The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-18

and she had nothing in the house but
pot OF oil, and, at Elisha's direction, she
borrowed from her neigh bOrs all the yes
sells 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 a vessel the an
swer came, There is not a vessel more. "
80 let US take what oil Of faith we have
and use il until the supply shall be mi
raculously multiplied, Bring on your
emptE vessels, and by the power Of the
Lord God of Elisha they shall be fill
ed until they can hold no more of jubi-
liant, all-inspiring and triumphant faith.
What frightful time we had a few
days ago down on the coast of Long
Island, where l have been stopping. That
archaugel of tempest, which, with its aw-
ful wings, swept the Atlantic coast from
Florida to Newfoundland, did not spare
our region. A few miles away, at South
ampton, l 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 myself, and | said
aloud: These men represent homes.
What will mother and father and wife
| and children say when they know thisi"
Some Of the victims were unknown, only
the first name of two of them was found
y
then and wonder now if they will re-
main unknown, and if some kindred far
away may be waiting for their coming
and never hear of the rough way of their
going. l 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 on the furnaces till
they Missed and went out, the cry was,
so, my God, we are lost" Then the
crew put on life preservers, one of the
sailors saying to the other, 1--WE will meet
again on the shore, and if not. well, we
must all go some time" Of the twenty
| three men who put on the life preservers,
only three lived to reach the beach. But
what scene it was as the good and
kind people of Southampton, led on by
DIR. Thomas, the great and good surgeon
of New York, stood watching the sailors
struggling in the breakers. care you
still aliveP shouted DR. Thomas to one
of them out in the breakers, and he sig
nailed yes, and then went into uncon-
sciousness. Who should do the most for
| the poor fellows and how to resuscitate
! them, were the ques lions that ran up and
| down the beach at Southampton. How
| the men ana women on the shore stood
wringing their hands impatiently waiting
| for the sufferers to come within reach, and
then they were lifted up and carried in
| uOOIS anu WdlJ6u on WIN as nuCn KIND
ness and wrapped as warmly as though
they had been the princes of the earth.
Are they alive?" Are they breath
ing!" "Do you think they will live2"
What can we do for them2" were the
rapid and intense questions asked, and so
much money was sent for the clothing
and equipment of the unfOrtunates that
DR.. Thomas had to make proclamation
that no more money was needed. In
other words, all that day it was resusci-
tatiOn.
And that is the appropriate word for
US this morning, as we stand and look off
upon this awful sea Of doubt and unbelief
on which hundreds are this morning being
wrecked. Some of them were launched
by Christian parentage on smooth seas
and with promise for prosperous voyage,
but a VOltaire cyclone struck them on
one side and Tom Paine cyclone struck
them on the other side, and bad-habit
cyclone struck them on all sides, and they
have fOundered far away from shore far
| away from God, and they have gone
down or are washed away with no spirit
ual life left in them But thank God,
| there are many here to-day with enough
faith left to encourage US in the effort at
their resuscitation All hands to the
| beach With a confidence in God that
takes no denial, let us lay hold of them!
Fetch them out of the breakers! Bring
gospel warmth and gospel stimulus and
gospel life to their freezing souls Resus-
citation Resuscitation