The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-05-05


servant depart in peace, for mine eyes
have seen Thy salvation" "Pshawr
says the father, 81 never felt SO much
like living in my life as now. I want
to see what that fellow is going on to
do, he has begun so WE'LL"
Once for thirty-six hours we expect
ed every moment to go to the bottom
of the ocean. The waves struck through
the slzylights and rushed down into the
hold of the ship and Missed against the
boilers. 1t was an awful time; but by
the blessing of God and the faithful.
ness of the man in charge we came out
of the cyclone and we arrived at home.
Each one before leaving the ship
thanked Capt. Andrews. | do not
think there was a man or woman went
off that ship without thanking Capt.
Andrews, and when, years after,
heard of his death, / was impeled to
write letter of coincidence to his fam
lily in Liverpool. Every body recognized
the goodness, the courage, the kind
ness of Capt. Andrews, but it occurs to
me now that we never thanked the en-.
gineer. He stood away down in the
darkness amid the kissing furnaces do
ing his whole duty. Nobody thanked
the engineer, but God recognized his
heroism and his continuance and his
fidelity, 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.
Come, let us go right up and accost
those on this circle of heavenly thrones.
Surely they must have killed in battle
a million men. Surely they must have
been buried with all the cathedrals
sounding dirge and all the towers OF
ali the cities tolling the national grief
Who art Thou, mighty one of Heaveni
Il lived by choice the unmarried
might take care of my parents in theil
old age. and / endured without com
plants all their querulousness and
ministered to all their wants for twenty
years.
Let us pass on round the circle o.
thrones. Who art thou, mighty one
of Heaven? II was for thirty years q
Christian invalid. and suffered all the
while, occasionally writing note o.
sympathy for those worse off than
and was general confidant of all those
who had trouble, and once in awhile
was strong enough to make garment
for that poor family in the bach
lane" Pass on to another throne
Who art thou, mighty one of Heaven
81 was the mother who raised Who'll.
family of children for God, and they
are out in the world. Christian mer
chants, Christian mechanics Christian
wives, and I have had full rewared o
all my toll" Let us pass on in tn,
circle of thrones. II had Sabbath
school class, and they were always OF
my heart, and they all entered tn,
kingdom of God, and I am waiting fo
their arrival"
But who art thou, the mighty one o
Heaven on this other throne? in tim
of bitter persecution / owned hous
in Damascus, house on the wall. 4
man who preached Christ was houndet
from street to street, and / hid hin
from the assassins, and when foun,
them breaking in my house, and
could no longer keep him safely, ad
vised him to flee for his life
and basket was let down over tn
wall with the maltreated man in it, an,
l was one who helped hold the rope.
And said: rs that al1?" and he an
swered: ''That is all" And while
was lost in amazement, heard stron,
voice that sounded as though it nigh
once have been hoarse from many es
posures and triumphant as thougl
it might have belonged to one Q
the martyrs, and it said: mo
many mighty. not many noble ar
called. but God hath chosen the weal
things of the world to confound tn
things which are mighty, and bas
things of the world and things whicl
are despised hath God chosen, yea, an
things which are not, to bring t
naught things which are. that no fes
should glory in His presence" And
looked to see from whence the voic
came, and 10. it vas the very one VIII
had said Through window in
basket was let d own by the wall"
Henceforth think of nothing as il
significant. A little thing may decid
your all. A Cunarder put out frol
England for New York. 1t was we
equipped, but in putting up stove |
the pilot box nail was drive
too near the compass. You kno'
how that nail would affect the con
pass. The ships officer, deceived b
that distracted compass, put tn
hip two hundred miles off her rigf
| course, and suddenly the man on til
lookout cried: Land. hof' and the shi
was halted within a few yards of ht
demolition on Nantucket shoals.
six penny nail came near wrecking
Cunarder. Small ropes hold might
| destinies.
A minister seated in Boston at h
table, lacking aword he puts his han
| behind his head and tits back his cha
/ to think, and the ceiling falls an
brushes the table and would ha'
crushed him. A minister in Jamaica ;
night by the light of an insect, Gale
the candle-fiy, is kept from stepping ov,
a precipice hundred feet. F. w. Ro
ertson, the celebrated English clerg
man, said that he entered the ministl
from a train of circumstances starts
by the barking of dog. Had the wiz
blown one way on certain day, Il
Spanish inquisition would have bee
! established in England; but it BILE