The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-09-23

auu refer, All tnere. ana Win certainty Ot
being there until the heavens and the earth.
the creation OF which is described In the first
book OF the Bible, shall have collapsed. and
the white horse OF the conqueror, described
in the last hook ofthe Bible, shalt paw the
dust In universal demolition. by that tre-
mendous fact my faith is re-eniorced.
The discussion Is abroad IA to who wrote
those books of the Bible called the Penta-
teuch. whether Moses or Hilkiah, or Ezra or
Samuel. or jeremiah. or another group Of
ancients. None OF them wrote IL. God
wrote the Pentateuch. and in this day Of
stenography and typewrting that ought not
10 bs difficult thing 10 understand. Tho
great merchants and lawyers. and Editors
and business men OF our towns and cities
dictate nearly all their letters they only
sign them after they are dictated. The
prophet and evangelist and apostle were
Jehovah's stenographers or typewriters.
They put down only what God dictated he
signed II atterward. He has been writing his
name upon IL all through the vicissitudes OF
centuries.
But l come 10 the height Of my subject
when say the way 10 re-enforce our faith ia
To pray for IL. So the disciples I'm my text
got their abounding faith. Lord, Increase
our faith" Some one suggests, $40 YOU
REALLY think that prayer amounts to any
thingV" might as we'll ask you. is there u
line OF telegraphic poles from New York to
Washington, IA there line OF telegraphic
wires from Manchester To London, from
Cologne 10 Berlinp All the people who have
sent and received messages on those lines
know OF their existence. So there are mill
ions OF souls who have been i'm constant COM
munication with the capital OF the universe,
with the throne OF the Almighty with the
great God Himself, for years and years and
years.
There has not been day when supplica-
tions did not fash up and blessings
did not flash down. Will some igno-
ramus. who has never received n telegram or
sent one, come AMI tell us that there Ia no
such thing as telegraphic communicationp
Will some one who has never offered n prayer
that was heard and answered come and tell
us that there Is nothing In prayer IL may
not come "a we expect A. but IA sure as an
honest prayer goes upa merciful answer Will
come down.
During tho blizzard OF four or i've years
ago, you know that many OF tho telegraph
wires were prostrated, and telegraphed to
Chicago 10y way OF Liverpool. and the answer
after awhile came round 10y another wide
circuit, and so the prayer we oifer may come
back I'm "a way we never imagined, and II we
ask 10 have our faith increased, although IL
may come 10y "a widely different process than
that which We expected, our confidence will
surely be augmented.
oh, put II IN every prayer you ever mako
between yoir next breath and your last gasp,
Lord. Increase our faith"--faith In Christ
"a our personal ransom from present guilt
and eternal catastrophe faith In the omnipo-
tent Holy Ghost faith I'm the Bible. tho truest
volume ever dictated or written or printed
or read faith I'm adverse providencos, har-
monized for our best welfare; faith In u
Judgment day that will set all things right
which have for ages been wrong.
IL, fatfh n..g hs fea In nd
dition, but by an innnitude OF rccuperation.
Let us do as We saw II done I'm the country
while wo were yet In our teens. at the old
farmhouse after long drought. and tho
well had been dried, and tho cattle moaned
with thirst Mt tho bars, and tho meadow
brook had ceased 10 run, and the grass
withered, and the corn was shriveled up,
and one day there was growl OF thunder,
and then a congregation OF clouds on tho
sky, and then a startling fash, and then
drenching rain, and father and mother put
barrels under every spout nj tho corners OF
the house and set pals and buckets and
tubs and pans and pitchers 10 catch ~
much as they could OF the shower. For I'm
many Of our souls there has been long
drought OF confidence and In many no faith
nj all Let us set out all our affections, NIL
our hopes. all our contomplations, all our
prayers, TO catch a mighty shower. Lord,
Increase our faith"
like the way that the minister's widow
did In Elisha time, when, after the family
being very unfortunate, her two sons wero
about 20 be sold for debt, and she had moth
ing I'm the house but "a pot OF oil, and at
Elisha's direction sho 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 wero
all full and she became an oil merchant with
moro assets than liabilities, and when she
cried, "Bring mo yot vessel" tho answer
came, "Thero IL not "a vessel more" so let
US take what oil OF faith we have and use II
until the supply shall bo miraculously multi
piled. Bring on your empty vessels. and by
the power OF the Lord God OF Elisha they
shall be filed until they can hold no more Of
jubilant, all inspiring and triumphant faith.
What n frigbtful time we had n few days
ago down on the coast Of Long Island, where
have been stopping. That archnngcl OF
tempest which, with its awful wings, swept
the Atlantic coast from Florida % Newfound-
land did not spare our region. few miles
away, Mt Southampton, saw the bodies OF
four men whom the storm had slain and tho
sea had cast up. As stood there among the
dead bodies said TO myself, and said aloud |;
"These men represent homes. What will
mother and father and wife and children say
when they know thisY
Some OF the victims were unknown. cJiy
the frst name Of two OF them was found pot
Charley and william. wondered thee and
wonder now II they will remain unknown
and II some kindred far away may bo waiting
for their coming and nevor 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 ono wave swept the
deck and went down on the furnaces till
they Kissed and went out the cry was, ooh,
my God, we are lost - Then tho crew put
on life preservers, one OF the sailors saying
TO the other, awe will meC. again on tho
shore, and, II not, well, we must ali go some
time"
Or the twenty-three men who put on tho
life preservers, only three lived 10 reach tho
beach. But what "A scene IL was ms the good
and kind people OF Southampton, led on by
DR.. Thomas, the great and good surgeon Of
New York, stood watching the sailors strug-
Cling in the breakers. 'Are you still aliyeY'
shouted Dr. Thomas 20 one Of them out In
the breakers and he signalcd yes and then
went into unconsclousness. Who should do
tho most for this poor fellows and how 10
resuscitate them were the questions that ran
up and down the beach NJ Southampton.
How the men and women on the shorestood
wringing their hands, impatlently waiting
for tho sufferers 20 come within reach, and
then they were lifted up and carried indoors
and ,Ualtad nu with ma nceh kiulneaa and