The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-28
that God would hear our cry and bring
the ship safe into haven.


the ship safe into haven.
"Dia VIC sing? Yes; We tried TO, but It
was very sorry singing. with choking
throats and aching hearts, General
Howard raised his voice In these lines;
Jesus, lover OF my soul,
Let RE TO Thy bosom ny,
While the nearer waters roll
While the Tempest is on high.
"IIe sung the hymn clear through,
Now and then voice Joined with MS,
| bul II WAS only for word or two. A
sob would end II. Never was a more
earnest meeting held than this one.
The Jews and the Catholics and the
skeptics and the Christians all prayed
| together, and | didn't hear much talk
of skeptlclsm, can tell you, for three
| or four days. ! do not think that any
meeting ever held had more comfort
ing effect on the participants. After
| that some OF us were able to sleep,
slept, General Howard slept peace
fully.
rThere was no religious meeting after
this, but the people continued to pray.
We did moi talk Of religion again for
the same reason that we had not talked
of II before 1t brought again the same
exclamation. Are we sinking Those
OF us who were OF good heart talked TO
! the others and diverted their minds.
never told so many stories before in
my life, and they were not religious
stories, either
al $50 o'clock In the morning my son
went on deck; he had not slept, He
came down almost Immediately and told
ME he had seen a light. started up
with him. Others Joined US. He point
ed to the tiny star. II rose out Of the
blackness of the night and suddenly
disappeared. II rose and fell thus time
and again, IT Is our star OF Bethle-
hem, we said How we watched for II
until Il came In view time after time,
Then we saw ship; that ship looked
immense. II seemed 10 tower above us,
though in reality our vessel was five
times as big. II was the Lake Huron.
A better ship could not have been sent.
II was not powerful enough to break
the two cables that It made fast to us.
as stronger ship would have done, and
we might have been left worse on than
we were before,
but, with rescue at hand, the strain
vi OuI IllilNb Nug ihAlbHN 81 bANUh go
before, and some gave way under II.
! Two women became Violently insane,
and II was necessary TO confinc them.
One woman from Milwaukee, who was
second cabin passenger, had her two
children with her. For forty-eight
hours after the Lake Huron came TO our
aid she sat with them on the bed oppo-
site to her; she spoke not word, but
looked at them with a wild, vacant
stare.
Among the passengers was Jew,
coming to America to better his for
tune. His family had opposed him, and
he fled without their knowledge. Thus
he became possessed OF the idea that he
was Jonah; that God was Furnishing
him, and he was to sink the ship be-
cause he was in 1t. He came into the
cabin and confessed to the passengers
and bade them do with him as they
would, Then he fell on his knees and
prayed, lmploring Jehovah TO forgive
him, and promising to make amends II
the ship was only saved.
but the saddest case OF all was that
| OF Paul Karnsler, young man from
Vienna. He was engaged TO be mar
rled to beautiful young woman, and
he had her photograph with him. He
had conflded in an American lady. He
said TO her one morning: Madam, the
ship will sink. It is inhuman for this
great ship to drag down with her the
ship that Is doing her best to save her.
When we go down we will pull her down
with u.s. She cannot help It. Suddenly
he left the lady and ran to the vessels
side. His purpose was OWNED. Men
seized him. He tore himself loose.
They seized him again. Again he es-
capped them, and with q shrek plunged
over the rail and sank from our sight
when we were finally safe In port
we had n thanksgiving service, and
Their such singing as there vast The
praises that went up were good TO the
heart. II was truly thanksgiving. we
took up collection and gave 1t to the
ships crew and to the second cabin
passengers who had lost all they had.
what was my prayer that was an
swered? We prayed that the ship
should be brought into haven, and relief
came the night after our prayer meet
Ing am firm believer In prayer. ]
always have been. believe and know
that God sa"ed the Spree in response TO
our prayers"