The Progress., 1894-03-17

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work was doue. The world may not
know it. but, mother, we held the rope, |
didn't we?" And the voice, trcmuIouH
with joyful emotion responds; 'NeS,
father; we held the rope. feel my
work is done. Now, Lord, lcttest thou
thy servant depart in peace, for mlne
eyes have seen thy salvation.
"pshawn says the father, y never
felt so much like living in my life as
now. | want to see what that fellow is
going on 20 do, he has begun so we'll
O, men aud women here assembled,
YOU brag sometimes how YOU have
fought your way in the world, but
think there have been hcIptUIlnt'ucnccS |
that YOU have never fully acNnoWi- |
edged Has there not been some i'll
Aucncc in your ear Y or present nome .
that the world can not See Does there |
not reach to you from among the New
England hills or from western prajrlcs,
or from southern plantation, or
from English or Scottish or Irish home, !
cord of influence that has kept you
RIGHT when you would have gone
astray, and which, after you had
made a crooked track, recalled YOU?
The rope may be as long Us thirty
wears or 500 miles long or 5000
miles long, but hands that went out
of mortal sight long ago still hold
the rope You want very swift
horse, and you need to rowel him with
sharpcst spurs, and to let the relnS
lie loose upon the neck, and to give a
shout to racer, if you are going to
ride out of reach of your mothers
PRAYERS. Why, ship crossing the At
lantic in seven days can't sail away
from them A sailor finds them on the
lookout as he takes Misplace, and finds
them on the mast as he climbs the rat
lines to disentanglc 4 rope in the
tempest and finds them swinging on
the hammock when he turns in. Why
not be frank and acknowledge 1.-THE
most Of us would long ago have been
dashed to pieces had not gracious and
loving hands steadily and lovingly and
nightly held the rope.
But there must come a time when
/, we shall find out who these Damascenes
f were who lowered Paul in the basket,
+ and greet them and all those who have
e rendered to God and the world nn-
, RECOGNIZED and unrecorded services.
< That is going to be one of the glad ex-
\ elements of heaven-the hunting up
t and picking out of those who did great
0 good on earth and got no credit for 1t,
o Here the church has been going on
C nineteen centuries, and this is probably
e the first sermon ever recognizing the
J. services of the people in that Damas
d Gus balcony. Charles e. Flnnet sale
e to dying Christian Give my love te
G st. Paul when you meet him. Whe1
If Won and meet him, as we will, shall
If ask him to introduce me to those people
who cot him out Of the Damasccn'
l. peril
vt Once for thirty-six hours we expected
b? every moment to go to the bottom o
or the ocean The waves struck through
ID the skylights and rushed down int
ID the hold of the ship and Kissed agains
il the boilers. 1t was an awful time; bu
I'd bv the blessing of God and the faith
OF fulness of the men in charge we cam
ut out of the cyclone and we arrived a
in hnfnro Ion vino th
I'd ship thanked Capt Andrews, | d
k. not think there was a man or woma
IN that went off that ship without thanh
if ing Capt Andrews, and when yeal
Id after, heard of his death,
ke was impelled to write letter Of cor
re dolence to his family in Liverpool
he Everybody recognized the goodness
he the courage, the kindness of Captal
of Andrews; but it occurs to me now tn;
VS. we never thanked the engineer |
cir stood away down in the darkne
* amid the kissing furnaces doing h
ey whole duty Nobody thanked the e
he gineer, but God recognized his herois
he and his continuance and his tidelit
he and there will be just as high REVEAL
to for the engineer who worked out
he sight, as the captain who stood on t.
DIV bridge of the ship in the midst of Il
he bowling tempest r.
LUZ A Christian woman was seen goll
III along the edge of wood every eve
ere tide, and the neighbors in the count
leu did not understand how mother wi
oii so many cares and anxieties shou
len waste so much time as to be idly sau
"n tering out, evening by evening.
al was found out afterward that
'ho went there to pray fore her househo
el- and while there one evening she wrt
hes that beautiful hymn, famous in
III ages for cheering Christian hearts:
VIZ | love to steal awhile away
GU From every numbering care,
And spend the hours Of setting day
QUO In humble, grateful prayer.
'fy' Shall there be no reward for S,
o = unpretending yet everlasting serVl
If We go into long sermon to pr
~, that we will be able to recognize p
w. pie in heaven, when there IS one I
tors son we fail to present, and that is
10. ter than all--God will introduce
,ad We shall have them all pointed {