Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-18


fare: faith III judgment day that will SGT
all thlngs right which hsve Tor ages bccn
wrong.
Increase oarfalth, NJ by Fragile nddltiuu,
but by an infriiudc OF rccuperatlon Let
Us do II ~ WE saw IL done IN the country
while We wcrc yet In cur teens. at the ED
farmhouse, after q long drought, aud tho
well had been dried, and tho cattle moausd
with thirst ~ the hars, aud the meadow
brook had ceased 10 run, and the grass
withered, and tho corn was shfivoleti up,
and ono day there was a prowl Of thunder,
and then congregation OF clouds on the
sky. and then startling flash, aud then a
drcnching rain, and father nnd mother nut
barrels under every spout at the corners ol
the house and SGT pllis and buckets aud
tubs and pans and pitchers 10 catch az much
a. they could OF the shower for IN many
81 our souls therc has been louR drought
OF confidence aud III many no faith at all.
Let rs set out all our affections all our
hopes. all our contemplstionS all our may.
en-, 10 catch mighty shower "i.orl, In
crasc our faith.
like tho way tha, the ministers widow
dld Ia Elisha's time, when, after the family
bcing very untor,uNato, her two sons were
about 20 be sold for debt. aud shn had moth
ing IN the house but a rot OF oil, and nt
klishA's direction she borrowed from her
neighbour all the vessels ahc could borrow
and then began TO pour out the oil into
thoso vessels aud kept on pouring until
they were all full, and she became an oil
merchant. with more aSsots than liabilities,
and when she CRIED Bring me yet a YES.
scl H. tho answer came, There IA not a Nee.
nel mora 50 ltt uA take what oil OF faith
We have and use Il until thu supply shall
DO mlraculously multiplied. Bring On your
empty vessels, and by the power Of the
iori God oi Elisha they shall De filled until
they can hold no morn OF jubllant, all In.
spiring and triumphant faith,
irssoNa on nm STORM.
What frightful time wc had a few days
ngo down on the coast Of Long Island,
where had been stoppingl That archangel
OF tempeSt which, with la awful winge,
swept the Atlantic coast from Florida TO
Newfoundland did not spare our region,
A few miles away, NJ Southampton, saw
| tho bodies Of four men whom thehtorm bad
slain and the sca had Gust up, As stood
| therc among the dead bodies l 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
thisfn
Some OF thcNotims wore unknown. Only
the FIRST name OF two " them was found
out--Charley and William. l wondered
then and / wonder NOW " they viii rvmaii,
unknown and II aomu kindred far away
may be waiting for their coming and ncyor
bear Of the rough way OF their going, /
snw also one Of the three who had come IN
alive. but moro dead thnn alive, The ship
had become helpless nix miles out, aud as
one wave swept the deck and went down
tbs furnaces TN they hlsssd aud went ont
the cry was. "Oh, my God. we are iostl'
Then the crew put on liepreseryurs, one Of
the sailors saying to the other, we will
meet again on the shore, aud II not, well,
we must all ~ some time
or the 20 men who put on the life pre-.
servers, only 5 lived 20 reach the beach.
But what u scene It was az the good and
Kind people Of southampton, led ON by DR.,
Thomas, the great and rood surgeon VI
New York, stood watching tho sailors
struggling 10 the breakers. Are you still
aliveW shouted Dr. Thomas TO one OF then
out In the breakers, aud he signhled yea
and then went into Observation-Disclosures Who
should do the most for the poor fellows
and how 10 resusultAte them were the
questions that ran up and down tho beach
al Southampton.
How the men and women ON the short
stood wringing their hands impaticntly
waiting Tor the sufferers 10 come within
reach ami then they were lifted up and
carried indoors and waited on with as much
kindness and wrapped IA warmly IA though
they had been theprnca oi the earth. Arr
they sliyrin "Ar they breathingW "Do
you think they viii liyon "whut Gnu va
do for thcmr vert tho rapid and intcnN
questions asked, aud 30 much money was
sent for the clothing and equipment OF tho
unfortunhtes that DR.. Thomas hnh 10 MAKE
proclamation that no more money wa,
needed. In other words, all that day e
was Tesuscitation.
And that Is tho appropriate word iof IA
this morning nswefand and look oil upon
this awful sea Of doubt and nnbolirf on
which hundreds agc this moment being
wrecked. Some OF thom wcra launched by
Christian paientago on smooth seas and
with promise tor prosperous voyage. bnt a
Voltalre cyclone struck them on one side,
and Tom Paine cyclone struck them on
the other side, and a had hahI -cyeloEe
struck them on all sides, and they hayo
foundcrcd far away from ahoro. far away
from God and they Lave gone down or ara
washed ashore with no spiritual life left ia
them.
But, thank God, there are many here TO-
day with enough faith left TO encourage Vi
Ia the effort al resuscitntion. All hands
10 the beach, With confidence In God
that takes no denial, let us lhy hold Of
theml Fetch them out of the brcakuIr
Bring gospel warmth aud gospel stimulus
and gospel life to their freezing noulal Ro'
niacltatipnl Resnsclthtionl