The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-10-26

made nm nppropriation OF e90o. 900 for
life stations. and life lines from ink.
ing box are shot over the wlu
surf. and hawser~ ars stretched from
wreck 20 shore and what with Lyles'e gun
and six onrei surfbost. with cork af the sldes
10 make Il unsuitable. and patrolmen an
night long walking the beach until they meet
each other and exchange metal tickets. soss
/ to show the entire beach has been travarseu,
and the Coston light flashes hope from shors
| TO sufferer. and surfmen incasei in Merr'-
man life saving dress. and life car rolling on
the ropes. there are many prooapi'itie.
rescue for the unfortunate OF the ses. Bu.
/ the government OF the united heavens mus
| made better provision for the reecue OF ou-
souls. SO close by that this moment ws can
/ put our hand on its top AMI swing into ~
! this gospel lifebol.. II win not tax, you
/ more than n second TO get into II.
| But while In my text we stan wtchiny
Che marines with their cutlasses. preparing
| 10 sever the ropes OF the liieboa. AMI let her
| fall on notice the poor equipment. onW
/ ono lifeboat. Two hundred and ssventy-sN
passengers. aa Paul couutet them. and only
| one lifcboat. Mytext uses the singular AMI not
| the plural. "Cut OF the ropes OF the boat.
\ | do not supposs II would have held moro
than thirty people. though loaded to tho
waters edg:e.
| IthInk by marine law MI our modern ves-
sells have enough lifeboGts to hold all tho
! or w and all the passengers in case OF etnery-
/ ency. but the marines OF my text were stand
| ing by the only boat, and that small boat,
/ and yet 276 passengers But what thrills mo-
/ through AMI through Is the TACT that though
| we are wrecked by sin ana trouble rnd thers
/ IL only one liiehont, that boa; is large enough
| to hold all who are willing to get into II. The
| gospel hymn expresses II
All may come. wnurvc- will.
| lhis Man receives poor sinners si.l.
! Bu. must haul in that statement n little.
Room Tor all in that liieboa;. with just ons
exception. Not you-I do not mean YOU, bur
there IL one exception. There have been
eases where ships were In trouble. and the
captain got all the passengers and crew into
the lifeboats but there was not room for tho
captain. lie. through the sea trumpet,
shouted ''Shove of now and pal for the
beach Gooi-by ~ Aud then the captai1,
with pathetic and sublime self-sacrfice, went
down with the ship. SO the Captain OF our
salvation. Christ the Lord. Launches the gos-
pei lfeboat aud tells us all to get In, but He
pershes.
at behoovei Christ 20 suffer" Was 1t
not so, ye who witnessed His agoniGng ex-
pirationI Simon o. Cyrene. was II not sor
| Cavalry troops. wnoss horses paved the
dust nj the crucinx on. was II not so2 Ys
Murys who swooned away with the sun OF
| the midday heavens. was II not soy by
Ills stripes we are healed by HIS death
we live. BY His sinking In the deep sea OF
suffering we get OF in u safe lifeboat. Yes.
VIZ mus; put into this story n little OF our
own personality. We had u ride In that
very litcboat from iouudered craft 20 solid
shore.
once on the raging seas rowed
The storm was ud the niSht was DARK
The wini tnat tossed my iounderlng bark.
But got in'o the gospel litebout and got
ashore. No religious speculation for me.
These higher criticism fellows do not bother
me Il bit. You may ask me City questions
about the sea, and about the land, aud about
! the lifeboat that 1 cannot answer, but one
thing l know, nm ashore and an going 10
| stay ashore, II the Lord by His grace will
help me. feel under me something so firm
that try IL with my right foot, ard try II
with my left foot, and then try IL with both
feet. aud II IL 90 solid that think IL must be
what the old folks used TO call the Rock OF
Ages.
Aud be my remaining days ON earth fnany
or few / am going to spend my time In
recommending re the lifeooat which fetched me
| here, q poor sinner saved by grace and In
swinging the cutlasses TO sever the ropes OF
cny unsafe lifebo1t aud let her fall OF. Ny
hearer, without asking any questions. get
into the gospel l'eboa'. Room! ana yet
there IL room! the biggest boa; on earth IN
the gospel lieboat. You must remember the
proportion OF tiings, and that the ship
wrecked craft il the whole earth, and the
liieboat must be in proportion.
You talk about your Campanias, and your
Lucanisa and your Majestics and your City
OF New Yorks. but all OF them put together
are smaller than an Indians canoe on Sch
room Lake compared with this gospel lifeboat
that is large enough 10 take In all Nations.
/ Room for one and room for all. Get IN
How How?' you ask.
Well. know how you feel, for summer
before last on the sea OF Finland bad tho
same experience. The ship In which We
sailed could not venture nearer than mile
IRON shore, where stood the Russian palace
OF Peterof. and we had TO get into u small
boat and be rowed ashore. The water was
rough. and us we went down the ladder at
the side OF the ship We held firmly on TO the
railing, but In order 10 get into the boat we
had at last to let go.
How did know that the boat was good
and that the oarsmen were suffcient2 How
did know that the Finland Sea would not
swallow us with one opening oil its crystal
jawsY We had 10 trust, and we did trust,
and our trust was well rewarded. In tho
same way get into this gospel lfeboat. Let
go As long as you hold on to any other
hope you are imperiled. and you get no ad-
vantage from the lifeboat. Let go! Does
some one here say, 81 guess will hold on
little to my good works, or TO pious parent
age. or to something can do In the way OF
achieving my own salvation No, no, let
go! Trust the Captain, who would not put
you into y rickety or uncertain craft.
For the sake OF your present and everlas,-
ing welfare. with all the urgency OF an I'M
mortal addressing immortals. cry from the
Let GO Last summer the life saving crew
at East Hampton invited me TO come up 10
the life station ana sec the crew practice. for
twice a week they are drilled in the impor-
tapt work assigned them by the United States
Government, and they go through all the
routine OF saving the snipwrecked. But that
would give little idea OF what they would
have 20 do II some midnight next winter, the
wind driving backward, a vessel should get
In the grasp OF Il hurricane.
See tho lights flare from the ship in the
breakers, and then responding lights har,ng
from the beach. and hear the rockets buzz IA
they rise, ana the lifeboat rumbles out. and
the gun boons, and the life line rises and
falls across ths splintered decks, and the
hawser tightens, and the life car goes 10 and
fro, carrying the exhausted mariners. and the
ocean. as II angered by the snatching of the
human prey from the white teeth OF its surf
and the stroke OF its blllowing paw, rises
with increased fury to assai the land SO
now am engaged In no light drili. practic-