Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1893-10-28

I more than ~ people. though loaded 10
the waters edge.
think bv marin.. law MI our modern
vessels have enough lIfrbuats to huld all
the crew an'l all the passengers i'll ease
of emergency. but the marines Of my
text were standing hy the only boat. and
that a small boat. and yet 276 passengers.
But what thrills m" through and through
is the fact that though we are wrecked
by sin and trouble aud there is only ono
lifchoat, TINT boat is large enough to
hold all VIII" are willing to get into it,
! The gospel hymn expresses it:
All may c"Iuc. wI,-.v"r will:
| This Man receives Is,nr sinners still.
But must haul in that statement "a
little. Room for all in that lifcboat,
with just one exception. Not you do
not mean you. hut there is one excep-
| tion. There. have l"-rn eases where ships
Were i'll trouble. and the captain got all
the passengers and crew into the life
boats. hut there WAS not room for the
captain. H.. through the sea trumpet,
shouted: Shove off now anil pull for
the beach. G"oiby!' And then tho
captain, with pathetic and sublime self
sacrifice, went down with the ship. So
! the Captain nf our salvation, Christ Tia"
Lord. launches the gospel lifcboat and
tells us MI to get in. hut he perishcs.
1T bchooved Christ to suffer" Was
it not 81. yc who witnessed his asoniZing
expirationI Simon of Cyrenc. was 1t not
50! Cavalry troops. whose horses paved
the dust mt the crucilixion. was it not so.
/ al.
sun of the midday heavens. was it not
so? by hi. stripes we are healed" by
his death we live. Dy his sinking in tho
deep sea of suffering we get of in safe
lifeboat. Yes. we must put into this
story u little of our own personality.
We had u ride in that very lifeboat from
founlcred craft To solid shore.
Once On the raging seas rowc'i.
| The storm WAS loud: he night was dark.
The ocean yawn-,l and ru'Icly blow'd
| The wind that tossed my laundering bark.
But got intothe gospel lifehoat, and
got ashore No religious speculation for
me- These higher criticism fellows do
not bother me u hit. You may ask me
10 questions about the sea. and about the
land. AMI about the lif.boat that | can
|
ashore. and am going to stay ashore, if
the Lord 10y his grace will help me. |
feel under me something So firm that |
try it with my right foot anil try it with
| my left foot, AMI then try IL with both
feet, and il is so solid that think it
must he what tho old folks used to call
the Rock of Ages.
| And bc my remaining days on earth
many or few | am ,;t'in:; {" spend my
| time in recommending: tiIc lifclnat which
| fetched me here. u pnr sinner saved by
grace. AMI in swinging the cutlass,s
| To sever the ropes "f any unsafe lif..l,at
AMI let her fail off. Ny nearer, without
asking any questions, get into the gospel
lifcboat. Ro"m, and VT there is room.
| The biggest boat IN Earth j. the gospel
| hlcboat. You must rvimcmltr the pro-
portion of things. and that the ship
wrecked craft j. tll" whole earth. and the
! hfrhuat must H. in proportion.
You talk about your Caunpanias. and
Your LucaniaS. AMI Your M1irstics. and
Your City uf New Works. hut all of
them PIT together ar" SMALLER than an
| Indians canoe on SChr,"m lax, com
pared with this gospel llf,hnat that is
lars. enough to take in all nations.
H,um for one AMI room for all Get
in. How? How" you ask.
Well. | know how y,ai feel. for SIM
mrr before last om the SEA IF Finland
| had the same expert nee. The ship in
which "" sailc,i could md ycniur,. near
.r than y mile from sh'r,. whrr,. stood
the Russian lalac" If ltt"riIuf. anil We
| hul tn get into Il small i"at and bo
r"wcd ashore. The water WIS rough,
lnsi ~ we went down the lal'l.r ut the
i.l,. uf the ship we held firmly "u to the
railing, but in order I" ;."t int" tiIc boat
w lIad mt last I" let -.
How did | know that the boat was
good and that the oarsn"n were sufii-
cicnt? How did know that the Finland
SEA would not swallow us with one open
in:: If its crystal jaws: W. hal t"trust,
| AMI We ,lrl trust. anil our trust was well
rewarded In the same WY ROT into this
gospel lifchuat Let -, y, lrrI:: as you
hold ON 1" any other h"lr' y"u are i'm
Is.rilcd. and Won get no advantage from
til" lif-bcat. Let ~. DOES some ore
here say. II gncSs will h"l'l IN little
t. my good works. ar I" liurs parent
age. or To- something, can de- in the way
| ii achicvin. my own salvation" No,
NJ, let go, Trust IL" Captain, who
would not put y"u int" Il rickcty or I'M
certain craft.
AN ELOQUENT FEEoENTIOE.
For the sake of yuur present and ev-
crlasiing welfare. with all tn. urgency
s..l IL t.,fs \
cry from the depths Of my soul AMI Mt
tn" top of my voice. Let go. Last sum
mcr tn" life saving crew al East Hamp-
ton invited M" To come up 10 the life
station and SEQ til" crew Practice for
twice u week they are drilled in the i'm
Iortant work assigned them by the Unit
ed States government. AMI they 20
| through all the routine of saving the
| shipwreckr,l But that would give lit
Il" ilea uf what they would have To- 10
If s,nn" midnight next winter. the wind
drivin. hcarhward. - vessel should get
~ III" grasp If u hurricane.
See the lights lar" from tn" ship IN
the breakers. and then responding lights
/ faring from the beach and hear tho
rockets buzz as they rise. and the life
boat rnmbes ont. and the gun booms.
and the life line rises aud falls across the
splinterel decks. and the hawser tight
ems, and the Afe car goes to- AMI fro. car
rying the exhausted mariners. and tho
ocean, az il angerc'l 10y the sratching of
tho human prey from the white teeth Of
/ its surf AMI th.Astruke of its billowing
! paw. rises with increased fury 10 assail
I the land. 81 now am engaged in no
light drill. practicing for what may
come over some of your souls. II is with
some of you wintry midnight. AMI your
hopes for this world and the next are
wrecked
But secl See! Tho lights kindle,l ON
the beach! l throw out the life line.
Haul in, hanL over hand, All. there is
I lifcboat III the surf. which al the wrath