Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-03-04
NEW SERIES-VOL. XVI. NO. y.

rescue a-e waaia- o1t ia.o The sur. - clutch
your haci. aat 'hey know how exhausted
Won are. ani all .ae - .eesret rrodi-as ..
hsaveo are op the t@s.ta VITA new white
va@- - cloths all sh#ss wa3 co.2o "a GA
brosea pieces % the ship
Ny synpata.es arr fer slrh all .hs
To-e because l was na:ara'3y sks1t3eai.
disposed - question everything aasa,
this life and tae uext. aai was n Ian
ger q. he,ns sa-,ae- ugt - sen thaa any
o. ;ha - IN the Mediterranean nrea>-
erS aGI | waz sometimes tne aaaoyxars>
q ny theology al professor bsca8<s
asked So MANY questions. III: | came
II piank. knew Carist wa.ths SAs.our
Il sinners AM .ha. was a sinner. ani -.
shore. aal 10 no; ~ pose - - on; ~
:hs. sea a-aia. have 2ui fp7 thi-t< T2tnu:s~~
discuSseiiA tn eortro y~-t,si s-aIa;s ot ihecloey
IN thirty years and dQrng the rest e r.v
life Ii 30, propose - discuss tae-l "a.
thirty seconds.
/ would rather il mci scaw s.y -
weather ,hc worst cyclone that ever gept
up from the Caribbean, than risk ny i;a:Ecr-
tai soul in useless and portions discussions
In which some OF my brethren In the minis
try are iadugin;. They remind ne -
| company % sailors standing on. Il. Rams
| cat. pier heal. from which tue sfeboats ars
usually launched. aud coo.lv discussing the
different s;y.e> of earIorzs aai tow
| deep boa, oa-h; 70 -; in t1.e water white "a
J
steamers crowded with pass niger. cotnc II
/ pieces in the off.nc. An old ta-, tho gnus Is
/ O: his face working with nervous ex,1tefnent.
/ cries out: This is no time II discuss such
things. Man the l.fe3oat' WAC viii voian-
,eer! Oat with her into the snrit T4t. my
! la.S: pui for tn wreck IR, hG' NV
t we have them. Lift them in and lay thcn
! down ON the bottom ~ the boat: 1acs. you
try 10 bring them 10. Put these nannei-
/ around their heads aud feet. ani Wa pu}l
for the snore. God help me, fhere, landei'
iuzzat When there nre - MANY stras5;lnl,
III the waves of SIN AMI -orro" ani wretch
edncss II ali els" ~ bus salvation Tor hm"
and salvation forever
You aimit vou are all broken W. ona de-
eaie IF your life gone by, two decades. thrt~
decades. four decades, half century, perhaps
three-quar,ers OF \ century. gone lhf
hour hand and the m.uU's hnnd OF v"0i
clock Of life are almost parallel, an1 soon II
will be Il and y5ur day ended. Clear dis
eouraged. are vuu? | admit II Is 4 sad thing
70 give all pi oar lives thHt ar" worth any
thing 10 sin and the devil AMI then a
last make God a prcsea, 81 frat rai'
corpse. Bat the past yo1 cannot recover
/ Get On beard that old ship you never VIII
Have vou onlv one more year icIt, one NOR
! month. one more week. one more day. on
T more hour-come in on that. Perhaps
YOU ge. 10 heaven God may lex Won 20 on
on some great mission to some other wor!9
where you can atone for Your lack Of ser
VICE III this
From many deathheel | have seei
the hands thrown up IN deportation
something like this: My life has beei
wasted. l had good mental larait!#
and fine social position AMI eF"a, oppor
tunity. bu, through wordlinc@. an. aes
lect all has gon. 70 waste save thes
lew remaining hours. | now accept {
Chris, aEt shall enter heaven throu-
His mercy, but alas alas, that when miGl
G have entered iha haven Of eternal rest wit
Il full cargo. and been greeted by IN. way
ing hands or Il multitude i'll whose satvafio
l had borne n blessed part. must confess
now enter the harbor OF heaven Oh hro@e
q | pieces OF the ship