The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-10-14

did In Elisha's time, when, after the family
being very unfortunate, her two sons were
about to be sold for debt, and she had moth
ing In the house but pot OF oil, and at
Elisha's direction she borrowed from her
neighbors all the vessels she could borrow
and then began to pour out the oil into
those vessels and kept on pouring until
they were all full, and she became an oil
merchant, with more assets than liabilities,
and when she cried, Bring me yet YES
sell" the answer came, There is not YES
sci more" So let us take what oil of faith
we have and use it until the supply shall
be miraculously multiplied. Bring on your
empty vessels, and by the power of the
Lord God of Elisha they shall be filled until
they can hold no more of jubilant, all in
spring and triumphant faith.
LESSONS OF TIE STORM.
What frightful time we had few days
ago down on the coast of Long Island,
where / had been stoppingl That archangel
of tempest which, with its awful wings,
swept the Atlantic coast from Florida to
Newfoundland did not spare our region
A few miles away, at Southampton, saw
the bodies of four men whom the storm had
slain and the sea had cast up. AS | stood
there among the dead bodies / said to my
self, and | said aloud: These men repre-
sent homes. What will mother and father
and wife and children say when they know
| this?"
Some of the victims were unknown. Only
| the first name of two of them was found
out Charley and William. / wondered
then and wonder now if they will remain
unknown and if some kindred far away
may be waiting for their coming and never
| hear of the rough way of their going |
| saw also one of the three who had come in
alive, but more dead than alive. The ship
had become helpless six miles out, and as
one wave swept the deck and went down
the furnaces till they Missed and went out
the cry was, 'Oh, my God, we are losti''
Then the crew put ON life preservers, one of
the sailors saying to the other, I'VE will
meet again on the shore, and if not, we'll,
we must all go some time"
OF the % men who put on the life pre-
servers, only 3 lived to reach the beach.
| But what "a scene it was as the good and
kind people of Southampton, led on by DR..
Thomas, the great and good surgeon of
New York, stood watching the sailors
struggling in the breakers "Are you still
alivet" shouted DR.. Thomas to one of them
out in the breakers, and he signaled yes
and then went into Inconsistencies. Who
should do the most for the poor fellows
and how to resuscitate them were the
questions that ran up and down the beach
at Southampton.
How the men and women on the shore
stood wringlng their hands impatiently
waiting for the sufferers to come within
reach, and then they were lifted up and
carried indoors and waited on with as much
kindness and wrapped as warmly as though
+ hos huH hp of ba ut A ra
they alivey" Are they breathing9' "Dc
you think they will live?" What can we
do for them?" were the rapid and intense
questions asked, and SO much money was
sent for the clothing and equipment of the
unfortunates that DIR. Thomas had to max,
"a proclamation that no more money was
needed. In other words, all that day il
was resuscitation.
And that is the appropriate word for u!
this morning as we stand and look off upor
this awful sea of doubt and unbelief OF
which hundreds are this moment beins
wrecked. Some of them were launched b,
Christian parentage on smooth seas anC
with promise for prosperous voyage, but ;
Noltaire cyclone struck them on one side
and Tom Paine cyclone struck them OIL
the other side, and bad habit cyclon
struck them on all sides and they hav
foundered far away from shore, far ava,
from God, and they have gone down or ar
washed ashore with no spiritual life left il
, them.
But, thank God, there are many here to
day with enough faith left to encourage u
in the effort at resuscitation. All hand
to the beach, With IA confidence in Go,
, that takes no denial, let us lay hold O
them! Fetch them out of the breakers
, Bring gospel warmth and gospel stimuli
{ and gospel life to their freezing souls! Re
suscitation! Resuscitationl