Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-06-25

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| side-the graves of sailors This crew.
| some years ago, in a ship went into the
| breakers at Amagansett, about three
miles away My brother then preach
| ing at East Hampton, had been at the
burial. These men of the crew came
very near being saved
/ The people from Amagansett saw Tim
/ vessel, and they shot rockets and tbov
! sent ropes from the Shore and those noo,.
| fellows got into the boat and thew n,ilIod
nightly for the shore, but inst haforo
| they got the shore the rope Snappnd and
| the boat capSized and they we're lost
! their bodies afterward washed up on tho
| beach. Oh! what solemn day it was
! i have been told of it by my brother
when these twelve men lay at the foot
| of the pulpit and he read oyer them the
| funeral service. They came very near
shore-within shouting distance of the
shore, yet did not arrive on solid land.
| There are some men who come almost to
the shore of Gods mercy, but not quite,
not quite. To be only almost saved is
not to be saved at all.
will tell you of two prodigals, the one
| that got back and the one that did not
get back. In Virginia, there IS very
prosperous and beautiful home in many
icSpeClS. IA NOuIS lhdH NoiluCItu Ou
| from that home. He wandered very far
into sin. They heard of him often, but
he was always on the wrong track. He
would not 90 home. At the door of that
/ beautiful home one night there was
great outcry. The young man of the
house ran down and opened the door to
n see what was the matter. 1t was mid
might. The rest of the family were
laseep. There We're the wife and the
children of this prodigal young man.
NEhe fact was he had come home and
Itrven them out. He said: "Out Of this
house. Away with these children. l
will dash their brains out. Out into the
sorm!'
The mother gathered them up and fled
The next morning, the brother, the
young man who had stayed at home,
wpnt ont to find this prodigal brother
and son, and he came where he was, and
saN the young man wandering up and
down in front of the place where he had
beFn staying, and the young man who
han kept his integrity said to the older
brother: ''Here, what does all this
mehn? What is the matter with you?
WHY do you act in this way?" The
prohigal looked at him and said: 'Nyho
| am [? Who do you take me to be?" He
said, "You are my brother" ''No, l am
not i am brute. Have you seen any
thing of my wife and children? Are they
dead? drove them out last night in the
storm. | am brute, John; do you
think there is any help for me? Do you
thinE | will ever get over this life of dis
sipation?" He said, Brother, there is
just one thing that will stop this. The
prodigal ran his finger across his throat
and said: THAT will stop it, and I'll
stop it before night. Oh, my brain! I
can stand it no longer" That prodigal
never got home. But I will tell you of
a prodgal that did get home.
In England two young men started
| from their fathers house ana went down
to Portsmouth. The father could not
pursue his children; for some reason he
! could not leave home, and so he wrote d
| letter down to Mr.. Griffin, saying: ''Mr.
| Griffin, wish you would go and see my
| two sons. They have arrived in Ports
mouth, and they are going to take ship
| and going away from home. l wish you
would persuade them back" Mr.. Griffin
went and he tried to persuade them
back. He persuaded one to go. He
went with very easy persuasion because
he was very hOmesick already. The
other young man said: 81 will not go.
l have had enough of home. I'll never
go home.' "Well," said Mr.. Griffin,
''then if you won't go home I'll get you
a respectable position on respectable
Ship No, you WON'T said the
prodigal. mo, You won't I am going
as common sailor That will plague
my father most, and what will do most
to tantalizc and worry him will please me
best
Years passed on and Mr. Griffin was
seated in his study one day when q mes
sage came to him that there was a young
man in irons on D ship at the dock-fb
young man condemned to death-WhO
wished to see this clergyman. Mr.. Griffin
went down to the dock and went on ship
board. The young man said to him,
''you don't know nae, do you?' NO"
he said, Il don't know YOU" "Why,
don't you remember that young man you
tried to persuade to go home and he
wouldn't go?' ooh, yes" said Mr..
Griffin, ARE you that MANI yes, 1
am that man." said the other. Il would
like to have you pray for me. | have
committed murder and l must die, but
don't want to go ont of this world until
some one prays for me. You are my
fathers friend and | would like to have
you pray for me-"
Mr. Grifnwent from judicial author
ity to judicial authority to get the young
mans pardon. He slept not night nCr
day. He went from influential person to
influential person until in some way he
got that young mans pardon. He came
! down on the dock and as he arrived on
the dock with the pardon the father
came. He had heard that his son, under
| disguised name, had been committing
crime and was going to be put to death.
So Mr.. Griffin and the father went on
the ships deck, and at the very moment
Mr.. Griffin offered the pardon to the
| young man, the old father threw his
| arms around the sons neck, and the son