and opens his eyes upon the by
tandeTf, shout Of Joy rings up and down
ne beach There is joy because d life has =
zen saved y, ye who have been swamped :
the seas OF trouble and SIM we gather
round you- Would that this might lie the
our when you begin to hive. The Lord Je- Z
- thrist steps down, He gets on His knees, :
le puts his lip 30 your lip, ard would
reatne pardon and life and heaven into !.
our immortal soul God grant that this !.
our there may be thousands OF souls resusci- :,
l.ed stand on tie deck Of the old Gospel
1l2 ,.iiii a crowd Of passengers, ell Of them 9
oplls 1,ial the last man overheard may be :
Vel DAY the living Christ this hour put y
=. ~ ySH safety, 'srreading forth His y
llas N the midst Of you, as a swimmer y
'r eaaeih forth his hands 10 swim
A COUNTRY woman was carrying on
very simple process against a neigh l.
or IN one Of the small courts of Ger "
many. The attorney Of the opponent a
'estered her with so much of chica- h
cry and legal subtleties that she lost y
Il patience, and interrupted him thus d
Ny lord, the case is simply this 1 c
'e7poke Of my opponent, the carpet W
aaker, carpet with figures which W
'eFe to be as bandeotro as ,,,, Lord fba in