The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-12-13
"LET'S ALL LOOK up"
The Preserving Power Of Prayer-A Thrill
Ing Incident Of the Storm.

The following touching occurrence
was related to Bishop Capers on his re-
cent visit to the suffering people of his
Diocese near Georgetown, and graphi-
caily told him.
Two elderly ladies, one of them an
invalid, ,occupiedtheir home not farfrom
the coast. With them were two young
lady visitors. On the place were some
faithful-family servants who remained
with them since their freedom. In the
midst of the storm huge wave dashed
lumber-laden schooner upon the
ground not far from the front of the
house, and in wreck;ng it the heavy
timbers were driven toward the dwell
ing by the sarging, swelling food, and
one of the pieces forced the door when
the rushing water soon filled the
building.
The faithful servants were anxious
to remove their sick mistress to the
storm-room, tall, strong structure,
built after the memorable storm OF
1922, and separated from the residence
by passage-way. She declined going,
with the remark, "that if her time had
come to depart she would prefer to die
in the room where she was and where
her father died"
In little while the water began to
move the bed, when the negress took
her from the couch and with the assist
[ance of the two brave young ladies,
bore her safely above the waves and
made the passage of the storm-room,
but only to find that here, too, the
pitiless. swirling food was rising upon
them and that they must drown even
in this supposed secure retreat.
30, Miss, look at Julia, the water is
up to her neck" was the exclamation
of the faithful nurse. At this key
moment of mortal suspense, with the
tempest bowling without, the water
| sweeping in from the sea and rising
higher and higher, and the imperiled
victims apparently ready to sink in
despair and death beneath the remorse-
less flood, Julia, the little colored SER
want, with the pillows about to over
| whelm her, uttered the sublime cry OF
faith, 30, Miss, don't look down, look
up; let's all look up. Jesus is at the
| helm, he won't let as drown"
Almost instantly, the mighty hand
of Him whom even the wind and waves
obey, vouchsafed their deliverance.
The wind veered around and blew from
the opposite direction, and thereby
driving the water back again to the
sea: It was graphic, realistic picture,
revealing most clearly both the pleni-
tude of Gods power and his mighty
and instant protection!
In connection with the above we
would like to mention an unnoted
thought in the Bishops Thanksgiving
sermon:
He was not before his congregation
to explain the mystery of evil, or why
irreligion at times sits enthroned, while
sanity lives are bowed beneath ''sor-
rows crown of SORROW" These inc
qualities, which the agnostic and the
unbeliever cite as proofs against re-
vealed religion, find their complete
answer in the patient, submissive lives
of those who know in Whom they
trust; and who find much even in their
suffering lives for which to be thank
full.
1--WE do rot know, now," but shsll
know hereafter, when this ephemeral
existence shall have been swallowed
up by the eternities of Gods never
ending love and holiness in the realm
of light.
1t is an easy thing, said he, for those
in health, surrounded by comfort and
whose ease and affiuence assure them
of social success, to come up to the sane
tuary to give thanks, but what of those
into whose lives the iron has entered;
upon whom the dark cloud of adver-
sity has fallen;w who are filled with cark-
ing care and apparently have nought
but "dead sea fruit to the lips?" What,
if they sometimes find it hard to give
thanks in the great assembly? He
urged his hearers TO go forth with love,
and faith and prayer, that they might
brighten darkened homes and thereby
enjoy the fragrant fruit of the positive
Christian virtues. 4. d. q.
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