The Penn's Grove record., 1899-10-27
PENIS GROVE, N. j., FRIDAY, OCTOBER p. 1892


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the spear stab in his side-aye, II DASHED
to the lacerated temple, the high waite.
mark OF anguish. Then, rising above thu
flood, "He stretched forth his hands in tb,
midst Of them, as he that swlmmeth spread
eth forth bis hands to swim"
II you have ever watched a swimmer,
you notice that his whole body Is brought
into play. The arms are fexed, the hands
drive the water back, the knees are active,
the head is thrown back to escape strangu.
~lation, the Whole body is in propulsion.
| And when Christ sprang into the deep to
save US He threw His entire nature into it
all His godbead, His omniscience, His good.
ness, His love, His omnipotenee, head,
heart, eyes, hands, feet. We were far out
on the sea and SO deep down In the waves
and so far out from the shore that nothing
short OF an entire God could save US.
Christ leaped out for our rescue, snylng,
"Lo, / come to do thy wlll!' and all the
surges OF human and satanic hate beat
against Him, and those WHO watched Him
from the gates OF heaven feared He would
go down under the waves and instead OF
saving Others would Himself perish; but,
putting His breast to the foam and shak-
ing the surf from His locks, He came on
and on until He is now within the reach
OF every one here, eye omniscient, heart
infinite. arm omnipotent, mighty to save,
even unto the uttermost.
Oh, 1t was not half u God that trampled
down believing Gennesaret; 1t was not a
quarter OF a God that mastered the de-
mons of Gadara; it was not two-thirds OF a
God that lifted up Lazarus into the arms
of his overjoyed sisters 1t was not a frag-
ment OF a God who offered PARTON and
peace to all the race. No. This mighty
swimmer threw his grandeur, his glory,
his might, his wisdom, his omnipotence
and his eternity into this one act. 1t took
both hands of God to save us-both feet.
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not both hands nailed? On the cross
we're not both feet spiked? His entire
nature Involved in our redemption
II you have liyed much by the wnter,
you notice also that ii any one Is going out
to the rescue of the drowning he must be
Independent, self-reliant, able to go alone.
There may be a time when he must spring
out to saws one, and lie cannot get a life-
boat, and IL he goes out and has not
strength enough to bear himself up and
bear another up he will sink, and instead
OF dragging n corpse out of the pillows
you will have two to drag out. When Christ
sprang out Into the sea to deliver US, He
had no life buoy. His Father did not help
Him.. Alone In the wine press, alone In the
pang, alone In the darkness, alone on the
mountain, alone In the seal Oh, If He saves
US He shall have all the credit, for "there
was none to help" no oar, no wing, no
LADDER When Nathaniel Lyon fell In the
battle charge in front OF his troops, he had
a whole army to cheer him. When Marshal
Ney sprang into the contest and plunged
In the spurs till the horses TANKS spurted
blood, all France appiauded him. Bus Jesus
alonei "Of The people there was none to
help" "All forsook him and fed" Oh, 1t
not a hotilla that sailed down and
zayed us. 1t was not a cluster of gondolas
hat came over the wave; 1t was one per-
Independent and alone, spreading
out His hands among US as a swimmer
spreadeth forth his hands to SWIM
Behold, then, the spectacle Of a drown
Ing soul and Christ the swimmer I believe
1t was In 1913 when there were six English
OF the Fifth fusileers who were
hanging to II eapsized boat-a boat thai
had been upset by a squat three miles
from shore. 1t was In the night, but one
man swan nightly for the beach, guided
by the dark mountains that lifted their tops
through the night. He came to tle beach.
He found a shoreman that consented to go
with him and save the other men, and they
put out. 1t was soma time before they
could 1nd the place where the men were,
after awhile they heard their cry,
Help, helpl' and they bore down to them,
and they saved them and brought them to
shore,
II you have been much by the water, you
know very well that when one is in peril
help must come very quickly, or it will be
" ~ aSNs WV ~ may a1ktAp ONNA1
thing. Immediate help the man wants or
help at all. Now; that is just the kind
of relief we want. The case is urgent,
imminent, Instantaneous. See that soul
Son of God, lay hold of him.
Be quick, be quickl On, | wish you all
how urgent this gospel is.
There was a man in the navy at sea
who had been severely whipped for
bad behavior, and he was maddened
by 1t and leaped into the sea, and no sooner
had he leaped into the sea than, quick as
lightning, an albatross swooped upon him.
The drowning man, brought to his senses,
seized hold OF the albatross and held on.
The huttering of the bird kept him on the
until relief could come. Would now
hat the dove of Gods convicting, convert
ing and saving spirits might fash from the
.hrone upon your seul and that you, TAX
ing bold OF its potent wing, might live and
I've forever.
The world has bad stroag swimmers De-
the one of the text, perhaps the
greatest among them Matthew Webb, ofthe
British mercantile marine service. He
from the deck of the Russia, the Cum
ard steamer, to save the life of a sailor who
had fallen overheard. No wonder tho
passengers subscribed for him q large re-
ward and the Royal Humane Society Of
decorated him with honors. A
swimmer was he, by the strength
81 his wi arm and foot pushing through
he waters from Blackwell pier to Graves
End pier, eighteen miles, and from Dover to
Calais. 80 miles, where he crossed, yet he
was drowned at last in our Niagara's
whirlpool. But the strong swimmer OF my
ext put out alone to swim a wrathier sea
Ind for vaster distance, even from world
o world, to save us who were swamped In
guilt and woe, and brought us to the shore
II safety, although He at last went down
nto the whirlpool of human and satanic
age. HE descended into hell"
New modes have been Invented for res
,uing a drowning body, but there has been
10 new invention for rescuing a drowning
'ouI. In rl7s5 Lionel Lukin, a London
builder, fitted UP u Norway yawl as
. lifeboat and called it the Interchangeable,
md that has been improved upon until
lifeboats are ready to put out for the
-elief of marine disasters. In sixteen years
he French Society For Saving Life From
shipwreek saved 2129 lives. The Ger
nan Association For the Rescue OF
life From Shipwreck, the Royal Ma
Lifebont Institution and our
United States life saving service
done a work beyond the power OF
to commemorate. What rocket
ines and sling life buoys and tally boards
mortars and ,hammocks and cork mat
aud lie saving stations filled with
machinery for saving the bodies OF the
irowningl But let me here and now make
plain that there has been no new way in
for the moral and eternal rescue OF
, struggling soul. Five hundred attempts
1t such continuance hare been made, but
OF them dead failures. Hear tt!
There Is one other name under heaven
given among men whereby we must be
saved" b the name oil Jesus