The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-02-27
SHATTERED FAITH.
40 1ALMAoE TO THOSE BUN
oEnEp WITH DOUBT.

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-. Of salv.tion-He ovefc" :.
o....4,ons Raised BY tho skep'''' q
prx,Ax SPRINGS, Fla, Feb. sl-A1t' :
,ears of invitation DR.. 1al1naee
-. today at this great Chautauqua' ,
~ rarts Of the south the people ate .
The sermon Is nightly heap
=, =. those who find it hard to believe eF
3. Dr.. Talmage returns this WEEK
sEw..h;roton. The subject OF this sermon
a. shattered Faith and the te1'
IA "And some on broken pieces
q the ship." ~ tho Skier
:. Cane Hatteras was ship IN "ofso
..,aic.ment than, In the AeoA'e.. 90
-s..re was the grain ship on when s'o
s..eneer. were driven on inc osS "
E.et. Ave miles from the me'roroals Va
go is,and. called Citta Veccha- AI
- weeks tempest, when the sup w.
entirely disabled and captain az an
~ become completely de'nofnh.eo' ~
,.-,..,on.rv took command OF the YES
n ~. ~. email. crooked backed ana sore
g - .,co,dinr to tradition. 1t was fnuA'
s.Iv unacared man aboard. He WIS no
49, .f-aid of a Euroclydon tossing ene
Wsa,tarranean sea, now up to the gates o.
ss.yen and now sinking 1t to the &aSes %
IN than he was afraid OF kitten Pis5 ns
vith string. He ordered them az ov~n
N.as,nc Thcn he insured all their lives
t.il,rr them they would be rescued, ana,
= ~ from losing their heads, they wo0o
- lose 40 much Of their hair as you oo'no
- IN 18th one click Of the scissors-nay'
~ : thread of 1t, whether 1t werc Frny
Nth aee or golden with youth. n
ehaIl not q hair full from tho had q any
d you" o., ~.
$3.50 ,,o,+ thew make the sea on tn
fmrfeenth night black with overthrow.
oarro. 20 that when the ship strikes 1t WI
~ strfke 90 heavily. At daybrenk the!
Nv q creek and in their exigency resolve
q make for II. And 90 they cut the cables
took In the two paddles they had on tnos
old boats and hoisted the mainsan 30 tns
they might come with such force as 10
driven high up on the beach BY some ~, ao
tunate billow There she goes, tum onh
inward the rocks, now PROV foremost, no
stern foremost, now rolling over 70 u
sfarboard. now over to the larboazd; no
wave dashes clear over the deck ana
seems as II the old craft has gone foreVe
But up she comes again. Paul's ar
around mast, he cries: ''All is we'll. "
has given me all those that sail with mo
Crash went the prov. with sucn 1o1
That IL broke OH gnS Xn&ASA SAsN~ w
the timbers till tho seas rushed thfou
from side to side Of the vessel. She pa
amidships, and into thousand frngmc'
thevessel goes, and into the waves s1o m
tails are precipitated- Some OF them Z
been brought up on the eeashore ana
learned to swim with their ohins
above the waves, and by the strokes
both arms and propulsion Of both feet 8
put out for the beach and rcnch IT.
alas for those othersl They have ne
learned to swim. or they were wounoeo
the falling of the mast, or the ne1v
shock was too great for them. And OIL
bad been weakened by long sensieknes
Oh, what win become Of thcmi
that piece Of rudder," Hys Paul 70
Take that fragment Of q spar, says
10 another. "Take that image OK Ga
and Pollux." "Takc that plank from
Meboat" ''Take anything and head
the beach" What a struggle for HE IN
heeakersl Oh, the mcrciless waters,
they sweep over the heads Of men. wo
and childreni Hold on there! AL