Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1893-11-11
REV. DR.. TALNAGF.


TKxr: "Them he sob9sers rat Of ne rores
81.
While your faces are yet somewhat tronzet
by attendance on the international boat con-
test between the Vigiiant and the yalkvri" I
address you. Good things when there K no
hitting or dissipation. those outdoor sports.
We want more fresh air and hreezines= in
ar tenperaments and our religion. A stale
end slow and lugubrious religion nav have
done for other times. yet will not 10 for
these. Bat nv tezt calls our attention = a
boat Of Z different sort. and instead Of faa
Atlantic II Il the Mediterranean. AMI in-.aal
o. not WIN enough. rs the crews u theTg-
Liant and the Valkyrie the other ia on
planned. thera l. too much w.al IN -"
swoop Ola Euroclvdon.
an not calling your attention mu.n
Z tie famous -lIp on which Pau wa~t4r
distinguished passenger. bat - the lie at
oftFfat ship which no one seems to nCt5n..
For Il fortnight til" main vessel hal ,.,a
tosscl and driven. For that twa V -.Es. ~.
account says. the passengers tat .roq;5o--
n"ti fasting. ! euppos" The -af Ht, y
dashing over, had spoiled the ~ra t-a<t.
an the passengers w~r-. @"asi- 4ny5sa
lire sailors said. 1T il no - TINS r
must 20 Gown. AMI th"y aro.0-"3 a..a.
th'a.~"lves ~ lower the lfchaat ami GIN +
It and tax the chances fpr ralehin. : or.
a~I'79ish Trey pretended fhsy TER s,in -
81 OYER tn" Sides ~ the liz - and ! #,a
into n" llfeh0at oniy to ID ol1ar- tu.v.
I4Eti wa@ not sailorIi<". f,r the sailors TT r
t1T" known were all lntr.piI follows ,ut
w4iid rather 70 down with thr snip tlan III
.4a.A n mean thing HtGose J.ra Tar ot ~
.tyf ATTEMPTED.
When on the Mediterranean last In" tue
victoria sank 4n1cr the ram ~ the C9ml-r-
Town. the most .naiestir thiuc abolt vt
aWfII scene was that all the sailors ot.il .t
her posts doing thor duty. As q .Ia~> al.
overthe world sailors arr vn.oroIs. nit flt~a
sailors Of the text Were exceptional an pr
:end"f to do duty while they VIZ really u-'-
pairing for flight in the l%if"hoat. Iut l.~-
marines" on boarl sea soldiers ~. u
especial charge a little missionary wao E1s
,urnlng the world upside down, AMI wan
lbs" marines saw tn. trick tho sailors IS RI,
ihont TO play they lifted the cut.a,-.- ron
n" Eirile and chop. chop Went tlo-" r,t-
ASS into the ropes. that he'll the l~ifotna'.
n splash it dropped into the .eg.
W. text describes il. 1'Ih" soldiers cut .i
D., ropes Of the coat and let he fall 90.
b inat "rnpt IfehGat !~oE},e AMI vs. -;
~" On a sea whero for two wees ,vin3~
III tillows had been in battle think that
many on board the main vessel felt th"ir
nj loreOf ever reaching home bad Vanished
IL that tompestuouS sea a small boar couii
iof Ilavc lived five minutes.
Mn subject is 'tnSafe Iifnboats. ""
annnt exaggerate the impOrtanr" Of the
iteapat. All honor 10 the memory Of Lionel
Lukin. the coach builder Of Long Acre. Lon
Ion. who invented the first llfcbolt. and l1o
lot blame him for ordering put on his tom!-
ton in Kent the inscription that von may
Till read there
This Lionel Lunkin was the first who
quit q llfeboat and was the original inventor
II that principle Of safety by which many
1ves and much property have been pre-
! tnr-nt from Chi Tyrp81l and hn altainAl for
I rhr kings patent in ting year 17s5.
NJ honor to the memory Of Sir William
Hilary. who. living in the Isle Of Man. ani
1T r assisting with his own hand in the res
~ II 305 lives Of the shipwrerked. stirred
ne English Parliament to quick action in
ne construction of lifeboats. Thanks TO God
or the sublime and pathetic and divine mis-
sion of the lifeboat. No one will doubt its
important mission who has read Of the wreck
81 III" Amazon in the Bay of Bistay, of the
Tweed running Oh the reefs of the Gulf Of
Mexico. or of the Ocean Monarch on the
'oa-, Il Wales, or Of the Birkenhead on the
Cap ~ Good Hope. or OF the Royal Charter
IN tn" coast of AnElesea. or OF the Exmouth
NJ thr Scotch breakers. or Of the Cambria on
n irish coast. or of the Atlantic on therocks
81 Nova Scotia. or Of the Lexington on Long
Slaui Sound.
To add still further to the Importance OF
h. iifeboat remember there are at least
1909. 600 men following the st4a. to say moth
M o theuncounted millions this moment
ocean passengers. We "iand-lnbbers. ~
nilor- call us. may not know tt" difTercnrt.
oetwe"n a MARINE spike and a ringbolt. or
uytlIing about heaving a log. or rigging ont
I living jibboom. or furling a topsail. but W.
al rralize 10 greater or less extent the I'M
Dortance of a 1ifebont IN every marine equip
nent.
But 10 We feel the IMPORTANCE Of a lifehoat
n tn" matter ofthe souls rescue? There are
nu1.~ when We all feel tina. We are ont at --a.
an A. many disturbing anl anxious qu"s-
ions strike us as waves struck that vessel
against The sides OF which the lifeboat o. ny
text tangled. Questions about the church.
Questions about the world. Questions aNo4st
Go Questions about our eternal d">,tuy.
El.rs thinking man ana woman has tEs~-
anr-.tnns. andi IN proportion ashley arethIA>-
IN prap le DO these questions arlst.
lurr" is no wrong IN thinking. Il G0i la /
~ Intended us TO think and KEEP ~ thr.k-
In. He would not haze built under tbs
WIN, house Of the skull this thinking ny
chm. which halts not IL its ravolntion~fran
ara ~ TO grave. Even the midnight Sos
ar, irrams W. are thinkine. although we
de think a. VOL. All II us who are az
su- "a L. thinking want 10 reach sone
60 -aare 81 safety AMI satisfaction. and If
am - has a good lifehoat that we may
h.: Ally take | wish he would unswinS II
fr Ne iavIts and let US get into itand put
for shore.
Eu' give you fair notice | must first ex-
am the lifeboat before / risk my soul in it
or i. y-e you 10 risk your soul In it. All the
en-, al Ramseate lifeboats. and Margare
III. ~. and South shield lifeboats. and
Al An lifehoats We're tested hsfore being
put alto practical use a. 10 their buoyancy
an ~,saed and stowage and ~se1f-righting ca
pay. And when YOU offer my soul a life-
boat must first test II.
H, Is a splendid new lifeboat called
tt, ply. Il has only a little while been
hu -. although SOM OF the planks are
re- ~averal thousand Years Old, ana from
: \ I'll eaten ship unt they, are painted
ON, al look new They are really tataiisu
al atheism ~ olien time. But We nuss
fc- NAT ana cali ;hen thaosophy- The
Gr& Darling ~ this I~itat~,at was An oars
~ the nam" ~ Nine. B!avatsky
hr, arsw0man now Is Annie Resant. =
n r. getting a'-,arj the boat II j
81 examination. roth because . The
81 those who have -nteCe9 Y and ~
cat s.. ourselves Az invited to 60
-urv Is that evcryfhln-iS ooi 80
ar ana tree AMI man are par : ts5f
w three souls-aL. animal sou : II
a sDt-i-r4t 800 T-e ana an