News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1893-09-21

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 vessel" the
answer came, E'There is not vessel
more" SO let US take what oil of faith
we have nesit until the supply
on YOU, "a, Y-ssIels, and by the power
of thssasss-s IaoJ of Elisha they shall be
filled >untilS theI can hold no more of
jubilant, all ms piring and triumphant
faith.
RESUSCITATION.
What a frightful time we had few
days ago down on the coast of Long Is
land, where | have been stopping. mat
archangel of tempest which, with It's
awful wings, swept the Atlantic coast
from Florida to Newfoundland did not
spare our region. A few miles away, at
southampton. 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 L
said aloud: "These men represent homes.
What will mother and father and wife
and children say when they know thlS!
Some of the victims were unknown.
Only the first name of two of them was
found out-Charley and Wnlam.
wondered then and | wOnder now II they
will remain unknown and II some KIN
bred far away may be waiting for their
coming and never hear of the rough way
of their going. I 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 Kissed and went out
the cry was. ooh, my God, we are lost"
Then the crew put on life prcserVers,
one of the sailors saying to the other,
eve will meet again on the shore, and,
if not, well, we must all go some time"
OF the % men who put on the life
preservers, only 3 lived to reach the
beach. But What c scene it was as the
good and kind people of Southampton,
led on by DR.. Thomas, the great and
good surgeon of New York, stood watch
ing the sailors struggling in the break
ers. care you still alive?" shouted DR..
Thomas to one Of them out in the break
ers, and he signaled yes and then went
into Inconsistencies. Who should do
the most for the poor fellows and how
to resuscitate them were the questions
that ran up and down the beach at South
ampton.
How the men and 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 indoors and waited on with as
much kindness and wrapped as warmly
as though they had been the princes of
the earth. ':Are they alive?" Are they
breathing?" Do you think they will
liver ''NVhat can we do for them"
were the rapid and intense questions
asked, and SO much money was sent for
the clothing and equipment of the I'M
fortunates that Dr. Thomas had to make
proclamation that no more money was
needed. In other words, all that day it
was resuscitation.
And this is the appropriate word for
us this morning as we stand and look
off upon this awful sea of doubt and IN
belief on which hundreds are this mo-
ment being wrecked Some of them
were launched by Christian parentage
on smooth seas and With promise for
prosperous voyage, but Voltaire cy
clone struck them on one side, and a Tom
Paine cyclone struck them on the other
side, and bad habit cyclone struck
them on all sides, and they have feun-
dered far away from shore, far away
from God and they have gone down OF
are washed, ashore with no spiritual life
left in them.
But, thank God, there are many here
today with enough faith left to encour-
age US in the effort at their resuscitation.
ALI hands to the beach! With a conf
dence 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! Resuscitation!
ResuScitatiOni