Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1893-10-28

The Recent Yacht Race Importance of
the I.If-boats That Can Iiv. In
Any Sca-A sure Refuge In the storm
Of Life.
BROOKLYN. Oct. 2s.-Aftcr preaching
on nearly 1000 different subjects and
being closely followed by the printing
press for about ~ years Rev DR. Tai
image still seems To- find new subjects
that have never been preached on. This
forenoon he chose for his subject I'm
safe ifeboats." the text being Acts
xvii, 3s, Then the soldiers cut off tho
ropes Of the boat and let her fall off"
While your faces are yet somewhat
bronzed by attendance on tho interna-
tional boat contest between the Vigilant
and the Valkyric ] address you Good
things when there is no betting or dissi-
patton, those outdoor sports. We want
more fresh air and breeziness in our
Compartments and our religion. A stale
and slow and luguhrious religion may
have done for other times. yet will not
do for these. But my text calls our at
tertiOn To- boat of n different sort. and
instead Of the Atlantic it is the Mrditer-
ranean. AMI instead If not wind enough,
rs the crews of the Vigilant and Valky-
rio the other day complained. there is
too much wind and the swoop Of Eu-
roclydon.
am not calling your attention so
much To the famous ship ON which Paul
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the lifeboat Of that ship which no one
seems to notice. For fortnight the
main vessel had been tossed and driven.
For that two weeks. the account says.
the passengers had continued fasting"
suppose tho salt wafer. lashing over,
had spoiled tho sea biscuit. and tho pas
sengcrs were scasick anyhow.
The sailors sail. ut is NO use: this ship
must go down." AMI they proposed
among themselves Ia lower the lifeboat
and get into it aud take the chances for
reaching shore. although they pretended
they were going I" get over the sides of
the big ship and down into the lifeboat
only to do sailors dnty. That was not
sailorlikc. for the sailors that I have
known We're all intrepid fellows and
would rather 20 down with the ship
than do such n mean thing ~ those Jack
Tars Of my text attempted.
When on the Mediterranean last June
the Victoria sank under tho ram Of the
Camperdown. the most majestic thing
about that awful scene was that all the
sailors staid at their posts doing their
duty. As class all over the world sail
ors are valorous. hut these sailors of the
text were exceptional and pretended to
do duty while they were really preparing
for flight in the lifehoat. But these ma
rines" on l"ar,i sea soldiers in es-
pecial charge II little missionary who
was turning the world upside down. and
when these marines saw the trick the
sailors were about I" play they lifted the
cutlasscs from the girdle and chopi chop!
went thos. cutlass.s into IN" ropes that
held the lif.boat. and splash! it dropped
into the sea.
Ny t"xt describes it. The soldiers cut
off the ropes of the boat and let her fall
Off" AS that empty lif-buat dropped
and was capsizc'l on n sea where for two
weeks winds and pillows had been in
battle | think that many on board tho
main vessel felt their last hope If ever
reaching home had vanished. In that
tempestuous s', - small boat could not
have lived five minutes.
Nv subject is Unsafe Lifcboats. 3"
We cannot cXa"s"rate th" Importance IF
the lifrboat All honor Ia the memory
Of Lionel Lukin the coach builder Of
Long Acre. London. who invented the
first lifeboat. and I do not blan. him for
ordering put ulrn his tombstone in Kent
the inscription that y"u may still read
there:
This Lionel Lukin was tho first who
built lifeboat and was tho original in
ventor Of that principle Of safety by
which many lives and much property
have been preserved from shipwrcck,
and he obtained for it the kings patent
i'm the year 1885,"
WORD OF CAUTION
All honor to the memory Of Sir Will
liam Hillary, who. living in the isle of
Man. and after assisting with his own
shipwrecked. stirred the English parlia-
mcnt to gni:..; action i'm the construction
of lifehoats. Thanks To God for the
sublime and pathetic AMI divine mission
Of the lifeboat. No one will doubt its
important mission who has read If the
wreck Of the Amazon i'm the bay of Bis
cay. of the Tweed running on the reefs
of the gulf of Mexico. or of the Ocean
Monarch on the coast of Wales. or of the
Birkenhead ON the Cape of Good Hope,
or Of the Royal Charter on the coast Of
Anglesea. or of the Exmouth on the
Scotch breakers, or Of the Cambria on
the Irish coast. OF Of the Atlantic on the
ton on Long Island sound.
To add still further 10 the importance Of
the lifeboat, remember there are at least
1900. 900 men following the sea. to say
nothing of the amounted millions this
moment ocean passengers. We land
lubhers," as sailors call us. may not
know tho difference between n marline
spike and a ringbolt. or anything about
heaving log. or rigging out flying
jibboon. or furling n topsail. but we all
realize to greater or less extent the i'm
portance Of lifeboat in every marine
equipment.
But do we feel the importance % a
lifeboat in the matter Of the souls rescue?
There are times when we all feel that we
are out at sea. and ms many disturbing
and anxious questions strike us as waves
struck that vessel against the sides of
which the lifcboat Of my text dangled
Questions about the church. Questions
about the world. Questions about God.
Questions about our eternal destiny.
Every thinking man and woman has
these questions. and in proportion rs
they nv" thinking people Il" these Iucs-
tions arise
There is no wrong in thinking. II God
hal not intended us Ia think and keep
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