Milford chronicle., 1893-09-22

hopes, all our contempiations, all ourprav
ers, to catch a mighty shower. Lord. IA.
crease our faith.n
like the way that the minister's wilor-
did in Elisha's time, when, after the fam
being very unfortunate, her two sons wa
about to be sold for debt, and she had moth
ing IN the house but pot of oil. and at
Ellsha'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 vet a YES.
1 sell the answer came, There is not a 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 yshall be filed until
they can hold no more Of iubilant. all in
spring and triumphant faith.
LESSONS OF THE STORM
What frightful time we had a few davs
ago down on the coast Of Long TsIand
where l had been stoppingl That archanrei
OF tempest which, with its awful wings
swept the Atlantic coast from Florida Ia
Newfoundland did not spare our region. I
a few miles away, at Southampton. I saw
the bodies Of four men whom thestorin had 4
slain and the sea had cast up. As I stood
there among the dead bodies said to NV 4
self, and | said aloud: "These men repre.
sent homes. What viii mother and father
ana VIE and children say when they know
this?"
some OF the victims were unknown. Only
Ihe hrst name of two Of them was found
out-Charley and William. wondered
then and wonder now if they viii remain
unknown and il some kindred far away
may be waiting for their coming and never
near OK the rough way of their going. I
81" aiso one OF the three who had come in
ailIe, out more dead than alive. The shin
had become helpless six miles out. and as
., one wave swept the deck and went down
the furnaces till they hissed and went ont
the cry was, "Oh, my God we are loetr5
lhen the crew put on life preservers. one Of
The sailors saying to the other, I've win
meet again on the shore, and if not. we'll /
we must all 60 some time"
OF the % men who put on the life nre-
servers, only lived TO reach the beach
But what a scene it was as the good and
sInd people Of southampton, led on by DR.. Z
-homas, the great and good surgeon of y
NeW York, stood watching the sailors Z
Grugghng IN the breakers. Are YOU still a
live" shouted Dr. Thomas to one Of them .
ut IN the breakers and he signaled YES u
no Unen went into Inconsistencies. Who ?
hould do the most for the poor fellows 4
nd how to resuscitate them were the .
uestlons that ran up and down the beach
g Southampton.
How the men and women on the shore
TODD wringing their hands impatientIv II
'Mtlng for the sufferers to come within tc
zach, and then they were lifted up and m
lrrled indoors and waited on with asmueh W
indness and wrapped as warmly as though g
ley had been the princesof eearth. "Are OF
ley aliveY' Are they breathing?u "Do ia
on think they viii livefr What can we st
. for themf3 were the rapid and intense sl
lestt2ns asked, and so much money was ly
mt for the clothing and equipment Of the as
liortuuates that DR.. Thomas had to make TN
proclamation that no more money was III
'eded. In other words, all that day it m
as resusoitatiun. is
And that is the appropriate word for us w
ls morning aswe stand aud look off upon L'
is awful sea Of doubt and unbelief on ls
hieh hundreds are this noiQent being
recked' Some of them We're l2t.ss--, 80 sslt 9.
lllstan parentage on snooX seas and fsSe
th promise for prosperous V5yage, but a
1ltalre cyclone struck theng on one side bu
ID g Tom Paine cyclone stuck them on va
e other side, and a bad/habit cyclone lei
ruek them ON all sideE and they have th
lnuered far away froE shore. far away m'
'm God and they hayG gone down or are Sp
'shed ashore with y spiritual life left in
EN-
? F@e1 there are many here to- the
y with euousf faith left to encourage us ou1
the effort 40 resuscitation. All hands by
the beachl With confidence in God eau
1t takes no denial, let us lay hold OF cou
'm Fetch them out of the breakers! this
ing gospel warmth and gospel stimulus SOU
! gospel life to their freezing soulsl Re emit