Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-11-08

Tho oceau yayurU aud radely blow't
ihe VIM that toss d my iouuGerng bark.
Dut | got in o the gospel Iife0out and gol
lshore. No religious speculation for me-
These higher criticism fellows DO not bother
ne a bit. You may ask me fifty questions
IbOut the sea, and about the land, and about
he hiebOat that l sannot answer, but one
hing know, am ashore. and an going to
stay ashore, If the Lord by His Grace will
lelp me. l feel under me something firm
that l try it with my right foot, and try il
Titn my lett foot, and then try ii with both
eet, and it Is 50 solid that l think il must be
Fhat tie old folks used to call the Rock
lges.
And be my remaining days on earth many
" few l am going to spend my time in
'e,Ommen ling the life5oGt which fetched me
lere, a poor sinner saved 10y grace, and in
swinging tle cutiassss TO sever the ropes Of
any unsafe iisooat AMI let her fall OF. My
nearer, without asking any questions, get
nto the gospel HiehoIt. Room . amt vet
mere Is room the biggest boat on earth Is
me gospel ifeooat. You must re member the
proportion OF things. and IUat the ship.
wrecked craft Is the whole earth, and the
ii-Doat must be in proportion.
You talk about your CampaniGs. and yOuI
LucaniGs. and your Nsjestics, and your City
II New NOrSs. but all OF them put tOgethe.
re smaller tuan an indians canoe on sch
,oJn Lake compared with this gospel lhfeboa'
hat is large enough to take in ali Nations
loom for one and room for all. Get IN
How? Howy' you risk.
Well, know how you feel. for summe
,eiore last on the sea OF Finland l had the
same experience. The ship in which we
sIilSd could not venture nearer than mile
rom shore, where stood the Russian palace
Of PeterOf and we hat 10 get into IA small
boat and be rowsd ashore. The water was
rough and as We went down the ladder ai
the side OF the ship We held firmly on to the
railing. but in order to get into the boat We
lad at last to let go.
How did know that the boat was goo,
and that the oarsnen were SUN Client? How
did l know that the Finlanl Sea would not
swallow US with one opening OF its crysta
Jaws? We had to trust, and We did trust,
snd our trust was well rewarded. In the
ssme way get into this gospel lifebOat. Let
20! As long as YOU hold on 10 any otnel
hope you are iInpsrileI. and you get no al.
vintage from the liisbOat. Let go! Does
some one here say. - guess / Will hold on
little TO nv good works, or TO pioUs parent
age. or to something l can 30 in the way o.
achieving my own savat.ol.' No, no, let
go! Trust the Captain, VINO would not pui
you into a riclisty or uncertain craft.
For the sake Of your present and everlast
ing welfare. with all the urgency OF an i'm
mortal addressing immortals, l cry from the
depths of my soul and at the top oi my voice.
Let 20! Last summer the life saving crew
at East HAMPTON invited me to come up 10
the life station and see the crew practice, for
twice a week they are drilled in the impor-
tant work assigned them by the United States
Government. and they go through all the
routine of saving the snipwrecked. But that
would give little idea OF what they would
have to do if some midnight next winter, the
wind driving backward, a vessel should get
4 the grasp OF hurricane.
See the lights iars from the ship in the
breakers, and then responding lights haring
from the beach. and hear the rockets buzz az
they rise. and the liteboat rumbles out, and
the gun booms, and the life line rises and
falls across the splintered decks, and the
havger tightens, and the life car goes to and
fro. CARRYING the exhausted mariners, and the
ocean. as if angersd by the snatching of the
human prey from the white teeth OF its surf
and the stroke of its billoNng paw, rises
with increased fury to assail the land. SO
low am engaged in no light drill, practic-
.ng for what may come over some OF your
souls. It is with some of you wintry mid
night. and your hopes for this world and th1
lext are wrecked.
But see! See The lights kindled on the
beach, throw out the life line. Haul IN,
band over hand All, there is lifeooat in
The surf, which all the wrath OF earth and hell
,annot swamp, and its Captain with Scared
land puts the trumpet to HIS lips as lie
cries. tOh, Israel, thou hast destroyed thy
self. but in Ne is thy help" But what IS the
use of all this if you decline to get into ~
You might as well have been sailor on
board that laundering ship OF the Medi-
erranean when the mariners cut the ropes
f the boat and let her fall OIL.