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ment TO go TO the bottom Of the ocean. The
waves struck through tho s~kylights and
down into the hold OF the ship and /,
Kissed against the boilers. II was an awful
time, but by the blessing of God and the I
faithfulness OF the men In charge we came
Of the cyclone, and we arrived Mt home. !
Each one before leaving the ship thanked
Captain Andrews. ! do not think there was
q man or woman that went of that ship
without thanking Captain Andrews, and
when years after ! heard of his death I was
impelled to write a letter Of coincidence to
his family in Liverpool.
Everybody recognized the goodness, the
courage and the kindness Of Captain An.
drews, but 1t occurs to me now that we new
or thanked the engineer. He stood away
down in the darkness amid the kissing fur.
naces doing his whole duty. Nobody thank
ed the engineer, but God recognized his her
oism, and his continuance, and his ndeli-
ty, and there will be just as high reward
for the engineer who worked out Of sight As
the captain who stood on the bridge Of the
ship In the midst Of the bowling tempest.
A Christian woman was seen going along
the edge of a wood every eventide, and the
neighbors In the country did not under
stand how a mother with SO many cares and
anxieties should waste so much time as to
be idly sauDtering out evening by evening.
1t was found out afterward that she went
there to pray for her household, and while
there one evening she wrote that beautiful
hymn, famous in all ages for cheering Chris.
tian hearts:
love TO steal awhile away
From every numbering care
And spend the hours Of setting day
In humble, grateful prayer.
Shall there be no reward for such UMPIRE
tending yet everlasting ~servicef
GOD WILL INTRODUCE US.
We go into long sermon to prove that we
will be able to recognize people in heaven
when there Is one reason we fail to present,
and That Is better than all-God will intro
duce us. We shall have them all pointed
out. You would not be guilty Of the impo-
likeness Of having friends In your parlor
not introduced, and celestial politeness will
demand that we be made acquainted with
all the heavenly household. What rehear.
sal Of old times and recital Of stirring rem
iniscences.
II others fail to give introduction, God
will take US through, and before our first
"a hours In heaven--if 1t were calculated by
earthly timepieces-have passed we shall
meet and talk with more heavenly celebri-
ties than In our entire mortal state we met
with earthly celebrities. Many who made
great noise Of usefulness will sit on the last
seat by the front door Of the heavenly TEN.
pie, while right up within arms reach Of
the heavenly throne will be many who,
though they could not preach themselves or
do great exploits for God, nevertheless held
the rope.
Come. let us 20 right up and accost those
on this circle Of heavenly throne. Surely
they must have killed In battle a million
men. Surely they must have been buried
with all the cathedrals sounding a dirge
and all the towers Of all the cities tolling
the national grief. Who art thou, mighty
one Of hsavenf u lived by choice the un.
married daughter In a humble home that ]
might take care Of my parents in their old
age, and endured without complaints all
their querulousness and ministered To all
their wants for 20 years"
Let us pass OF round the circle OF thrones.
Who art thou, mighty one Of heaveni II
was for DO years q Christian invalid and
suffered all the while, occasionally writing
q note Of sympathy for those worse of than
!, and was general c%onfidant Of all those
who had trouble, and once in awhile I was
strong enough to make a garment for that
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another throne. Who art thou, mighty one
Of heaveni II was the mother who raised
q whole family Of children for God, and they
are out In the world, Christian merchants,
Christian mechanics, Christian wives, and
I have had full reward of all my toll" Let
vi pass on in the circle Of thrones. II had
q Sabbath school class, and they were al
ways on my heart, and they all entered the
kingdom Of God, and I Am waiting for their
arrival"
But who art thou, the mighty one Of
heaven Of this other thronef I'm time Of
bitter persecution I owned a house In Da.
msscus. a house on the wall. A man who
preached Christ was bounded from street
to street, and I hid him from the assassins,
and when I found them breaking In my
house and I could no longer keep him safe
ly ] q advised hin to flee for his life, and a
basket was let down over the wall with tho
maltreated man In It, and I was one who
helped hold the rope" And Isaid, us that
ALI" and he answered, ''That Is ALL"
And while I was lost In amazement I
heard a strong voice that sounded as
though II might once have been hoarse from
many exposures and triumphant as though
1t might have belonged to one Of the mar
tyrs, and it said, mot many mighty, not
many noble, are called, but God hath chosen
the weak things Of the world to confound
the things which are mighty, and base
things Of the world, and things which are
despised hath God chosen-yea, and things
which are MOTTO bring to naught things
which are, that no flesh should glory In his
presence" And I looked to sec from whence
the voice came, and, 10! 1t was the very one
who had said, Through q window, In q
basket, was l let down by the WALL"
THE STORY OF THE NAIL.
Henceforth think of nothing as insiRniA-
cant. A little thing may decide your all.
A Cunarder put out from England for New
York. 1t was we'll equipped. but in putting
up a stove In the pilot box a nail was driven
too near the compass. You know how that
nail would affect the compass. The ships
officer, deceived by that distracted com.
pass, put the ship 200 miles of her right
course, and suddenly the man on the look
out cried, Land, ho!' and the ship was
halted within q few yards of her demolition
on Nantucket shoals. A sixpenny nail came
near wrecking q Cunarder. Small ropes
hold mighty destinies.
A minister seated In Boston at his table,