The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-30

an opportunity 20 get In g heavier
stroke, until with one Anal effort. So
which the muscles are distended end
the veins stand out. and the blood
starts. the swarthy habit fails under
the knee OF the wictor--escaped at last
as with the skin of his teeth
The ship Emma, bound from
Gottenburq to Harwich. was sailing
on. when the man on the lookout saw
something that ne pronounced vaa
sci bottom up. There was something
on it that looked like a sea gull hut
was afterward found to be "a waving
Handkerchief In the small boat Che
crew pushed out to the wreck, anU
found that IL was q capsized vessel
and that three men had been digging
their way out through the bottom u4
the ship When the weasel capalE@a
they had no means Of escape. The
captain took his penAxnife nnd duH
away through the planlza until hie
knife broke Then an old nail VIVA
found, with which they attempted tu
scrape their way out Of the darEneaa.
each one working until his hand was
wellnigh paralyz ed, and he sank 1aplr
faint and sick After long and tediCus
work, the light broke through the
bottom Of the ship. A handkernhieE
was hoisted. Help came. They were
taken on board the vessel and saved
Did ever men come 50 near q watsrY
grave without dropping into it2 How
narrowly they caped-esoaped only
with the skin Of their teeth.
Try this God. ye who have had the
b1oodhounds after you. and who have
thought that God had forgotten you.
Try him, and see if he will not help
Try him and see if he viii not par
don Try him. and see IL he win not
save. The flowers of spring have NO
bloom so sweet as the lowering OF
Christ's affections. The sun hath Mo
warmth compared with the glow o.
his heart The waters have no REL
freshment like the fountain that win
slalre the thirst Of thy soul At tha
moment the reindeer stands with hte
lip and nostril thrust into the cool
mountain torrent, the hunter may BE-
coming through the thiclzet With
out cracking stick under his foot.
he comes close by the stag aims hia
gun. draws the trigger. and the poor
thing rears in its death agony and
falls backward, its antlers crashing
on the rocks; but the painting heart
that drinks from the water brooks OF
Gods promise shall never be fatally
wounded. and shall never die
This world is q poor portion for
your soul oh business mani An euat-
ern king had craven upon his tomb
two fingers, representing az sounding
upon each other with q snap. and un-
der them the motto, ''All ia not worth
that Apicius Coelius hanged himself
because his steward informed him that
he had only eighty Thousand pounds
sterling left All of this world'a riches
E-w~4 &asI- stlr.a
soul Robespierre attempted to win
the applause Of the world: but when
he was dying a woman came rushing
through the crowd crying 90 him'
Murderer of my kindred, descend TO
hell, covered with the curses Of every
mother in France!" Many who have
expected the plandits Of the world
have died under it's Anathema Marhu-
Rtha.
Oh. find your peace in God. Make
one strong pull for heaven. No half-
way work will do it. There some
times comes time on ship board
when everything must be sacrificed 90
save the passengers The cargo 50
nothing, the rigging nothing. The
captain puts the trumpet to his lip
and, shouts. ''Cut away the mastlH
Some Of you have been tossed and
driven, and you have. in your effort
to keep the world. well nigh lost your
soul Until you have decided This
matter. let erything else GO. over
board with all those other ankle
ties and burdens You win have
to drop the sails of your pride.
and cut away the mast With
one earnest cry for help. put your
cause into the hand Of him who helped
Paul out Of the breakers Of Aelita.
and who, above the shrilI blast Of Che
wra thieat tempest that ever blac1ened
the sky or shook the ocean can hear
the faintest implorat ton for mercy.
shall conclude, feeling that some 1G
you. who have considered your cuHa
hopeless. will take heart again, Hmd
that with a bIood-red earnsatnoas.
such as you have never experienced
before. you will start for the good
land of the GospeI-at last to look
back, saying What a great riHir a
rani Almost lost but saved just
got through, and no mOrsl Eacnpe1
by the skin of my teeth.